2,859 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
Share a special moment in dance history as the first African-American prima ballerina turns 100!
In Impressions of: ABT Studio Company and The Royal Ballet School at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, "...solos, duos and trios succeed each other in starbursts of virtuosity …
In Impressions of Douglas Dunn + Dancers' Antipodes at Danspace Project, "There is a subtle eroticism in the way they crease and melt into one another, like colors merging and blending…
A residency program that opens the doors of CUNY campuses to professional choreographers and dance companies, CDI supports local artists, enhances the cultural life and education of college …
In Impressions of: New York City Ballet in Works by Peter Martins, Pontus Lidberg and Justin Peck, "Everything you know and love about ballet is on full display: ceiling-scraping leaps, six-…
In Impressions of: Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet at City Center Studios, "Their partnering is gentle, graceful, yet subtly provocative " it's a rare sight in ballet for women to …
In Impressions of: Batsheva Dance Company's Last Dance at BAM, "​The Company members have the flexibility of Cirque du Soleil gymnasts with the internal focus of Butoh dancer…
In Impressions of: Vim Vigor Dance Company's Future Perfect at Baruch Performing Arts Center, "Gillen's choreography blisters with volatility, and its most scintillating feats aris…
In Impressions of: BODYTRAFFIC at The Joyce Theater with Works by Anton Lachky, Richard Siegal & Arthur Pieta, "She commands him to transform into a dog, bubble bath, lemon, rotten avocad…
An exciting opportunity to perform on the Pillow's iconic outdoor stage, the Chance to Dance contest is a viewer-selected online competition that allows the public, peers, and fans of artist…
In Impressions of: Slavic Goddesses " A Wreath of Ceremonies by Artist Paulina Olowska with Ballez's Katy Pyle at The Kitchen, "She dazzles as she skitters across the stage, her hand fli…
In Monica Bill Barnes and Company Celebrates 20 Years by Bringing Dance where it doesn't Belong from the MET to the Office, "We make a beeline past a row of ancient crumbling busts…
In TDE Asks: Choreographer Felice Lesser on 41 Years of Dance Making and her Company's Season at The Duke on 42nd Street, " I never consider myself a political choreographer, but, …
In A Sneak Peek of Dance on Camera Festival 2017 at Walter Reade Theatre in Lincoln Center Plaza: A documentary about Brooklyn-born flex-artist Storyboard P, a short featuring an ice f…
In Impressions of L-E-V's OCD Love at The Joyce Theater, "Obsessive, repetitive gestures such as splayed, clawing fingers and punching fists convey the agony of love gone wrong."
In Impressions of: Bobbi Jene Smith's A Study on Effort at The Invisible Dog Art Center as part of the 2017 COIL Festival, "GoGwilt strokes and plucks strings to manipulate the sound wit…
In Impressions of: Mr Gaga -- A Documentary on Ohad Naharin and Batsheva Dance Company, "As with so many documentaries, archival footage are the jewels in MR. GAGA: the uncanny ease of Na…
Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company returned to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina in November for a mix of educational community outreach and performance, including the European premiere of Traces, wit…
In TDE Hits the Streets: Ruth Patir's I dream of the elections at Danspace Project, " It's easy to forget it's Inauguration Day, which isn't a bad thing. In fact, it's a remi…
In Impressions of: Netta Yerushalmy's Paramodernities (Work-In-Progress) at New York Live Arts, "Paramodernities, her latest work-in-progress, applies this directive toward the history o…
Tonight, by the way, is January 5th, 2017, Alvin Ailey's birthday: he would have been 86 years old. What better place to celebrate a legendary choreographer than in dance class where the mag…
In Impressions of Next@Graham at the Martha Graham Studio Theater, Curated by Tadej Brdnik, Christine Jowers, New York writes, "Next@Graham, an addition to the organization's other successfu…
In American Realness: Kimberly Bartosik, Big Dance Theater, Karol Tyminski and Trajal Harrell at Gibney Dance and Abrons Art Center, "This year's iteration featured fifty-three performan…
In Impressions: Jen Rosenblit's Clap Hands Presented by American Realness at Abrons Art Center, "She tickles the air while she follows the gestures beyond her fingertips. A broken …
In Impressions of: Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith's Basketball as part of PS122's COIL Festival at Baryshnikov Arts Center, "Lieber juts her hip out at a dramatic angle and thr…
