92NY Future Dance Festival: young choreographers to watch

Tiffany Mangulabnan in Seyong Kim's Moon Reflected in East Sea

Emily Aslin and Maya Lam in Aslin's Dint

Zina Zinchenko in Omri Drumlevich's Far

Julian Sanchez in his own Monologue

behind us, there may be Fire by Ekko Greenbaum

A still from the film Peak Hour in the House by Blue Ka Wing

A still from JAI-MEI Barber Shop by Tsai Hsi Hung

By Carla Escoda, 18 April 2025

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“magnificent costume that rivals Lady Gaga’s meat dress, trace a fine line between comedy and horror”

Reviewed at The 92nd Street Y: Buttenwieser Hall, New York City on 11 April 2025

The Moon Reflected in East Sea (Seyong Kim)

Dint (Emily Aslin)

Far (Omri Drumlevich)

Monologue (Julian Sanchez)

behind us, there may be Fire (Ekko Greenbaum)

BLUSH makes new meaning at New York’s 92nd St Y

Carla Escoda, 30th April

17 years after its premiere, Andrea Miller’s BLUSH, set on her company, GALLIM, returned to entrance and perplex in equal measure at New York’s 92nd St Y.

***11

Women take over: Future Dance Festival at New York's 92nd Street Y

Carla Escoda, 17th April

Two evenings of live dance and a full program of dance films from young choreographers yielded much to admire and be amused by at the Future Dance Festival 2026.

****1

Guitars, electronics and ancient treatises: the JACK Quartet at 92NY

Kurt Gottschalk, 20th March

At 92NY, the JACK Quartet performs four new works developed in their JACK Studio, including a commissioned premiere from the electrifying Tristan Perich.

****1

Krimmel and Bushakevitz’s Schwanengesang a revelation at 92Y

Edward Sava-Segal, 7th December

A traversal at The 92nd Street Y, New York, shaped by nuance, insight and a rare shared intuition.

*****

Biber’s life of Christ falls on contemporary ears

Kurt Gottschalk, 23rd March

Some 350 years after their composition, Heinrich Biber’s Rosary Sonatas might not retain their all of their mysteries, but their beauty is eternal.

****1

David Wolfson, 10th November

The JACK Quartet give an immaculate performance of a disastrously programmed concert at the 92nd St Y.

*1111

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.