Four postmoderns and a newcomer: New York Theatre Ballet at Judson

Giana Parlin, Sarah Stafford, Giulia Faria, Daisy Ye and Kieran McBride in Spanish Dance

Jonathan Leonard, Mitchell Welsh, Ethan Huffman, Giulia Faria in Sideslip

Giulia Faria in An Eccentric Beauty, Revisited

Jonathan Leonard and Kieran McBride in Roses

By Carla Escoda, 29 April 2025

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“Brittle movements not unlike a bird’s contrasted with gestures of vanity and self-absorption”

Reviewed at Judson Memorial Church, New York City on 25 April 2025

Spanish Dance (Trisha Brown)

Eccentric Beauty, Revisited (James Waring)

Sideslip (Amanda Treiber)

Beethoven/1999 (David Gordon)

A Plain Romance Explained/Keith's Solo (David Gordon)

New York Theatre Ballet

Giulia Faria, Dancer

Ethan Huffman, Dancer

Two classics and a world premiere from Trisha Brown Dance Company

Carla Escoda, 29th April

Magnificent dancing in Trisha Brown classics from the 1980s and in a new work by her mentee, Lee Serle, transcend less than compelling stagecraft at New York’s Joyce Theater.

***11

Trisha Brown Dance Company: a return to pure dance at its best

Graham Watts, 13th March

Trisha Brown Dance Company in a programme that focused on dance rather than visual effects.

****1

A study on falling: the Trisha Brown Dance Company and Noé Soulier

Katja Vaghi, 23rd January

The Trisha Brown Dance Company closes the Performing Arts Season 2024/25 at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele with Glacial Decoy.

****1

Trisha Brown: in Plain Site

Jeff Slayton, 10th March

The Trisha Brown Dance Company's "In Plain Site Los Angeles" demonstrated how dance can beautifully reflex the art and sculture surrounding it.

*****

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater

Wiebke Schuster, 3rd April

Alvin Ailey American Dance Company in their annual residency at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall

****1

Trisha Brown Dance Company at New York Live Arts

Rachel Rizzuto, 9th April

Rachel Rizzuto reviews the Trisha Brown Dance Company's three older pieces, including Son of Gone Fishin' and a more recent piece, Rogues at New York Live Arts.

***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.