2,859 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
The Workshop programs use dance as a tool to inspire, heal, and build communities, while serving to improve participants' physical and mental health.
In IMPRESSIONS: Sean Donovan and Sebastián Calderón Bentin's "The Reception" at HERE with Jane Comfort, Leslie Cuyjet, Hannah Heller and Ishmael Houston-Jones, "Each participant add…
In IMPRESSIONS: Sean Donovan and Sebastián Calderón Bentin's "The Reception" at HERE with Jane Comfort, Leslie Cuyjet, Hannah Heller and Ishmael Houston-Jones, "Each participant add…
In IMPRESSIONS: Jody Oberfelder Projects' The Brain Piece At New York Live Arts, "Oberfelder takes a fanciful approach to the brain. Forget gray matter and hard-to-pronounce anatomical st…
In IMPRESSIONS: MOMIX in OPUS CACTUS at The Joyce, "We willingly suspend our disbelief because we crave the refreshment of this type of sorcery." Christine Jowers, New York
The 2017 Outstanding Emerging Choreographer Award are Lela Aisha Jones, Niall Jones, Will Rawls, and Kate Skarpetowska. The Bessies are also thrilled to announce that Abby Zbikowski will rec…
Calling All Dancers : Audition for Gibney Dance Company: Perform the work of Artistic Director Gina Gibney and renowned guest choreographers, facilitate hundreds of movement workshops each y…
"Mellifluous and lively, the dances unfurl as if frosting edging a cake. A coy hip twist or a saucy shoulder wiggle add sparkle to the traditional features of a full-length ballet." Erin Bom…
"You may not have a 'modern dance'Â experience with MOMIX, but hopefully you will have an experience." " Moses Pendleton, Founder of MOMIX.
In Amy Jordan's The Victory Dance Project's Opening Night -"Dancers," says Chita Rivera,"are from a world all their own," meaning, they don't understand the word "quit."-Christine Jowers, Ne…
In A Postcard from Karisma Jay, Founder and Artistic Director of AbunDance Academy of Dance, about Sister Act, AbunDantly at Kings Theatre, she shares that the upcoming show will fe…
The new exhibit, "Let's Dance!" at The Children's Museum of Manhattan ( CMOM) opens on July 1st ! Families will encounter dance in a fresh immersive way. From ballet to Bollywood, fro…
"While the hallmarks of a festival " diversity, brevity " are on display, as a whole, the show acts as a testament to the power and ingenuity of female artists." Erin Bomboy, New York.
In IMPRESSIONS: Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg in Boris Eifman's Tchaikovsky: Pro et Contra at New York City Center, "What could be more poignant than the scene in Eifman's work in which…
In A Postcard from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Danica Paulos on the Company's Lincoln Center Engagement, "Whenever I get to perform one of Mr. Battle's works, something magical h…
"With three new pieces performed by three separate casts on the horizon, the choreographer Sally Silvers, who has been making work since the 1980s, shows no signs of slowing down." Trina Man…
The momentous 85th Anniversary Festival Season includes powerhouse ballet company Miami City Ballet, legendary modern dance ensemble Paul Taylor Dance Company, UK-based artist Aakas…
In The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets: New York Meets Havana at the Museum of the City of New York, " Couples swirl and twirl while those without a partner swivel and slither, lost …
For audiences of one to crowds of thousands, River To River provides an intense and rewarding way to experience and discover Lower Manhattan and Governors Island's waterfronts, parks, plazas…
Bryant Park Presents delights dance enthusiasts with its upcoming Contemporary Dance series highlighting some of New York City's premiere ballet and modern dance companies from…
In IMPRESSIONS: "Radical Bodies" - An Evening of Dances by Anna Halprin, Simone Forti and Yvonne Rainer at Hunter College, "When 'The Paper Dance' was performed at Hunter College in 1967,…
In IMPRESSIONS: Ivy Baldwin Dance's Keen [No.2] at Abrons Art Center, "A behemoth sculpture suspends from the theater's fly system like a shrine, evoking billowy peonies, dripping stal…
Vicky Shick's "Let It Linger" and Raja Feather Kelly's "the feath3r theory in:Â Another Fucking Warhol Production, or Who's Afraid of Andy Warhol?" will premiere at the second annual LUMBE…
"In the '70s, a subway ride with a carful of children sparked Feld's imagination...He suspected some might have an aptitude for ballet, which requires its practitioners to start young. Thus,…