The Joyce Theater

Pilobolus checks into The Joyce this summer for its annual four-week engagement with a new work created in collaboration with international superstars of trickery, Penn & Teller. The ultimate in gripping, do-not-try-this-at-home choreography, esc combines Pilobolus’s strength and agility with Houdini-inspired escapism. Teller, the self-described “shorter, quieter half” of the duo, describes his work with [...]

During our most recent Dance Talk, cultural anthropologist Toni Shapiro-Phim offered a behind-the-scenes peek into the creative process that brought internationally acclaimed choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro’s A Bend in the River into being. Shapiro-Phim considered the rich possibilities and complex challenges of recreating an old tale through innovative collaborations among award-winning and emerging Cambodian performing [...]

Earlier this week, dance critic, author, and choreographer Deborah Jowitt led an insightful video-illustrated examination of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and the distinguished career of its Artistic Director, Bill T. Jones. From one of his first New York appearances in 1977, on a Choreographers Showcase at Dance Theater Workshop to the celebration of [...]