2,859 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
"Are we a community? I think we are. I think we are. I think we are." Christine Jowers, New York.
"With its masks and mysteries #negrophobia also suggests a ritual designed to cleanse souls, if not society." Robert Johnson, New York.
"Even standing inches from a sweating, panting performer didn't illicit a feeling of connection " rather I experienced a strong feeling of dissonance." Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, New Yor…
" Though it was arranged like a tribunal, Mon, Ma, Mes (Revisité) is a voluntary confession " albeit a calculated one." Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, New York.
"The Gathering focused on artistic nourishment and community." Melanie Greene, New York.
Mary John Frank, a choreographer and filmmaker, will lead the "Choreography for the Digital Dancemaker" workshop on Saturday, February 6 from 1-3pm at Gibney Dance.
"No one audience member will be able to see everything that happens, so each will have a different experience. Each will have a different 'NOW.' They too will participate in, albeit …
"I'm a different artist now. I teach my students to take risks, and it's a risk for me to redo something that had been successful," says choreographer Randy James.
"The dancers' simple spinning sends out multilayers of fabric to catch and cast shadows on every possible surface and it all comes alive." Ann Moradian, Paris.
"Trying to describe Donna Uchizono's Sticky Majesty is like trying to describe a reflection in a pool of rippling water: It morphs beyond easy recognition." Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, Ne…
"The company looks like they've been dancing together forever, though they've only been rehearsing since September." Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, New York
"Parsons Dance does what many other eponymous companies have started to do: invite other choreographers into the fold. Robert Battle and Katarzyna Skarpetowska must crow their good fortune; …
"Mainly, my message is of joy and gratitude. Even though I'm 72, I feel the same as I did when I was 28. Excited, scared, entertained, and pissed." Kathryn Posin, New York.
It's an exciting time to learn about dance at Jacob's Pillow and to audition for Professional Advancement Programs there.
"Albrecht and Champlin try " hard " to maintain a steady, impassive execution, but their irrepressible personalities (he's the delicate ingénue while she's the brawny philosopher) smudge th…
This year's Symposium invites participants to explore questions of community and economic development, education, and technology that are central to the future of New York's cultural…
"I am not a dance 'fan'. I am an anthropologist in the world of dance " an outsider... Most dance photographers want to shoot the perfect moment, the perfect arabesque, but because I…
"Walsh danced with the Joffrey ballet and Ballet X, before making her Broadway debut. Her experience as both a dance captain and cast member, has expanded and transformed her perspectives on…
"The nicknames Hijikata gave to certain movements were exceeded in their strangeness only by the dances themselves, as he developed a new form of modern dance he called Ankoku Butoh ('th…
"Despite its promise to set hearts pounding, though, none of the new dances that Simkin, an American Ballet Theatre principal, has commissioned for this pick-up company has much of an impact…
" I've seen many marvelous Dances of the Snowflakes, but none is more beautiful, more inventive or more exuberant than Morris's." Nicole Dekle Collins, New York.
The 72-year-old Hines, who has the plumb line posture of a West Point cadet, is both headliner and youthfully vigorous subject." Mindy Aloff, New York.
"The evening begins with a husky, disembodied voice rhythmically stringing together indecipherable phrases as a waterfall projection cascades against the St. Marks Church sanctuary backdrop.…
"Cole took off the gloves, ripping into his canvas " cinema's rectangle. A creature of the atomic age, he fissured it like an A-bomb, a Pollack painting. He splintered the screen, etching it…
Join BAX on Artist Service Day Sunday February 7th, 2016!!! BAX Artist Services Day features an array of talks and workshops designed to support working dance, theater, performance artis…
