American Ballet Theatre: Twyla Tharp still has it!

Joseph Markey and Catherine Hurlin in Twyla Tharp's Sextet

Isabella Boylston, Chloe Misseldine and Christine Shevchenko in Twyla Tharp's Bach Partita

Breanne Granlund and Isaac Hernández in Twyla Tharp's Push Comes to Shove

By Ivy Lin, 18 October 2025

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“he gave a charming, winsome performance and he managed the jazzy hip rolls and shoulder shrugs well”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 15 October 2025

Sextet (Twyla Tharp)

Bach Partita (Twyla Tharp)

Push Comes to Shove (Twyla Tharp)

American Ballet Theatre

Santo Loquasto, Costume Designer

David Finn, Lighting Designer

American Ballet Theatre Orchestra

Jennifer Tipton, Lighting Designer

Catherine Hurlin, Dancer

Joseph Markey, Dancer

Jake Roxander, Dancer

Skylar Brandt, Dancer

Daniel Camargo, Dancer

Breanne Granlund, Dancer

Chloe Misseldine, Dancer

Isaac Hernández, Dancer

Christine Shevchenko, Dancer

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Ivy Lin

Ivy Lin's love of ballet began in high school when at the school dance she quickly realized she had two left feet. One always admires things one cannot do, and so Ivy began to attend dance performances to marvel at the grace and beauty of bodies in motion. Ivy's day job is a biology teacher and after a long day in the classroom she loves to unwind by watching dance. She also enjoys theater, opera, pop and classical music. Ivy has her own blog (www.humbledandoverwhelmed,blogspot.com)