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Jim Luce on Dance

The Editors2021

Acclaimed Modern Dance Company Ushers in Spring with "Encuentros" Acclaimed NYC-based Modern Dance Company Invited to Mexico City PHOTO Caption. For the complete listing…

Largest Festival of Colors in Jersey City & Hoboken This Weekend

Chloe Hoang · June 12, 2019

New York, N.Y. The largest festival of colors celebration in America, Surati Holi Hai, will attract more than 15,000 revelers from all over the world and span across two…

Art Triumphant: Our Foundation's Artist-in-Residence on Cuban Ballet

Jim Luce · October 2, 2018

New York, N.Y. I first met the accomplished South African native Nan Melville about a decade ago through the Indo-American Arts Council where I was on the Board. Nan is a…

An Exercise in Empathy: cullen + them's Spring Messaround

Courtney Escoyne · May 20, 2017

Company member Gabriel Nieto (right) dances with an attendee at cullen + them's Spring Messaround. Photo by Em Watson, Courtesy cullen + them. New York, N.Y. MESSAROUND /…

Dance Meets Journalism: Brick by Brick Dance's New Work Addresses the Immigrant Experience

Courtney Escoyne · October 1, 2017

Rohan Bhargava and Alexandra Montalbano in Somehow We End Up Here, Again . Photo by Thomas Sarvello, Courtesy Bates. New York, N.Y. It takes a certain skill to make a pie…

One for the Ladies: inQuad at Dixon Place

Courtney Escoyne · September 23, 2017

Lindsey L. Miller in her Impulse . Photo by Andrew Mauney, Courtesy inQuad. New York, N.Y. Dixon Place, a performing arts venue in Lower Manhattan, has a reputation for u…

Pool Play 2.0—This Is Not A Theatre Company

Courtney Escoyne · March 19, 2017

Pool Play 2.0. Photo by Maria Baranova, Courtesy This Is Not A Theatre Company New York, N.Y. Given the freezing weather that has continued to plague New York City into M…

Take Root at Green Space: Kaley Pruitt Dance and URBAN/TRIBE

Courtney Escoyne · February 16, 2017

Queens, N.Y. In January, Green Space’s monthly curated performance series, Take Root, hosted Kaley Pruitt Dance and U R B A N / T R I B E. The former presented a clever d…

The Experience of Nourishment: What does it feel like to grow up?

Courtney Escoyne · October 12, 2017

The ensemble of Nourishment: What does it feel like to grow up? Photo by Jeffrey Lee (On the Spot Image), Courtesy Gussman. Brooklyn, N.Y. It’s not every dance show that…

Abstracting Entertainment: Rovaco Dance Co. at Alchemical Theater

Courtney Escoyne · June 1, 2016

Jared McAboy and Mariel Harris in "Azadi". Photo credit Ezra Goh Photography, Courtesy Rovaco. New York, N.Y. In their first evening-length performance engagement at the…

Architecture Made Tactile: Gabrielle Lamb's Pigeonwing Dance at Baruch PAC

Courtney Escoyne · November 25, 2016

Pigeonwing Dance in Gabrielle Lamb's Bewilderness. New York, N.Y. On November 20, Baruch Performing Arts Center presented a pair of works by Gabrielle Lamb, a 2014 Prince…

Cameron McKinney|Kizuna Dance 2016 Season Kickoff

Courtney Escoyne · February 27, 2016

The women of Kizuna Dance in "Three Poisons" Brooklyn, N.Y. “I wanted you to be close enough to see them sweat,” Cameron McKinney says to a smattering of chuckles from th…

DraftWork: The Median Movement and Brother(hood) Dance! at St. Mark's Danspace Project

Courtney Escoyne · February 9, 2016

New York, N.Y. On a beautiful but cold Saturday afternoon I wandered into St. Mark’s Church in the East Village. Danspace Project had, as is their wont, reoriented the sa…

Emerging Choreographer's Series: Mare Nostrum Elements & LPAC Present Rohan Bhargava, Marissa Brown

Courtney Escoyne · March 4, 2016

Nico Gonzales in Rohan Bhargava's The Devil's Advocate Queens, N.Y. Last week, on a cold, rainy Tuesday, I ventured out to LaGuardia Performing Arts Center to catch the l…

Hellenic Education Continues Thanks to The Orpheus Luxury Collection

Jim Luce · September 12, 2016

New York, N.Y. In synchrony with their philosophy of "indulging in the finer things in life for a deep appreciation of humanity and nature," The Orpheus Luxury Collection…

Interview: Founder, South Asian Performing Arts Festival NYC

Jim Luce · May 03, 2016

New York, N.Y. Recently I had the privilege of spending a day with the multi-talented Arpita Mukherjee, co-founder of the South Asian International Performing Arts Festiv…

Origins and Adopted Cultures: Da-On Dance presents ROOT

Courtney Escoyne · October 26, 2016

Da-On Dance in ROOT. New York, N.Y. With ROOT , which was at the Salvatore Capezio Theater at Peridance Center October 15 and 16, Da-On Dance artistic director and choreo…

Schedule for International Day of Happiness at the United Nations

The Editors · March 19, 2016

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS AT THE UNITED NATIONS Sunday, 20 March 2016 The Permanent Missions of the Republic of Palau to the United Nations The Permanent Mission of…

Valerie Green/Dance Entropy Celebrates Ten Years at Green Space

Courtney Escoyne · March 17, 2016

Jonathan Matthews and Hana Ginsburg Tirosh in Impermanent Landscape. Queens, N.Y. A low murmur greets the audience, five dancers speaking quiet snatches of phrases as the…

Ash & Honey: ChristinaNoel & The Creature's 2015 Winter Gala

Courtney Escoyne · December 21, 2015

Artistic Director ChristinaNoel Reaves & honoree Gus Solomons Jr. Photo credit Quentin Burley New York, N.Y. With characteristic generosity, an unflagging sense of fun, a…

Concert to Celebrate Diversity with World Heritage Cultural Center

Ted Killmer · May 20, 2015

"I kind of view everybody like a rainbow. Everybody on the planet has all the colors of the rainbow inside." - Actress Alexia Fast Danbury, CT. The World Heritage Cultura…

W H A L E: Andrea Miller's Gallim Dance at The Joyce Theater

Courtney Escoyne · December 8, 2015

New York, N.Y. Andrea Miller’s work is not for everyone. Case in point: when the performance of W H A L E , Miller’s latest work for Gallim Dance , reached intermission a…

Where Have All The Glaciers Gone? Climate Change Theatre Action

Courtney Escoyne · December 13, 2015

Colin Waitt in Where Have All the Glaciers Gone? New York, N.Y. Friday evening I walked into a New York University building, shed my scarf, and took a seat in a small whi…

Jonathan Hollander’s Battery Dance Company 38 Years Later

Jim Luce · August 19, 2013

New York, N.Y. I’ve always considered myself fortunate to meet the people who are doing big things—positively impacting lives in meaningful ways. Recently I met a kindred…

The Stewardship Report Announces Editorial Calendar

The Editors · August 26, 2010

New York, N.Y. A bright new face has been added to the crowded Web, drawing a large readership and uploading more than 900 stories in its first twelve weeks. Still in sof…

Sundance Film Afghan Star Incredible

Jim Luce · August 29, 2009

New York, N.Y. Thirty years ago people could sing and dance in Afghanistan. Then the Taliban took control, instituted Sharia law and, as described in the film The Kite Ru…