BJM visits New York

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 27 May 2016

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“exhilarating to watch”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 24 May 2016

Kosmos (Andonis Foniadakis)

Rouge (Rodrigo Pederneiras)

Mono Lisa (Itzik Galili)

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal

Introdans: Bach elevates in this powerful but repetitive triple bill

Vikki Jane Vile, 11th May

Introdans is a company of skilled dancers, and whilst the results may not be thrilling, they are nevertheless engaging.

***11

Freshly hatched: Gauthier Dance's Dying Swans Project

Graham Watts, 16th April

A very mixed set of filmed solos themed around The Dying Swan, although this link was often tenuous.

***11

A Passing Cloud that leaves few impressions

Katja Vaghi, 17th November

Royal New Zealand Ballet’s mixed bill A Passing Cloud leaves very few impressions of Pasifika culture and war commemoration but is transfigured by Bach, at the Linbury Studio Theatre.

***11

SDT Louder than Words

Sarah Navin, 8th October

Sydney Dance Company's new <em>Louder than words</em> delivers an intense, perpetual outpouring of energy. Choral vocals meet driving violins, as densely textured choreography and expressive outbursts explore personality clashes and intimacy.

***11

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet hits (and then misses) at the Joyce

Ivan Talijancic, 8th May

For the occasion of what I believe has become Cedar Lake’s annual tradition of showcasing work at the Joyce Theater, this contemporary ballet troupe has assembled an impressive trio of guest choreographers – Nederlands Dans Theater’s former chief Jiří Kylián, Crystal Pite and Andonis Foniadakis.

***11

Au TCE, le bel hommage des Ballets Jazz de Montréal à Leonard Cohen

Iris Régnier, 16th December

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal sont de passage avenue Montaigne pour Dance me, spectacle chorégraphié par Andonis Foniadakis, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa et Ihsan Rustem sur les musiques du célèbre songwriter canadien Leonard Cohen.

****1

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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Andrew is currently a professional chef in New York City but he began life as a ballet dancer with the Hartford and Ohio Ballet companies. His writing also appears on the Huffington Post Blog and BroadwayWorld.com. His latest work, nominated for a James Beard Award, is “Return to the Rivers”, a Himalayan cookbook.

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