2,833 stories from The Dance Enthusiast
Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MoBBallet) will release "And Still They Rose: The Legacy of Black Philadelphians in Ballet" this SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22nd 2017. The series highlights Joan Myers Brow…
In Impressions: Monica Bill Barnes & Company's One Night Only (running as long as we can), "Here, improvisation with the audience suggests the energy and unpredictability of a baseball ga…
Director Roman Shumanov on his Documentary "Babylon Dreamers" as part of the upcoming Margaret Mead Film Festival at the American Museum of Natural History, "This theme is a very perso…
In IMPRESSIONS: Germaine Acogny in Olivier Dubois' Mon élue noire (My Black Chosen One): Sacre #2 at BAM, "A tiny flame flickers, dancing on and off. The smell of burning tobacco fill…
In IMPRESSIONS: Dickie Beau's Blackouts at Abrons Art Center, "I am fascinated by Beau's beauty and his courage to appear ugly. Yet because we do not ever hear his voice, he casts a my…
In IMPRESSIONS: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company's A Letter to My Nephew at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Harvey Theater, "[The work] has the rambling incoherence of a night at the c…
TDE asks Luca Veggetti about Left-Right-Left, a contemporary dance set to Japanese Noh music. "Noh's origins are in part shamanic," explains Luca Veggetti.
In Dance News: The Bessies Announce Recipients of the 2017 NY Dance and Performance Awards, "The 33rd annual Bessie Awards were held at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts a…
In A Postcard from Choreographer Emily Schoen and Schoen Movement Company about their Residency and DanceMotion USA Livestream in Tunisia, "We are a diverse cast of different cultu…
In The Dance Enthusiast Asks Joshua Beamish About MOVETHECOMPANY's "Saudade" Premiering at BAM's Next Wave Festival, Joshua Beamish says, "I came across this word 'saudade' randomly in a pos…
In A Postcard from Eryc Taylor about his Company's 11th New York City Season, "The revival of Chaise Lung makes it the oldest piece in ETD repertory and coincidentally, the most dif…
 Selected artists will have the opportunity to rehearse, teach and potentially perform on one of 13 CUNY colleges between July 2018 - June 2019.
Dance News: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Introduces The New Elaine Wynn & Family Education Wing; A New Work by Jamar Roberts, New Honors for Judith Jamison and Linda Celeste S…
In IMPRESSIONS:Â Renegade Performance Group in André M. Zachery's Untamed Space at Danspace Project, a challenge is suggested and passed on to the viewers: "Is there a place we can go tha…
In IMPRESSIONS: Beth Gill's Brand New Sidewalk at Abrons Arts Center, "She layers color, shape, and light on top to create a series of abstract postures that unfold like an art exhibition." …
In IMPRESSIONS: Kinesis Project dance theatre's TIMEPIECE, or: Another imperfect measurement of us, "Florescent sand drips from the pockets of the dancers' costumes to create a colorful, …
In Stepping into Iconic Dance Roles: Stephen Petronio Company's Nick Sciscione on Steve Paxton's Goldberg Variations, "It's a constant push and pull trying to emulate what Paxton is doing…
In Curator, Writer and Bessie Award Recipient Eva Yaa Asantewaa on Dance Writing, Arts Advocacy and Lost and Found, the skeleton architecture, or the future of our worlds, "These artis…
In The Chocolate Factory Theater, Abrons Arts Center, and The Invisible Dog Art Center present CAST, STAGE, AUTHOR: a trilogy of works by a canary torsi / Yanira Castro, "Investigating ca…
In Impressions: Fast Forward at Dixon Place Featuring Carson Reiners & Artists and Janice Rosario & Company, "Choreographers Carson Reiners and Janice Rosario differ in their construal of aw…
In IMPRESSIONS: Dorothée Munyaneza / Compagnie Kadidi Unwanted at Baryshnikov Arts Center, "Munyaneza and her extraordinary collaborator Holland Andrews gradually forget themselves to em…
In IMPRESSIONS: Amanda Szeglowski / cakeface's Stairway to Stardom at HERE, "Szeglowski gives us a space to laugh at the classic catastrophe of being an artist, perhaps, to keep from c…
In Dancers and Artistic Community of New York City, Help the US Virgin Islands Relief Effort After Hurricanes Irma and Maria, "The dance world of New York reminds me a great deal of the Virg…
In IMPRESSIONS: nora chipaumire's #PUNK at FIAF Tinker Auditorium, "chipaumire claims her rights: to resist, to find joy in rage, and to misbehave." Melanie Greene, New York.Â
In The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets: Cennarium's Streaming the Performing Arts, "Cennarium, which has positioned itself as the Netflix of the performing arts, hosted the first-ever i…