Before you know what’s happening, you will be screaming “higher" and "higher" with your hands in the air; then dancing on stage with the gal in the magenta hot pants...Christine Jowers, New York

“We firmly believe talented artists should be compensated for their work, and that we need to find new ways of funding the arts. Dances Made to Order provides a global distribution platform for dance film, and we also share our profits: 65% of our ticket revenue goes back to our artists and an additional 10% goes to each of our curatorial partners. The way audiences consume media is changing. We want dance film to have a place in the changing media landscape by presenting it through a forum that is unfettered by the constraints of geography, time and distance.” --Kingsley Irons

Festival Curators, K.J. Holmes and Sandra Loring talk about: beginnings, improvisation, choreography, presence, transformation and all sorts of artsy things you discover after 20 years of moving around. The Movement Research Fall Festival continues through December 4th, 2011.

The Dance Enthusiast's Cory Nakasue finds the STREB company and their fearless leader preparing for their biggest show yet, Kiss The Air at the Park Avenue Armory. It opens this Wednesday, December 14th. Says Streb, “I want people to watch us move and think, ‘that doesn’t follow the rules I’ve been taught operate on earth…”

Upon entering the studio at Dance New Amsterdam, I couldn’t help but notice Kelly’s frame. He is strikingly lean. Imposing. Instantly, I was anxious. What havoc can this stretched-out-skeleton of a dancer wreak on my 5 foot 2 inch frame? I didn't have to wait long for my fears to be put to rest. Kelly seamlessly eases the class into work by guiding us with images of sensation and direction.

How strangely wonderful to hear of the deep commitment to artistic process at the kick-off the 2012 “Dance Forum: Residencies in Dance,” organized by Dance/USA and hosted as a pre-conference event by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP). Strange because for most dancers who present their 15 minutes of work at the New York festival hoping to court presenters and get jobs, APAP can be one of the most hellacious, anti-creative, artistically unfriendly experiences ever...