Step number one, in considering Lar Lubovich’s program at The Joyce Thursday night, is opening this in your browser while you read this review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I6xkVRWzCY.
This show is a delightful group of dances presented by The talented Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. It starts off with “Nature Boy: Kurt Elling” featuring solos by Christopher Vo and three duets. As The curtain rises, The core company is moving fluidly in a circular... Read More
Described as a “rock-dance opera” with lead vocalists and music from The East Village Opera Company, David Parsons' Parsons Dance Company presents their Program A with an evening length work, REMEMBER ME, now being performed at The Joyce Theater for it’s second season. It’s an on-going trend to incorporate more live music into dance works and Parsons does an excellent job bringing in talented singers to belt re-imagined opera classics, opening The doorway to a younger audi... Read More
Győr National Ballet of Hungary exhibits a powerful cultural force in “A Stravinsky Evening” at The Joyce Theater. The evening is composed of two ballets that have powerful messages involving human experience: Petrushka, which commemorates The 20th anniversary of The fall of communism and, Rite of Spring, that documents a human sacrifice ritual. Intense music brings out intense dancing in both works. Though thematically similar, The two... Read More
A refreshing variety of dances by emerging and experienced choreographers, Soaking WET brings downtown modern dance to The Upper West Side.
An ongoing series produced by David Parker and Jeffrey Kazin, Soaking WET presents shared-bill and single artist performances at The intimate West End Theater. The current installment of Soaking WET showcases The work of Christopher Caines, Kelli Edwards, Marta Miller, Ainslinn Macmaster, Tiffany Mills, Kristi Spessard, and Katherine Longstreth... Read More
French choreographer Pascal Rioult brings his company RIOULT and a number of dynamic and diverse works to The to The Joyce Theater. Known for his energetic choreography that draws from his experience dancing for The Martha Graham Dance Company but is uniquely his own, Rioult possesses a strong sense of traditional form and craft as well as The ability to create ambitious works that seem to extend beyond The limits of The stage. RIOULT’s current season at The Joyce Theater includes a... Read More
