"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.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM[SHARE]"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.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM[SHARE]"Ballet Memphis brought two evenings of new, somewhat startling American choreography"repertory whose images address large, philosophical issues." Mindy Aloff, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM[SHARE]"Stefanie Batten Bland doesn't simply choreograph bodies, she orchestrates environments." Christine Jowers, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM[SHARE]"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…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM[SHARE]"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…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM[SHARE]"Choreographer Mina Nishimura takes the aesthetics of Butoh and overlays different moods to conceive of something fresh and unaffected." Erin Bomboy, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM[SHARE]"Sankai Juku appears a elegant holy men, intent on inspiring us to imagine peace, breathing as one." Deirdre Towers, Brooklyn.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM[SHARE]"Theatricality, eccentricity, wit, and affection defined the evening at The Kaye Playhouse which this past Sunday, looked back on works by Beverly Blossom, exactly a year after her death." C…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM[SHARE]"Watching Donald Byrd's The Minstrel Show Revisited, a viewer is liable to feel dizzy and then worse. Don't try to suppress it." Robert Johnson, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM[SHARE]"Corella has put together what he calls his "dream season," and this performance hints at the direction in which he wants to take the company." Naomi Orwin, Philadelphia.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM[SHARE]"There's no denying the period-specificity of Limón's work. But ...that oft-derided and dismissed specificity couldn't be more relevant." Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM[SHARE]"60x60 upends this notion of devoting one hour to any one thing. It presents 60 one-minute dances set to 60 one-minute music pieces, all created by contemporary choreographers and composers.…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM[SHARE]"When Michalek conceived of Hagoromo, he couldn't imagine anyone but Whelan and Soto (Whelan's longtime dance partner) as the leads." Erin Bomboy, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"afroFUTUREqu##r, curated by Thomas F. DeFrantz and niv Acosta, encompassed a series of Afro-futuristic performances and talks at JACK in Brooklyn, Thursgay through Sungay." Melanie Greene, …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"While Hallo doesn't contain dialogue or a linear story, witnessing Zimmerman interact with his transformative set is spellbinding." Trina Mannino, Brooklyn.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"Bronx Gothic is truly absorbing, by turns funny and devastating. Much of this can be credited to Okpokwasili's authority as a performer." Garnet Henderson, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"Ramasar's initial impression of ballet was 'I thought it looked easy...But at first try, I was quickly put in my place and brought down to earth. I still fell in love with it.' …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"Part of the joy of site-specific performance is in witnessing the mutability of an audience's attention... watching them give in to their own curiosity." Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, New …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"Founded in 1959 by Alvin Ailey, Charles Blackwell, and Robert Buccolo, classes cost $1.50, and their free showings sparked intense feedback sessions." Jonathan Matthews, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"The work wasn't supposed to be about St. Denis. Popkin, whose mother is Indian, hankered to examine his own complex relationship with Orientalism. " Erin Bomboy, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Congratulations Bessie Winners!
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"Eryc Taylor choreographs his near naked, perfectly toned, supple dancers with a cat's sinuousness, a child's delight in creepy insects, and, most interestingly, with an explorer's intensity…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"I think you can keep pushing yourself, keep pushing the limits, and keep learning... It has worked for me, and I'm going to continue learning. I think that never stops," ABT Principal dance…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"Hoffbauer's work is a judicious funhouse that shapes your experience based on one of four possible journeys. It's easy to feel comfortable in the chaos of it all." Melanie Greene, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"They preen like burlesque dancers to Rihanna, take on and off their tops and short shorts, and scatter the yellow ribbons until the floor resembles a straw-strewn barn." Erin Bomboy, New Yo…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"NYCB's 'Americana x Five' program puts American music in the spotlight, presenting a clutch of ballets with scores that range widely in both style and time." Nicole Dekle Collins, N…
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