Splendid dancers and magical moments buoy Alice from MOMIX

MOMIX in Moses Pendleton's ALICE

Seah Hagan in Moses Pendleton's ALICE

MOMIX in Moses Pendleton's ALICE

By Carla Escoda, 21 December 2025

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“It’s an artful, low-tech and uproarious device”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 16 December 2025

Alice (Moses Pendleton)

MOMIX

Phoebe Katzin, Costume Designer

Michael Korsch, Lighting Designer

Seah Hagan, Dancer

Derek Elliott Jr, Dancer

MOMIX is Joyce's holiday program

Ivy Lin, 20th December

If dance is meant to be a mix of art and entertainment, MOMIX occasionally tipped too far into the “pure entertainment” part.

****1

MOMIX Creates Another World With Botanica

Stephanie Sirabian, 14th December

Watching MOMIX’s Botanica is like travelling to another world—one where the lines between reality and illusion are blurred. The dancers and their costumes create a performance that must be recognized as the sum of its parts. In this way, Botanica uses the organic quality of dance for a completely unique representation of nature.

Y tú, ¿eres también Alice?: el ilusionismo de Momix llega a Vigo

Cintia Borges Carreras, 22nd November

Los destellos del alumbrado navideño de Vigo han acogido, con altas dosis de fantasía, la obra Alice de la reputada compañía Momix.

***11

Y tú, ¿eres también Alice?: el ilusionismo de Momix llega a Vigo

Cintia Borges Carreras, 22nd November

Los destellos del alumbrado navideño de Vigo han acogido, con altas dosis de fantasía, la obra Alice de la reputada compañía Momix.

***11

Tap City at the Joyce Theater: an exercise in nostalgia

Ivy Lin, 19th May

A collection of tributes to former world class tap dancers alongside some new works that clearly thrilled the capacity audience at the Joyce Theater.

****1

Parsons Dance brings the fun to modern at the Joyce Theater

Ivy Lin, 1st May

Six works, including two world premieres, made up the latest program from Parsons Dance. Thoroughly joyful, the audience were sent home buzzing.

*****

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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.

Splendid dancers and magical moments buoy Alice from MOMIX at the Joyce