"I lived with a highly cultured Indian family in Bombay, as it was called then (in 1968), and met extraordinary dancers who have continued to influence me from that day onwards." ~ Jonath…
"There has always been an edge to Lin's choreography; something offbeat about phrasing, something gritty about his vocabulary." Gregory King, Philadelphia.
"Art translates, filters, offers dreams in a new form." ~ Maria Bonzanigo
CDI is holding an application information session on Wednesday, May 4, at 6:30pm at Baruch Performing Arts Center.
"The bold collaboration brought together the New York based dance company with the Curtis Institute of Music and Choral Art Philadelphia." Gregory King, Philadelphia.
"Like a sorceress, Pyle stirs together two beloved fairy tales and adds a dash of ballet mythology in the form of Anna Pavlova's The Dying Swan to forge a dance that is timely and timele…
Congratulations, Laurie Berg, winner of the 4th Annual Tom Murrin Performance Award, aka " The Tommy"!
"At its third annual Eight Over Eighty benefit gala, The New Jewish Home paid tribute to eight New Yorkers who, in their ninth and tenth decades, continue to live lives of remarkable achieve…
"I want the work to be a kind of architecture of desire: a place where we move through power and play and erotica and boredom. And that these conditions can coexist," explains Kravas.
"Sometimes cryptically, though persistently, this ensemble warns us to never presume and enjoy the moment because change is forever upon us." Deirdre Towers, New York.
"AÂ showcase that spans a wide range of confidence and competence " and often offers up welcome surprises." Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, New York.
"We view GRIT as a way to make it possible for the present generation's work to be recognized and celebrated in live performance by future audiences." ~ Gina Gibney
"Choreographers Kimberleigh Costanzo, Lily Bo Shapiro and MiÅ™enka ÄŒechová create three wildly different works related to the body, physical sensuality, sex and desire," Nicole Loef…
"In the hands of seven female choreographers who've been paired with seven painters and sculptors (also women), the pointe shoe, and sometimes ballet itself, receives a fresh interpretat…
"Throughout the piece, Cohn takes ideas of the traditional, utopian family and smashes them apart, allowing us to see what lies underneath." Theo Boguszewski, New York.Â
"Work Up's tight curation usually means that even if the evening falls flat, the individual dances show remarkable research in one way or another." Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, New York.
"It may be a company devoted to classical ballet, but it shows best when ballet is the root and not the flower." Erin Bomboy, New York.
"Duet presents the nature and intimacy of coupled movement as expected, but 280 Broadway conjures new possibilities to experience these works from an architectural lens." Melanie Greene, …
"None of the three pieces have a story, but they are populated with characters: the wanderer, the lovebirds, the slouch-shouldered Lothario, the spitfire, the seductress." Erin Bomboy, New Y…
"The Great White Way (so called since 1880 when Brush arc lamps first lit the theatre district) has presented every kind of choreographer, ballet to ballroom, tap to slapstick, erotic to her…
"I felt I had a responsibility being in the 'white' world " in 'white' film and television " to be the 'token' black guy and show I can dance like them," says Bruce Heath.
"Although I understand and sympathize with Eiko's wish that audience members be free to make their own discoveries, to me it also seems tragic that in our day even a dancer as supremely cour…
"The artists seem to be enacting an experiment: By switching location, do you experience these seventeen minutes differently? Or do you relive the same seventeen minutes over and over?" Erin…
"Ailey II returns to New York City following a 26-city tour... If the dress rehearsal is any testament, it is clear that the future of dance looks bright." Theo Boguszewski, New York.
"Bursts of fervent virtuosity break the graceful unison: daredevil lifts, whipping spins, fiery dashes across the rink." Erin Bomboy, New York.