2,859 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
In Impressions of: Kate Weare's Marksman at The Joyce, " Speedy, crouchy walks thrust them across the stage, insect-like. More often, as if panthers, they retreat and then barrel in…
In Impressions of: National Intimacy Month featuring Chelsea Murphy and Magda San Millan, B.S Movement & the feath3r theory, "Similarities between art-making and lovemaking drive the impe…
In Impressions of: Liz Gerring Dance Company's (T)here to (T)here at Baryshnikov Arts Center as part of the White Light Festival, "From the first jeté, Gerring and her dancers b…
In Impressions of: Estampas Porteñas Tango Company's Deseos: Stories of Longing and Desire at Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts, "we're delivered the couple and the passion, a satisf…
In Impressions of: Kyle Abraham and Abraham.In.Motion's Pavement at BAM as part of the Next Wave Festival, "Pavement depicts a culture of senseless violence where friendships are fl…
In Impressions of: Natalia Osipova & Artists at New York City Center, "Surely Osipova and Polunin are still at an evolutionary stage of their dance partnership and are testing foreign …
In Impressions of Sam Kim's Fear in Porcelain at The Chocolate Factory, "Bodies are bonsai trees clipped and stripped to create a tortured, compelling beauty. Each large action is the sum of…
In Moving Caribbean in New York and Elsewhere with Alicia Diaz: From San Juan, Puerto Rico to Agua Dulce Dance Theater, Diaz says, "I am inspired by lessons from the Caribbean that underscor…
In Moving Caribbean: The Merengue -- The Signature Dance of the Dominican Republic, "While simple, the Merengue is not easy: not in its execution and not in its evolution." Erin Bomboy, N…
In Moving Caribbean: A Journey through Cuba with Martha Graham Dancer Lloyd Mayor, "Thick fronds of palm trees give way to delicately decaying mint, red and yellow houses. The colours fit…
In Moving Caribbean in NYC: Joan Peters,Teacher of the Katherine Dunham Techinque at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's School : Ms. Peters says of her students, "They need to build up…
In The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, "More than fifty long-legged women in heels, black leggings, and rhinestoned tank top…
In Impressions of: Yasmeen Godder's Climax at Gibney Dance Center, "The dancers explore different ideas of climax, sexual ones most obviously, through emotional and physical exhaus…
In Impressions of: Troy Schumacher's BalletCollective at NYU Skirball Center, "you're always aware that you're watching real human beings, the same ones you pass on the street or stand n…
In Impressions of: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company's Lance: Pretty aka The Escape Artist at The Joyce, "His movement is rarely the most striking element, still it remains the esse…
In Moving Caribbean in New York City: Carlos Cabrera, Artistic Director of Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico on dancing at Hostos Center for Arts and Culture in New York
In Impressions of Danspace's Platforms 2016: Lost & Found - Curated by Ishmael Houston-Jones & Will Rawls, "In response to the disproportionate US coverage of the AIDS epidemic in the…
Battery Dance's Jonathan Hollander on The Adel Euro Campaign For Dancers Seeking Refuge: "We will memorialize the life of a radiant human being who was also a creative genius, and in his…
"The way I look at a sunset, the moon or the people on the street - all is conditioned by this culture of beauty," says Enzo Celli, Artistic Director of VIVO Ballet who will participate …
In Impressions of American Ballet Theatre in Jessica Lang's Her Notes and Benjamin Millepied's Daphnis and Chloe, "both were by experienced, prolific choreographers. Interes…
In Impressions of: Damn Good Featuring Launch Movement Experiment, the feath3r theory & Coco Karol at Triskelion Arts, "the inaugural weekend featured works created by singular artists wh…
In "skeleton architecture, or the future of our worlds" Danspace Project's Platform 2016: Lost and Found, Eva Yaa Asantewaa-Curator: Asantewaa highlights the power of Black women w…
In Neville Dance Theatre: Artistic Director Brenda R. Neville Sheds Light On "EXPOSED" & Other Works, "The program and works take audiences through moments of tenderness, affection, exciteme…
Moving Caribbean in New York City: Trindad Native, Makeda Thomas on Island Ways & the light fantastical at Brooklyn College (part of the CUNY Dance Initiative)
