Dance Essays

We are fortunate to have 2 Dance writers:
Dawn Lille, trained in ballet, modern dance and labanalysis, has been a performer, rehearsal director, teacher and adminstrator. She headed a graduate program in dance at City College/CUNY and taught for 14 years at Juilliard.
Francine L. Trevens former Springfield, Ma theater/dance critic and NYC Broadway and Off Press Agent, most recently wrote four fantasy children's story anthologies, two of which won awards, and a play anthology SHORT PLAYS TO LONG REMEMBER which won 2 finalist awards. Her website is www.writerfrancinetrevens.co

blog for Francine L. Trevens http://stagesandpages-francine.blogspot.com/

Most Recent:
Spring 2013 Dance evemts by Francine L. Trevens (May online 2013)
Dance From Aesthetics to Athletics by Francine L. Trevens (April online2013)
Off Stage Support for Dancers and More by Francine L. Trevens (Spring 2013)
The Equus Projects: OnSite NYC Without Horses by Dawn Lille( Spring 2013)

Previously Published:
Farewell & Greetings by Francine L. Trevens (January/ February 2013)
Sharon Lockhart/ Noa Eshkol— Eshkol's dances as seen by Lockhart by Dawn Lille( January/ February 2013)
Mark Stuart Dance Theatre by Francine L. Trevens (November/ December 2012)
REQUIEM from John-Mark Owen and Dance Events for Autumn by Francine L. Trevens( October online 2012)
Rock 'n Roll Dances of the 1950's by Lisa Jo Sagolla and Martha Graham in Love and War by Mark Franko by Francine L. Trevens (Sept/ Oct 2012)
International Dance Awards by Youth of America Grand Prix by Francine L. Trevens Jul/ Aug 2012
Cuba a Dancing Island by Dawn Lille (Jul/ Aug 2012)
Spring — Season for A Surge of Young Dancers — And the Progress of a Avi Scher by Francine L. Trevens (May/ June 2012)
William Isaac and Kymera Dance by Francine L. Trevens (April online 2012)
Nostalgia for Dance Past by Francine L. Trevens (March/ April 2012)
A Sampler of Dance: Stam-Pede by Francine L. Trevens (February online 2012)
Labors for Loves Lost, the Clive Barnes Foundation by Francine L. Trevens (Jan/ Feb 2012)
A Great Start for the Holiday Dance Season by Francine L. Trevens (Dec online 2011)
Table of Silence Project and Dance Gallery Festival by Francine L. Trevens ( Nov/ Dec 2011)
What Dance Styles say about Us by Francine L. Trevens ( Sept/ Oct 2011)
René Blum, the Ballets Russes and Artistic Morals by Dawn Lille ( Sept/ Oct 2011)
Women's Place in Today's Dance World by Francine L. Trevens ( July/ August 2011)
A Smorgasbord of Dance Events — Too Much to Digest! by Francine L. Trevens ( June online 2011)
Tony Waag: Artistic Director American Tap Dance Founcation Inc.by Francine L. Trevens (May/ June 2011)
Nijinska, Stravinsky, Les Noces, Juillardby Dawn Lille (May/ June 2011)
Milo Magliore and the New Chamber Ballet by Francine L. Trevens (Mar/ April 2011)
Politics and Dance – Tenth Year of Freedom by Francine L. Trevens (Feb online 2011)
Creating at the Baryshnikov Arts Center by Dawn Lille (Jan/ Feb 2011)
Armenia – Presented in Multi-Media and Many Mood by Francine L. Trevens (Dec online 2010)
Lane Harwell: a Man Who Understands the Power of Timing by Francine L. Trevens (Nov/ Dec 2010)
Judanna Lynn for whom Cloth Dances! by Francine L. Trevens (Sept/ Oct 2010)
A Non Dancing Ballet Career at Ballet Academy East by Francine L. Trevens (August Online 2010)
Amy Marshall Dancers: Going for the Gold in Tenth Year by Francine L. Trevens (July/ August 2010)
Two for Tango, Tango for Millions by Dawn Lille (May/ June 2010)
Brian Lucky Skillen Swing Dancer and Instructor by Francine L. Trevens (April 2010 online)
Stam-Pede: a Buffet of Dance Companies by Francine L. Trevens (Mar/ Apr 2010)
Three Tastes of Dance by Dawn Lille (Mar Apr 2010)
Spain and the Ballets Russes by Dawn Lille (Jan/ Feb 2010)
Merce Cunningham by Dawn Lille (Dec 2009 online)
Billy Elliot: This Holiday Season see a Phenomenon Francine L. Trevens (Nov/ Dec 2009)
Diaghilev, the Ballets Russes & the 20th Century by Dawn Lille (Sept/ Oct 2009)
Anachronistic Mixes byFrancine L. Trevens (October Online 2009)
Avichai Scher : Dreams Embodied byFrancine L. Trevens (August Online 2009)
What you didn't Know Might Have Helped: Charles B. McCraw and Jack Wrangler byFrancine L. Trevens (July/August 2009)
A Take on Take (tah-kay) Dance Company Francine L. Trevens (June 2009)
A Contented Choreographer Who Has Arrived and an Up-and-Coming One Francine L. Trevens (May 2009)
A Small Chamber Ballet; A Large Presence Dawn Lille (April 2009)
What Next for a Broadway Baby? Francine L. Trevens (March 2009)
Memories of Clive Barnes Francine L. Trevens (Jan/Feb 09)
Passionate Publicists Francine L. Trevens ( December '08)
An Indian Jewel Dawn Lille (November '08)
Television & Dance ~ Good or Bad Partnership? Francine L. Trevens ( October '08)
Merce Cunningham, Serra And Space Dawn Lille (September '08)
Dance Benefits YOU! Francine L. Trevens (July/ August '08)
Down Under Tops in Dance Francine L. Trevens (June '08
Jerome Robbins and His World Dawn Lille (May '08)
Caps off to Dance Captains Francine L. Trevens (April '08)
Dance on Camera Dawn Lille (March '08)
A Century of selected Dancers Francine L. Trevens ( March '08)
Lincoln Kirstein: a Towering Figure in the Arts Dawn Lille (Jan/Feb '08)
Clothes Make the Man…Do they Unmake Dancers? Francine L. Trevens (Jan Feb '08)
From the Mouths of Babes… Francine L. Trevens (December 2007)
Sometimes a Fall is Worth It Dawn Lille (November 2007)
Happy 25th Anniversary, Joyce Theater Foundation! Thou too Sail on, Oh Ship of Dance Francine L Trevens (October 2007)
Dancing with Mega Stars Francine L Trevens (Sept. 2007)
Even Dance Soloists Needn't Go It Alone Francine L Trevens (Jul/Aug 2007)
Opera Choreography- Different as Oils and Watercolor Francine L Trevens (June 2007)
Dance is…? Francine L Trevens (May 2007)
Broadway “Ain't What It Used To Be” Francine L Trevens (April 2007)
Words for a Champion Francine L Trevens (March 2007)
Mambo Madness Dawn Lille (Jan/Feb 2007)
Nuts about the Nutcracker Francine L. Trevens (December 2006)
Pilobolus: the Mouth Full Mind Boggler Francine L. Trevens (November 2006)
Life At Lincoln Center Out of Doors Dawn Lille (October 2006)
Digital Media & Dance: The Sound and the Sight Dawn Lille(September 2006)
Drama Desk Pays Tribute to Dance Francine Trevens (July/August 2006)
Twenty-First Century Dance Facilities from A to V Francine Trevens (June 2006)
Spain, Nationalism & The Sardana Dawn Lille(May 2006)
Wanna Dance! Francine Treven (March 2006)
How Various Choreographers Spent Their Holidays Francine Trevens(Jan / Feb 2006)
Rules of Engagement: Dancers & Horse Dawn Lille(December 2005)
A Gypsy What? Francine Trevens(November 2005)
Two Little Maids who DanceFrancine Trevens(September 2005)
A Final Farewell to the Late Great Gregory Hines (Feb 14, 1946-Aug 9, 2002) (Aug, 2005)
Choreographers: Swimming with the current or against it? (June, 2005)
Fifty Years of the Paul Taylor Dance Company (May, 2005)
After Rockettes - Rocky Bottom or High Tor (April, 2005)
Noguchi and Graham: A Pas de Deux (March, 2005)
Colombia Dances, Too (Jan/Feb, 2005)
Step Dancing: From Terpsichore's Step Child to Broadway's Baby (Dec, 2004)
Pittsburgh: There is an Explosion of Dance (Jun, 2004)
A Life Dedicated to the Arts (Jan/Feb, 2004)
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (Dec, 2003)
Israel From the Inside Dawn Lille (Sept, 2003)
Flamenco and Passion (May, 2003)
Martha Graham's Legacy (April, 2003)
Denishawn Dances On! (March, 2003)
Gesture as a Human Indicator (December, 2002)
Contemporary Creation: Contradictory Forces Dawn Lille (November, 2002)
A Baroque Ball Nourishes Fantasy (June, 2002)
Renovation and Creation (March, 2001)