NYCB's Sara Mearns charts her next act?

Sara Mearns in Guillaume Côté's Don't Go Home

Sara Mearns and Gilbert Bolden III in Guillaume Côté's Don't Go Home

Jamar Roberts and Sara Mearns in Roberts’ Dance is a Mother

Sara Mearns in Jamar Roberts' Dance is a Mother

By Ivy Lin, 06 April 2025

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“her dancing has the earthiness, the to-the-ground quality of modern dance”

Reviewed at New York City Center, New York City on 4 April 2025

Don't Go Home (Guillaume Côté, Jonathon Young)

Dance Is A Mother (Jamar Roberts)

Marc Happel, Costume Designer

Brandon Stirling Baker, Lighting Designer

Sara Mearns, Dancer

Jeroboam Bozeman, Dancer

Jamar Roberts, Dancer

Gilbert Bolden III, 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

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

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

Carla Escoda, 27th September

BalletX, a contemporary ballet company that prides itself on its diversity and its commitment to commissioning new work, brings an ambitious and mostly successful mixed bill to the Joyce Theater.

****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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Ivy Lin

Ivy Lin's love of ballet began in high school when at the school dance she quickly realized she had two left feet. One always admires things one cannot do, and so Ivy began to attend dance performances to marvel at the grace and beauty of bodies in motion. Ivy's day job is a biology teacher and after a long day in the classroom she loves to unwind by watching dance. She also enjoys theater, opera, pop and classical music. Ivy has her own blog (www.humbledandoverwhelmed,blogspot.com)