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"The limitations of cost and space are usually a huge obstacle in creating a piece. The CUNY residency alleviated that thought and made the focus on the creative process." Mike Esperanza of …
"Most of the audience probably doesn’t care that Cinderella is nothing more than a beautiful birdbrain. They’re here to see attractive young people in pretty costumes perform imp…
"With his double-bill program at The Joyce, Elkins takes theatrical relics and adds unexpected whimsy to reframe his source material in electrifying ways." Erin Bomboy, New York.
Modern dancer, actor, 'movement designer,' and financial expert, David Maurice Sharp shares his money tips for artists.
"Ghosts of the other dances resonate through the new work and shape its form, but they are subterranean and exert their pressure on this new construction from the caves of memory. . . .&rdqu…
"Dance has made a huge difference in my life... I want more children to have the opportunity I have... I hope that the dance lessons will give the children confidence so that no matter where…
"The Place offers an immersive, inclusive, intimate experience...You can practically smell the sweat. Audiences become insiders who support this art form we call dance, who really want perfo…
"Dancing’s union between flesh and spirit seduced Motsepe, but he discovered that ballroom dancing offered far more than just visceral physicality." Erin Bomboy, New York.
"Bigger Than Hip Hop was a painful pleasure... I can only hope Tribune and other artists continue to hold up the mirror so that we might see ourselves and continue to move towards change." A…
"Xavier Le Roy has not made his new work Sans Titre for us... He has made it for himself." Ann Moradian, Paris.
"...both dances seemed to have inherited something, at the least, of the intellectual focus on “The Body,” original to Europe, which writers and performers in the United States b…
"Venado and stolen ground work in tandem, vividly illustrating the extremes of being in and out of control." Trina Mannino, New York.
"So many great artists of the 70s and 80s perished due to the AIDS crisis. It was a whole generation lost. Â I think the best we can do is remember artists like Mr. Ailey and Mr. Dove as p…
"The piece is quiet, a whisper rather than a scream, placid rather than forceful in its handling of the trials confronting our multi-cultural society." Erin Bomboy, Brooklyn.
"True to her bow to Barba, her choreographic excerpts possess a prime color boldness that a child could easily respond to, and an unusually classic structure that a critic might appreciate."…
"New Settings supports performance projects that bring visual and performing artists together in what we in the US would refer to as 'a collaboration.' " Ann Moradian, Paris.
"Premiered in July 2013 with Vasily Vaynonen’s choreography from 1932, revised and staged by ballet-master-in-chief Mikhail Messerer, Flames of Paris is a guilty pleasure, wholly anach…
"This is a treat to be relaxed into, pleasure lurking in its dry playfulness." Erin Bomboy, New York.
"Imbued with a sense of urgency regarding their driving concepts, the films engage the emotions and eyes with highly charged scenes and clear aesthetics." Gianna Mercandetti, San Fransico, C…
"This fall was one of our busiest yet. In addition to organizing our first Enthusiastic Event! at Gibney Dance on November 12th, we launched our #MYFASHIONMOVES Social Media contest encourag…
“There is a culture of laugh out loud, LOL, pointing at something, making a pun or joke, and I think it actually leaves us feeling more powerless. It is an expression of powerlessness …
"I feel that raising questions about cultural sustainability and social justice is a universal responsibility for an artist..." Chia-Ying Kao, New York.
"As New York City Ballet enters its run of The Nutcracker (which began on November 28) it is a good time to look at the dancers who will be Sugar Plums, Dewdrops, Cavaliers, and Candy Canes …
From dance books to classes, The Dance Enthusiast has you covered this holiday season.
