"There is a moment, performed in silence, when everyone in their circles lifts up their arms and faces towards the sky. Time stops. Transcendence is one word that comes to mind at this momen…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"The dancing, featuring traditional Congolese movement, was powerful and very full bodied. It was full of torso complications, waists and hips moving, and strong, expansive legs. The wom…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"I can’t wait to keep growing and discovering more with BalletX. Catch us at The Joyce Theater soon!" — Eileen Kim, Philadelphia
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMRumble Strip and AMPLITUDE share many qualities, including titular allusions to deep, vibrating, resonant sounds and rich commitments to form. Emily (Kessler) of POGO and Lindy (Fines) of GR…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Tictac Art Centre is an international hotspot for dance improvisation. The Sixth Anniversary week was bursting with dance-and-art creativity while fostering a rich sense of community." - W…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"It's more about participation and what happens when you gather around in a circle together in community. And this is the way I describe it; when you go to a birthday or a wedding, the momen…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"A striking feature of the exhibition Crafting the Ballets Russes now at the Morgan Library & Museum is the way it illustrates the evolution of modern art within Diaghilev’s company." …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"It was its starry array of ballet dancers that ignited UNITE, the 2024 iteration of the Joyce Theater’s summer Ballet Festival. A week-long, two-program event curated by American Ballet…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:06PM"Exorcism = Liberation is an act of intervention, a rehearsal for collective action during a critical American election. This is the launch of a new public art project during the 2024 Presid…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThose who work in the dance ecosystem are invited to tell the organization about themselves and the challenges they face, which will offer Dance/USA greater insight into the needs of the da…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Once again, the Ballets Russes have cast their spell, this time in the exhibition Crafting the Ballets Russes, a remarkable collection of artworks, manuscripts, and memorabilia related to t…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Pivar or Curran have lost none of their strength, or authenticity, only gained mastery. " Deirdre Towers, New York
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"In addition to plenty of kink, the performers managed to cook a soup with produce they picked from various nooks and crannies of the room." -Henning Rübsam, New York
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Originating in Los Angeles' gay clubs in the 1970’s and inspired by silent films and Hollywood, the style carries power and intimacy, emphasizing the importance of storytelling and reveal…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"I think aside from our successful performances, a highlight of the summer was visiting Niagara Falls on our day off!" — Kieran McBride and Sarah Stafford, dancers with the New York Thea…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"The process has been an extraordinary investment of heart and opening of eyes as Accent Dance has allowed me to not only tell my grandma’s story, immigrating to the US from a difficult li…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Artistic Director Roel Voorinthalt wasn’t kidding when he titled his company’s return to The Joyce Theater after more than a decade “Energy.” High-octane and dynamic, Introdans thri…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"We wanted an easy way for people to talk about the issues and take tangible actions to build that vision, and so we bucketed the issues into three areas. One speaks to the fact that dance w…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Christian Warner’s WHITE HOT ROOM envelopes us in its raw subject matter. Warner, along with movement collaborator Elinor Kleber-Diggs and vocal collaborator Denise Ward, details his expe…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM" I'll take from the pleasures of theater, but not all of them because I don't find them enjoyable. I'm not into narrative, story, arc, and all those things. Actually, I don't even believe i…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"The work speaks in many registers, though its most effective vehicle remains the pulsating bodies and roaring spirits of its dancers." Sarah Cecilia Bukowski, New York
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Jesse Obremski’s choreography is sophisticated and subtle, textured with the use of repetition and counterpoint. However Obremski/Works is more than a dance company, it is a vehicle for s…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"In keeping with the tenor of the series, there is nothing stuffy about this programming. Three of the four choreographers (Nami Yamimoto, Mina Nishimura, and Stephen Petronio) are longtime,…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Lavagnino’s invitation to ‘get what you get’ based on your own personal history not only alleviates that anxiety, but opens up a world of possibility to audiences who may be unfamilia…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"With Queer the Ballet, Pierce and her team are doing revolutionary work, utilizing many recognizable aspects of the ballet structure—like the impressive, flashy, and jam-packed variations…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn silence Malcolm-x Betts and Ella Dawn W-S lightly touch as they struggle to balance. Their bodies are close, and the shapes of their bodies, often with one leg in back attitude while slow…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM