WHEN:
May 6-11, 2025
WHERE:
The Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street
New York City
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...Lucinda Childs’ Three Dances (for prepared piano) John Cage embraces the rhythmic intensity of John Cage’s 1944-45 composition Three Dances, exploring the intricate interplay between music and movement. Childs’ signature postmodern minimalist precision and deep reverence for structured repetition take center stage in this stunning new work for eight dancers. This world premiere exemplifies Childs’ lifelong fascination with transdisciplinarity and formalism, harkening back to her Judson Dance Theater roots.
Peter Chu’s Echoes of Sole and Animal draws upon qi gong and taiji principles, inviting dancers to surrender to the intangible and let internal sensations shape their movements. Rooted in traditional Chinese practices that cultivate energy flow, balance, and breath control, these movement philosophies embrace the dynamic interplay of opposition—strength and softness, expansion and contraction, stillness and motion—reflecting the yin-yang concept of harmony. Set against a richly immersive soundscape, Chu’s work and creative process deepens the dancers’ connection to their environment, creating a dynamic space where pulse and rhythm intertwine.
Roy Assaf’s A Couple makes its company premiere, offering an intimate and evocative study of human connection. Adapted from his full-length Figure No. 16, A Couple is a poetic meditation on relationships—perhaps romantic, perhaps platonic, perhaps something beyond definition. Set to the expressive piano compositions of Johannes Brahms as performed by Glenn Gould, the duet distills the shifting complexities between two people, revealing a narrative that is at once deeply personal and universally resonant..."
