"Actually Keigwin thrives when surrounding himself with bright, shiny creative types, and wrangling doesn't seem necessary... He has that magic glimmer in his eye, which easily promises any …
"Home is a moving, compelling look at the immigrant experience. The show grew out of personal experience and community input." Naomi Orwin, Philadelphia.Â
"The work brings us back to childhood, when nighttime shadows on the bedroom wall inspired a world of imagination." Theo Boguszewski, New York.
"From the fervor and commitment that's evident from the start, it's clear this new work " the first choreography he has made for the Ailey troupe since becoming its artistic director…
" A pale, thin piece of fabric hung between the audience and the stage to ever-so-slightly obscure the dancers, who introduced a series of intricately folded paper sculptures." Nicole Loeffl…
"In their split-bill program at Triskelion Arts, Seal and improv duo the Raving Jaynes make it their goal to elicit laughter lots of it." Erin Bomboy, Brooklyn.
"Even when they aren't locked into one another's gaze, the musician and dancer are wholly connected, the space between them full of intention." Garnet Henderson, New York.
"When news of the Paris massacres broke, it was the static and historic arts centers that both fixed the moment in time and provided an imaginative refuge beyond it," Jean Lenihan, Los Angel…
"Her artistry and curiosity made the transition from world's greatest ballerina to world's greatest dancer a seamless one"Â Henning Rübsam on Sylvie Guillem.Â
"To celebrate the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, NYU's Skirball Center recently produced a singular evening, bringing together the 15-year-old, New York-based…
"together + separately combines the experimental forces of three post-modern downtown darlings for an evening of movement construction and contemplation." Melanie Greene, Brooklyn.
"She [Wendy Whelan] and [Jock] Soto had a famous partnership at NYCB. In Hagoromo, which brings them together onstage for the first time in 10 years, their rapport seems as strong as ever." …
"ABT brought back The Green Table giving audiences another chance to view this haunting work in which Jooss strips away all pretense of "realpolitik" or martial glory." Robert Johnson, New Y…
"He [Cordeiro]Â reflects on the terrible price of celebrity and the pitiful and degrading stunts to which those who yearn for fame must lower themselves." Robert Johnson, New York.
"Studio time with Twyla was an education in how to work, how to persevere and how to honor whomever was in the room." Choreographer and dancer Sara Rudner, New York.
"Once you put something through the grinder of comedy, it's not the same afterward. Comedy can serve as an equalizer," says comedian Jeff Seal.
"Usually the best practice for us is meditation, and observing the power of silence before expressing a sound, movement, or light," says Musican Layton Weedeman.
"Both women share an interest in the particular qualities that someone with a disability can bring to the stage and hope to break down stereotypes of what a dancer can be." Theo Boguszewski,…
"Wielding his body as both brush and paint, he inscribes the air with arcane, profound gestures...Elite ballet dancers could look messy next to Odedra's extraordinary refinement." Erin Bombo…
"Given our proximity to New York City," says Kara Golden director of admissions at the Mason Gross School, "the new MFA degree program is ideal for any dance artist who has already establish…
"Stefanie Batten Bland doesn't simply choreograph bodies, she orchestrates environments." Christine Jowers, New York.
"Ballet Memphis brought two evenings of new, somewhat startling American choreography"repertory whose images address large, philosophical issues." Mindy Aloff, New York.
"Choreographer Mina Nishimura takes the aesthetics of Butoh and overlays different moods to conceive of something fresh and unaffected." Erin Bomboy, New York.