Keigwin + Company and nicholas leichter dance, two very appealing New York-based companies, take over the Joyce the week of June 23, alternating dates through Sunday the 28th. Both groups, led by accomplished choreographers who are unafraid to experiment, have tremendous popular appeal. Coincidentally, Nicholas Leichter and Larry Keigwin happen to be among the most riveting performers of our time; both will dance with their respective companies. What’s more, if you go to one or both, you’ll have fun.
Leichter, who founded his company in 1996, infuses his dances with an irrepressible musicality and freely blends wildly disparate dance styles. Recently, he has choreographed to compositions by Debussy and Stravinsky; at the Joyce, in the premiere of Killa, he returns to pop music. Leichter’s work can be enjoyed on many levels—of course, purely on the sensory level, but audiences can also look for a conceptual underpinning there for the mining. read more
Dance showcases can be a bit of a gamble. It’s all part of the experience, but mixed in with choice discoveries can be less compelling ones. An abundance of budding talent and a strong democratic streak (or a weak curatorial hand) can mean too-long shows. And in this city where on any given night you can choose between several promising dance performances, time is of the essence. For these reasons, The Barnard Project at Dance Theater Workshop April 23-25 is particularly enticing.
Four accomplished choreographers with intriguingly different styles have spent the semester setting works on several dozen Barnard dance students, who perform the results this weekend at DTW. There’s Nora Chipaumire, originally from Zimbabwe, who mixes a powerful style with threads that connect to her African heritage and its rich cultural and political potential. Susan Rethorst, a longtime presence on New York’s dance scene, splits her time between New York and Amsterdam. Her recent work for her female company transplanted her living room to Danspace Project’s stage at St. Mark’s Church. read more
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