2,859 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
"But here was musical theater in all its glory " an exuberant, tipsy celebration in which a tireless and precise ensemble sang and danced the night away upstage." Susan Reiter, New York.
Danny Santana: [The Dance Enthusiast] has been the one stable platform I can rely on wherever I am in this world. Seeing all your featured artists and how they're succeeding in their communi…
"With Awakening, accorded its world premire by AAADT at City Center this season, Battle has given the company its first work by him since he became its formal leader." Mindy Aloff, New York.
"Protesting police brutality and the infringement of our basic civil rights is a duty that we all have, it affects all of us." Filmmaker and Photographer Erik Madigan Heck.
"In spoken text during the program, she reveals that she relied for her reconstructions mainly on discussions with de Groat in Paris and via email; the film record; and on the memories of or…
"USA spotlights the importance of originality across every creative discipline, from literature and performance to crafts and theater. Celebrating the breadth of American artistic practices …
"McIntrye is a physical manifestation of sound. She fluctuates between responding to the musicians and floating within her own world." Melanie Greene, New York.
"ADM21 can be thought of as Lee Theodore's company in a second life, and a robust second life it is. The director of this year's edition is Bronx-born, Westchester-reared Broadway ph…
"Nothing is ever what it was, but watching Tharp disport herself here, waving at us from a 50th-anniversary platform heaped with bouquets, who could say the golden age of American dance is o…
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"So subtle as to be almost unnoticeable, the lights dim, the volume amplifies, and the clump splinters. The movement grows wilder, uglier, bolder." Erin Bomboy, New York.
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"We are very pleased to offer residencies to 23 dance companies and choreographers throughout CUNY. The previous residencies added an important dimension to the cultural life of our campu…
"This is the start of BalletX's 10th Anniversary season, and they're kicking it off with a new ballet that explores evolution and the perennial debate of nature versus nurture." Philadelphia…
"Zuštiak writes his pensive odes with a corporeal language that resonates with sad overtones." Deirdre Towers, New York.
"Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, a Dance Company provides a respite in a vulnerable time." Trina Mannino, Brooklyn.
"Actually Keigwin thrives when surrounding himself with bright, shiny creative types, and wrangling doesn't seem necessary... He has that magic glimmer in his eye, which easily promises any …
"Rhoden treats the body as a source of endless possibility. Dancers chomp through dizzying, cyclonic sequences with lusty exultation." Erin Bomboy, New York.
"Home is a moving, compelling look at the immigrant experience. The show grew out of personal experience and community input." Naomi Orwin, Philadelphia.Â
"The work brings us back to childhood, when nighttime shadows on the bedroom wall inspired a world of imagination." Theo Boguszewski, New York.
"From the fervor and commitment that's evident from the start, it's clear this new work " the first choreography he has made for the Ailey troupe since becoming its artistic director…
"Even when they aren't locked into one another's gaze, the musician and dancer are wholly connected, the space between them full of intention." Garnet Henderson, New York.
"In their split-bill program at Triskelion Arts, Seal and improv duo the Raving Jaynes make it their goal to elicit laughter lots of it." Erin Bomboy, Brooklyn.
" A pale, thin piece of fabric hung between the audience and the stage to ever-so-slightly obscure the dancers, who introduced a series of intricately folded paper sculptures." Nicole Loeffl…
