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Sunday, October 19, 2014

Impressions of Fall for Dance at New York City Center - Program 2 by The Dance Enthusiast

"The elegance of the man’s long fingers around his female partner’s body, the pressure against an imaginary surface that propelled him through space, caused my eyes to focus like…

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Impressions of Fall for Dance at New York City Center- Program 1 by The Dance Enthusiast

"The annual 'Fall for Dance' Festival at City Center is a beloved New York institution. Low-cost tickets and a wide variety of dance troupes and styles guarantee a smorgasbord of mov…

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Catching Up With Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch by The Dance Enthusiast

"Meet one of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch's newest company members, Michigan native and Juilliard graduate Breanna O’Mara."

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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Get Your Tickets and Join Us for An Enthusiastic Event! by The Dance Enthusiast

"One of the most important ways to reawaken the inner dance enthusiast is to get people talking to the artists - not in a huge, formal proscenium theater-  but in a small setting, like a …

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Impressions of a canary torsi's "Court/Garden" at Danspace Project by The Dance Enthusiast

"They shatter the mannerisms and ethos of the Baroque period and reassemble these gilded fragments to forge something contemporary yet wholly reminiscent in Court/Garden." Erin Bomboy, New Y…

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Stylish Ways To Pull Fashion Cues from Dance-Wear on the Runways by The Dance Enthusiast

"Dance-wear strongly inspired the looks prancing down the Spring/Summer 2015 runways, and contrary to popular trends, tutus weren't the only silhouettes the designers noticed this season…

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The Dance Enthusiast Meets the 2014 Bessie Award Nominee Tiler Peck (Part 5) by The Dance Enthusiast

"I think in the beginning the challenge for me was to really feel like a ballet dancer since I didn’t grow up just doing ballet. I felt like an intruder, a jazz dancer trying to do bal…

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Dance Is Not My Career: A Lesson in Longevity from Prima Ballerina Assoluta, Alessandra Ferri by The Dance Enthusiast

"And dance is not my job. It’s my life. It’s who I am.” Alessandra Ferri.

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Monday, October 13, 2014

The Dance Enthusiast Meets the 2014 Bessie Award Nominee Nicholas Young (Part 4) by The Dance Enthusiast

"I always knew I would be a dancer. I always loved and connected with Tap the most – from growing up watching movie musicals with my Grandma to seeing Diane Walker and Jimmy Slyde on s…

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Friday, October 10, 2014

Dance Up Close to Colleen Thomas, Matthew Westerby and Bill Young by The Dance Enthusiast

Matthew Westerby, Colleen Thomas and Bill Young...Distinctly different visions come together in one show at Triskelion Arts.  

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Impressions of Nicole Wolcott's "PaperPieces" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Crawling on all floors, belly to the ground like a soldier, then spinning ferociously and leaping through, on, and over the newspapers, Wolcott creates numerous sculptural islands and canyo…

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Monday, October 6, 2014

A Day in the Life of Dance with RoseAnne Spradlin by The Dance Enthusiast

"How can the performers really connect with the audience? How can the audience really connect with the dancers and not just sit back and judge them?..." says RoseAnne Spradlin.

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IMPRESSIONS OF: "Soaking Wet" & "Bored House Guests" by The Dance Enthusiast

"The intimate West End Theatre is a perfect venue for dances laced with nuances and subtle shifts." Deirdre Towers, New York, NY.

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Sunday, October 5, 2014

Liz Lerman's "Healing Wars" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Our own bodies are implicated from the start, submerged in Lerman’s investigation as we enter the theater through a back door and shuffle past a series of tableaux vivants." Robert Jo…

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The Dance Enthusiast Meets the 2014 Bessie Award Nominee Okwui Okpokwasili (Part 2) by The Dance Enthusiast

"I've always known I wanted to make things. I've always been overwhelmed by powerful story telling – in the body, in song, in spoken and written language – and dancing wa…

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A Day in the (NIGHT) Life of New York Dance (Fashion Edition): The Fashion of Burlesque by The Dance Enthusiast

Though burlesque artists are known for taking their clothes off, costuming is vital to their routines.“Clothing provides so much texture, context, and opportunity for a richer experien…

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The Dance Enthusiast Meets the 2014 Bessie Award Nominee Nora Chipaumire (Part 3) by The Dance Enthusiast

"Reimagining dark swan on Urban Bush Women, a legendary American dance company, was a beautifully challenging invitation," says Nora Chipaumire.

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Impressions of Ivana Müller's "We Are Still Watching" by The Dance Enthusiast

"In We Are Still Watching, she recasts show-goers as performers, and we spend an hour reading aloud a play, randomly passing around scripts to ensure everyone has a go in the spotlight." Eri…

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

The Dance Enthusiast Asks The Martha Graham Dance Company (Fashion Edition): by The Dance Enthusiast

Dancers of the Martha Graham Dance Company dish on their favorite threads, signature looks and costume mishaps.

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Impressions of New York City Ballet's Tchaikovsky/Balanchine Evening by The Dance Enthusiast

" A bow to the Russian traditions of the art form, all dances featured music by ballet’s musical godfather, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky." Henning Rübsam, New York, NY.

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Impressions of Abraham.In.Motion's "The Watershed" and "When the Wolves Came In" by The Dance Enthusiast

"And so, over the two evenings of Abraham's most recent group works, presented at New York Live Arts last month, this old, straight Jewess attempted to get with the program." Mindy Aloff…

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Monday, September 29, 2014

Impressions of Performance: Marissa Perel by The Dance Enthusiast

"More Than Just a Piece of Sky is a work driven by fractured text...The piece also draws inspiration from the Barbra Streisand movie musical 'Yentl' " Garnet Henderson, Long Island C…

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Mark Dendy's "Labryinth" : A Day in the Life of Dance by The Dance Enthusiast

"Set in New York as Hurricane Sandy is about to ravage the city, Theseus is in the grip of a midlife crisis. Accompanied by a transgender Ariadne and on his way to choreograph a flashy numbe…

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The Dance Enthusiast Meets the 2014 Bessie Nominees (Part 1) by The Dance Enthusiast

"Our interaction is like the movement of Ping Pang Qiu (table tennis)," says Tim Yip on his collaboration with Akram Khan.

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Impressions Of: Molissa Fenley and Company by The Dance Enthusiast

"Molissa Fenley must be a captivating conversationalist. I‘ve never spoken to her, but it’s the way her choreography speaks to me that leads to the thought. Her language is vivid…

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Monday, September 22, 2014

A Day With Dots by The Dance Enthusiast

"Using ballet dancers who don pointe shoes which are hung on silver poles and painted with each of the fourteen colors used in Seurat’s painting, she maps the dots through their footwo…

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Impressions of The BEAT Festival's "Crossing Over" by The Dance Enthusiast

"It begins like every horrible tour you've been on before. There are stragglers, complainers, and avid Instagrammers...Set in the rolling hills of Green-Wood Cemetery, “Crossing Ov…

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Impressions of "Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Three Acts, while providing an exhilarating experience for its audience, only scratches the surface of this potential interplay between art forms," Garnet Henderson, New York, NY.

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The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets: A Tour of the Museum at FIT's "Dance & Fashion" Exhibit by The Dance Enthusiast

"When I entered FIT’s stunning new exhibit “DANCE & FASHION” last Friday morning for a press preview, Dr. Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator of the museum, exci…

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The Dance Enthusiast Asks Marissa Perel and Mor Shani about Gender Identities by The Dance Enthusiast

During the festival’s intensely paced twelve days, audiences will have the opportunity to experience a range of performances by artists that challenge heteronorms and the status quo on…

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Impressions of Christopher Wheeldon's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Wheeldon has indicated that he strove to create something akin to a Broadway musical... Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland feels less like a splashy spectacle on the Great White Way and…

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