"Dorchel Haqq's closed mouths don't get fed nourishes its participants with a sense of community expressed through movement and meaningful connection." " Kristen Hedberg, New York
On May 2, 2025, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) began canceling grants that had already been awarded. Funded organizations have been told their grants will be cut off on May 31. Ma…
"At 84-years old, Lucinda Childs suspends time." " Ann Moradian
"Subject doesn't end happily, but we can take some comfort from the fact that, in troubled times, some artists step forward to defend humanity." " Robert Johnson, Astoria
Choreographer Matthew Westerby opened the evening with a call to action, speaking of outreach, education, equity, and inclusion. The sense of community resonated through the succinct choreog…
"BODYTRAFFIC, a contemporary dance company from Los Angeles that seamlessly blends ballet, contemporary, hip-hop, modern, and Afro-Caribbean styles, reflects its city's rich diversity while …
"The company presented four ballets by as many choreographers; and each bore an authorial stamp. There is no confusing Jodie Gates' lush new ballet Passage of Being with William Forsythe's h…
"This program is a tribute to the Artistic Associates " the heart of Gibney Company. Each piece asks something different of them: to be exacting and sharp, to be expansive and sensorial, to …
"n this intimate program, these three artists take an unsparing look at their self-making: Pietro and Zaritt through each other and Lloyd through us. Together they explore the dialogic world…
"Bring it into who we are in this moment," said Nicky Paraiso, the beloved curator of the La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, recalling the AIDS crisis of the 1990s in his opening remarks. Keith …
John Jasperse's transcendent Tides, a work of delicacy and quiet strength, follows five luminous women"three with long, distinguished careers (Vicky Shick, Jodi Melnick, and Cynthia Kopp…
"Having danced alongside these particular artists in technical exercises and choreographies, I've noted their supreme composure and relaxed precision: they are strong but never tense, direct…
"Methinks the lady doth protest just enough: Rocking the house at BAM, Whitney White rips up the script of MacBeth, performing it as a hip-hop, gospel spectacle with Shakepeare's verse woven…
"Linda Murray, the fifth curator in the history of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division who manages all aspects of its collections and public service, curated the exhibit to fit in one room. Sh…
"What I enjoy most about CAVE, which concluded programs A and C this season, is that the dancers do not perform for the audience, but enjoy dancing as part of a group. They…
"Amber Sloane, a choreographer of fertile whimsy and wit, draws us into the universes of her perfectly peculiar characters, creating awe and delight." " Christine Jowers, Brooklyn, New York
Five women actors tell that story of suppression and resistance (from Merlin Stone's 1976 book When God Was a Woman) each portraying multiple characters from different historical eras in a d…
"Everybody wants something new, right? If there's nothing 'new' in a 'new work,' what might we experience instead? [...] Choreographer Chloe London invites these questions into Unstabl…
"Janet Eilber, the artistic director of the Martha Graham Dance Company, is a class act. Before the curtain opens at The Joyce Theater, on April 2, she welcomes th…
"Must Come Down" by Cameron Barnett and Fiona Schlegel opened as musician and songwriter Bernadette Bradley emerged through a white door, shuffled her sheet music, plugged in her guitar, and…
"According to program notes, the 60-minute ensemble piece for seven dancers is inspired by Wilson's desire to re-claim foundational ideas from his early work and discover how, or if, they co…
" Curran has the ability to create spaces of deep respect, lightheartedness, and genuine appreciation for others that makes work feel like play." - Cecly Placenti, New York
"...Vespers, Reimagined (2025)" Miller expands the original work into a 40-minute dance-essay for five sensitive, daring dancers: Bria Bacon, Jasmine Hearn, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Chloe London,…