by Kyra Laubacher | Nov 14, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Dance and poetry have long enjoyed a fruitful partnership. Across genres, hundreds of choreographed works have integrated elements of spoken word. Now, Complexions Contemporary Ballet has benefited from the two art forms’ compatibility with a new artistic position. On...
by Haley Hilton | Nov 23, 2022 | News, Onstage
On a fall evening inside New York City Center’s studios, Complexions Contemporary Ballet is deep in rehearsals for its upcoming season at The Joyce Theater in New York City. With just days until opening night, the focus of this hour is Endgame, the latest work created...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jun 27, 2022 | Onstage, The Latest
When choreographer Christopher Williams was 20, he saw Matthew Bourne’s reimagining of Swan Lake with its corps of all-male swans. The performance, he says, made him burst into tears and think, “I must do something like this someday.” Williams’ dream will be realized...
by Hannah Foster | Apr 8, 2022 | News, The Latest
Fiery red dresses, passionate bullfighters, clicking castanets—Carmen is known for its prominent (albeit stereotypical) display of Spanish culture. Ballet adaptations of Georges Bizet’s famous opera tend to stay true to tragic themes: Carmen, a passionate,...
by Julia Guiheen | Feb 17, 2021 | TBT
It’s not every day that you get to see two living legends share the same stage. In 2007, Carmen de Lavallade and Desmond Richardson, trailblazers generations apart, premiered Dwight Rhoden’s Precious Blood at The Joyce Theater in New York. In this clip,...
by Avichai Scher | Mar 24, 2019 | Career, News, Profiles, Trending
In the final moments of Jiří Kylián’s strenuous Return to a Strange Land, Samantha Klanac Campanile made sure her exhaustion didn’t stop her from savoring the moment. She looked around The Joyce Theater as the lights began to dim and...
by Emily Katz | May 31, 2016 | Career, Company Life
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2016 issue of Pointe. Photos by Kyle Froman for Pointe As Hong Kong Ballet corps member Xia Jun rehearses his solo from Krzysztof Pastor’s In Light and Shadow, a distinct Eastern flavor of movement exudes from the...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Aug 18, 2015 | News
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2015 issue of Pointe. Emery LeCrone, a prolific New York City–based freelance choreographer, and Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, directed by San Francisco–based Amy Seiwert, will both have their Joyce...