Tag: fall for dance

Falling for Fall for Dance

20 companies, 12 performances, $15 a ticket: By the numbers, New York City Center’s Fall for Dance festival looks pretty impressive. When you add in the fact that the annual event often features troupes rarely seen in NYC, and that it seems to ignite the city’s passion for dance—hordes of people line up every year […]

My Top 5 Performances at Fall for Dance 2014

Fall for Dance—one of the best offerings during NYC’s packed fall season—has ended until next year. The whirlwind festival presents some of the world’s best companies, first during two free evenings at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, and then through a series of $15 performances at New York City Center. It’s no surprise that […]

End of Summer Means Beginning of Dancemania

Yes, the days are getting shorter, Nutcracker rehearsals are starting and you’re back in school. There are lots of potentially tedious things about September. Fortunately, fall also means a ton of dance events are taking place in most major cities around the country. Here in NYC, Fall for Dance is one of the biggest, and […]

Get Ready to Fall for Dance

How’d it get to be August? Curse you, Summer, and your incessant need to fly by! Don’t get us wrong: We know it ain’t over yet (despite the recent influx of back-to-school commercials). Nevertheless, August always seems to bring a sense of nostalgia—anticipation of the end, reflection on memories made… But today, on this second […]

It's Almost Time to Fall for Dance

If you have friends who aren’t really sure about this whole dance thing, you take them to a Fall for Dance performance. The annual NYC festival—celebrating its 10th birthday this year!—puts together deliciously appetizing samplers of all different styles of dance, from hardcore ballet to hardcore tap. Everyone’s pretty much guaranteed to find something they […]