Risa Jaroslow & Dancers will celebrate their silver anniversary season at Abrons Arts Center this week (photo by Anja Hitzenberg)
Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement
466 Grand St. at Pitt St.
March 9-11, $20
212-598-0400
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For a quarter of a century, New York–based Risa Jaroslow & Dancers have been tackling issues of masculinity, community, and the human experience in such works as Book Song Woman Man, Table Talk, Whole Sky, and 311. For their silver anniversary season, coming to Abrons Arts Center March 9-11, they will revive 2006’s Resist/Surrender, in which company dancers Marcos Duran, Luke Gutgsell, Elise Knudson, and Paul Singh are joined by a group of bare-legged men from various walks of life who, dressed in white, watch from the wings as the dancers, wearing sharp blue costumes, break into duets in the center of the stage and incorporate a large wooden wall in the back as composer Scott Johnson’s score is performed live by Fireworks Ensemble, along with snippets of quotes from interviews with men. The company will also present the world premiere of The Middle of Where She Is, a piece about sadness and loss, growth and responsibility, that will be danced by Rachel Lehrer, Knudson, and Jaroslaw, with music by Brooklyn-based violin and viola duo Charly & Margaux.