Dance Theatre of Harlem: from soulful to vertiginous

Dance Theatre of Harlem in The Cookout

David Wright and Micah Bullard in The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude

Alexandra Hutchinson and David Wright in The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude

Dance Theatre of Harlem in Donzietti Variations

Carly Greene in Donizetti Variations

Ethan Wilson and Derek Brockinghurst in Passage of Being

By Carla Escoda, 12 April 2025

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“the execution was unshowy, an expression of a glorious, muted emotion”

Reviewed at New York City Center, New York City on 10 April 2025

Passage of Being (Jodie Gates)

The Cookout (Robert Garland)

The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (William Forsythe)

Donizetti Variations (George Balanchine)

Other

Dance Theatre of Harlem

Jill Scott, Dancer

Keenan English, Dancer

Alexandra Rene Jones, Dancer

Kouadio Davis, Dancer

Micah Bullard, Dancer

Alexandra Hutchinson, Dancer

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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.