Tuesday, May 26, 2015
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TDE: You were a dancing "Jack of all Trades" " studying dance in NYC, training under Melissa Hayden, writing about dance for various publications-- But what I find most interesting is…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Monday, May 25, 2015
"R/evolution takes a biblical theme " the danger of knowledge " and puts it through a science fiction blender. It's Adam and Eve meets Frankenstein." Erin Bomboy, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 24, 2015
"How can you not grin, or laugh hysterically (as much of the audience did) as he pulls a drill out to carve sticks that become his dancers." Deirdre Towers, Brooklyn.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 21, 2015
When asked why she has devoted her life to studying and performing West African dance, Noelani's response is, "A spiritual connection to something bigger than myself. Learning a cult…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Monday, May 18, 2015
"Today, the company is"thrillingly"in the midst of a full-fledged renaissance. Just how well many Balanchine works are faring at NYCB was on abundant display during the first two weeks of th…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 13, 2015
"In the three pieces showcased at The Joyce, everything is tilted and tweaked: wrists flip, necks flick, arabesques tip, and spins slide into squats. This is ballet on Red Bull." Erin Bomboy…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"Rebecca Davis wrote in an Artist's Note that 'an envelope is a carrier, a vessel. Its fullness is its emptiness.' " Deirdre Towers, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 12, 2015
"Like an archeologist, Dendy excavates beneath the pavements of Lafayette Street, Astor Place and St. Mark's Place, uncovering layers of buried drama." Robert Johnson, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"[In El Beso,] various types of kisses are analyzed: from the casual pecks on cheeks, seen as greetings; to flirtatious, sexy exchanges as dancers roll their hips toward one another... " Max…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"They lock limbs, and at times heads, in a bestial duet...He catapults across, pierces upward, and slinks downward, finding satisfying points of suspension." Gianna Mercandetti, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Monday, May 11, 2015
"On other programs the company has seldom looked better. It is as if the involvement with the Bournonville technique leads the dancers to re-examine their Balanchine trained bodies." Henning…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 10, 2015
"Street Singer is a "new" hybrid form " totally new for the company and myself. It is part Cabaret, part Broadway, and part concert dance show. Instead of being a "documentary" about Edith P…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"Andy Warhol's 15Â peeps into Warhol's mind, and comments on the cutthroat reality that performing artists experience." Gianna Mercandetti, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 9, 2015
At the beginning of the Spring Dance Season, we asked:How does dance empower you? AND, WE BELIEVED YOU COULD SHOW US BETTER THAN TELLING US. Check out contest participants' #MyDancEmp…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 6, 2015
"Her company, Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, will return to Danspace at St. Mark's Church May 14-16 with new work (Naděje) and repertory."
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"Patricia Noworol has a knack for bringing talent and crazy together. Let's discuss." Christine Jowers, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"Stoner draws on archetypes and paints richly colorful dreamscapes through investigative and original movement." Henning Rübsam, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"In 'All Over Westbeth,' residents lead tours through the sprawling compound for small groups to witness short spurts of dance unfolding in the most unexpected of places." Erin Bombo…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 28, 2015
"Like an advertisement straight from Madison Avenue, he meticulously architects space and miniaturizes the kinesphere to manage our experience: We look where we're supposed to look and see w…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Monday, April 27, 2015
"What works best in training is maintaining rigor with a sense of humor. I often say, 'let go of judgment, invite in curiosity and a sense of humor.' If student's can manage to k…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"At first, Françoise and his sound stations drive her, with a feast of rhythms at play on her body... A crescendo sends her toward us, silently mouthing the chaos we hear. It courses thro…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2015
"In I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BETTER we confront momentous, life-altering tempests...",Christine Jowers, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"Ticket prices are kept affordable (12 dollars) for cool, funky shows featuring multi-genre artists honing their craft. You may meet the performance artist sensation of the 21st century righ…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 19, 2015
"Gibney Dance, always looking for solutions and new avenues through which to practice 'good' dance, are proud to offer weekly ongoing partnering classes."
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"SHORE extends beyond the theater and the usual temporal confines of performance and is comprised of four elements: performance, story, volunteerism, and feast." Garnet Henderson, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 16, 2015
"Using a lively brew of text, movement, music, and imagery, he aims to craft a work that reexamines the O.J. Simpson trial from a fresh angle to discover what relevancy can be drawn from it.…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 15, 2015
"Watching RainForest we remain suspended between knowing and not knowing. Cunningham brilliantly cuts the ties of willfulness that anchor us to the earth..." Robert Johnson, New York
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]"Flamenco remains an art of the people... Born into poverty, this genre is stubbornly egalitarian; and anyone can claim its rhythms and stylish gestures for herself in a moment of inspiratio…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 14, 2015
"In Rashaun Mitchell's Light Years, he conceives of the human body as a vessel for both instinct, the kind born out of a thousand former experiences, and reinvention, the type that springs f…
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