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In TDE Hits the Streets: Ruth Patir's I dream of the elections at Danspace Project, " It's easy to forget it's Inauguration Day, which isn't a bad thing. In fact, it's a remi…
Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company returned to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina in November for a mix of educational community outreach and performance, including the European premiere of Traces, wit…
Tonight, by the way, is January 5th, 2017, Alvin Ailey's birthday: he would have been 86 years old. What better place to celebrate a legendary choreographer than in dance class where the mag…
In American Realness: Kimberly Bartosik, Big Dance Theater, Karol Tyminski and Trajal Harrell at Gibney Dance and Abrons Art Center, "This year's iteration featured fifty-three performan…
In Impressions of Next@Graham at the Martha Graham Studio Theater, Curated by Tadej Brdnik, Christine Jowers, New York writes, "Next@Graham, an addition to the organization's other successfu…
In Impressions: Jen Rosenblit's Clap Hands Presented by American Realness at Abrons Art Center, "She tickles the air while she follows the gestures beyond her fingertips. A broken …
In Impressions of Works-in-Process: American Dance Festival's Showcase with Mark Dendy, Claire Porter & Sara Juli and Jody Kuehner, "Forwarding a goal of building wider audiences for mod…
In Impressions of: Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith's Basketball as part of PS122's COIL Festival at Baryshnikov Arts Center, "Lieber juts her hip out at a dramatic angle and thr…
In The Dance Enthusiast Asks Convergences Theatre Collectives' Liz Stanton About Babel at the 14th Street Y, Stanton says, "Babel takes the audience on a journey about communication, rel…
In Impressions of Siete Mares Presented by Oyu Oro Afro Cuban Experimental Dance Ensemble, "It is hard to witness Siete Mares without swaying to the rhythm and longing to be invi…
In Impressions of Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca at West Park Presbyterian Church, "Flamenco and hip hop prove to be natural playmates: rhythmical, earthy, prone to rapid-fire sequences t…
In TDE Asks Michele Wiles of BalletNext on New Work 4.0 and Motherhood, "The female body is an amazing thing, and I've gained even more respect for it being pregnant." Michele Wiles.
In THE MUSEUM WORKOUT at The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Lead by Monica Bill Barnes and her long-time dancing partner Anna Bass, audiences perform choreographed movement as they travel to ar…
Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison will teach an exclusive Ailey Classics Workshop on Thursday, January 5 at 7:00 p.m. to celebrate what would've been Alvin Ailey's 86th birthday.
In DoublePlus at Gibney Dance: Dylan Crossman & Caleb Teicher; Oren Barnoy & Naomi Elena Ramirez; Leslie Cuyjet & Lela Aisha Jones, "Over three weekends in December, three established …
In Impressions of: Daisy Chain Curated by Christopher Williams at the 92nd St. Y, "Williams selected three choreographers to choreograph a solo on a dancer of their choosing, and then the…
In Impressions of: Sonya Tayeh's you'll still call me by name at New York Live Arts, "She blasts into New York Live Arts for a two-week run of you'll still call me by name, a heated frenzy o…
In Impressions of Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group's Citizen at BAM's Harvey Theater, "Wilson cuts and pastes, slows down and speeds up, so that the solos, while individua…
In Looking Back at The Kazuko Hirabayashi Memorial Celebration at Symphony Space, Theo Bogusezewski says "Called Kaz, she was the guiding hand behind hundreds of artists across generat…
In Impressions of: Erin Cairns Cella and Dages Juvelier Keates of E/D and Mei Yamanaka at Triskelion Arts Melanie Greene says,"Yes, you are seeing double...Each work offers unique du…
In Anna Becker, Executive Director of ON STAGE AT KINGSBOROUGH, Kingsborough College's Performing Arts Series Sends a Postcard we are reminded that Manahattan isn't the only borough …
In Moving Caribbean in NYC: Beatrice Capote, Dancer with Christal Brown, Kyle Abraham & Camille A. Brown, on her Cuban Roots, Capote says, "... While I may not have been born in Cuba, the…
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In Impressions of: the Lucinda Childs Dance Company at The Joyce Theater "Childs takes a maximalist approach to her carefully curated actions. Like a mathematician, she adds, subtracts, mult…