2,892 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
In The Dance Enthusiast Asks Rebecca Stenn About the Upcoming Premiere "Elusive Bird" at Gowanus Loft, "I think there is something elusive, ineffable, beautiful and strange about the infi…
In IMPRESSIONS: 25th Anniversary Performance of Buglisi Dance Theatre at Ailey Citigroup Theater "Swept into sumptuous, vivid environments the moment each work opens, we encounter lan…
In From the Press: Gibney Names Eva Yaa Asantewaa Curatorial Director, "In this role, Yaa Asantewaa will lead all public performance, residency and discourse programs at Gibney."
In IMPRESSIONS: Part II of New York City Ballet's The Robbins 100 Festival, "This joyful journey is too short " a complaint you do not often hear about a dance."Â
In A Postcard from Abdul Latif on His Premiere Alas for the Ashley Bouder Project, "I grew up in an orthodox Muslim household and there is something about the subjugation or the silence of t…
In From the Press: Seven Performing Artists Win 2018 Doris Duke Artist Awards, "Each 2018 Doris Duke Artist is receiving $250,000 in flexible funding, along with up to an additional $25,0…
In IMPRESSIONS: Sean Dorsey Dance's The Missing Generation at The Joyce, "Dorsey, a transgender artist whose company, Sean Dorsey Dance, is a mainstay of the San Francisco dance scene,…
In A Postcard from Alessandra Belloni on her latest work I Giullari di Piazza, "Our performance re-enacts the healing journey of a "tarantata" as she is taken by Dionysus to the Shaman…
The Dance Enthusiast Asks Award-Winning Ballerina Shoko Tamai about Ninja Ballet's Upcoming Season at The Secret Theatre, "Martial arts expert Tony Ortiz and I spend about six hours in the s…
Find out the full lineup for the 46th edition of the Dance on Camera Festival this July 20-24, 2018!
In A Dance Enthusiast's A to Z: H is for Stuart Hodes and Theresa Ruth Howard, "There are so many things that are overrated. What I think is underrated is integrity and authentic…
In IMPRESSIONS: 32nd Annual Performance Mix Festival Featuring Larissa Velez-Jackson, Lily Bo Shapiro; and Antonio Ramos with Awilda Rodriguez Lora, "Walking the fine line between challen…
In Molissa Fenley on Over 40 Years of Dance Making and her Company's Upcoming "Their Mark" Program, "Taking simple ideas and exploring them to their fullest is a hallmark of Fenley's phys…
In A Postcard from Karisma Jay, Founder and Artistic Director of AbunDance Academy of the Arts, "When I last wrote you, AbunDance was going through some difficult times . . . But I'm d…
In IMPRESSIONS: Women/Create! with Armitage Gone! Dance, Buglisi Dance Theatre, Carolyn Dorfman Dance, and Jennifer Muller/The Works, "Armitage isn't as good at faking brutality as the st…
In Marilyn Klaus, Artistic Director of Ballets with a Twist, on Cocktail Hour: The Show At White Plains Performing Arts Center, "Each dance is inspired by the name of each cocktail …
In Choreographer Jessica Lang on EN, a world premiere for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, "EN is both my 100th ballet and my first piece for the Alvin Ailey American Dance T…
In IMPRESSIONS: Linked Dance Theatre's Beloved/Departed, "The gods meticulously divide the audience into smaller groups, quietly shepherding us through dark staircases and into rooms to w…
In IMPRESSIONS: Shamel Pitts' Black Box: Little Black Book of Red at Gibney, "Pitts, his cut-glass body painted gold like a scepter, treads into the performance space with little fanfa…
In IMPRESSIONS: Anabella Lenzu's No More Beautiful Dances as part of the La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, "She slaps herself violently, rubs her knees, kneads the flesh of her rolling belly…
In IMPRESSIONS: Gabrielle Revlock and Aleksandr Frolov's Show No Show at The Flea Theater, "Show No Show is so genuine that elements of it must be rooted in reality. . .their perfor…
In A POSTCARD from Jennifer Muller on the WOMEN / CREATE! Dance Festival at New York Live Arts from June 12-16, 2018, "We hope that you'll come join us to enjoy and celebrate the craft an…
In IMPRESSIONS: Part I of New York City Ballet's Robbins 100 Program, "Robbins, a giant in the dance world, would have turned 100 years old later this year, but passed twenty years ago sh…