A Holiday Gift Guide for Every Dance Enthusiast by The Dance Enthusiast

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CUNY Dance Initiative Sets 2016 Residencies by The Dance Enthusiast

"We are very pleased to offer residencies to 23 dance companies and choreographers throughout CUNY. The previous residencies added an important dimension to the cultural life of our campu…

Choreographer Vladimir Angelov Creates Dance ICONS, The First Global Choreographers' Network by The Dance Enthusiast

Impressions of BalletX's "Beasts" by The Dance Enthusiast

"This is the start of BalletX's 10th Anniversary season, and they're kicking it off with a new ballet that explores evolution and the perennial debate of nature versus nurture." Philadelphia…

Impressions of Pavel Zuštiak and Palissimo Company's "Custodians of Beauty" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Zuštiak writes his pensive odes with a corporeal language that resonates with sad overtones." Deirdre Towers, New York.

Impressions of Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, a Dance Company by The Dance Enthusiast

"Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, a Dance Company provides a respite in a vulnerable time." Trina Mannino, Brooklyn.

Back, In a Solo Again"with Friends: Keigwin + Company Return to The Joyce by The Dance Enthusiast

"Actually Keigwin thrives when surrounding himself with bright, shiny creative types, and wrangling doesn't seem necessary... He has that magic glimmer in his eye, which easily promises any …

Impressions of Complexions Contemporary Ballet's "Chronicle" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Rhoden treats the body as a source of endless possibility. Dancers chomp through dizzying, cyclonic sequences with lusty exultation." Erin Bomboy, New York.

IMPRESSIONS OF: Pilobolus in "Shadowland" by The Dance Enthusiast

"The work brings us back to childhood, when nighttime shadows on the bedroom wall inspired a world of imagination." Theo Boguszewski, New York.

Impressions from Philadelphia: Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers by The Dance Enthusiast

"Home is a moving, compelling look at the immigrant experience. The show grew out of personal experience and community input." Naomi Orwin, Philadelphia. 

A Day in the Life of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Robert Battle by The Dance Enthusiast

"From the fervor and commitment that's evident from the start, it's clear this new work " the first choreography he has made for the Ailey troupe since becoming its artistic director…

Impressions of Jean Butler's "this is an Irish dance" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Even when they aren't locked into one another's gaze, the musician and dancer are wholly connected, the space between them full of intention." Garnet Henderson, New York.

Impressions of Jeff Seal and The Raving Jaynes by The Dance Enthusiast

"In their split-bill program at Triskelion Arts, Seal and improv duo the Raving Jaynes make it their goal to elicit laughter lots of it." Erin Bomboy, Brooklyn.

Impressions of Peter Kyle Dance's "Vigilance" by The Dance Enthusiast

" A pale, thin piece of fabric hung between the audience and the stage to ever-so-slightly obscure the dancers, who introduced a series of intricately folded paper sculptures." Nicole Loeffl…

IMPRESSIONS OF: Axis Dance Company and Heidi Latsky Dance by The Dance Enthusiast

"To celebrate the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, NYU's Skirball Center recently produced a singular evening, bringing together the 15-year-old, New York-based…

Impressions of "Sylvie Guillem - Life in Progress" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Her artistry and curiosity made the transition from world's greatest ballerina to world's greatest dancer a seamless one" Henning Rübsam on Sylvie Guillem. 

Letter from L.A.: Gratitude for Forsythe's Words; De Keersmaeker's Dispel of Darkness by The Dance Enthusiast

"When news of the Paris massacres broke, it was the static and historic arts centers that both fixed the moment in time and provided an imaginative refuge beyond it," Jean Lenihan, Los Angel…

Impressions of the Chamber Dance/Opera "Hagoromo" by The Dance Enthusiast

"She [Wendy Whelan] and [Jock] Soto had a famous partnership at NYCB. In Hagoromo, which brings them together onstage for the first time in 10 years, their rapport seems as strong as ever." …

Impressions of "together + separately" by The Dance Enthusiast

"together + separately combines the experimental forces of three post-modern downtown darlings for an evening of movement construction and contemplation." Melanie Greene, Brooklyn.

Impressions of: Volmir Cordeiro in "INÊS" by The Dance Enthusiast

"He [Cordeiro] reflects on the terrible price of celebrity and the pitiful and degrading stunts to which those who yearn for fame must lower themselves." Robert Johnson, New York.

Impressions of: American Ballet Theatre in "The Green Table" by The Dance Enthusiast

"ABT brought back The Green Table giving audiences another chance to view this haunting work in which Jooss strips away all pretense of "realpolitik" or martial glory." Robert Johnson, New Y…

Sara Rudner on Dancing with Twyla Tharp by The Dance Enthusiast

"Studio time with Twyla was an education in how to work, how to persevere and how to honor whomever was in the room." Choreographer and dancer Sara Rudner, New York.

The Dance Enthusiast Asks The New York Baroque Dance Company by The Dance Enthusiast

New York's Heidi Latsky Dance and California's AXIS Dance Company Perform Together by The Dance Enthusiast

"Both women share an interest in the particular qualities that someone with a disability can bring to the stage and hope to break down stereotypes of what a dancer can be." Theo Boguszewski,…

A Day in the Life of Launch Movement Experiment Collaborators by The Dance Enthusiast

"Usually the best practice for us is meditation, and observing the power of silence before expressing a sound, movement, or light," says Musican Layton Weedeman.

The Dance Enthusiast Asks The Raving Jaynes and Jeff Seal by The Dance Enthusiast

"Once you put something through the grinder of comedy, it's not the same afterward. Comedy can serve as an equalizer," says comedian Jeff Seal.

Impressions of: Ballet Memphis at The Joyce by The Dance Enthusiast

"Ballet Memphis brought two evenings of new, somewhat startling American choreography"repertory whose images address large, philosophical issues." Mindy Aloff, New York.

IMPRESSIONS OF: Stefanie Batten Blands "PATIENT(CE)- A PHYSICAL REQUIEM" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Stefanie Batten Bland doesn't simply choreograph bodies, she orchestrates environments." Christine Jowers, New York.

Is Graduate School for You ? Check out the New MFA n Dance Rutger's Mason Gross School of the Arts! by The Dance Enthusiast

"Given our proximity to New York City," says Kara Golden director of admissions at the Mason Gross School, "the new MFA degree program is ideal for any dance artist who has already establish…

Impressions of Aakash Odedra Part of The White Light Festival by The Dance Enthusiast

"Wielding his body as both brush and paint, he inscribes the air with arcane, profound gestures...Elite ballet dancers could look messy next to Odedra's extraordinary refinement." Erin Bombo…

The Dance Enthusiast Asks Miki Orihara About her World Premiere "IN THE BOX: Where Technology Meets The Body" by The Dance Enthusiast