Dance-Enthusiast.com Features

IMPRESSIONS: 600 Highwaymen's "Manmade Earth" at The Invisible Dog Art Center as part of FIAF's Crossing the Line Festival

The Dance Enthusiast — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In IMPRESSIONS: 600 Highwaymen's "Manmade Earth" at the Invisible Dog Art Center as part of FIAF's Crossing the Line Festival, "In athleisure or jeans and T-shirts, and, for two, hijabs, the octet pairs their questions with stances. Legs part in lunges while hands clasp; arms stroke through the air while elbows poke at it." — Erin Bomboy, Brooklyn

Dance News: Boston Dance Alliance’s (BDA) 3rd Annual Dancer Health Day On September 15

The Dance Enthusiast — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Learn more about Boston Dance Alliance’s (BDA) 3rd Annual Dancer Health Day on September 15!

Dancing with Jacqulyn Buglisi in the "9/11 Table of Silence Project"

The Dance Enthusiast — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In Dancign with Jacqulyn Buglisi on the "9/11 Table of Silence Project" Things I am Learning About Walking, Standing, and Dancing Together : "There really is nothing quite as miraculous as feeling so many bodies moving in cooperative unison. To take that power out into the Lincoln Center plaza —out of the studio and into the world — well, who knows what could happen?" Christine Jowers, New York City

IMPRESSIONS: Opening Night of the Dance Now Festival at Joe's Pub

The Dance Enthusiast — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In IMPRESSIONS: Dance Now Festival at Joe's Pub, "Not all the performers on opening night have come purely to entertain—some have politics on their minds. But, on this Wednesday at least, the laurels go to those who have mastered their craft, enabling them to make adroit use of the Pub’s miniscule stage." — Robert Johnson, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Summer Memories of the Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center

The Dance Enthusiast — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In IMPRESSIONS: Summer Memories of the Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center, "Ekman's Concise Guide to Natural Movement is a guileless reminder that no one can top nature for its dancing." — Deirdre Towers, New York

Dance News: Get Enthused! These Are The 2019-20 Dance In Process (DiP) Resident Artists

The Dance Enthusiast — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Get Enthused! These Are The 2019-20 Dance In Process (DiP) Resident Artists: Nami Yamamoto, Catherine Galasso, Leyya Tawil, Lime Rickey Intl3, Julie Mayo, Ivy Baldwin, Maria Bauman-Morales, Zavé Martohardjono & Katy Pyle.

Dance News: Brooklyn's On Stage at Kingsborough Announces 2019-2020 Performing Arts Season

The Dance Enthusiast — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Brooklyn's On Stage at Kingsborough announces its 2019-2020 performing arts season and celebrates its 10th anniversary season under the leadership of Executive Director Anna Becker.

Hanna Q Dance Company's Summer Postcard from The Poconos

The Dance Enthusiast — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Dance News: The Clark Center For The Performing Arts, A Seminal Space In NYC Dance History, Turns 60!

The Dance Enthusiast — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Clark Center NYC is pleased to present a series of events celebrating the 60th anniversary of the initial founding of the Clark Center for the Performing Arts.

Dance News: CPR - Center for Performance Research Receives Funding From The Howard Gilman Foundation

The Dance Enthusiast — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Dance News: CPR - Center for Performance Research Receives Funding From The Howard Gilman Foundation

Dance News: Get Enthused! These Are The 2019 Bessie Award Nominees

The Dance Enthusiast — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Get Enthused! These Are The 2019 Bessie Award Nominees. Also, Daina Ashbee Is The Outstanding Breakout Choreographer Award & Alice Sheppard Receives 2019 Juried Bessie Award.

Dance News: Lincoln Center Out of Doors Launches On July 24, 2019

The Dance Enthusiast — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Lincoln Center Out of Doors Launches On July 24! Dancemakers To Catch Include Caleb Teicher, Jesús Carmona, Sri Lankan Dance Academy of New York, Redobles de Cultura & More.

Dance News: Get Enthused For Caleb Teicher, Paul Taylor Dance Company & Ilya Vidrin's Reciprocity Collaborative at Jacob's Pillow This July 24-28!

The Dance Enthusiast — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Get Enthused For Caleb Teicher, Paul Taylor Dance Company & Ilya Vidrin's Reciprocity Collaborative at Jacob's Pillow This July 24-28, 2019!

Ice Dance International Becomes The First Ice Skating Company to Dance At Jacob's Pillow

The Dance Enthusiast — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In Ice Dance International Becomes The First Ice Skating Company to Dance At Jacob's Pillow: Douglas Webster, Artistic Director of the company says," It is an incredible honor for IDI to perform at Jacob’s Pillow and allows our company to connect to the deeply rooted history of dance there. It also draws us closer to one of Ice Dance InternationaI’s founders, Edward Villella, whose own history is deeply engrained in that of The Pillow."

Dance News: Archive in Motion, 75 Years Of The Jerome Robbins Dance Division, Running from July 15th Onwards

The Dance Enthusiast — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400

All about "Archive in Motion," an exhibition detailing 75 years of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

8 Dance Events Happening This Summer 2019!

The Dance Enthusiast — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Get Enthused For These 8 Dance Performances Happening This Summer 2019!

IMPRESSIONS: Hadar Ahuvia’s “The Dances are For Us” at Danspace Project

The Dance Enthusiast — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In IMPRESSIONS: Hadar Ahuvia’s “The Dances are For Us” at Danspace Project, "While their pedestrian clothes mark individuality, Jewish ancestry becomes the connective tissue of experience entangled by tradition and contradiction." — Melanie Greene, New York

IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet’s 2019 Spring Season — Week 5 and 6

The Dance Enthusiast — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet’s 2019 Spring Season — Week 5 and 6, "The most revelatory debut in a role turned out to be Joseph Gordon’s performance in Theme and Variations, as part of Tschaikovsky Suite No.3. Gordon’s wild heart completes the arc of an evening which features the implausible pairing of Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet and the Tschaikovsky Suite." — Henning Rübsam, New York

IMPRESSIONS: TAKE Dance’s “In The Sea of Heaven” at The Flea Theater

The Dance Enthusiast — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In IMPRESSIONS: TAKE Dance’s “In The Sea of Heaven” at The Flea Theater, "The only piece without a definitive narrative, In the Sea of Heaven, enchants with an otherworldly allure. Seven dancers lie on their backs, legs held in the air and then imperceptibly floating down like a sea anemone closing." — Cecly Placenti, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Mari Meade Dance Collective’s “On Leaving” at Triskelion Arts

The Dance Enthusiast — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In IMPRESSIONS: Mari Meade Dance Collective’s “On Leaving” at Triskelion Arts, "Meade offers us the gift of space, a place where we can each revisit and process our own grief." — Cecly Placenti, Brooklyn

Sean Dorsey's Message To Trans, Gender-Nonconforming & Queer Communities

The Dance Enthusiast — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

"Being recognized as the nation’s first acclaimed transgender modern dance choreographer has been an intense mix of success and accolades along with intense discrimination and loneliness. Ultimately I feel incredibly blessed!" says Sean Dorsey, Artistic Director of Sean Dorsey Dance.

IMPRESSIONS: American Ballet Theatre in Cathy Marston’s “Jane Eyre”

The Dance Enthusiast — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In IMPRESSIONS: American Ballet Theatre in Cathy Marston’s “Jane Eyre," "Marston’s choreography is equally undistinguished. Moments — the tick-tock precision of Lowood’s students as they sup and study, a posh bash of waltzing gentlepeople — do resonate. Yet they’re swept up in an endless eddy of swirling movements that all look the same." — Erin Bomboy, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Limón Dance Company 2019 Season at The Joyce

The Dance Enthusiast — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In Limón Dance Company 2019 Season at The Joyce, choreography by José Limón, Colin Connor, Francesca Harper with special guest, Nona Hendryx : "José Limón's 1947 masterwork, The Moor's Pavane, and 1967’s Psalm look radiant as danced by the adroit young artists of the 2019 Limón Dance Company. I can’t contain my praise about this group. They danced their hearts (and several other body parts) out this season." Christine Jowers, New York

The Dance Enthusiast's A to Z: Z is for André M. Zachery and Pavel Zuštiak

The Dance Enthusiast — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In The Dance Enthusiast's A to Z: Z is for André M. Zachery and Pavel Zuštiak, "Seeing Pina Bausch's company perform Café Muller and Rite of Spring in Kosice, my hometown in then Czechoslovakia. After meeting her and then seeing the work, I knew I wanted to do dance and theatre more than just a hobby," Pavel Zuštiak says in response to what was the light bulb moment when you knew you were going to be a dancer?

IMPRESSIONS: YYDC’s “The Edge of 30°” at BAM Fisher

The Dance Enthusiast — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In IMPRESSIONS: YYDC’s “The Edge of 30°” at BAM Fisher, "Regardless of your seat, and there’s no bad seat, you’ll notice the performers’ unique relationship to their kinespheres, which stop at the end of their natural reach." — Erin Bomboy, Brooklyn