The Dance Enthusiast Asks Zvi Gotheiner about ZviDance's Premiere "On the Road" at BAM's Next Wave Festival by The Dance Enthusiast

In The Dance Enthusiast Asks Zvi Gotheiner about ZviDance's On the Road at BAM's Next Wave Festival, "I wanted to take some time to really reflect. The piece came out of a r…

Impressions of Brooklyn Touring Outfit's "Co.Venture" with Pepper Fajans & David Vaughn at Baryshnikov Arts Center by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of Brooklyn Touring Outfit's Co.Venture with Pepper Fajans & David Vaughn at Baryshnikov Arts Center, "In the dance world where beautiful bodies are expected, it shocks and, e…

A Dance Date Night with Brenda Bufalino: Dorrance Dance's "The Blues Project" Featuring Toshi Reagon & BIGlovely by The Dance Enthusiast

In A Dance Date Night with Brenda Bufalino: Dorrance Dance's The Blues Project Featuring Toshi Reagon & BIGlovely, "The phrases may be brief, but these moments are short lines of poetry.…

Impressions of Gina Gibney's "Folding In" at Gibney Dance Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of Gina Gibney's Folding In at Gibney Dance Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, "It feels elemental, fresh and clean, like the morning after a storm." Nicole Loeffler-G…

Impressions of: Kate Weare's "Marksman" at The Joyce by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of: Kate Weare's Marksman at The Joyce, " Speedy, crouchy walks thrust them across the stage, insect-like. More often, as if panthers, they retreat and then barrel in…

Impressions of: National Intimacy Month featuring Chelsea Murphy and Magda San Millan, B.S Movement & the feath3r theory by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of: National Intimacy Month featuring Chelsea Murphy and Magda San Millan, B.S Movement & the feath3r theory, "Similarities between art-making and lovemaking drive the impe…

Impressions of: Liz Gerring Dance Company's "(T)here to (T)here" at Baryshnikov Arts Center as part of the White Light Festival by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of: Liz Gerring Dance Company's (T)here to (T)here at Baryshnikov Arts Center as part of the White Light Festival, "From the first jeté, Gerring and her dancers b…

Impressions of: Estampas Porteñas Tango Company's "Deseos: Stories of Longing and Desire" at Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of: Estampas Porteñas Tango Company's Deseos: Stories of Longing and Desire at Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts, "we're delivered the couple and the passion, a satisf…

Impressions of: Kyle Abraham and Abraham.In.Motion's "Pavement" at BAM as part of the Next Wave Festival by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of: Kyle Abraham and Abraham.In.Motion's Pavement at BAM as part of the Next Wave Festival, "Pavement depicts a culture of senseless violence where friendships are fl…

Dance News: World Premiere of LA CHANA, Documentary on Spanish Gypsy & Self-taught Flamenco Dancer, Antonia Santiago Amador by The Dance Enthusiast

Impressions of: Natalia Osipova & Artists with Sergei Polunin at New York City Center by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of: Natalia Osipova & Artists at New York City Center, "Surely Osipova and Polunin are still at an evolutionary stage of their dance partnership and are testing foreign …

Impressions of Sam Kim's "Fear in Porcelain" at The Chocolate Factory by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of Sam Kim's Fear in Porcelain at The Chocolate Factory, "Bodies are bonsai trees clipped and stripped to create a tortured, compelling beauty. Each large action is the sum of…

Moving Caribbean In New York and Elsewhere with Alicia Diaz: From San Juan, Puerto Rico to Agua Dulce Dance Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

In Moving Caribbean in New York and Elsewhere with Alicia Diaz: From San Juan, Puerto Rico to Agua Dulce Dance Theater, Diaz says, "I am inspired by lessons from the Caribbean that underscor…

Moving Caribbean in NYC: The Merengue -- The Signature Dance of the Dominican Republic by The Dance Enthusiast

In Moving Caribbean: The Merengue -- The Signature Dance of the Dominican Republic, "While simple, the Merengue is not easy: not in its execution and not in its evolution." Erin Bomboy, N…

Moving Caribbean: A Journey through Cuba with Martha Graham Dancer Lloyd Mayor by The Dance Enthusiast

In Moving Caribbean: A Journey through Cuba with Martha Graham Dancer Lloyd Mayor, "Thick fronds of palm trees give way to delicately decaying mint, red and yellow houses. The colours fit…

Moving Caribbean in NYC: Joan Peters,Teacher of the Katherine Dunham Technique at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's School by The Dance Enthusiast

In Moving Caribbean in NYC: Joan Peters,Teacher of the Katherine Dunham Techinque at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's School : Ms. Peters says of her students, "They need to build up…

The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets "The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes" by The Dance Enthusiast

In The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, "More than fifty long-legged women in heels, black leggings, and rhinestoned tank top…

Impressions of: Yasmeen Godder's "Climax" at Gibney Dance Center by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of: Yasmeen Godder's Climax at Gibney Dance Center, "The dancers explore different ideas of climax, sexual ones most obviously, through emotional and physical exhaus…

Impressions of: Troy Schumacher's BalletCollective at NYU Skirball Center by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of: Troy Schumacher's BalletCollective at NYU Skirball Center, "you're always aware that you're watching real human beings, the same ones you pass on the street or stand n…

Impressions of: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company's "Lance: Pretty aka The Escape Artist" at The Joyce by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company's Lance: Pretty aka The Escape Artist at The Joyce, "His movement is rarely the most striking element, still it remains the esse…

Moving Caribbean in New York City: Carlos Cabrera, Artistic Director of Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico on dancing at Hostos by The Dance Enthusiast

In Moving Caribbean in New York City: Carlos Cabrera, Artistic Director of Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico on dancing at Hostos Center for Arts and Culture in New York

Danspace's Platform 2016: Bill T. Jones, Archie Burnett, Ni'Ja Whitson, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko,Jonathan Gonzalez, Jasmine Hearn by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of Danspace's Platforms 2016: Lost & Found - Curated by Ishmael Houston-Jones & Will Rawls, "In response to the disproportionate US coverage of the AIDS epidemic in the…

Battery Dance's Jonathan Hollander on The Adel Euro Campaign For Dancers Seeking Refuge by The Dance Enthusiast

Battery Dance's Jonathan Hollander on The Adel Euro Campaign For Dancers Seeking Refuge: "We will memorialize the life of a radiant human being who was also a creative genius, and in his…

Enzo Celli,Artistic Director of VIVO Ballet, on The Dance Gallery Festival's 10th Anniversary at Manhattan Movement & Arts Cente by The Dance Enthusiast

"The way I look at a sunset, the moon or the people on the street - all  is conditioned by this culture of beauty," says Enzo Celli, Artistic Director of VIVO Ballet who will participate …

American Ballet Theatre's Fall Season Featuring Jessica Lang's "Her Notes," Benjamin Millepied's "Daphnis and Chloe" & Others by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of American Ballet Theatre in Jessica Lang's Her Notes and Benjamin Millepied's Daphnis and Chloe, "both were by experienced, prolific choreographers. Interes…

Impressions of: Damn Good Featuring Launch Movement Experiment, the feath3r theory & Coco Karol at Triskelion Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

In Impressions of: Damn Good Featuring Launch Movement Experiment, the feath3r theory & Coco Karol at Triskelion Arts, "the inaugural weekend featured works created by singular artists wh…

"skeleton architecture, or the future of our worlds" Danspace Project's Platform 2016: Lost and Found, Eva Yaa Asantewaa-Curator by The Dance Enthusiast

In "skeleton architecture, or the future of our worlds" Danspace Project's Platform 2016: Lost and Found, Eva Yaa Asantewaa-Curator: Asantewaa highlights the power of Black women w…

A Postcard From Neville Dance Theatre: Artistic Director Brenda R. Neville Sheds Light On "EXPOSED" & Other Works by The Dance Enthusiast

In Neville Dance Theatre: Artistic Director Brenda R. Neville Sheds Light On "EXPOSED" & Other Works, "The program and works take audiences through moments of tenderness, affection, exciteme…

Moving Caribbean in New York City: Trindad Native Makeda Thomas on Island Ways & the light fantastical at Brooklyn College by The Dance Enthusiast

Moving Caribbean in New York City: Trindad Native, Makeda Thomas on Island Ways & the light fantastical at Brooklyn College (part of the CUNY Dance Initiative)

Jérôme Bel in the ​Crossing the Line Festival presented by FIAF at The Joyce, The Kitchen and MoMA by The Dance Enthusiast

In Jérôme Bel in the ​Crossing the Line Festival presented by FIAF at The Joyce, The Kitchen and MoMA, " Is Bel highlighting the absurdity of performance where wit, familiarity…

Top Dance Companies And Dance Schools In New York City Celebrate the Life of Kazuko Hirabayashi at Symphony Space by The Dance Enthusiast

Join dancers from the most renowned dance companies in New York City as they  celebrate the life of legendary dance teacher and choreographer, Kazuko Hirabayashi at Symphony Space on Nove…