BalletX: Jamar Roberts and Jennifer Archibald top an uneven mixed bill

BalletX in Matthew Neenan's Credo

Shawn Cusseaux from BalletX in Jennifer Archibald's Exalt

Itzkan Barbosa and Peter Weil in Jennifer Archibald's Exalt

Ashley Simpson and Jared Kelly in Jamar Roberts' Honey

By Carla Escoda, 28 September 2023

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“Archibald’s relentless fusillade of steps documented a mechanistic world”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 27 September 2023

Credo (Matthew Neenan)

Exalt (Jennifer Archibald)

Honey (Jamar Roberts)

BalletX

Francesca Forcella, Dancer

Jerard Palazo, Dancer

Lanie Jackson, Dancer

Itzkan Barbosa, Dancer

Shawn Cusseaux, Dancer

Jared Kelly, Dancer

Ashley Simpson, Dancer

Johnny Loves Johann, unevenly at the Joyce Theater

Carla Escoda, 14th April

Acclaimed violinist and 2024 MacArthur Fellow Johnny Gandelsman invited four choreographers to join him on a marathon through Bach's six cello suites. His musicianship was the highlight of the evening.

***11

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Atlanta: simply spellbinding

Rebecca Ehrhardt, 15th February

At the start of an ambitious cross-country tour, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is transcendent at Atlanta's historic Fox Theatre.

*****

Foreseeable Future is aimless movement to aimless music at NYCB

Ivy Lin, 9th October

Some excellent individual performances but a disappointing program for Contemporary Choreography I with New York City Ballet.

**111

NYCB's Sara Mearns charts her next act?

Ivy Lin, 4th April

New York City Ballet's Sara Mearns proves that she is a natural contemporary dancer in a self-curated double bill.

****1

Martha Graham does Americana

Ivy Lin, 3rd April

Janet Eilber has done an amazing job of steering the Martha Graham Dance Company into the modern age with multiple mixed programs.

****1

Illness and injury make for a threadbare program in New York

Ivy Lin, 1st May

Partita has emerged as one of the stronger Peck ballets. If we see more Partita and less Principia, that’s a good thing.

***11

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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.