2,859 stories by "The Dance Enthusiast"
"To celebrate the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, NYU's Skirball Center recently produced a singular evening, bringing together the 15-year-old, New York-based…
"Her artistry and curiosity made the transition from world's greatest ballerina to world's greatest dancer a seamless one"Â Henning Rübsam on Sylvie Guillem.Â
"When news of the Paris massacres broke, it was the static and historic arts centers that both fixed the moment in time and provided an imaginative refuge beyond it," Jean Lenihan, Los Angel…
"She [Wendy Whelan] and [Jock] Soto had a famous partnership at NYCB. In Hagoromo, which brings them together onstage for the first time in 10 years, their rapport seems as strong as ever." …
"together + separately combines the experimental forces of three post-modern downtown darlings for an evening of movement construction and contemplation." Melanie Greene, Brooklyn.
"He [Cordeiro]Â reflects on the terrible price of celebrity and the pitiful and degrading stunts to which those who yearn for fame must lower themselves." Robert Johnson, New York.
"ABT brought back The Green Table giving audiences another chance to view this haunting work in which Jooss strips away all pretense of "realpolitik" or martial glory." Robert Johnson, New Y…
"Studio time with Twyla was an education in how to work, how to persevere and how to honor whomever was in the room." Choreographer and dancer Sara Rudner, New York.
"Both women share an interest in the particular qualities that someone with a disability can bring to the stage and hope to break down stereotypes of what a dancer can be." Theo Boguszewski,…
"Usually the best practice for us is meditation, and observing the power of silence before expressing a sound, movement, or light," says Musican Layton Weedeman.
"Once you put something through the grinder of comedy, it's not the same afterward. Comedy can serve as an equalizer," says comedian Jeff Seal.
"Ballet Memphis brought two evenings of new, somewhat startling American choreography"repertory whose images address large, philosophical issues." Mindy Aloff, New York.
"Stefanie Batten Bland doesn't simply choreograph bodies, she orchestrates environments." Christine Jowers, New York.
"Given our proximity to New York City," says Kara Golden director of admissions at the Mason Gross School, "the new MFA degree program is ideal for any dance artist who has already establish…
"Wielding his body as both brush and paint, he inscribes the air with arcane, profound gestures...Elite ballet dancers could look messy next to Odedra's extraordinary refinement." Erin Bombo…
"Choreographer Mina Nishimura takes the aesthetics of Butoh and overlays different moods to conceive of something fresh and unaffected." Erin Bomboy, New York.
"Sankai Juku appears a elegant holy men, intent on inspiring us to imagine peace, breathing as one." Deirdre Towers, Brooklyn.
"Watching Donald Byrd's The Minstrel Show Revisited, a viewer is liable to feel dizzy and then worse. Don't try to suppress it." Robert Johnson, New York.
"Theatricality, eccentricity, wit, and affection defined the evening at The Kaye Playhouse which this past Sunday, looked back on works by Beverly Blossom, exactly a year after her death." C…
"There's no denying the period-specificity of Limón's work. But ...that oft-derided and dismissed specificity couldn't be more relevant." Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, New York.
"Corella has put together what he calls his "dream season," and this performance hints at the direction in which he wants to take the company." Naomi Orwin, Philadelphia.
"60x60 upends this notion of devoting one hour to any one thing. It presents 60 one-minute dances set to 60 one-minute music pieces, all created by contemporary choreographers and composers.…
"When Michalek conceived of Hagoromo, he couldn't imagine anyone but Whelan and Soto (Whelan's longtime dance partner) as the leads." Erin Bomboy, New York.
