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Our Features The Dance Enthusiast Takes Class ( And Writes About It)Tara Sheena Takes Class with Jennifer Nugent at Movement Research.Jennifer Nugent is a force to be reckoned with... Like many of the great dance classes in New York, I had an idea of how popular her class was through the grapevine of dancers I run into on a daily basis. I was advised by more than one person to get there early to ensure a spot; for good reason...TARA SHEENA, NEW YORK ... read more  Bessie Award Winner, Beth Gill Chats With The Dance Enthusiast About:Risk, The Big Picture (and More)"I am always trying to stay connected to what feels authentic to myself... I felt at the start of Electric Midwife that I was interested in doing something that I hadn’t done, which was work in an almost classically formal way. That felt outside of the trends I was seeing in contemporary dance. I needed to flesh that out for myself, see if I could do it, see if it was interesting to me, and have that experience of making dance in that way," Beth Gill, choreographer  The Dance Enthusiast Takes Class (...and Writes About It.)Tara Sheena Takes Class with Raja Feather KellyUpon 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. ... read more  FIVE POINTS- TAKE Dance +PULSE: PART IIA Photographic Journey Through An Evening of Dance at the Merce Cunningham Studios in NYC. Photos by Sinru Ku.A Photographic Journey -FIVE POINTS: TAKE Dance + PULSE :Part ll-New Choreography and Music at the Merce Cunningham Studios in New York City
Photo Essay © Sinru Ku for The Dance Enthusiast
Choreography: Takehiro Ueyama, Jill Echo, Kile Hotchkiss, Kristen Arnold, and Milan Misko  The Dance Enthusiast Takes Class (and Writes About It...)Tara Sheena Takes Class with Xan Burley at Dance New AmsterdamAfter a long Haitus, one of my favorite Dance Enthusiast's section is back...Taking Class and Writing About It. -Christine Jowers, editor |
