Illness and injury make for a threadbare program in New York

By Ivy Lin, 01 May 2022

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 1 May 2022

Emanon – In Two Movements (Jamar Roberts)

The Runaway (excerpt) (Kyle Abraham)

Gustave le Gray no. 1 (Pam Tanowitz)

Partita (Justin Peck)

New York City Ballet

Jermaine Terry, Costume Designer

Kennard Henson, Dancer

Mary Thomas MacKinnon, Dancer

Taylor Stanley, Dancer

Roomful of Teeth

Miriam Miller, Dancer

Naomi Corti, Dancer

Victor Abreu, Dancer

KJ Takahashi, Dancer

Tiler Peck, Dancer

Roman Mejia, Dancer

Gilbert Bolden III, Dancer

Emily Kikta, 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

NYCB's Sara Mearns charts her next act?

Ivy Lin, 4th April

New York City Ballet's Sara Mearns proves that she is a natural contemporary dancer in a self-curated double bill.

****1

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

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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)