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

IMPRESSIONS: Sydney Dance Company at the Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"In ab (intra,) choreographed by Sydney Dance Company's artistic director Rafael Bonachela, the dancers regard each other throughout the seventy-five-minute piece as they navigate tenderness…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: S for Sue SAMUELS and Ingrid SILVA by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS a Texas Round Up: Houston Ballet's "Bespoke" and Ballet Austin's "POE/ A Tale of Madness" by The Dance Enthusiast

"When I saw Houston Ballet in 'Fall for Dance' at New York City Center last October, I was impressed by the dancers' fine technique and exuberant execution...Ballet Austin's long-time direct…

IMPRESSIONS: Beth Gill "Nail Biter" at NYU Skirball by The Dance Enthusiast

"heels click clack one rib sideways shins lit by shins coattails and beret a flash of red lining" - Sarah Cecilia Bukowski, New York  

IMPRESSIONS: Leslie Cuyjet "For All Your Life" at The Chocolate Factory Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"Leslie Cuyjet is a master of layers. Her multimedia performance exhibition "For All Your Life"teems with interpenetrating modes of expression as words, objects, imagery, and movement echo, …

IMPRESSIONS: Dance Theatre of Harlem at New York City Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"This is a program for our time, - respectful of the past and confidently embracing the future." Henning Rübsam, New York, New York

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Ballet Hispánico's Eduardo Vilaro on "Buscando a Juan" and Changing Narratives by The Dance Enthusiast

"We're going to change narratives through full length work. So in the future, there are more heroines to talk about beyond Eva Perón, there are more heroes beyond Juan de Pareja, and ther…

IMPRESSIONS: Nederlands Dans Theater at New York City Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"Based in The Hague, NDT is home to some of the most talented and versatile dancers on the planet, but the company is cherished for its innovative, multifaceted choreography." " Cecly Pla…

IMPRESSIONS: Megan Williams and Eve Beglarian's "Smile though your heart is aching" at Mark Morris Dance Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"This entrance set the deliberate, thoughtful tone of Williams' evening length work set to Beglarian's anthology, Machaut in the Machine Age. Filled with gentle trios, duets, solos, and ense…

IMPRESSIONS: Clymene Aldinger's CLYMOVE Dance at The Ailey Citigroup Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

"CLYMOVE Dance's 2024 Spring Gala and Season celebrated the fourth year of Clymene Aldinger's company, and left the viewers at The Ailey Citigroup Theater feeling empowered. " Kristen Hedber…

IMPRESSIONS: Raja Feather Kelly | the feath3r theory's "The Absolute Future" at NYU Skirball by The Dance Enthusiast

"Through these events Kelly probes questions on two sides of the same coin: what brings us together and what tears us apart. Beauty, terror, and vulnerability vibrate from every atom of this…

IMPRESSIONS from Boston: Vertigo Dance Company in "MAKOM" Presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston by The Dance Enthusiast

" 'So complex the time we are in,' sighs Wertheim whose tours to China and Brazil had been cancelled because of anti-Israeli sentiment. . "But we can always connect," she adds hopefully. Wer…

IMPRESSIONS: August Henderson/ August & Co. in "Transverberation" at Triskelion Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

"Transverberation sweeps viewers into an experience of intimacy, reflection, and acceptance...with raw, authoritative performances by August Henderson, Jack Blackmon and Ragin Smith. " Krist…

IMPRESSIONS: Stacy Grossfield's metamorphosis 2 at The Chocolate Factory Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

  Addressing issues that affect the lives of contemporary women, Grossfield in metamorphosis 2 examines the far-right, wellness culture, Millennials, Boomers, feminism, Blackness, Whiten…

IMPRESSIONS: Trisha Brown Dance Company at The Joyce by The Dance Enthusiast

"Toward the end, the holdouts perform a series of flamboyant solos, sinking and swiveling, jogging and dodging, and we remember why we come to these parties at Trisha's---for the sheer pleas…

IMPRESSIONS: Lacina Coulibaly | Compagnie Artistique Hakili Sigi "Until the Lion Tells the Story…" at New York Live Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

"Through the challenges and rewards of progress, Coulibaly asserts a continual need for transformative awakening that draws on ancestral power to activate self-driven futures." Sarah Cecilia…

IMPRESSIONS: Stacy Matthew Spence "I am, here; Here with us; Where we find ourselves" at Danspace Project by The Dance Enthusiast

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Triskelion Arts Presents Julia Antinozzi's "The Suite" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Awarded both the inaugural Trisk Fellowship and the New York Live Arts "Fresh Tracks" residency this past fall, Antinozzi is quickly becoming an important and consistent voice on the New Yo…

IMPRESSIONS: Baye & Asa 4/ 2/ 3 at Baryshnikov Arts Center by The Dance Enthusiast

"Choreographers Amadi 'Baye' Washington and Sam 'Asa' Pratt use the riddle of the Sphinx as an allegorical structure for their latest collaboration, 4/ 2/ 3." -Cecly Placenti, New York

IMPRESSIONS: "The Look of Love" Cheerful Mark Morris Choreography Spawned from Beguiling Burt Bacharach Songs by The Dance Enthusiast

"  While Morris is known for the tight music-movement relationships his concert-dance choreography establishes, here, we feel that partnership more blatantly than ever.  Every dance st…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST'S A TO Z: R for Heather ROBLES and Kendra ROSS by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Nimbus Dance in "IGNITE" in Jersey City by The Dance Enthusiast

"No visa required to enter Jersey City, and astonishingly quick to reach from Manhattan! Nimbus Dance, founded in 2005 by Sam Potts [...] is  a magnificent venue " with studios for its…

IMPRESSIONS: New York Flamenco Festival with National Ballet of Spain, Olga Pericet, and Gala Flamenca by The Dance Enthusiast

"A rockstar performance by dancer Olga Pericet crowned the latest New York Flamenco Festival with the extravagant imagery of her show, La Leona. Yet stars of all kinds shone at this annual c…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Nadav Heyman and Genna Moroni on Creating the Netflix of Dance Filmmaking by The Dance Enthusiast

"And not to get political, but with all these governments doing crazy shit, we still get submissions from Russia, from Ukraine, from Israel and the Middle East. And you get to see the people…

IMPRESSIONS: La MaMa Shares: ESTROGENIUS 2024 EXPANSION at La MaMa, a Bi-Coastal Evening by The Dance Enthusiast

"To connect three such varied segments so seamlessly is a wonderful feat in itself. Congratulations to the creators, performers, and curators for a thoughtful yet entertaining performance th…

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF DANCE: Catching Up with Brenda Way and ODC Dance In Season at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

"People are realizing the necessity of an arts eco-system and are seeing that not everything is centered in New York and Europe. There needs to be a larger focus on the Bay Area as an import…

IMPRESSIONS: Justin Peck, Sufjan Stevens & Jackie Sibblies Drury's "Illinoise" by The Dance Enthusiast

"To be honest, I wanted to like Illinoise. And for some, it does resonate. The show has been picked up for a 16-week run on Broadway at the St. James Theater beginning April 24. As a commerc…

IMPRESSIONS: Triskelion Arts Split Bill #42 with Rebecca Margolick and Kashia Kancey by The Dance Enthusiast

"Rebecca Margolick's Reservoir and Kashia Kancey's I Believed It Too premiered in the latest iteration of the theater's Split Bill Series, which brings together pairings of emerging NYC-base…

IMPRESSIONS: Sankofa Danzafro in "Behind the South: Dances for Manuel" at The Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Sankofa Danzafro in "Behind the South: Dances for Manuel" at The Joyce Theater: "Palacios Callejas has translated the fascinating novel into a vivid fever dream illustrating the…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Dancer and Choreographer Lukas McFarlane On Working on "Message In A Bottle" with Kate Prince and Sting by The Dance Enthusiast

"So we got in a room and conducted our first two week workshop... At the end of it,  Sting and his manager came into the studio to watch...He asked us to please make this show now, which …