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Saturday, October 17, 2015

IMPRESSIONS OF: New York City Ballet " Americana x Five by The Dance Enthusiast

"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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Friday, October 16, 2015

Choreographer Chris Schlicting Unveils "Stripe Tease" at Danspace Project by The Dance Enthusiast

"Stripe Tease is a nod to Davis' design, which features vertical stripes in vibrant colors, and perhaps to Schlichting's interest in repetition. Will this dance tease its audience?" Garnet H…

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

The Dance Enthusiast Meets the 2015 Bessie Award Nominee Roger Guenveur Smith (Part 3) by The Dance Enthusiast

"I feel that the biggest challenge is always the next thing because you don't want to repeat yourself aesthetically [or] thematically. You always want to keep stretching and changing." Bessi…

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Bessies 2015: The Dance Enthusiast Meets Soledad Barrio, the Artist Who Is "Antigona" by The Dance Enthusiast

"You don't have to understand the verses of the song or the origins of the movement to understand the pain and happiness..." Soledad Barrio, Flamenco artist.

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IMPRESSIONS OF: Ponydance in "Anybody Waitin'?" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Everything this young Irish cast -- most spectacularly Paula O'Reilly -- does rings a bell, brings a smile, or a belly-laugh. " Deirdre Towers, New York.

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IMPRESSIONS OF: Laurie Anderson's "Habeas Corpus" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Now 'O, Superman' is doing triple-duty as Anderson tackles a related subject, the US government's mistreatment of a man named Mohammed El Gharani." Robert Johnson, New York.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Celebrating the José Limón Company's 70th Anniversary by The Dance Enthusiast

"We need this kind of work, because it reminds us of our humanity, or our spirituality. It's all about people, always. It invites us in," Carla Maxwell,  New York. 

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Friday, October 9, 2015

Tony Yasbeck, from YoungArts Alum to Broadway Powerhouse by The Dance Enthusiast

"Yazbeck  glided remarkably from goofy acting, to the pathos of a heartbreaking love song, to the exhilarating athleticism of five-star concert dancing without missing a beat. Such stunni…

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

IMPRESSIONS OF: "Crawl: Chapter 4" by The Dance Enthusiast

"On September 26th, CRAWL: Chapter 4 (a multi-disciplinary, nomadic arts series) occupied one of these warehouses in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn." Melanie Greene, Brooklyn.

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Twyla Tharp in Los Angeles: A Reckoning by The Dance Enthusiast

"The potential of 11 seconds was Tharp's inspiration in The One Hundreds...and watching the specificity and challenge of each phrase..feels like tiptoeing on the edge of chaos." Jean Leni…

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Monday, October 5, 2015

Gibney Dance observes Domestic Violence Awareness Month With Community Action and Initiatives by The Dance Enthusiast

"Through our Community Action work, we have learned that there is a powerful synergy between domestic violence and dance that helps survivors take their whole self forward"both in body and m…

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Sunday, October 4, 2015

The Dance Enthusiast Meets the 2015 Bessie Award Nominee Melissa Toogood (Part 2) by The Dance Enthusiast

TDE: This fall The Dance Enthusiast is celebrating 8 years! Can you describe your creative process (perhaps in 8 words or less)? "Immediate, but intricately thought out. Sensitive and bold,"…

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A Postcard from Alicia Díaz of Agua Dulce Dance Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"In many ways I think of this piece as an embodied search for missing links in the complex process of creating and forging my identity as a Puerto Rican woman in the United States." Alicia D…

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

Aparna Ramaswamy, Living and Breathing The Stories of the Gods by The Dance Enthusiast

"Like many creatives of her ilk, there is no line dividing between her artistic and personal life. Dancing is a family affair." Trina Mannino, New York.

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Impressions of Miguel Gutierrez's "Age & Beauty" Trilogy by The Dance Enthusiast

"Getting older can, in a word, suck. It's not just the wrinkled brow, the creaky knees, the thinning hair and thickening waist. It's the feeling of irrelevancy, the creeping realizat…

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Sunday, September 27, 2015

The Dance Enthusiast Asks Jeremy Williams and Melissa Riker for THE SECRET OF CREATIVITY by The Dance Enthusiast

"We invited people to watch our work develop over a six-week period, and audiences loved this. They were able to delve into our pieces and understand that the creative process isn't only the…

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TDE Hits the Streets for An Evening with Traditional African Dance Artists by The Dance Enthusiast

"How does a community negotiate and synthesize a dance form that is healing, cultural, entertaining, and academic?" Melanie Greene, New York.

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The Dance Enthusiast Meets the 2015 Bessie Award Nominee Robyn Orlin (Part 1) by The Dance Enthusiast

"I am South African... Coming from Africa, it is very normal to [incorporate] choral work and song in my work. It's part of my universe." Robyn Orlin

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

IMPRESSIONS OF: Cloud Gate Theatre of Taiwan by The Dance Enthusiast

"The Cloud Gate company dance with remarkable grace, conveying a the solidarity of communal living, as well as individual emotions." Deirdre Towers, New York.

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A Day in the Life of The Pharmacy Project by The Dance Enthusiast

"Petroliunas describes her dances as visits to the past 'combining historical fiction with choose-your-own-adventure.'" Theo Boguszewski, Brooklyn.

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Monday, September 21, 2015

The Clark Center for the Performing Arts Remembered in a CUNY Celebration by The Dance Enthusiast

On September 28, Clark Center NYC will begin a weeklong residency at City College Center for the Arts. The residency, will pay tribute to the legendary Clark Center for the Performing Arts, …

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Sunday, September 20, 2015
Friday, September 18, 2015

IMPRESSIONS OF: "Tree of Codes" at the Park Avenue Armory by The Dance Enthusiast

".A dance doesn't have to remember that it has a body. In dance, the body is usually a given. Unlike a book, a dance must remember that it has a soul. Yet in the mirror-world of Tree of Code…

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The Dance Enthusiast Chats with Choreographer/Dancer/Director Camille A. Brown about "BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Within this political climate, if I am going to contribute something, I want it to be...something that can help move the conversation forward." Camille A. Brown, New York

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

"9/11 Table of Silence"- For Peace by The Dance Enthusiast

Now in its fifth year, Jacqulyn Buglisi's 9/11 Table of Silence returned to Lincoln Center with crowds of spectators wrapping around the Josie Robertson Plaza's perimeter.…

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

"What is Queer?" Artistic Director, Zvonimir Dobrovic Challenges Definitions at the Queer New York International Arts Festival by The Dance Enthusiast

"New York is the city that invented queer, or did so much for the queer scene everywhere," Zvonimir Dobrovic, New York.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

IMPRESSIONS FROM PHILADELPHIA: "Available Light" Relentless Movement by The Dance Enthusiast

"Reviving a collaboration between a choreographer, a composer, and an architect in the kind of space for which it was originally designed was a feat that took several years to accomplish." N…

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