"Dance on film persists, it will always persist. There is something absolutely unique about watching dancing bodies on screen." Debra Levine, Los Angeles. Â
Happy 30th New York Dance and Performance Awards! The Dance Enthusiast was at The Apollo Theater to capture the stylish moves of our dancing friends and celebrities as we all celebrated …
"BOOM! is not a black woman’s declarative manifesto about breast cancer survival, rather the work is an intimate, honest exploration of survival, reality, and questioning," Nia Austin …
"For years, Barnett and his collaborator Tobias have explored singing as a springboard for choreography, in their search for 'the body within the voice,' " Deirdre Towers, New York, …
"The dolls represent characters who could be there but they also represent missing characters...They look very much like 21st Century kids attending a Black Metal concert," says Gisèle Vien…
"For twenty-five years, Belloni has studied ancient sacred chants, drumming, and healing trance dances from Southern Italy. She can carry any show, without the aid of a company..." Deirdre T…
"'In the studio I have my ‘All About Me’ hat on. Then I go home and I put on my ‘Never About Me’ hat, the hat you wear as a parent." Liz Gerring..
"...Melnick turns around and is holding an unsheathed kitchen knife with which she calmly and coolly dances, it takes a moment for an audience member to feel the hairs on one's neck jump…
"Meet one of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch's newest company members, Michigan native and Juilliard graduate Breanna O’Mara."
"The annual 'Fall for Dance' Festival at City Center is a beloved New York institution. Low-cost tickets and a wide variety of dance troupes and styles guarantee a smorgasbord of mov…
"The elegance of the man’s long fingers around his female partner’s body, the pressure against an imaginary surface that propelled him through space, caused my eyes to focus like…
"One of the most important ways to reawaken the inner dance enthusiast is to get people talking to the artists - not in a huge, formal proscenium theater-Â but in a small setting, like a …
"I think in the beginning the challenge for me was to really feel like a ballet dancer since I didn’t grow up just doing ballet. I felt like an intruder, a jazz dancer trying to do bal…
"Dance-wear strongly inspired the looks prancing down the Spring/Summer 2015 runways, and contrary to popular trends, tutus weren't the only silhouettes the designers noticed this season…
"They shatter the mannerisms and ethos of the Baroque period and reassemble these gilded fragments to forge something contemporary yet wholly reminiscent in Court/Garden." Erin Bomboy, New Y…
"And dance is not my job. It’s my life. It’s who I am.” Alessandra Ferri.
"I always knew I would be a dancer. I always loved and connected with Tap the most – from growing up watching movie musicals with my Grandma to seeing Diane Walker and Jimmy Slyde on s…
Matthew Westerby, Colleen Thomas and Bill Young...Distinctly different visions come together in one show at Triskelion Arts. Â
"Crawling on all floors, belly to the ground like a soldier, then spinning ferociously and leaping through, on, and over the newspapers, Wolcott creates numerous sculptural islands and canyo…
"The intimate West End Theatre is a perfect venue for dances laced with nuances and subtle shifts." Deirdre Towers, New York, NY.
"How can the performers really connect with the audience? How can the audience really connect with the dancers and not just sit back and judge them?..." says RoseAnne Spradlin.
"In We Are Still Watching, she recasts show-goers as performers, and we spend an hour reading aloud a play, randomly passing around scripts to ensure everyone has a go in the spotlight." Eri…
"Reimagining dark swan on Urban Bush Women, a legendary American dance company, was a beautifully challenging invitation," says Nora Chipaumire.
Though burlesque artists are known for taking their clothes off, costuming is vital to their routines.“Clothing provides so much texture, context, and opportunity for a richer experien…
"I've always known I wanted to make things. I've always been overwhelmed by powerful story telling – in the body, in song, in spoken and written language – and dancing wa…