Performer: Céline Cassone

With INTENSIO, a program of new dances he commissioned, Simkin is clearly making a major move.

There are a number of clichés for weather, disasters, and showbusiness, but they rarely overlap. Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal were scheduled to open at the Joyce Theater on 30 October; instead, they joined the millions of people recovering from Hurricane Sandy that night. Just seven weeks later, New York had pieced itself back together and the company was finally able to take the stage.