CUNY Dance Initiative Presents Jon Lehrer Dance Company – Preview

CUNY Dance Initiative Jon Lehrer Dance Company
Image courtesy of CUNY Dance Initiative

WHEN:

Saturday, March 8, 2025

WHERE:

BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center
199 Chambers Street
New York, NY, 10007

TICKETS:

$40+

For more information and tickets visit the CUNY Dance Initiative website.

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

“...Program Details

Foster (World Premiere): In 2016, Jon’s younger brother, Michael Foster Lehrer, developed ALS - a degenerative disease that causes the progressive loss of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Michael passed away on January 17, 2023. Foster is a window into those six difficult years, as Jon watched his brother slowly yet too quickly succumb to this horrible disease.

Volt (NYC Premiere): Set to five high-octane percussive songs...

mingos! (2023): A raucous and wild comedic romp set in a classic Las Vegas revue, where a Flamboyance of Flamingos are transformed into an Ostentation of Peacocks!

La Follia (2022): The madness and musicality of Vivaldi combined with the physical and athletic ingenuity of the dancers.

Here In This Eden (2013): Breathtaking and beautiful, this duet depicts two individuals who are completely lost in their love for each other...
“A Ritual Dynamic (2007): The company’s very first piece, which laid out its signature aesthetic.

Bridge and Tunnel (2001)
Jon’s playful and joyous homage to growing up in Queens, NY - specifically his high school years in Flushing. Originally created on Giordano Dance Chicago, this celebratory work is set to the music of Paul Simon (another Queens native)..."

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