Lydia Johnson Dance (LJD), a company known for its distinctive choreography by Artistic Director and Choreographer Lydia Johnson, which fuses ballet technique with contemporary phrases and gestures, is pleased to announce its 2024 Season at the Graham Studio Theater, located at 55 Bethune Street, New York, NY 10014. The company will present performances on Wednesday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, December 5, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 8, at 3 p.m. Ticket prices are as follows: $65 for Patrons, $35 for General Admission and $20 for Dancers/Students. Tickets can be purchased here.
The 2024 Season features the World Premiere Yet to be Titled (2024), set to music by Terry Riley, Chapters (2023), featuring music by William Duckworth and Christopher Dennis Coleman, the revival of her signature piece Summer House (2011), performed to Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes and Poems for Solo Cello. Rounding out the program will be excerpts from Time …and again (2022), set to musical standards performed by Oscar Peterson.
“I’m thrilled our company is returning to the same studio theater where many of my early works were performed,” said Johnson. “The emotional resonance of music is at the heart of my choreography, and this Season audiences will connect with a range of human experience expressed in both my recent work and earlier pieces.”…