In Response to COVID-19 Closures, Kennedy Center Artist-In-Residence Mo Willems Invites Us Into His Studio To Make Art by The Dance Enthusiast

Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence Mo Willems to Host Online video series to virtually invite learners of all ages into his studio for the next few weeks due to Kennedy Center clos…

Letter from The Dance Enthusiast Managment Team re COVID-19 by The Dance Enthusiast

In Letter from The Dance Enthusiast Managment Team re COVID-19 "How our world has changed in such a very short time! ...if any group of people can handle shifts with humor, creativity, and c…

Park Avenue Armory, National Black Theatre & Others Announce Commissioned Artists For 100 Years | 100 Women Initiative by The Dance Enthusiast

Park Avenue Armory & National Black Theatre Announce Commissioned Artists For 100 Years | 100 Women Initiative

REMINDER: The 2020 Jadin Wong Fellow in Dance! Deadline To Apply Is March 16 by The Dance Enthusiast

Reminder: March 16 is The Deadline For Submissions to The Jadin Wong Fellowship in Dance

Valentine Kozlova On The 40th Anniversary of Her Defection From The Soviet Union by The Dance Enthusiast

"We have to preserve the art and not the tricks in classical  dance." " Valentina Kozlova, founder of the Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition

IMPRESSIONS: Two Takes on South American Dance " Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker and Che Malambo at the Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Two Takes on South American Dance " Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker and Che Malambo at the Joyce Theater, "More political and provocative, Colker's work fit seamlessl…

IMPRESSIONS: Catherine Gaudet's "The Fading of the Marvelous (L'affadissement du merveilleux)" at the 92nd Street Y by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Catherine Gaudet's "The Fading of the Marvelous (L'affadissement du merveilleux)" at the 92nd Street Y, "The performers begin in a horizontal line, bare-chested, clad in b…

IMPRESSIONS: Compagnie Hervé KOUBI's "The Barbarian Nights, or The First Dawns of the World" at the Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Compagnie Hervé KOUBI's "The Barbarian Nights, or The First Dawns of the World" at the Joyce Theater, "A dazzling blend of gymnastics, modern dance, Capoeira, break…

Austin McCormick, Founder of Company XIV, on SEVEN SINS, Opening in NYC on March 5 by The Dance Enthusiast

"I always had the dream of forming an interdisciplinary genre blurring queer performance company with performers and collaborators I love. It's been a long road, but I am thrilled that XIV h…

Alison Clancy Makes Dance History at the Metropolitan Opera by The Dance Enthusiast

In Alison Clancy Makes Dance History at the Metropolitan Opera "A ten-year-veteran dancer at the Met, Clancy is a featured dance artist in the prologue of this new production " a rare and…

IMPRESSIONS: "Fandango For Butterflies (And Coyotes)" at La MaMa by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: "Fandango For Butterflies (And Coyotes)" at La MaMa, "The characters kneel as if in prayer, crawl like animals or penitent saints, lean against each other, and drape over …

IMPRESSIONS: Movement Headquarters Ballet Company at Ailey Citigroup Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Movement Headquarters Ballet Company at Ailey Citigroup Theater, "Clothes fly off, and the resulting entanglement is erotic and beautiful " a pas de deux that shows off ba…

IMPRESSIONS: NYTB/Chamber Works at Danspace Project with Choreography by Richard Alston, Antonia Franceschi, Robert La Fosse, and Pam Tanowitz by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: NYTB/Chamber Works at Danspace Project with Choreography by Richard Alston, Antonia Franceschi, Robert La Fosse, and Pam Tanowitz, "Quirky Double Andante, created for this…

MOVING PEOPLE: Milteri Tucker Concepción on Bomba, Her Puerto Rican Heritage, and Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In the Heights" Movie by The Dance Enthusiast

In MOVING PEOPLE, Milteri Tucker Concepción on Bomba, Her Puerto Rican Heritage, and Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In the Heights" Movie, "Mr. Reyes taught me how to listen and feel what the rhyt…

Two Improvisatory Evenings in January- NEVER BEFORE, NEVER AGAIN at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn (part 2) by The Dance Enthusiast

In Two Improvisatory Evenings in January- NEVER BEFORE, NEVER AGAIN  at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn (part 2):The Lovelies, a fourth generation company of practicing improvisers ("paying a…

Two Improvisatory Evenings in January- NEVER BEFORE, NEVER AGAIN at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn (part 1) by The Dance Enthusiast

In Two Improvisatory Evenings in January- NEVER BEFORE, NEVER AGAIN  at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn (part 1):The Lovelies, a fourth generation company of practicing improvisers ("paying a…

Cherylyn Lavagnino On "Tales of Hopper" & Painter Edward Hopper's Quiet Despair by The Dance Enthusiast

Cherylyn Lavagnino On "Tales of Hopper" & Painter Edward Hopper's Quiet Despair

IMPRESSIONS: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Jean-Guihen Queyras/ROSAS' "Mitten Wir Im Leben Sind (In the Midst of Life)" at NYU Skirball by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Jean-Guihen Queyras/ROSAS' Mitten Wir Im Leben Sind/Bach6 Cellosuiten (In the Midst of Life/Bach's Cello) at NYU Skirball, "Besides the c…

IMPRESSIONS: New Adventures/Matthew Bourne's "Swan Lake" at New York City Center by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: New Adventures/Matthew Bourne's "Swan Lake" at New York City Center, "The inventive, provocative gender swap displays the impassioned, animalistic nature of these creature…

We're Enthused! Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Was Named Best Independent Company at 20th National Dance Awards by The Dance Enthusiast

On February 20th, Shobana Jeyasingh Dance won Best Independent Dance Company at the 20th National Dance Awards organised by the Dance Section of the Critics' Circle.   Photo …

The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets: New York City Center's Studio 5: Approaches to Mastering Choreography by The Dance Enthusiast

In The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets: New York City Center's Studio 5: Approaches to Mastering Choreography, "This insight into the rehearsal process offered a rare glimpse of a dance…

IMPRESSIONS: Melinda Ring's "Strange Engagements" at Danspace Project by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Melinda Ring's "Strange Engagements" at Danspace Project, "The dancers' tasks subvert the personal; they make indulgence irrelevant. The piece is a Rube Goldberg machine o…

Congratulations to Robert Mark Burke of 10 Hairy Legs For Receiving 2020 Choreography Fellowship by The Dance Enthusiast

"For my new dance for 10 Hairy Legs, I am exploring the music of Louis Prima to create a tour de force quintet," said Burke.

IMPRESSIONS: Gabrielle Lamb/Pigeonwing Dance's "Plexus: a work in knots" at John Jay College as part of CUNY Dance Initiative by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Gabrielle Lamb/Pigeonwing Dance's "Plexus: a work in knots" at John Jay College as part of CUNY Dance Initiative, "The five women and two men waft in and out of each other…

The Dance Enthusiast Asks: The Joyce Theater Director of Programming Aaron Mattocks on the Art of Presenting Dance by The Dance Enthusiast

In The Dance Enthusiast Asks: The Joyce Theater Director of Programming Aaron Mattocks on the Art of Presenting Dance, "When we opened our doors in September 2019, through the end of the cal…

The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets to see Brooklyn Ballet's Multi-Cultural "Pas De Quatre" and "Quartet" a Hip Hop Response to the Ballet by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: WOMEN IN MOTION 2019/2020 " Pop Performance Opportunity Project at Gibney by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: WOMEN IN MOTION 2019/2020 "  Pop Performance Opportunity Project at Gibney, "The producers of the Women in Motion series are deadly serious about supporting female arti…

Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) Announces Spring 2020 BAC Residencies by The Dance Enthusiast

Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) Announces Spring 2020 BAC Residencies

Hollerin Space Wins Queer|Art's Second Annual Eva Yaa Asantewaa Grant for Queer Women(+) Dance Artists by The Dance Enthusiast

"With this award, we seek to record and honor the creative innovation and labor of queer women(+) dance artists. To acknowledge them as full humans and artists informed and nourished by love…

Karen Bernard On "Lakeside" & The Residencies In Canada & Portugal That Shaped Her Newest Work by The Dance Enthusiast

Karen Bernard On "Lakeside" & The Residencies In Canada & Portugal That Shaped Her Newest Work

IMPRESSIONS: PROTOTYPE's "Cion: Requiem of Ravel's Boléro" by Vuyani Dance Theatre at the Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: IPROTOTYPE's "Cion: Requiem of Ravel's Boléro" by Vuyani Dance Theatre at the Joyce Theater, "Music, text, and dance meet onstage in a graveyard. Moving through a landscape …