Category Archives: Joyce Theater

Two Rhythms from the Subcontinent: Nrityagram and Chitrasena Companies Join Forces at the Joyce Theater

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Ryan Wenzel

In January of 2006, I embarked on what remains my greatest adventure to date: three months in India. At the time I wasn’t interested in dance, but I couldn’t help finding it everywhere: in Bollywood films, in the two-millennia-old cave … Continue reading →

Posted in Indian Dance, Joyce Theater | Tagged Bijayini Satpathy, Bollywood, Chitrasena Dance Company, classical dance, Delhi, Elephanta Island, India, Indian classical dance, Indian dance, Kandyan dance, Mithilani Munasingha, Nrityagram Dance Company, Odissi dance, Orissa, Ravana, Shiva, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan dance, Surupa Sen, Thaji Dias | Leave a comment

Speed and Skin: Stephen Petronio Company Performs Four Works at the Joyce Theater

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Ryan Wenzel

Since founding his company in 1984, Stephen Petronio has amassed a loyal following, not to mention an impressive roster of collaborators, including sought-after artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Anderson, and Nico Muhly. At his company’s 15th season at the Joyce Theater … Continue reading →

Posted in Contemporary Dance, Joyce Theater | Tagged Cindy Sherman, City of Twist, Ethersketch I, Intravenous Lecture, Joyce Theater, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Nico Muhly, Rufus Wainwright, Stephen Petronio, Steve Paxton, The Architecture of Loss, Underland, Valgeir Sigurdsson, Vivienne Westwood, Wendy Whelan | Leave a comment

Year in Review: The Top 10 Dance Moments of 2011

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Ryan Wenzel

This was only my second year watching dance, but it was a productive and deeply satisfying one: I’ve logged 112 performances (with three more scheduled) and have watched more than a few dance films. Here, in my last post of … Continue reading →

Posted in American Ballet Theatre, Ballet, BAM, Contemporary Dance, Film, George Balanchine, Joyce Theater, Mark Morris, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Modern Dance, New York City Ballet, New York City Center, New York Live Arts, Postmodern Dance | Tagged 3D dance documentary, 92nd Street Y, Agon, Alina Cojocaru, American Balle, Apollo, Balanchine Black & White Week, ballet, Beijing, Black Swan, Café Müller, Chase Finlay, Concerto Barocco, Coppélia, CRWDSPCR, Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group, Cunningham RUGs, Darren Aronofsky, Duets, Eiko & Koma, Episodes, Fall for Dance, Festival Dance, flamenco, George Balanchine, Girl Talk, Girl Walk // All Day, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Hummel, Joan Acocella, Joe's Pub, Kontakthof, Le Sacre du Printemps, Legacy Tour, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center Theater, Maple Leaf Rag, Mariinsky Ballet, Mark Morris, Mark Morris Dance Center, Mark Morris Dance Group, Martha Graham, Martha@...The 1963 Interview, Merce Cunningham, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Metropolitan Opera House, modern dance, Mostly Mozart Festival, Natalia Osipova, New York City Ballet, New York City Center, New York Live Arts, Noche Flamenca, Ohad Naharin, Out of Doors Festival, Paul Milstein Pool, Pina, Pina in 3D, Pond Way, postmodern dance, Richard Alston, Richard Alston Dance Company, Richard Move, Robert Wilson, Rose Adagio, Roughcut, Royal Ballet of London, Royal Danish Ballet, Snow on the Mesa, Soledad Barrio, Square Dance, Steve Reichless, subway pole dance, tanztheater, Tanztheater Wuppertal, The Four Temperaments, The Sleeping Beauty, Three to Max, Trisha Brown, Trisha Brown Dance Company, Vollmond, Water, Wim Wenders | 4 Comments

Shaker Revival: The New York Premiere of Martha Clarke & Alfred Uhry’s Angel Reapers at the Joyce Theater

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Ryan Wenzel

The Shakers — the Christian sect that flourished in New York and New England in the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries — are a curious group to portray through dance. On the one hand, dance formed a significant part of their … Continue reading →

Posted in Contemporary Dance, Joyce Theater | Tagged Alfred Uhry, Andrew Robinson, Angel Reapers, Birgit Huppuch, Gabrielle Malone, Isadora Wolfe, Joyce Theater, Luke Murphy, Martha Clarke, Mother Ann Lee, Patrick Corbin, Peter Musante, Shaker dance, Shakers, Sophie Bortolussi, Whitney V. Hunter | 2 Comments

Empty Gesture: Sydney Dance Company Performs Two Works by Rafael Bonachela at the Joyce Theater

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Ryan Wenzel

Lengthy program notes, I’ve gradually learned, are cause for alarm. More often than not, they reflect a need to reveal a work’s significance when it’s unable to stand on its own. So it was with a heavy sigh that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Contemporary Dance, Joyce Theater, Postmodern Dance | Tagged 6 Breaths, Australia, Australian Ballet, Australian dance, Chunky Move, Ezio Bosso, Fall for Dance, Joyce Theater, LANDforms, Melbourne, New York City Center, Rafael Bonachela, Sydney, Sydney Dance Company | 5 Comments

Category Archives: Joyce Theater

Two Rhythms from the Subcontinent: Nrityagram and Chitrasena Companies Join Forces at the Joyce Theater

Speed and Skin: Stephen Petronio Company Performs Four Works at the Joyce Theater

Year in Review: The Top 10 Dance Moments of 2011

Shaker Revival: The New York Premiere of Martha Clarke & Alfred Uhry’s Angel Reapers at the Joyce Theater

Empty Gesture: Sydney Dance Company Performs Two Works by Rafael Bonachela at the Joyce Theater

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