The company, known for its imaginatively gymnastic, codependent group body configurations, is in top form, offering a sparkling array of physically wowing and theatrically tickling works.
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Choreographed by Wang Yuanyuan, this ultimately unsatisfying 70-minute contemporary ballet piece is danced on a spongy mat and proves mesmerizing, beautiful, and fun for the first half-hour.
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The Groovaloos, a fresh-faced, 14-member Los Angeles–based troupe of expert hip-hop artists, is presenting a spiffy 85-minute show of locking, popping, free-styling, and spoken-word poetry.
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A versatile 17-member company, Virginia's Richmond Ballet opened its one-week season at the Joyce Theater with a vibrantly danced evening (Program A) of three fine contemporary ballets.
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An undeniably unique display of physical daring, this show presents extreme athletic feats involving bungee cords, zip lines, springboards, and a rotating ladder yet is both exhilarating and maddeningly boring.
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Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
All 15 members of the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet are such phenomenal dancers that, when watching the company perform, one is so awestruck by how good they are that it is difficult to focus on any other aspects of the show.
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John Jasperse Company: Truth, Revised Histories, Wishful Thinking, and Flat Out Lies
Experimental choreographer John Jasperse's "Truth, Revised Histories, Wishful Thinking, and Flat Out Lies," consists of about 30 minutes of captivating choreographic material prolonged into a sluggish 80-minute work.
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The world premiere of Wayne McGregor's "Outlier" features squirmy squiggles and tight partner work. The women discharge leg extensions and stretches, but the ballet belongs to the men.
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Merce Cunningham Dance Company: The Legacy Tour
This polished performance of Merce Cunningham's evening-length work set to a John Cage score inspired by James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" opens the famed modern dance troupe's penultimate U.S. engagement.
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New York City Ballet: All Wheeldon
A hallmark event, this performance of three ballets by Christopher Wheeldon, including the premiere of the luscious "Les Carillons," marks the company's first-ever all-Wheeldon program.
