IMPRESSIONS: Malcolm-x Betts' "what happens when things become undone?" at CPR by The Dance Enthusiast

In silence Malcolm-x Betts and Ella Dawn W-S lightly touch as they struggle to balance. Their bodies are close, and the shapes of their bodies, often with one leg in back attitude while slow…

IMPRESSIONS: La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival '24: Yoshiko Chuma and Chris Yon, Taryn Griggs, Introducing Bea Yon by The Dance Enthusiast

"On a shared La MaMa Moves Festival! program with Yoshiko Chuma & the School of Hard Knocks, the Yoggs open the evening with 12-year-old Bea Yon crossing the stage." Catherine Tharin, Ne…

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Emilio Ochando Prepares Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana for The Joyce and The Hollywood Bowl by The Dance Enthusiast

"Ochando is not only preparing for The Joyce season, but he is also choreographing for FVCS and invited artists to perform Maurice Ravel's BOLERO and Suite No. 2 from Manual de Falla's TH…

DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Carolyn Dorfman on Celebrating 40 Years of Dance Making by The Dance Enthusiast

"Ultimately we are celebrating community, possibility, and hope. My mother who passed away at almost 99-years-old, when people would ask her what got her through the war, she said she never …

IMPRESSIONS: Johann Diedrick "[ the hurricanes in your mouth ]" at Abrons Arts Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"With "[ the hurricanes in your mouth ]," multidisciplinary artist and engineer Johann Diedrick offers a transportive sound installation and performance that awakens the senses and defies de…

IMPRESSIONS: j. bouey's "SATURN, A Revelation " at JACK by The Dance Enthusiast

" j. bouey, an outward acting artist, points out inequities but patiently, and often exuberantly, encourages the community to gather and change for the greater good." Catherine Tharin, Brook…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Anabella Lenzu Speaks with Janet Wong About Dance Theater and Working with Bill T. Jones by The Dance Enthusiast

"Bill likes to say that we're married, and in the artistic way, we are married. I very much cherish that relationship and the way I am allowed to grow in this partnership, given opportunitie…

IMPRESSIONS: Ballez in "Travesty Doll Play Ballez (after Coppélia)" at Chelsea Factory by The Dance Enthusiast

" Travesty Doll Play Ballez thrives on a multidimensional attunement to the power of transformation. While eschewing staged sets and linear narrative devices in favor of an open, abstract ex…

IMPRESSIONS: The Moving Architects "O my soul" at Arts on Site by The Dance Enthusiast

"Using her body as the constant and speed as the variable, O my soul marks Norton's relationship to the passing of time." - Cecly Placenti, New York

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: U for Allison SCHUSTER-ULRICH and Dancers UNLIMITED by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: nora chipaumire at Harlem Stage with the NYC Premiere of "ShebeenDub" by The Dance Enthusiast

"What appears as simply an immersive show and monumental party speaks deeper. The event intentionally and excitingly rejects any semblance of traditional performance viewing, meant to be acc…

IMPRESSIONS: Fresh Tracks at New York Live Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

"It's rare for any mixed bill to be full of hits, yet the Fresh Tracks artists delivered just that with style and verve to spare. These tracks are certainly ones worth following." Sarah Ceci…

IMPRESSIONS: Parsons Dance at The Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"The exceptional dancers deliver knockout performances with an almost always frontal focus and an intensity in which the volume is turned on high without pause." " Henning Rübsam, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Gibney Company at The Joyce: The Spirit of Experimentation, Then and Now by The Dance Enthusiast

"What's exciting about the current Gibney company, under the direction of Gilbert T. Small II since 2022, is that the dancers invest the movement with personal vitality, they react to each o…

IMPRESSIONS: Sarah Panayiotou Leñador's "am I real?" at Abron's Art Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"Leñador and her collaborators have created an evening that takes us through the highs and lows of being. Whether or note  we've witnessed her mental breakdown or the world breaking he…

IMPRESSIONS: Martha Graham Dance Company, American Legacies at New York City Center (Part 2) by The Dance Enthusiast

"At the age of 96, Graham surprised her fans with the antics of Maple Leaf Rag, but perhaps she found a source of mirth in her own longevity...From her raised vantage-point, she can see the …

IMPRESSIONS: "Message in a Bottle" at New York City Center with Songs by Sting, Direction & Choreography by Kate Prince by The Dance Enthusiast

"Sometimes the songs' repurposing works brilliantly, such as when "Don't Stand So Close to Me," originally written about an unseemly relationship between a teacher and pupil, is used to acco…

IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet's 75th Spring 2024 Season "The Future" at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

"One of the many layers that make me love Dances … is its sense of community. The work is as non-hierarchical as ballet was able to get at Lincoln Center in 1969...Brahms-Schoe…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: T for Manatsu TANAKA and Melissa TOOGOOD by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY, AMERICAN LEGACIES " The Rite of Spring" at New York City Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"Martha Graham's The Rite of Spring is not about exotic people separated from us by time and distance. It's about the here and now. Unlike Errand into the Maze, where we remain passive spect…

IMPRESSIONS: Rachel Gill's "The Eight Positions or Could This Go On Forever?" at Arts On Site by The Dance Enthusiast

"In Gill's  Eight Positions or Could This Go On Forever? seemingly unrelated elements speak to Rachel and Chelsea's shared curiosity of each other.  Deliberateness and care are constan…

IMPRESSIONS: "THAT SHOW," a Celebratory Evening Showcasing Emerging New York Performance Artists by The Dance Enthusiast

"I found myself in a loft in Chinatown delightedly surrounded by a slew of familiar faces. A certain sector of the New York dance scene"young, determined, earnest" mingled about, doused in b…

IMPRESSIONS: "THE MOMENT" with More Fish Dance Company at The Joyce's New York Center for Creativity and Dance by The Dance Enthusiast

"By the end of the exhilarating afternoon, we've come to realize (if we didn't know already) that dance improvisations are far from random noodlings of the body. Creating a score, playing wi…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Sydney Skybetter on Choreorobotics, De-Stabilizing Norms, and The Dancing Future by The Dance Enthusiast

"I don't anticipate that there's going to be robots on the floor of the Joyce anytime soon, but it's interesting to me that Jacob's Pillow, which is rebuilding the Doris Duke Theater, is ima…

IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet's 75th Spring Season "The Future" at Lincoln Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"The company describes its spring season on the cover of the playbill as "The Future." I keep my fingers crossed, and wish for the best." Henning Rübsam, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Morgan McEwan's MorDance in their New Yonker's Studio Space by The Dance Enthusiast

"McEwan knows how to charge an enormous space with energy. The dancers have the dynamism and sheen of thoroughbreds." Deirdre Towers, Yonkers

IMPRESSIONS: Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca at The Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"In Searching for Goya at The Joyce Theater, Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, the longstanding flamenco company based in New York City, presents a compendium of dances predicated on t…

IMPRESSIONS: Ballet Hispánico at New York City Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"Ballet Hispánico celebrated Eduardo Vilaro's 15th year as artistic director with a powerful season at New York City Center." Hannah Lieberman, New York

IMPRESSIONS: Dominica Greene "ENUF" at Triskelion Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

"Greene's ancestors smile as she smiles, laugh as she laughs, and the presence of her family in the audience fills the space with warmth and recognition. Her offering is for them as much as …

IMPRESSIONS: The Lydian Gale Parr, A Chamber Oratio Featuring The Dancers of Ballez at Target Margin Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"The Lydian Gale Parr  imaginatively and wholeheartedly embraces the questions and considerations of our time in its multi-layered tale of an identity and gender shifting hero who attempt…

POSTCARDS: Ballet Hartford Artistic Director, Claire Kretzschmar, Choreographs "Raffaella" in Indiana. by The Dance Enthusiast

"Raffaella is a fairytale ballet inspired by the life of a radiant ballerina, Raffaella Stroik, who died unexpectedly at age 23."  - Claire Kretzschmar