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In Impressions of: The Median Movement's for North at Center for Performance Research, "Moving quickly from one world and into another, for North conjures rich imagery at a rapid fire pace..…
In Impressions of: Faye Driscoll's Thank You For Coming: Play at BAM as part of the Next Wave Festival, "Play asks us if we become someone else when we perform? Or are we an eve…
In A Dance Date Night with Brenda Bufalino: Dorrance Dance's The Blues Project Featuring Toshi Reagon & BIGlovely, "The phrases may be brief, but these moments are short lines of poetry.…
In Impressions of Brooklyn Touring Outfit's Co.Venture with Pepper Fajans & David Vaughn at Baryshnikov Arts Center, "In the dance world where beautiful bodies are expected, it shocks and, e…
In The Dance Enthusiast Asks Zvi Gotheiner about ZviDance's On the Road at BAM's Next Wave Festival, "I wanted to take some time to really reflect. The piece came out of a r…
Marking the first full season at the Armory programmed by Artistic Director Pierre Audi, and the 10th anniversary of programming for the pioneering nonprofit arts organization, the year feat…
In Impressions of: Kate Weare's Marksman at The Joyce, " Speedy, crouchy walks thrust them across the stage, insect-like. More often, as if panthers, they retreat and then barrel in…
In Impressions of Gina Gibney's Folding In at Gibney Dance Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, "It feels elemental, fresh and clean, like the morning after a storm." Nicole Loeffler-G…
In Impressions of: Liz Gerring Dance Company's (T)here to (T)here at Baryshnikov Arts Center as part of the White Light Festival, "From the first jeté, Gerring and her dancers b…
In Impressions of: National Intimacy Month featuring Chelsea Murphy and Magda San Millan, B.S Movement & the feath3r theory, "Similarities between art-making and lovemaking drive the impe…
In Impressions of: Kyle Abraham and Abraham.In.Motion's Pavement at BAM as part of the Next Wave Festival, "Pavement depicts a culture of senseless violence where friendships are fl…
In Impressions of: Estampas Porteñas Tango Company's Deseos: Stories of Longing and Desire at Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts, "we're delivered the couple and the passion, a satisf…
In Impressions of Sam Kim's Fear in Porcelain at The Chocolate Factory, "Bodies are bonsai trees clipped and stripped to create a tortured, compelling beauty. Each large action is the sum of…
In Impressions of: Natalia Osipova & Artists at New York City Center, "Surely Osipova and Polunin are still at an evolutionary stage of their dance partnership and are testing foreign …
In Moving Caribbean in NYC: Joan Peters,Teacher of the Katherine Dunham Techinque at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's School : Ms. Peters says of her students, "They need to build up…
In Moving Caribbean: A Journey through Cuba with Martha Graham Dancer Lloyd Mayor, "Thick fronds of palm trees give way to delicately decaying mint, red and yellow houses. The colours fit…
In Moving Caribbean: The Merengue -- The Signature Dance of the Dominican Republic, "While simple, the Merengue is not easy: not in its execution and not in its evolution." Erin Bomboy, N…
In Moving Caribbean in New York and Elsewhere with Alicia Diaz: From San Juan, Puerto Rico to Agua Dulce Dance Theater, Diaz says, "I am inspired by lessons from the Caribbean that underscor…
In The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, "More than fifty long-legged women in heels, black leggings, and rhinestoned tank top…
In Impressions of: Troy Schumacher's BalletCollective at NYU Skirball Center, "you're always aware that you're watching real human beings, the same ones you pass on the street or stand n…
In Impressions of: Yasmeen Godder's Climax at Gibney Dance Center, "The dancers explore different ideas of climax, sexual ones most obviously, through emotional and physical exhaus…
In Moving Caribbean in New York City: Carlos Cabrera, Artistic Director of Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico on dancing at Hostos Center for Arts and Culture in New York
In Impressions of: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company's Lance: Pretty aka The Escape Artist at The Joyce, "His movement is rarely the most striking element, still it remains the esse…
"The way I look at a sunset, the moon or the people on the street - all is conditioned by this culture of beauty," says Enzo Celli, Artistic Director of VIVO Ballet who will participate …