Sunday, December 22, 2024
Summer in New York means, among a lot of other things, free performances in outdoor spaces. At Lincoln Center, Damroch Park, we had the third annual BAAND Together Dance Festival. For five nights, five of the city's best dance companies come together to celebrate movement. Ballet Hispanico, the American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey and New York City Ballet perform in a show-case of talent that is simply priceless. The artistic directors of the five companies offered this statement about BAAND: The BAAND Together Dance Festival is a testament to the vibrancy and diversity of the New York City
Tag: Ballet Hispánico
Ballet Hispánico at the Joyce
"We did it!" was heard behind the curtain following Ballet Hispánico's world premiere of Edwaard Liang's El Viaje (The Journey). And yes, they sure did in a creatively diverse program at The Joyce through Sunday, March 31. All three ballets explored community. Notes accompanying El Viaje describe it as an "exploration of identity and the ghosts of a former life." The ghost is a woman (Melissa Verdicia) in red - the great dance color signifying uniqueness, magic or sensuality. Here, she is an exile from China and/or Cuba (hence red). She moves away and occasionally joins male and female dancers dressed in pale colors. It's apparent she