At the beginning of the Spring Dance Season, we asked:How does dance empower you? AND, WE BELIEVED YOU COULD SHOW US BETTER THAN TELLING US. Check out contest participants' #MyDancEmp…
"Patricia Noworol has a knack for bringing talent and crazy together. Let's discuss." Christine Jowers, New York.
"Stoner draws on archetypes and paints richly colorful dreamscapes through investigative and original movement." Henning Rübsam, New York.
"In 'All Over Westbeth,' residents lead tours through the sprawling compound for small groups to witness short spurts of dance unfolding in the most unexpected of places." Erin Bombo…
"Her company, Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, will return to Danspace at St. Mark's Church May 14-16 with new work (Naděje) and repertory."
"Like an advertisement straight from Madison Avenue, he meticulously architects space and miniaturizes the kinesphere to manage our experience: We look where we're supposed to look and see w…
"At first, Françoise and his sound stations drive her, with a feast of rhythms at play on her body... A crescendo sends her toward us, silently mouthing the chaos we hear. It courses thro…
"What works best in training is maintaining rigor with a sense of humor. I often say, 'let go of judgment, invite in curiosity and a sense of humor.' If student's can manage to k…
"Ticket prices are kept affordable (12 dollars) for cool, funky shows featuring multi-genre artists honing their craft. You may meet the performance artist sensation of the 21st century righ…
"In I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BETTER we confront momentous, life-altering tempests...",Christine Jowers, New York.
"SHORE extends beyond the theater and the usual temporal confines of performance and is comprised of four elements: performance, story, volunteerism, and feast." Garnet Henderson, New York.
"Gibney Dance, always looking for solutions and new avenues through which to practice 'good' dance, are proud to offer weekly ongoing partnering classes."
"Using a lively brew of text, movement, music, and imagery, he aims to craft a work that reexamines the O.J. Simpson trial from a fresh angle to discover what relevancy can be drawn from it.…
"Watching RainForest we remain suspended between knowing and not knowing. Cunningham brilliantly cuts the ties of willfulness that anchor us to the earth..." Robert Johnson, New York
"Flamenco remains an art of the people... Born into poverty, this genre is stubbornly egalitarian; and anyone can claim its rhythms and stylish gestures for herself in a moment of inspiratio…
"In Rashaun Mitchell's Light Years, he conceives of the human body as a vessel for both instinct, the kind born out of a thousand former experiences, and reinvention, the type that springs f…
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Dance is an ephemeral art, and "our job is to keep it alive by talking about it," said Christine Jowers, The Dance Enthusiast's editor-in-chief, introducing the latest in a series of Enthusi…
"It's a wild place. You won't get bored,"Â says Biba Bell, a California native who performs, choreographs and teaches in the dance department at Wayne State University. She also points ou…
"Working within the Spanish dance tradition, Pericet has the savvy to scale the space, her dance and her musicians to suit her unique presence." Deirdre Towers, New York.
"For this year's performances, four E-Moves alumni were commissioned to create multidisciplinary works inspired by the lives and works of essayist, novelist, playwright and poet James Baldwi…
"ATDF strives to preserve the history of tap dance while at the same time creating tap dance productions relevant to the next generation." Tony Waag, New York.
"They are more than present, their verve and personality spills out in every moment." Garnet Henderson, New York.
"The dancemaker brings an almost painterly eye to the way she arranges the performers around the stage space, as though she's constructing a carefully balanced landscape; dancers seated moti…
"Founded in December 2012 and based in Havana, Cuba, the contemporary Malpaso Dance Company returned to The Joyce Theater this month after a successful United States debut last year." Maxine…