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A new work full of meaning in Fall for Dance's second mixed bill dominated the performance.

Two stimulating world premieres from Dwight Rhoden and Jenn Freeman, plus outstanding dancing, as always, from the powerful dancers of Complexions Contemporary Ballet at the Joyce Theater. 

Misty Copeland curates the first of a richly diverse programme celebrating American dance

Without Desmond Richardson overshadowing everything, this engagement becomes an opportunity for the rest of the company to be evaluated without distortion and it’s a great company of superb dancers.

Desmond Richardson remains indelibly powerful but Dwight Rhoden's choreography wears thin in large doses.

The beautiful city of St Petersburg is the birthplace of Russian classical ballet and home to some of the most famous dancers in the ballet galaxy, and it is here that Russia’s finest festival of dance takes place annually – Dance Open is now in its 13th year.

Explosive, bold, and vivid: these are the words that came to mind watching the extraordinary dancers of the Complexions Contemporary Ballet Company. An apt description for the company that set out to redefine dance and embrace its multicultural influences.