Cie Hervé KOUBI: Journey to the Soul
Compagnie Hervé KOUBI The Joyce Theater New York, New York January 28, 2025 Ce Que Le Jour Doit a la Nuit/ What The Day Owes to The Night Jerry Hochman The juggernaut that is Compagnie Hervé KOUBI...
View ArticleBalletX: Three Eclectic, Exciting, and Inspiring Dances
BalletX Suzanne Roberts Theatre Philadelphia, Pennsylvania February 14, 2025 Winter Series: Steep Drop, Euphoric; Figments of Song; Sojourner Sigrid DaVeiga BalletX Winter Series 2025 was a delightful...
View ArticleWinter 2025 on Both Sides of the Bay
Heather Desaulniers San Francisco Ballet – 2025 Opening Night Gala War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco San Francisco Ballet – Manon War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Cal Performances presents...
View ArticleAkram Khan’s GIGENIS: where the personal becomes universal
Akram Khan and Company The Joyce Theater New York, New York February 12, 2025 GIGENIS, the generation of the Earth Preeti Vasudevan There comes a time in life when you are given a blank page to write...
View ArticleAriel Rivka Dance: The Bold, The Old, and More
Ariel Rivka Dance New York Live Arts New York, New York March 6, 2025 Rust, Lead Me, Converge, Mossy, Selves (world premiere) Jerry Hochman Ariel Rivka Dance (ARD) presented its 17th annual Spring...
View ArticleGauthier Dance: That’s Entertainment
Gauthier Dance / / Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart The Joyce Theater New York, New York March 11, 2025 Point, ABC, Swan Cake, Minus 16 Jerry Hochman For its first engagement at the Joyce Theater in...
View ArticleTwyla Tharp Dance: Diamond Jubilee
Twyla Tharp Dance New York City Center New York, New York March 12, 2025 Diamond Jubilee Program: Diabelli, Slacktide Jerry Hochman Sometimes the dividing line between lauding a new dance and being...
View ArticleHubbard Street at the Joyce: Darmok, Where the Dances Are
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago The Joyce Theater New York, New York March 25, 2025 Black Milk, Into Being, A Duo, IMPASSE Jerry Hochman Hubbard Street Dance Chicago returned to the Joyce Theater last...
View ArticleHerman Cornejo and Grupo Cadabra: “Anima Animal”
Herman Cornejo and Grupo Cadabra The Joyce Theater New York, New York February 28, 2025 Anima Animal Artistic Direction and Original Concept: Herman Cornejo Mindy Aloff Around 2016, I taught a dance...
View Article“Cycles”: Britain’s Boy Blue at the Joyce
Boy Blue The Rose Theater at Lincoln Center New York, New York March 28, 2025 Cycles Jerry Hochman Let’s get one thing on the table first. I know as much about hip-hop as I do about nuclear physics:...
View ArticleBoston Lyric Opera: A Reimagined “Carousel
Boston Lyric Opera Emerson Colonial Theatre Boston, MA April 6, 2025 Carousel Carla DeFord Performers of musicals are usually singing actors, and opera performers acting singers. Given that axiom, it’s...
View ArticleMartha Graham Dance Company: Extraordinary
Martha Graham Dance Company The Joyce Theater New York, New York April 3, 2025: Program B Frontier, Rodeo, Revolt and Immigrant, We the People April 8, 2025: Program C Deaths and Entrances, Errand Into...
View ArticleTom Gold Dance: The Night They (Re)Invented Champagne
Tom Gold Dance Bohemian National Hall, Grand Ballroom New York, New York April 10, 2025 Le Voyage Jerry Hochman The weather was miserable in Manhattan last week, including last Thursday, when Tom Gold...
View ArticleBODYTRAFFIC: Something to Shout About
BODYTRAFFIC The Joyce Theater New York, New York April 15, 2025 Program: “This Reminds Me of You” Mayday, I Forgot The Start, Incense Burning on a Saturday Morning: The Maestro Jerry Hochman For its...
View ArticleSpring 2025 in the Bay
Heather Desaulniers Cal Performances presents Batsheva Dance Company – MOMO Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley San Francisco Ballet – Frankenstein War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco San Francisco Ballet –...
View ArticleA.I.M at the Joyce: On Target (mostly)
A.I.M by Kyle Abraham The Joyce Theater New York, New York April 22, 2025 Shell of a Shell of the Shell, Just Your Two Wrists, 2×4, Year Jerry Hochman Kyle Abraham’s company A.I.M returned to the Joyce...
View Article“SISSY” at BAC: Cue Imagination
April 26, 2025 Baryshnikov Arts Center New York, New York SISSY (world premiere) by Celia Rowlson-Hall Mindy Aloff “Aye, and I saw Sisyphus in violent torment, seeking to raise a monstrous stone with...
View ArticleBalletX Festival: The Essence of Human Nature
BalletX Festival at The Mann Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 3, 2025 Maslow’s Peak (world premiere) Sigrid DaVeiga BalletX’s Festival at The Mann presented an artistry and sense of community unique to...
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