Wednesday, June 4, 2025
"Passing the torch is a solemn duty in the relay race that we call civilization. For the Martha Graham Dance Company, this means training young dancers to perform the works of the company’…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMTuesday, June 3, 2025
"A Love Letter" pays homage to stories of Asian-American heritage in an episodic evening of imagistic symbolism, movement, and film. /... The Slipper Room...may be the last place you'd expe…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThursday, May 29, 2025
"In Memory Piece: Mr. Ailey, Alvin….the un-Ailey, Bill T. Jones says he regrets that he did not pursue a friendship with his choreographic elder, the late Alvin Ailey (1931-1989). Yet Aile…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM" In his solo show from last year, Memory Piece: Mr. Ailey, Alvin…the un-Ailey, Jones reviews his complicated relationship with the late Alvin Ailey. The season premiere, Curriculum III: P…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Montreal-based artist Lara Kramerbrings her evocative solo work "Gorgeous Tongue" to New York." Theo Boguszewski, New York
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMWednesday, May 28, 2025
"There are many characters within Carmen. She is confident, sensual, evil, playful, and vulnerable at times [...] I feel that in many relationships there is often someone like Carmen, so…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"The exquisite group of solos, duets, and trios presented by Parker and Schulkind acknowledges Schulkind’s influence on Parker’s dance history as well as the artistic values both artists…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMTuesday, May 27, 2025
"Volunteers, veterinarians, dancers, audience members—we come together in a beautiful kind of chaos. Somewhere in that crowd, someone will meet the gaze of a homeless animal, and it will b…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMTuesday, May 20, 2025
"What first registers as chaos gradually reveals a skeleton of structure. A series of electronic beeps cues the trio into synchronized movement, only for them to abandon it later, diving bac…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMMonday, May 19, 2025
The four nude dancers jump wide-legged with bent knees, arms relaxed at their sides—three penises and one vulva plainly visible—as if sculpted in the stance of sumo wrestlers. Then, with…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"The choreographers presented a diverse and highly anticipated bill, filled with complex storytelling and physical genius, but it was the Gibney Company dancers who truly carried the show to…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMSunday, May 18, 2025
"Sokolow's theatre makes a similar “ask” of the viewer: don't just watch, but actively feel what is happening on the stage." Samuel Humphreys, New York
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMWednesday, May 14, 2025
Two programs at the 92NY make up its Future Dance Festival. Young dancemakers selected by a curation panel show their work in the newly refurbished Buttenwieser Hall, the performance …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMTuesday, May 13, 2025
"Oberfelder draws on a deep well of folklore, archetypes, and emotional textures to reimagine what a performance space—and a story—can be. Staged in a historic church currently fighting …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"I hope to continue expanding FZD’s presence in the UK, deepening collaborations with dancers and organizations there... and, eventually, to establish a residency center in the UK—a spac…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThe second program of the 92NY’s Future Dance Festival introduces eight young choreographers in an afternoon time slot: Ekko Greenbaum, Ja’Moon Jones, Dahyun Kim (Ah-Molla Dance Colle…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMSaturday, May 10, 2025
"The minute I saw Parsons at The Joyce my freshman year of college, and the minute I stepped into the room doing the Parsons Intensive, everything clicked." — Zoey Anderson, New York
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThursday, May 8, 2025
Excerpts of New Ancient Springs are shown at the Guggenheim Museum’s Peter B. Lewis Theater interspersed with discussion between New Jersey Ballet Artistic Director Maria Kowroski and mode…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMAmanda Selwyn, artistic director and founder of the Amanda Selwyn Dance Theater, celebrates 25 years of performance and resilience this weekend as she presents her world premiere of Awaken a…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMWednesday, May 7, 2025
"Dorchel Haqq’s closed mouths don’t get fed nourishes its participants with a sense of community expressed through movement and meaningful connection." — Kristen Hedberg, New York
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"While Scotch Symphony does have romantic elements, it never quite limits itself to one genre [...] Justin Peck’s Belles-Lettres give everyone the chance to move, and makes the dance…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMTuesday, May 6, 2025
"At 84-years old, Lucinda Childs suspends time." — Ann Moradian
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMOn May 2, 2025, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) began canceling grants that had already been awarded. Funded organizations have been told their grants will be cut off on May 31. Ma…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMMonday, May 5, 2025
"Subject doesn’t end happily, but we can take some comfort from the fact that, in troubled times, some artists step forward to defend humanity." — Robert Johnson, Astoria
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMWednesday, April 30, 2025
Choreographer Matthew Westerby opened the evening with a call to action, speaking of outreach, education, equity, and inclusion. The sense of community resonated through the succinct choreog…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMTuesday, April 29, 2025
"The company presented four ballets by as many choreographers; and each bore an authorial stamp. There is no confusing Jodie Gates’ lush new ballet Passage of Being with William Forsythe�…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"BODYTRAFFIC, a contemporary dance company from Los Angeles that seamlessly blends ballet, contemporary, hip-hop, modern, and Afro-Caribbean styles, reflects its city’s rich diversity whil…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMMonday, April 28, 2025
"n this intimate program, these three artists take an unsparing look at their self-making: Pietro and Zaritt through each other and Lloyd through us. Together they explore the dialogic world…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"This program is a tribute to the Artistic Associates — the heart of Gibney Company. Each piece asks something different of them: to be exacting and sharp, to be expansive and sensorial, t…
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