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THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Moses Pendleton on Moving with Nature, from Cowagrapher to MomixLand and Beyond...

The Dance Enthusiast — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"I really believe in “trust the accident” – you make things because you don't know what you're making. It's a process of discovery and then it applies to choreography and life in general. And “let nature finish the sentence” – we're all collaborators with life force and movements and energies. I think the basic aesthetic that I've always believed in was the human making contact with the non-human, the plant and the animal and mineral, the energies all around us. And that has been exciting for me." Moses Pendleton Interviewed by Theo Boguszewski

IMPRESSIONS: Will Rawls' “[siccer]” at the Keith Haring Theatre at Performance Space New York

The Dance Enthusiast — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"“[siccer]” offered one of the most poignant and powerful performances I have witnessed all year. Its ever-evolving structure felt both unpredictable and utterly right for a work so deeply invested in resisting containment." Kristen Hedberg, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Jack Ferver Presents "My Town" at NYU Skirball

The Dance Enthusiast — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"Jack Ferver knows how to set a scene. They also know how to play a character. In My Town, scenic landscapes emerge as characters just as the interior lives of characters reveal the contours of their psychological terrain. Through a synthesis of words and movement (written and performed by Ferver) with sound and visual design (by Jeremy Jacob), the result is a tense and haunting portrait of trauma and repression in small town America." — Sarah Cecilia Bukowski, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Hofesh Shechter Company in “Theatre of Dreams” at Powerhouse: International

The Dance Enthusiast — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"Theatre of Dreams is a world of darkness, filled with fragmented imagery and cacophonies of sound and texture." — Cecly Placenti, New York

IMPRESSIONS: EVIDENCE, A Dance Company Celebrates 40 Years at Billie Holiday Theatre

The Dance Enthusiast — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"When (Ronald K.) Brown walks onstage supported by a cane and accompanied by longtime associate Arcell Cabuag, the audience rises in appreciation. Brown is a moving reminder of endurance, legacy, and unwavering devotion to the arts." — Sabrina Petrelli, Bed Stuy

IMPRESSIONS: Absorbing Paul Taylor's Choreographic Range at Lincoln Center

The Dance Enthusiast — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"Speaking in Tongues and Gossamer Gallants, both danced brilliantly by this company’s artists, remind us how profoundly Taylor's choreography captures the full range of human experience, whether it explores the power dynamics of a religious congregation or delves into the intriguing mating games of the insect world." — Kristen Hedberg, New York

IMPRESSIONS: "The Seven Bridges (Hashi-zukushi)" at Japan Society

The Dance Enthusiast — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"Choreographer Takuro Suzuki takes a light-hearted approach in The Seven Bridges, the enchanting multimedia dance piece that his company CHAiroiPLIN presented at Japan Society, on November 15, 2025. In this rollicking adaptation of a short story by Yukio Mishima, the choreographer shrinks Tokyo to toy-size; and the city appears as a child might build it." — Robert Johnson, New York

MOVING VISIONS: Some Thoughts on Silence

The Dance Enthusiast — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"When there’s no music to connect you to your sensuality or transport you to a distant memory, there’s no escaping what’s in front of you. While such pieces require patience from the audience, they can also bring a bracing clarity to the experience." — Wendy Perron, Moving Visions Editor, New York

IMPRESSIONS: ZviDance’s World Premiere of “Dandelion” at New York Live Arts

The Dance Enthusiast — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"ZviDance’s world premiere Dandelion, choreographed by Zvi Gotheiner in collaboration with his dancers [...] unfolds as a series of finely sculpted duets interpreting an eclectic score by Scott Killian." — Sabrina Petrelli, New York

IMPRESSIONS: An Evening of New Work: Baryshnikov Arts Welcomes Back Aszure Barton & Benjamin Millepied

The Dance Enthusiast — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"Baryshnikov Arts is highlighting its residency program. It has supported more than 270 residencies for artists of different disciplines, and Aszure Barton and Benjamin Millepied were among the first. This program, “An Evening of New Work,” was a chance for Barton and Millepied to express thanks to Baryshnikov Arts (formerly Baryshnikov Arts Center) for supporting their work over the years." Wendy Perron, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Martha@BAM—The 1963 Interview

The Dance Enthusiast — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"In our smallness, perhaps the only way we can take Graham’s measure is through parody. Yet the Martha impersonation that drag artist Richard Move revived, October 28, 2025 in BAM’s intimate Fisher Space, is much more than that." — Robert Johnson, New York

IMPRESSIONS: “nothing personal, just everything” at The Chocolate Factory and “Optimistic Voices” at BAM Next Wave

The Dance Enthusiast — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"This fall continues to bring an absolute deluge of excellent dance and performance across a wide spectrum of styles and scales. Seeing everything is well-nigh impossible (the FOMO is real!)." — Sarah Cecilia Bukowski, New York

IMPRESSIONS: evan ray suzuki Presents "plot hole" at PAGEANT

The Dance Enthusiast — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"Considering that suzuki’s work engages deeply with the anxieties of the post-internet age, I found myself contemplating questions surrounding our normalized hyperdigital existence. In a society where virtual connection is no longer novel, how can we continue to cultivate sincere experiences?" — Kristen Hedberg, New York

IMPRESSIONS: GALLIM in "Mother" at The Joyce Theater

The Dance Enthusiast — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"As the curtain falls, I return to my initial curiosities of creation, care, and renewal, and I’m left with the sense that MOTHER is not one figure, but a shared pulse of becoming." — Kristen Hedberg, New York

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Baryshnikov Arts Residency Artists Chalvar Monteiro, Chaery Moon and Alex Munro

The Dance Enthusiast — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"These artists are colleagues of mine whose curiosities show some consonances in thinking [...] witnessing their processes and speaking with them about their work afforded me an opportunity to reflect on the tiny seeds and tender shoots of their creativity, and how residencies function as essential incubators and accelerators for artistic growth." — Sarah Cecilia Bukowski, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Dance Bloc NYC Festival at Dixon Place

The Dance Enthusiast — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"Dixon Place celebrated five years of the Dance Bloc NYC Festival, presenting a dynamic roster of choreographers across each program. Curated by Sangeeta Yesley, the festival continues Dixon Place’s longstanding mission — established in 1986 — to uplift emerging artists and cultivate bold creative voices." — Sabrina Petrelli, New York

IMPRESSIONS: "ABT@85: Classics to the Contemporary" at Lincoln Center

The Dance Enthusiast — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"I don’t know if I have ever seen ABT’s corps de ballet look better. The women in this Shades scene almost dance as one organism. It feels as though all the dancers breathe in and out at the same time, and their mastery of the material in turn makes me breathe easier." — Henning Rübsam, New York

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Dorchel Haqq Before DraftWork Premiere at Danspace Project

The Dance Enthusiast — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"Improvisation is like turning over a stone, and finding another one underneath. There is always more. The child inside me keeps exploring. There is so much work to do, and I am excited to keep doing it." — Dorchel Haqq, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Kat Mustatea’s "The Mutables" at HERE Arts Center

The Dance Enthusiast — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"In The Mutables, Mustatea presents an active internal battle between the voice and body of an artist. Her exploration of technology emphasizes its power to, in a matter of seconds, either bolster or eradicate our humanity." — Miranda Stuck, New York

IMPRESSIONS: ABT@85: A Retrospective of Master Choreographers (Part Two)

The Dance Enthusiast — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"If Fokine’s Les Sylphides seems timeless, Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo looks out-of-date and under-rehearsed." — Robert Johnson, New York

IMPRESSIONS: ABT@85: A Retrospective of Master Choreographers (Part One)

The Dance Enthusiast — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"With its program titled A Retrospective of Master Choreographers, launched October 17 as part of its fall 2025 season at the David H. Koch Theater, American Ballet Theatre recalled the aspirations of its founders, who planned to assemble a ballet museum with Russian, British, and American wings." — Robert Johnson, New York

DANCE NEWS: The Joyce Theater Announces Transformational Gift of $15 Million from Rajika Puri and Anupam "Tino" Puri

The Dance Enthusiast — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) today announced a landmark $15 million gift from dance artist, scholar, and advocate Rajika Puri and her late husband, Anupam “Tino” Puri (1945–2025), Senior Partner Emeritus at McKinsey & Company. The Puris have been steadfast supporters of The Joyce Theater since 1992, sharing an enduring belief in dance as one of humanity’s most vital expressions of culture.

IMPRESSIONS: American Ballet Theatre in “Twyla@60: A Tharp Celebration”

The Dance Enthusiast — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"The program focuses only on Tharp choreography made specifically for classical dancers. Wisely, rather than imposing on them her inventive modern vocabulary — which so ensnared audiences in other arenas — for ABT’s world-class ballet dancers Tharp devised works that would display as well as extend what it is they already do so well." — Lisa Jo Sagolla, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Ballet Preljocaj Presents “Gravity” at The Joyce Theater

The Dance Enthusiast — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

"Through the exploration of weight, speed, and pathways through space, Preljocaj creates a world where gravity is not only a fundamental law but a vehicle for textured and evocative movement." — Cecly Placenti, New York

POSTCARDS: Site-Specific Dances Presents "Love Letters: Cage to Cunningham" at Guild Hall of East Hampton

The Dance Enthusiast — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Love Letters: Cage to Cunningham is a new dance and media performance from Site-Specific Dances, inspired by Love, Icebox — the intimate letters between composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham.