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Battery Dance presents The 38th Annual Battery Dance Festival, August 11-17 - 6/1/2019 by Michelle Tabnick
Battery Dance, in association with Battery Park City Authority, announces the 38th Annual Battery Dance Festival with free performances from August 11-16, 2019 from 7-9 pm against the backdrop of... (more)
Tribeca Film Festival’s “Lil’ Buck: Real Swan” is a Jookin’ Journey [MOVIE REVIEW] - 5/15/2019 by Bonnie Rosenstock
“Lil’ Buck: Real Swan”
Directed and Written by Louis Wallecan
France/USA/Documentary/2019/85 minutes

You might have already seen Charles “Lil’ Buck” Riley in ads for brands such as Gap, Kaporal Jeans, Diesel Jeans, Volvo... (more)
NYU Skirball to Present In Conversation with Merce, May 3 & 4 - 4/23/2019 by Helene Davis
NYU Skirball will present In Conversation with Merce, a celebration of Cunningham’s legacy through world premiere commissions of contemporary artists, running Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 at... (more)

[Archive Photo] BFA students in Barak Marshall's 'Monger'

Rose Eichenbaum

Performance Reviews

ODC Theater's Walking Distance Dance Festival's Program Two Only Partially Worth the Stroll - 5/19/2019 by Joanna G. Harris
The Walking Distance Dance Festival, an annual event at ODC Theater in San Francisco, involves some walking but not a whole lot. For its second program May 16 & 17... (more)
Grand Rapids Ballet's 'Extremely Close', Extremely Good - 5/13/2019 by Steve Sucato
In the company’s first season under new artistic director James Sofranko, Grand Rapids Ballet appears to be continuing on the path of upward trajectory begun by former artistic director Patricia... (more)
With 38th Annual NYC Season Program Elisa Monte Dance Passes the Torch while Preserving its Past - 5/13/2019 by Bonnie Rosenstock
When Elisa Monte, co-founder and director of the NYC-based Elisa Monte Dance, retired three years ago, she handpicked former EMD dancer Tiffany Rea-Fisher to be its artistic director. Celebrating its... (more)

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Interviews and More

Viva Reyes Barrios' 'Forever Flamenco' - 5/28/2019 by Joanne Zimbler - COMMENTARY
Los Angelenos, dreaming of a summer vacation to an exotic location but lack the resources, time, or any of the other many things necessary for such an adventure? Well the... (more)
Tribeca Film Festival: The Long and the Shorts of Dance Bring Enlightenment and Empowerment - 5/15/2019 by Bonnie Rosenstock - MOVIE REVIEWS
The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival (April 24-May 5) is the jewel in the crown for a city that offers a vast wealth of cultural gems. The TFF categories are impressive... (more)
Brenda Williams Sings America’s Heart & Soul in Timeless Music Project Program - 4/30/2019 by Rita Kohn - MUSIC REVIEWS
For her performance on April 28 Brenda Williams carried her parlor onto the Christel DeHaan stage at The District Theatre and, with a cohort of friends on and off stage,... (more)

Robert Abrams

DanceSpots

West Coast Swing at The Mercury Café in Denver, Colorado - 12/23/2015 by Robert Abrams
Outside the mercury was dropping, but inside The Mercury Café the dance was rising. With bright red and white Christmas lights framing the very fine and well loved wooden floor,... (more)
Seeking Friendship in the Front Range - Salsa in Boulder, Colorado - 11/12/2014 by Joanne Zimbler
Why is it that we never do all of the things that we tell ourselves we're going to do as soon as we get some free time or take a... (more)
Seeking Friendship in the Front Range - Hip Hop in Boulder, Colorado - 10/25/2014 by Joanne Zimbler
Growing up in a suburban middle class neighborhood in the 70's many little girls, myself included, eagerly obliged when our parents signed us up for dance classes, the ballet, tap,... (more)

Davit Hovahnnisyan and Luz San Miguel in Diane Colburn Bruning's 'Journey'.

Eduardo Patino

Previews

Squirt Guns, T.S. Eliot and Live Music are all part of Chamber Dance Project’s 'New Works +' - 6/18/2019 by Steve Sucato
Award-winning choreographer Diane Coburn Bruning’s Chamber Dance Project celebrates its sixth Washington season with New Works +, June 20-22 at D.C.’s Sidney Harmon Hall.

The summer-only, project-based company whose model is... (more)
Integrated First: Dancing Wheels’ Program to Highlight Works by Choreographers with Disabilities - 6/11/2019 by Steve Sucato
Quite possibly the first dance production of its kind in the United States, Cleveland’s Dancing Wheels, America’s oldest physically integrated dance company (dancers with and without disabilities), will present Reverse.Reboot.Reveal!... (more)
Quantum Physics, Environmentalism and the Me Too Movement: Cleveland Public Theatre’s Annual DanceWorks Series Continues it Daring Dance Ways - 5/15/2019 by Steve Sucato
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)’s annual DanceWorks series returns for its 21st season, May 16 - June 15 with five weekends of thought-provoking dance performances by eight area dance companies at CPT’s... (more)

Press Releases

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company to present NJ Chinese Dance Heritage Celebration, June 9 - 6/4/2019 by Michelle Tabnick
The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will present a festival of Chinese Dance featuring it students who have worked with the Company every Saturday in Metuchen, New Jersey. The annual concert... (more)
Ballet Hispánico Joins Four World-Renowned Dance Companies for the Two-Day Hudson River Dance Festival, June 6-7 - 6/3/2019 by Michelle Tabnick
Ballet Hispánico Joins Four World-Renowned Dance Companies for the Two-Day
Hudson River Dance Festival
June 6 & 7, 2019 at 7pm

Ballet Hispánico, America's leading Latino dance organization, brings its bold and eclectic... (more)
Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College Announces 2019/2020 Season - 6/2/2019 by Michelle Tabnick
Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College announces its 2019-20 Season of music, theatre, dance, opera and more, a season spanning genres and cultural influences, rich in imagination and ideas.

Season... (more)

Peter Stathas Dance presents Leaving and Coming Back at Danspace Project, June 20-22 - 6/1/19 by Michelle Tabnick - PRESS RELEASES

Ballet Hispánico Carnaval Gala 2019 Honoring Lourdes Lopez and Dancing with the Stars Raised $1.2 Million - 5/9/19 by Michelle Tabnick - PRESS RELEASES

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company presents Presents Fourth Imagine Ellis Island Arts Festival in Celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, May 19 - 5/9/19 by Michelle Tabnick - PRESS RELEASES

Gibney Dance Company's “EMERGE” Showcases Three Thrilling Choreographers - 5/9/19 by Bonnie Rosenstock - PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

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