CELESTIAL TIDES will be part of RIOULT Dance NY programs at the Queens Theatre and the Manhattan School of Music (photo by Sofia Negron)
Saturday, October 5, 2:00 & 8:00, Sunday, October 6, 3:00, Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. South in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 718-760-0064, $25-$46
Wednesday, October 9, Manhattan School of Music, 120 Claremont Ave., 917-493-4428, $12, 7:30
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“I have always loved Bach’s music, instinctively and without understanding where the magic came from,” New York-based French choreographer explained to us in a June 2011 twi-ny talk about the Joyce debut of his Bach Dances program. “I also want with my dances to show that Bach’s music, contrary to common belief, is unbelievably rich emotionally.” As part of its twentieth anniversary season, RIOULT Dance NY will be at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on October 5-6, performing 2010’s City, set to Bach’s “Sonata for Violin and Piano #6 in G major,” 2011’s Celestial Tides (Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major”), 1995’s Wien (Maurice Ravel’s “La Valse”), and 2011’s On Distant Shores (with music by Aaron Jay Kernis). Artistic director and choreographer Rioult, along with his wife, associate artistic director Joyce Herring, will then take the company over to the Manhattan School of Music’s John C. Borden Auditorium on October 9 for the New York City premiere of the Bach Dances program with live music, as the twelve-person troupe will be accompanied by an MSM student orchestra; the evening includes Views of a Fleeting World, set to Bach’s “The Art of Fugue,” along with City and Celestial Tides. Tickets for the Queens Theatre shows range from $25 to $46, while it costs a mere $12 to see the one-night-only MSM performance.