The marvelous, disarming Sons of Echo at the Joyce Theater

Osiel Gouneo and Alban Lendorf in Real Truth by Tiler Peck

Siphesihle November and Jeffrey Cirio in Notes by Lucinda Childs

Jeffrey Cirio, Osiel Gouneo, Alban Lendorf and Daniil Simkin in Jack by Drew Jacoby

Siphesihle November and Jeffrey Cirio in Will You Catch My Fall by Anne Plamondon

By Carla Escoda, 15 January 2026

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“this Joyce run gives New Yorkers a rare chance to see five superb dancers up close”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 14 January 2026

Mixed Programme (Lucinda Childs, Drew Jacoby, Tiler Peck, Anne Plamondon)

Studio Simkin

Daniil Simkin, Dancer

Jeffrey Cirio, Dancer

Osiel Gouneo, Dancer

Alban Lendorf, Dancer

Siphesihle November, Dancer

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

Carla Escoda, 20th September

A perfect triple bill became a less perfect quadruple bill. Brilliant performances by dancers from Gibney, kNoname Artist, Paris Opera étoiles rarely seen in New York and – a rarity these days – live musicians.

****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.

The marvelous, disarming Sons of Echo at the Joyce: Simkin, Cirio, Gouneo, November and Lendorf