THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: U for Allison SCHUSTER-ULRICH and Dancers UNLIMITED by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: nora chipaumire at Harlem Stage with the NYC Premiere of "ShebeenDub" by The Dance Enthusiast

"What appears as simply an immersive show and monumental party speaks deeper. The event intentionally and excitingly rejects any semblance of traditional performance viewing, meant to be acc…

IMPRESSIONS: Fresh Tracks at New York Live Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

"It’s rare for any mixed bill to be full of hits, yet the Fresh Tracks artists delivered just that with style and verve to spare. These tracks are certainly ones worth following." Sarah Ce…

IMPRESSIONS: Parsons Dance at The Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"The exceptional dancers deliver knockout performances with an almost always frontal focus and an intensity in which the volume is turned on high without pause." — Henning Rübsam, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Gibney Company at The Joyce: The Spirit of Experimentation, Then and Now by The Dance Enthusiast

"What’s exciting about the current Gibney company, under the direction of Gilbert T. Small II since 2022, is that the dancers invest the movement with personal vitality, they react to each…

IMPRESSIONS: Sarah Panayiotou Leñador's "am I real?" at Abron's Art Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"Leñador and her collaborators have created an evening that takes us through the highs and lows of being. Whether or note  we’ve witnessed her mental breakdown or the world breaking her …

IMPRESSIONS: Martha Graham Dance Company, American Legacies at New York City Center (Part 2) by The Dance Enthusiast

"At the age of 96, Graham surprised her fans with the antics of Maple Leaf Rag, but perhaps she found a source of mirth in her own longevity...From her raised vantage-point, she can see the …

IMPRESSIONS: “Message in a Bottle” at New York City Center with Songs by Sting, Direction & Choreography by Kate Prince by The Dance Enthusiast

"Sometimes the songs’ repurposing works brilliantly, such as when “Don’t Stand So Close to Me,” originally written about an unseemly relationship between a teacher and pupil, is used…

IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet's 75th Spring 2024 Season “The Future” at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

"One of the many layers that make me love Dances … is its sense of community. The work is as non-hierarchical as ballet was able to get at Lincoln Center in 1969...Brahms-Schoenberg Qu…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: T for Manatsu TANAKA and Melissa TOOGOOD by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY, AMERICAN LEGACIES " The Rite of Spring" at New York City Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"Martha Graham’s The Rite of Spring is not about exotic people separated from us by time and distance. It’s about the here and now. Unlike Errand into the Maze, where we remain passive s…

IMPRESSIONS: Rachel Gill's "The Eight Positions or Could This Go On Forever?" at Arts On Site by The Dance Enthusiast

"In Gill's  Eight Positions or Could This Go On Forever? seemingly unrelated elements speak to Rachel and Chelsea's shared curiosity of each other.  Deliberateness and care are constants o…

IMPRESSIONS: "THAT SHOW," a Celebratory Evening Showcasing Emerging New York Performance Artists by The Dance Enthusiast

"I found myself in a loft in Chinatown delightedly surrounded by a slew of familiar faces. A certain sector of the New York dance scene—young, determined, earnest— mingled about, doused …

IMPRESSIONS: “THE MOMENT” with More Fish Dance Company at The Joyce’s New York Center for Creativity and Dance by The Dance Enthusiast

"By the end of the exhilarating afternoon, we’ve come to realize (if we didn’t know already) that dance improvisations are far from random noodlings of the body. Creating a score, playin…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Sydney Skybetter on Choreorobotics, De-Stabilizing Norms, and The Dancing Future by The Dance Enthusiast

"I don't anticipate that there's going to be robots on the floor of the Joyce anytime soon, but it's interesting to me that Jacob’s Pillow, which is rebuilding the Doris Duke Theater, is i…

IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet's 75th Spring Season “The Future” at Lincoln Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"The company describes its spring season on the cover of the playbill as “The Future.” I keep my fingers crossed, and wish for the best." Henning Rübsam, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Morgan McEwan's MorDance in their New Yonker's Studio Space by The Dance Enthusiast

"McEwan knows how to charge an enormous space with energy. The dancers have the dynamism and sheen of thoroughbreds." Deirdre Towers, Yonkers

IMPRESSIONS: Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca at The Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"In Searching for Goya at The Joyce Theater, Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, the longstanding flamenco company based in New York City, presents a compendium of dances predicated on the…

IMPRESSIONS: Ballet Hispánico at New York City Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"Ballet Hispánico celebrated Eduardo Vilaro’s 15th year as artistic director with a powerful season at New York City Center." Hannah Lieberman, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Dominica Greene "ENUF" at Triskelion Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

"Greene’s ancestors smile as she smiles, laugh as she laughs, and the presence of her family in the audience fills the space with warmth and recognition. Her offering is for them as much a…

IMPRESSIONS: The Lydian Gale Parr, A Chamber Oratio Featuring The Dancers of Ballez at Target Margin Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"The Lydian Gale Parr  imaginatively and wholeheartedly embraces the questions and considerations of our time in its multi-layered tale of an identity and gender shifting hero who attempts …

POSTCARDS: Ballet Hartford Artistic Director, Claire Kretzschmar, Choreographs "Raffaella" in Indiana. by The Dance Enthusiast

"Raffaella is a fairytale ballet inspired by the life of a radiant ballerina, Raffaella Stroik, who died unexpectedly at age 23."  - Claire Kretzschmar

IMPRESSIONS: Sydney Dance Company at the Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"In ab (intra,) choreographed by Sydney Dance Company’s artistic director Rafael Bonachela, the dancers regard each other throughout the seventy-five-minute piece as they navigate tenderne…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: S for Sue SAMUELS and Ingrid SILVA by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS a Texas Round Up: Houston Ballet's "Bespoke" and Ballet Austin's "POE/ A Tale of Madness" by The Dance Enthusiast

"When I saw Houston Ballet in 'Fall for Dance' at New York City Center last October, I was impressed by the dancers’ fine technique and exuberant execution...Ballet Austin’s long-time di…

IMPRESSIONS: Beth Gill “Nail Biter” at NYU Skirball by The Dance Enthusiast

"heels click clack one rib sideways shins lit by shins coattails and beret a flash of red lining" - Sarah Cecilia Bukowski, New York  

IMPRESSIONS: Leslie Cuyjet “For All Your Life” at The Chocolate Factory Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"Leslie Cuyjet is a master of layers. Her multimedia performance exhibition “For All Your Life”teems with interpenetrating modes of expression as words, objects, imagery, and movement ec…

IMPRESSIONS: Dance Theatre of Harlem at New York City Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"This is a program for our time, - respectful of the past and confidently embracing the future." Henning Rübsam, New York, New York

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Ballet Hispánico's Eduardo Vilaro on "Buscando a Juan" and Changing Narratives by The Dance Enthusiast

"We're going to change narratives through full length work. So in the future, there are more heroines to talk about beyond Eva Perón, there are more heroes beyond Juan de Pareja, and there …

IMPRESSIONS: Nederlands Dans Theater at New York City Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"Based in The Hague, NDT is home to some of the most talented and versatile dancers on the planet, but the company is cherished for its innovative, multifaceted choreography." — Cecly Pla…

IMPRESSIONS: Megan Williams and Eve Beglarian's "Smile though your heart is aching" at Mark Morris Dance Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"This entrance set the deliberate, thoughtful tone of Williams’ evening length work set to Beglarian’s anthology, Machaut in the Machine Age. Filled with gentle trios, duets, solos, and …