DANCE THEATER REVIEWS

Throughout 'Endangered Pieces' there are episodic shifts between boyhood and manhood, mortality and immortality, and purpose and preoccupation, all of which seem to be existing in a shadow cast by an unknown, impending disaster....

Juggling, dancing, comedy, singing, contact improvisation and more from some of New York City's top talent garnered great laughter and applause at UPTOWN DOWNTOWN, a one-night-only benefit for the Abrons Arts Center on Monday evening....

The American Repertory Ballet performed 'Romeo and Juliet' at The State Theatre in New Brunswick on Friday night accompanied by Rutgers University Orchestra....

Almost every choreographer attempts to address the relationship between the bedfellows of dance and music. The results of these examinations have had varying degrees of success. Bach Dances with Live Music was presented as a partnership between the two art forms by featuring Rioult Dance New York ...

Lately, all my conversations about dance return to one question: who is making new, exciting, and unique contemporary dances. It's true, we've all been jaded by So You Think You Can Dance, as well as the abundance of contemporary modern companies with beautiful, but nonetheless, gooey movement. La...

Fall for Dance at New York City Center wrapped up last weekend with a program featuring four companies, thrilling in their differences. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/Sadler's Wells London, BODYTRAFFIC, Les Ballet Trockadero De Monte Carlo, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre shared the stage on October 5...

On the evening of Sunday, October 13th 2013, an invitation-only crowd filed into Studio II at Steps on Broadway in NYC to share fond memories of David Howard, the beloved ballet teacher who once said that he arrived in New York 'as an upstart and became part of the American Dream.'...

Thursday evening's DanceNow Festival at Joe's Pub, October 10th, 2013, was an evening teaming with glamour. Down-turned lights, delectable food, fine drinks, and all eyes glued to the small stage on which ten companies performed, separately, five minutes of uniquely prepared work. With the exception...

In this hour and a half long monologue by Kyle deCamp and Joshua Thorson, we get to experience the impact of political action and the impending negative effects it can have on a community and, more specifically, on a child: one child, in particular....

The 28th Anniversary Jubilee for Career Transitions for Dancers, 'Broadway and Beyond' was held at City Center on Tuesday. With impressive honorees and a star-studded stage show, the event was a resounding success....

If the original Rite of Spring was a stone dropped into a calm and unsuspecting pool of water, then "A Rite" magnifies not only the ripples on the surface, but the speed and velocity with which the stone fell and the effect of its reverberations on bodies of water for a century....

New York City's dance luminaries, rising stars, and fans were out in full force at the fabled Apollo Theater in Harlem on the evening of Monday, October 7th 2013 to attend the 29th annual Bessies Awards. The ceremony, named for contemporary dance legend Bessie Schonberg and produced in partnership w...

Passage a l'act/Acting Out is a wonderful show for art and dance fans alike. This dance performance did not use dance in the way one would expect, but instead went back to the basics of dance, using simple and basic movements as a form of expression and art....

Cloud Gate 2, of Taiwan, performs at the Joyce Theater...

THIRST uses the structure of Dante's Inferno to examine the role of suffering in the human experience. Throughout the work Song-Begin, costumed in layers of black, performs an on-going solo. The audience accompanies Begin-Song, like Virgil accompanies Dante, into the various realms of the underworl...

The Replay Series, presented by New York Live Arts, allows audience members the opportunity to engage with works that span the entire career of influential dance makers. As part of this series, Molissa Fenley and Company can be seen at New York Live Arts October 2-5, performing a world premiere alon...

As I sat in the half filled house at the Citigroup Theater to watch Pentacle's Fall Further II, I could not help buzzing with excitement from the success of last year's show, and Pentacle's reputation at hosting such exciting and diverse performances. Unfortunately, I started to feel my excitement w...

Every year, New York City Center offers performances by several dance companies, local and international, performing on this stage in the same evening, for affordable ticket prices. All tickets, this year, are $15.00. This is a two week Festival....

With all the shows one can see in NYC, it's refreshing to see a small theater production that exudes such talent and passion. Three if by Air, performed by the General Mischief Dance Theater at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, is a warm and charming presentation by local actors and acrobatic...

Long celebrated for his unique brand of contemporary choreography that combines powerful athleticism with profound emotional sensitivity, Takehiro (Take) Ueyama did not disappoint his opening night audience on Friday, September 27th at Peter Norton Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th Street. The progra...

Ballet is not a dance style often featured on a Broadway stage, but Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty may change that. His production of Sleeping Beauty is as imaginative, expansive, and stunning as the best productions offered on Broadway. In its' North American premiere at the Des Moines Civic Cent...

NYC Ballet's Black and White program offers rich rewards for dedicated dancegoers. The company is in great form, so much so that it's too much for the eye to take in....