The Lars Lubovitch Dance Company will present CRISIS VARIATIONS and HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT at MMAC this weekend (photo by Kokyat)
Manhattan Movement & Arts Center
248 West 60th St. between Amsterdam & West End Aves.
February 10-12, $15-$45
212-787-1178
www.manhattanmovement.com
www.lubovitch.org
Last March, an all-star lineup teamed up for a one-night-only presentation of a new English-language production of Igor Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) at Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO. The production is now back for three shows this weekend at the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, running February 10-12. The 1918 work, based on a parable about a Russian soldier who makes a deal with the devil, will be conducted by flutist Ransom Wilson for his Le Train Bleu ensemble, with choreography by Lar Lubovitch. The production features Lar Lubovitch Dance Company members Reid Bartelme as the soldier, Nicole Corea as the princess, and Attila Joey Csiki as the devil, with Reed Armstrong acting the part of the devil and Corey Dargel the soldier; Marni Nixon will serve as narrator. The evening will also include Lubovitch’s Crisis Variations, which plays off the word “crisis,” with dancers Katarzyna Skarpetowksa, Brian McGinnis, Corea, Csiki, Reed Luplau, Jason McDole, and Laura Rutledge along with five musicians performing a commissioned score by Yevgeniy Sharlat. The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company will then head farther uptown for the Harkness Dance Festival at the 92nd St. Y, where Stripped/Dressed will feature The Legend of Ten and various demonstrations, with Lubovitch discussing the creative process with dance writers Anna Kisselgoff (February 17), Deborah Jowitt (February 18) and Gus Solomons Jr. (February 19).