The Joyce Theater Announces Fall 2012/Spring 2013 Season: Parsons Dance, Ballet Next and More

The Joyce Theater (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) announced today the programming for its Fall ‘12/Winter ‘13 Season.

Ms. Shelton said, “The upcoming season embraces an eclectic mix of superb artists.  I am pleased that the roster features companies who have performed at The Joyce and now return with new work, as well as companies making their Joyce debuts.”  

The season opens on September 18 with Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, the dancers and musicians from Spain who performed to sold-out Joyce audiences last fall.  Following their two-week run, the season continues with Doug Varone & Dancers, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, andParsons Dance, New York-based contemporary dance companies who have appeared at The Joyce for many years and now come back with world premieres.  Returning companies also includePhiladanco,Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, , Morphoses, and BJM – Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, all of whom will perform New York premieres.  Also on tap is Ballet Next, the new classical ballet company founded by former American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet luminaries Michele Wiles and Charles Askegard.  And speaking of ballet, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the brilliant and beloved all-male troupe, will take the Joyce stage for a three-week run during the holiday season.  FOCUS DANCE, an exciting week-long celebration of American choreography, will highlight the work of eight companies. 

Making their Joyce debuts will be Kidd Pivot, the sensational company led by former Frankfurt Ballet dancer Crystal Pite, whose work fuses classical dance with a strong theatrical sensibility, and Russell Maliphant, who performs the U.S. premiere of The Rodin Project, a piece inspired by the works of the great French sculptor Auguste Rodin.

The following is a complete roster of companies who will be appearing at The Joyce Theater this fall/winter.

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca

September 18 – 30

Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm

Dance Chat: Wednesday, September 19     

Tickets: $10-$49 (Joyce Members $37; $26)

Publicity Contact: Richard Kornberg & Associates, (212) 944-9444

Bessie Award winner Soledad Barrio, heralded by The New York Times as “one of today’s great dancers of any genre,” and her company Noche Flamenca played to sold out houses last year at The Joyce.  This season, they return with a New York premiere and a two week engagement,  giving audiences even more chances to experience these astounding artists deliver flamenco in its most authentic and glorious form, one that creates fierce and haunting work through the vivid interplay of palmas, song, guitar, and dance. 

Philadanco

October 2 – 7

Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm & 7:30pm

Dance Chat: Wednesday, October 3

Tickets: $10-$49 (Joyce Members $37; $26)

Publicity Contact: Joan Myers Brown, (215) 387-8200

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