STEPHEN PETRONIO COMPANY: BLOODLINES

Who: Stephen Petronio Company
What: “Bloodlines”
Where: Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave. at 19th St., 212-691-9740
When: April 7-12, $10-$69
Why: Stephen Petronio Company concludes its thirtieth anniversary celebration with its annual season at the Joyce, kicking off its latest project, “Bloodlines,” a five-year initiative in which the company will perform works by other choreographers in addition to its namesake artistic director, starting with Merce Cunningham’s 1968 RainForest, featuring Andy Warhol’s “Silver Clouds,” costumes sliced by Jasper Johns, and a live score by David Tudor performed by John Driscoll, Phil Edelstein, Matt Rogalsky, and Stephan Moore. The program also includes the world premiere of Petronio’s Locomotor Non Locomotor, the follow-up to last year’s Locomotor; the new piece has music by hip-hop producer Clams Casino (who, coincidentally, released the EP Rainforest in 2011), costumes by Narciso Rodriguez, and vocal contributions by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City. (“Bloodlines,” which seeks to foster an artistic dialogue between paired works and choreographers, will continue with Trisha Brown’s Glacial Decoy and pieces by Anna Halprin, Lucinda Childs, and others. “Hanging with giants has its advantages to a mind in formation,” Petronio writes in his 2014 memoir, Confessions of a Motion Addict.) Former Merce Cunningham dancer Melissa Toogood will appear as a special guest, along with company members Davalois Fearon, Gino Grenek, Barrington Hinds, Jaqlin Medlock, Nicholas Sciscione, Emily Stone, and Joshua Tuason. Petronio will participate in a postperformance Curtain Chat following the April 9 show.