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In IMPRESSIONS: The People Movers' "Crawl" at Industry City Distillery, "One-third performance, one-third gallery-opening, and one-third party, CRAWL gives emerging artists the opport…
"She has paved the way for a whole generation of dance makers to discover the power of social change through community engagement and by, as she puts it, 'rattling around in other people…
Hands are for Holding has reached almost 6,000 New York City students in the last three years to raise awareness of teen dating violence and provide strategies for seeking help or helping a …
In Choreographer Peter Kyle Curates What for? Why Not a New Series at Triskelion Arts, "How do the places where we experience art influence or inform what we can expect? Do those expec…
In TDE Asks Aynsley Vandenbroucke about Dance, Words and Her Premiere And at Abrons Art Center, "...it's the [proverbial] banging your head on the table and figuring what it all mea…
In Impressions of: The Bang Group's A Mouthful of Shoes at Danspace Project, "Tap may form the basis for Parker's choreography, but he merges it with other dance forms to expand rhythm…
In IMPRESSIONS of This is Not a Theatre Company's Pool Play 2.0, "The occasional splash from a cannonball reminds us that we are part of the performance." Theo Boguszewski, New York.
In TDE Asks Joffrey Ballet Artistic Director Ashley Wheater About the Company's Return to New York After 22 Years Away, "At the Joffrey, the language of classical ballet is our core, our …
In Impressions of The View UpStairs: A new Off-Broadway musical by Max Vernon at Lynn Redgrave Theater at Culture Project, "You would leave the theater as if you just lost a group of dear fr…
"There was nothing like DTCB (in my schooling years)! In my day there were not even performing arts fairs which exist now. To be specifically focused on dance is unique and extremely helpful…
In Impressions from New Jersey: Sarah Weber Gallo's The Magic Hour at Mile Square Theatre, "Gallo, the story's protagonist, grapples with how to control time, how to make the most of …
Says Christine Jowers in Dance Writing, What I Learned This Week about Words and Using Them, "In our Audience Review section,
We are asking for words... We want to get the world talking abou…
In TDE Asks: Atlanta Ballet Artistic Director Gennadi Nedvigin as the Company Prepares for their "Gennadi's Choice" Program, "The time I spend with dancers in the studio, that's when …
In Impressions of: Richard Move and MoveOpolis! during the Live Ideas Festival at New York Live Arts, "Move reminds us that beauty can slice deep into a heart and may be the most potent w…
In The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets: Dance/NYC 2017 Symposium, "The day's sessions in cultural planning, voices on race and dance, audience engagement, and more had us pivot from pre…
In Impressions of: Malpaso Dance Company's Dreaming of Lions at BAM's Harvey Theater, "The dancers drip and spill and smear themselves across the stage as if their bodies were made of…
"I think 'unease'Â is created by situations in the work where the physicality and energy might be pretty violent, for example, but the psychology or intent is more warm and tender.…
In Impressions of: Some of a Thousand Words with Brian Brooks and Wendy Whelan at The Joyce, "Whelan releases her weight into Brooks as he delicately eases her to the floor. It feels i…
In Triskelion Arts' "Split Bill" series with Joey Loto, Hector Canonge & Veronica Pena, David Appel, and Joya Powell, "Started in 2011, the series allows emerging to mid-career choreog…
In Impressions of: Andrea Kleine's My Dinner with Andrea: the piece formerly known as Torture Playlist at New York Live Arts, "Kleine's philosophical renderings reveal a thoughtful…
In A Dance Enthusiast Dance Date: Deirdre Towers takes ADM21's Nikki Feirt Atkins to NYCB's Rogers: Ballet to Broadway, Feirt Atkin's says, "Most young dancers always 'hit it…
In Impressions of Amy Chavasse, Sarah Konner, Austin Selden and Jay Peng Zhang at Triskelion Arts, "With velvety voices, they're a fierce, deranged version of the Supremes." Trina Mannino…
In Impressions of: Tamar-kali's Demon Fruit Blues " A Work-in-Progress Showing at Harlem Stage, "They explore themes of motherhood, sexuality, spirituality, unity, and the enduring tra…
In Impressions of: The Film The Dancer about Loie Fuller and Choreographed by Jody Sperling, "Rather than solely choreographing her body, Fuller experimented also with fabric, lighting…