BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance/Bryn Cohn + Artists’ collaborative production of Home premiered at Gibney Dance last week. Home is a study in relationships and love of all kinds: familial, romantic, for places, and for ideals. In light of the trage …Read more
Jessica Lang founded her namesake dance company in 2011, due in part to an artist residency at the Joyce Theater. The company has since made great strides, including touring nationally and commissioning its own permanent home, the Jessica Lang Dance …Read more
Now in her 70s, Margaret Beals, dancer, choreographer, actress, improviser and founder of Impulses Dance Theatre Arts is an inspiration, a tribute to what it means to be a fearless artist and do what you are called to do, no matter what. I had the p …Read more
On May 13th and 14th, the Martha Graham Studio Theatre in Westbeth featured a full production of The Deborah Zall Project: In the Company of Women. A long-established choreographer, Deborah Zall is heavily influenced by the iconic Martha Graham, and …Read more
Sitting in Alvin Ailey’s wall-to-wall-windows studio on a perfect spring day, a clear view of the city of dreamers in sight, it is hard to imagine that any more magic could be injected into this moment. That is until eight female dancers, clad in nav …Read more
Described as a Latin Cirque du Soleil, the contemporary circus troupe Circo de la Luna is deserving of a longer run and a wider audience. At their brief run at Baruch Performing Arts Center, April 20-22, people of all ages were blown away by the magn …Read more
A New York Live Arts off-site event, Jen Rosenblit’s Clap Hands is a poetic and daring exploration of containment, the body, and performance. In collaboration with Effie Bowen and Admanda Koblika, and with supportive performance from alexia welch, Ro …Read more
A festival created to provide a platform for emerging artists, the Jump on the DanceWagon Festival celebrated its fourth year of showcasing raw talent on April 15 and 16. Held at the Ailey Citigroup Theatre, this year’s lineup featured work all acros …Read more
With over 30 years of experience with the New York City dance community, choreographer Vicky Shick is a master of calculated movement, and her latest show, Another Spell, is a testament to her profound capabilities. Showing at the Danspace Project in …Read more
On April 8th and 9th, the Abrons Arts Center housed the US debut of the raucous and celebrated Skin Me, by Hungarian choreographer-performers Viktória Dányi, Csaba Molnár, and Zsófia Tamara Vadas. A show that balances itself on the heels of the pendu …Read more
