The inspired and the prosaic at Fall for Dance at New York City Center

Gibney Dance in Lucinda Child's Three Dances (for prepared piano) John Cage

kNoname Artist in Roderick George's Missing Fruit (Part I)

Hannah O'Neill and Hugo Marchand of the Paris Opera Ballet in Jerome Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun

Hugo Marchand and Hannah O'Neill of the Paris Opera Ballet in Le Parc by Angelin Preljocaj

Hannah O'Neill and Hugo Marchand of the Paris Opera Ballet in Le Parc by Angelin Preljocaj

By Carla Escoda, 23 September 2025

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“they locked lips with the sturdiness of suction cups in the duet from Angelin Preljocaj’s Le Parc”

Reviewed at New York City Center, New York City on 20 September 2025

Three Dances (for prepared piano) (Lucinda Childs)

Afternoon of a Faun (Jerome Robbins)

The Missing Fruit (Part I) (world premiere) (Roderick George)

Le Parc (pas de deux) (Angelin Preljocaj)

Gibney Company

Hannah O'Neill, Dancer

Hugo Marchand, Dancer

kNowname Artist

Joseph Markey, Dancer

MJ Edwards, Dancer

Jacquelin Harris, Dancer

The marvelous, disarming Sons of Echo at the Joyce Theater

Carla Escoda, 14th January

A rare opportunity to see five male ballet superstars – notably Alban Lendorf, in great form long after injury sidelined him – in an intimate theater, in work exclusively by women.

****1

Four New Works by Lucinda Childs: classic postmodernism

Katja Vaghi, 7th December

Lucinda Childs presents four new works at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, appearing on stage as a youthful 84, in one of them.

****1

Reaching for the light: Arvo Pärt and Robert Wilson's Adam's Passion

Alissa Balocco, 31st March

For the first time in Italy the opera that brings together the spiritual music of the Estonian composer and the minimalist direction of Robert Wilson.

****1

Wendy Whelan embraces minimalism in The Day

Gillian Ebersole, 18th October

The Day features music by David Lang and choreography by Lucinda Childs as former ballerina Wendy Whelan and cellist Maya Beiser perform together in this work contemplating memory, mortality, and aging.

***11

Lyon Opera Ballet: Trois Grandes Fugues

Graham Watts, 19th October

A programme that proves you can definitely dance to Beethoven; and in so many different ways.

***11

Available Light

Jaime Robles, 3rd February

Repetition is central to the Available Light's formal elegance.

*****

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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.