Dance Review

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.

New York City Ballet

Susan Stroman's new work for New York City Ballet fails to captivate, though it features a beguiling performance from Sara Mearns.

Richard Alston Dance Company

One of the U.K.'s most revered contemporary choreographers, Richard Alston makes dances that feel proper and well-organized, exuding a stereotypically British sense of reserve and formality.

Tere O'Connor Dance: Wrought Iron Fog

Choreographer Tere O'Connor's "Wrought Iron Fog" is chock full of peculiar physical actions and interactions, organized into well-shaped episodes that often include strange, static displays of emotion.

Kate Weare Company and Monica Bill Barnes & Company

Choreographers Kate Weare and Monica Bill Barnes electrified a standing-room-only crowd at the Joyce Theater with their shared evening of two superb contemporary dance works.

Tulsa Ballet

The Oklahoma company bats two out of three in this mostly marvelous dance program.

In-I

"In-I" is a tedious experiment in which two mesmerizing performing artists venture into unfamiliar expressive territories with lackluster results.

Mark Morris Dance Group

An evening of exceptionally musical choreography performed by a troupe of dancers who look like your next-door neighbors, accompanied by classical-music stars.

Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company: Program A

Sharply attuned to the entertainment sensibilities of contemporary audiences, Wheeldon assembled a program that many young people today would be very comfortable attending.

I Don't Have a Title Yet!

This prosaically choreographed work by Regina Nejman is performed by four lackluster dancers and set to a forgettable hodgepodge of music interspersed with idiotic text.