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The Dance Enthusiast Asks: Peggy Baker

As She Makes Her First New York Appearance In 12 (or so) Years, Peggy Baker, Renowned Solo Artist, Chats with Christine Jowers

“What is most liberating and immediate when working with a company (as opposed to solo work) is the ability to leap beyond the body and its’ technique and live out possibilities through the dancers.” I can hear Baker’s delight at this over the phone...Christine Jowers, New York,New York
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The Dance Enthusiast Asks K.J. Holmes And Sondra Loring

As Movement Research's Fall Festival Celebrates 20 Years This Year, We Speak to the Curators.

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.
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The Dance Enthusiast Asks The Guys and Dolls of Dance Now/NYC...

Veteran Artists of DanceNow/NYC on the Challenge of Creating a Work in Five Minutes or Less (and more)


Seventeen years ago, Robin Staff, had a vision of supporting dancers and challenging creativity. So, she created a festival. 
DanceNow NYC has presented work in  gyms, recreation centers,  empty swimming pools, firehouses, Soho Galleries, churches, oh, and traditional theaters too. Along the way, artists and audiences  have been encouraged to lighten up, let loose  and discover what they really love.

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The Dance Enthusiast Asks TenduTV

Want to know more about the fellow who is helping to bring NYC Dance (in 3D) to a theater near you?

Brittany Beyer, The Dance Enthusiast's New Enthusiastic Correspondent, Asks Marc Kirschner, Founder and General Manager of TenduTV, about What He Does and Why... (AND she manages to get him to do a tendu or two) video by Brittany Beyer for The Dance Enthusiast
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The Dance Enthusiast Asks Alexandra Beller about "other stories"

Keeping What is Magical in the Movement

The Dance Enthusiast Asks Alexandra Beller about the process of creating other stories  with her company, Alexandra/ Beller Dances.
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