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  • Lydia Johnson Dance ~ Studio Event

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    Above: Stephen Hanna and Katie Martin-Lohiya

    On Sunday, January 26th, 2020, Lydia Johnson Dance presented excerpts from their repertoire – including a new work-in-progress set to music of Ludwig van Beethoven (celebrating the composer’s 250th birthday!) – at a studio showing held at the Alvin Ailey Dance Center. The afternoon offered a preview of the Company’s 2020 season, wherein Craig Hall and Stephen Hanna, both former members of New York City Ballet, will appear as guest artists.

    Due to a conflict, I was unable to attend the studio event, but Dmitry Beryozkin provides these images:

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    Brynt Beitman and Kate Martin-Lohiya

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    Brynt Beitman and Min Kim

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    Laura DiOrio and Craig Hall; this is Craig’s second season guesting with Lydia Johnson Dance

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    Stephen Hanna and Katie Martin-Lohiya; Stephen previously appeared as a guest with Lydia Johnson Dance in 2018

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    Katie Martin-Lohiya, Craig Hall, Min Kim, and Catherine Gurr in a passage from the new Beethoven piece, which draws inspiration from the writings of Edith Wharton

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    Brynt Beitman and Craig Hall, with Katie and Min

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    The ensemble

    Lydia Johnson Dance‘s annual New York season will be at the Ailey Citigroup Theatre on June 17, 18, and 19, 2020.

    ~ Oberon

  • Intermezzo Dance Company: Rehearsal

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    Above: dancers Kaitlyn Gilliland and Stephen Hanna

    Thursday January 30th, 2014 – Intermezzo Dance Company are in rehearsal, preparing for their January 31st appearance at the 92nd Street Y as part of the series “Movement Talks” presented by Edward Henkel. The program, which will explore the theme of beauty in dance and choreography, is sold out. Newly created works by Gemma Bond, Claudia Schreier, and Craig Salstein will be danced by Intermezzo‘s Kaitlyn Gilliland, Amber Neff, Nadezhda Vostrikov, and Stephen Hanna. I was able to see a run-thru of all three ballets this evening at DANY Studios.

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    Above: Kaitlyn Gilliland rehearsing Claudia Schreier’s ballet Harmonic which originally premiered at Columbia Ballet Collaborative‘s November 2013 performances; a great score for dancing by Douwe Eisenga propels a quartet of dancers thru this fast-paced work.

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    Gemma Bond, a member of ABT‘s corps de ballet, has created a sisterly duet to Schubert, danced by Amber Neff and Nadia Vostrikov (above). And Craig Salstein has choreographed an arrangement of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy as a pas de trois for Kaitlyn Gilliland, Amber Neff, and Stephen Hanna.

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    Nadia

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    Amber

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    Stephen

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    Kaitlyn

    Following the evening at the Y, Intermezzo Dance Company will begin preparations for their upcoming performances at Vassar College.

    Performance dates are March 29th (evening) and 30th (matinee), 2014. Tickets are free. Send an e-mail to [email protected] write “Intermezzo” in the subject line and the number of tickets and which performance date you wish to attend in the body of the e-mail.

    Details of repertory and participating dancers for the Vassar performances will be forthcoming.