Tuesday, September 16, 2014
"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…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 12, 2014
Racism douses the light. “It dupes the world and robs all of us by stealing our humanity and smothering our identities,” states Bauman.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 11, 2014
"Channeling the craft of short story writing, dance makers are given a “maximum” of five minutes to make a clear artistic statement while dancing on a stage that, for most movers…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 9, 2014
"Sun/Son is a multidimensional dance experience that seeks to excavate the meaning of freedom that exists in a metaphorical and realistic form."
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 8, 2014
Through this event, we wish to achieve the dual purpose of celebrating and honoring peace, through listening, a united moment of silence - a call for Peace in our world." Jacqulyn Buglisi, C…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 2, 2014
"Triskelion Arts of Williamsburg is moving to Greenpoint! Already, as of June 2014, in the midst of construction, 45 companies had been booked to perform at the new Triskelion Arts betwe…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 1, 2014
"Shakedown is a perspective shift. It is a reminder that dance is for everyone, it has the power to transform...and is a needed source of joy in this confusing and sometimes difficult world"…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]“Are we willing to step up and be a voice for change?” Keith Williams asked the group.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 25, 2014
This season dance enthusiasts can look forward to a wonderful new exhibit, Dance & Fashion, a stunning exploration of the relationship between these two embodied art forms, at the Museum…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 13, 2014
"2nd RAu digs deep into the depth of human interaction as the dancers, bit by bit, shed their emotional barriers to reveal themselves in a raw state." Theodora Boguszewski, Istanbul, Turkey.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 11, 2014
Las Vegas's High Roller, an aptly named Ferris wheel in Sin City, is officially the tallest ferris wheel ever built. Last month, one of its 28 spacious cabins doubled as a dance floo…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 7, 2014
"It was a stimulating, inspiring and outright exhausting week, with over 300 presenters from 37 different countries sharing their voices and visions of dance with one another." Ann Moradian,…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 2, 2014
"Our fractured society and compartmentalized lives yearn for practices that evoke wholeness and compassion, so I was drawn to explore the mandala and labyrinth through dance as an antidote t…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 30, 2014
'The swan is an iconic animal, and just as Zeus couldn’t resist taking on its form to meddle with Leda, every artistic director wants to leave his mark and ruffle the poor creature…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]"A truly magnificent collaboration between the country's best musicians, dancers, and designers of sets, costumes, and lighting, the work fulfills all expectations." Theo, Boguszewski, B…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 28, 2014
"Yatkin, who opens the program with a preview of What dreams may come, performs an exquisitely calibrated solo that excavates the tension between persecution and autonomy." Erin Bomboy, New …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 24, 2014
"The solo female figure has always balanced on a high wire of totem and delicate flower. Jäntti gets this." Chris Dohse, Charleston, SC.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 22, 2014
"People in Lite Feet, this movement, couldn't start teaching this style without the foundation, or history... without the fundamentals, it's all wrong. So it's important that I s…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 21, 2014
"Almost no one gets through life without chastening “Elena’s Aria”-type spells of loneliness and melancholy. And the dancers’ emotional commitment and their brilliant…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]This summer, The Dance Enthusiast hosted a photo contest inviting dance lovers to share their best snapshots of anything and everything dance-related. Fellow dance enthusiasts were also urge…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 17, 2014
 “I wasn’t given an award,” she said, “they only made me into one.” Bessie Schoenberg.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 15, 2014
"The piece features reverse theater-in-the-round seating; the audience sits in a square formation in the center as four solos rotate. No audience member sees exactly the same show..." Theo B…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]"This programming of deconstructionist works mixed with beloved classics accentuates the paucity of new pieces that one gets to experience by the major New York companies." Henning Rübsam, …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 14, 2014
“Growing up during many wars, he found solace in dance, music, and art. He states, “The Middle East is not just about conflict. There is beauty and passion, and it’s my goa…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 10, 2014
David Hallberg, famed principal of American Ballet Theater, joined the Bolshoi in 2011 becoming the first American to dance as premier danseur in the Moscow company’s more than two-hun…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 9, 2014
"But just as Giselle is a story of love, it is also one of deception, ghostly revenge, and redemption... American Ballet Theatre sends a different cast of principals on the boards of the Met…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 30, 2014
"As in the driftwood-inspired opening, Sigman and her fellow dancers often appear more like animals or plants than humans." Garnet Henderson, New York, NY.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]"Working with choreographers José Navas, Iratxe Ansa, Sidra Bell, and Alex Ketley, Derry treats the audience to a series of chapters displaying agility and remarkable humanity." Gianna Merc…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 26, 2014
"Forgoing stealth and suspicion, Surveillance is incongruously brash and energetic." Erin Bomboy, New York, NY.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]"Consisting of 56 dancers and representing 19 nationalities, Boston Ballet unites these varied backgrounds with technical conviction and artistic gusto as the company celebrates fifty years …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 19, 2014
"Dorvillier then enters with a welcome burst of energy, performing a bouncing dance of precise footwork, reminiscent of folk dancing. In this study of endurance and precision Dorvillier'…
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