27th annual downtown dance festival

ballet noir performs

yesterday pat and i went to the downtown dance festival, presented by the battery dance company, at chase plaza. i went, principally, to see the battery dance company performance. i've been a fan of jonathan and battery dance since 1983! i was introduced to them by a good friend of mine, when she interned with them during college.

they performed a 2005 work of jonathan's, "where's the smoke," to the music of francis poulenc. as expected, the performance was outstanding!

preceding battery's performance were a duo from ballet noir with an excerpt from the 2008 premiere of "i do,"and the amy marshall dance company performing the 2006, unharvested. both performances were similarly outstanding!

unfortunately, i wasn't able to stay for the 4th and final performance of the afternoon, by naganuma dance. but pat, who did stay, reported that they too performed exceptionally.


jonathon hollander, founder and artistic director of battery dance company


ballet noir


amy marshall dance company


amy marshall dance company


amy marshall dance company


battery dance company


battery dance company


battery dance company