2,892 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
In IMPRESSIONS: Boris Charmatz's 10000 Gestures at NYU Skirball as part of FIAF's Crossing the Line Festival, "For an hour, dancers rip through gestures that hopscotch from yogic bow p…
In Meet the 2018 Bessies Nominees: For Outstanding Performer, Elizabeth Dement, Outstanding Music Composition/Sound Design, Ryan Seaton, and Outstanding Production, Jonathan Gonzale…
Queer|Art introduces the Eva Yaa Asantewaa Grant for Queer Women (+) Dance Artists. Applications for the grant is open until October 21th, 2018.
Brooklyn Arts Exchange founder/director Marya Warshaw and avant-garde choreographer and dancer Simone Forti, have been tapped to receive The Bessies' highest honors.
Kyle Abraham on Choreographing for New York City Ballet and Revisiting Dearest Home at The Joyce, "Dearest Home was a big shift. Making that work and getting it out was very important …
In IMPRESSIONS: Times Square Arts/Danspace Project Site-Specific Commissions with Laurie Berg, luciana achugar, Ana "Rokafella" Garcia and Gabriel "Kwikstep" Dionisio, "Was this brave, bo…
In Meet the 2018 Bessie Nominees: Part One Outstanding Performer Julian Barnett in Kota Yamazaki's Darkness Odyssey Part 2:1 or Hallucination, "One of the main struggles I continue to …
"Marquee's Fall digital dance season is the beginning of an exciting evolution for the entire dance field," according to Head of Content Marc Kirschner.
In IMPRESSIONS: Part One of Dance Now NYC 2018 at Joe's Pub with with Emcee TruDee, "The ten artists who presented their 5 minutes, a time limit enforced by the always engaging emcee TruD…
In IMPRESSIONS: Part Two of DANCE NOW NYC 2018 at Joe's Pub, "the festival requires choreographers to take on its challenge: Create a five-minute piece that fits on the Pub's tiny stage…
In A Dance Enthusiast's A to Z: M is for Cameron McKinney and Christopher Morgan, "I question the field's (and our audiences') need to remount / see/hear the same old stories over and ove…
In IMPRESSIONS: StylePointe at Dixon Place with Dance Visions NY, Sheep Meadow Dance Theatre, ELSCO Dance, DoubleTake Dance and Armada Dance, "Five fashion designers team up with five choreo…
In IMPRESSIONS: Tiffany Mills Company in "Blue Room" (a premiere) at The Flea Theater, "The dancers fill each moment with fresh energy and delightful detail. They are a pleasure to f…
In 10th Annual Collaborations in Dance Festival at Triskelion Arts Curated by Trina Mannino, "CollabFest boasts thirty pieces with partnerships ranging from traditional music and dance pa…
In Julie Ludwick and Fly-by-Night Dance Theater Present the Airborne Festival at Manhattan Movement Arts Center, "There was something about that aerial work that spoke to me, maybe becaus…
In Gabri Christa Returns to Stage in "Magdalena," her multi-media work focusing on Dementia, Christa says of her mother, Magdalena, "Telling her story keeps some part of her alive, a part th…
In IMPRESSIONS: Brian Rogers' "Screamers" co-presented by Abrons Arts Center and the Chocolate Factory Theater, "the hourish-long film is as taut and tight as a nerve stretched to its bre…
In A Dance Enthusiast's A to Z: L is for Andrea Long Naidu and Nia Love, "I question the impact of social media on young dancers. It appears to no longer be about the work but about ta…
Abrons Arts Center Announces 2018-2019 The Jerome Foundation AIRspace Residents; they are NIC Kay, Morgan Bassichis, Jonathan Gonzalez and Ashley R.T. Yergens.
This year's 43 Bessie nominees are.... Also, here are the winners of 2018 Juried Bessie Award and the 2018 NY Dance and Performance Award for Outstanding "Breakout" Choreographer.
The Dance Enthusiast Asks Movers and Shakers of Our Dance Community, "What are You Excited About this Fall?"
CUNY Dance Initiative Announces Partnership with The Bessies, Call for Applications and Fall 2018 Events.
In Beach Sessions Dance Series Returns to Rockaway Beach with AUNTS, "Beach Sessions 2018 is partnering with Laurie Berg and Lili Dirks-Goodman who head up AUNTS, the defiantly fun,…
In a Postcard from American Ballet Theatre Dancer Katie Boren on Tour in Los Angeles, Katie shares her experience of performing La Bayadere and on the road living.Â
The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) has awarded each of its five (5) founding member companies -- Cleo Parker Robinson Dance; Dallas Black Dance Theatre; Dayt…