Performer: Christina Robson

Mr Curran presented two New York premières at the Joyce, both of which had moments of interest and innovation but summarily failed to present a show worthy of my unequivocal recommendation. The first piece, Fireweather, was a partial retelling of Dante’s Inferno and consisted of seven parts.

Monica Bill Barnes’ 2011 piece for her full company, entitled Everything is getting better all the time, may as well be a catchphrase for the company’s trajectory of success. At New York University’s Skirball Center this past weekend, Monica Bill Barnes & Company’s audience cheered on Barnes and her performers as if no less than the president were performing on stage.