Avi Scher & Dancers will present two world premieres as part of its second season at Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater (photo by Matthew Murphy)
Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater
405 West 55th St. at Ninth Ave.
April 23-25, $29
www.avischer.com
Born in New York City and raised in Israel, twenty-seven-year-old wunderkind choreographer Avichai Scher has danced with the New York City Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and others while also creating commissioned works for companies all over the country. Avi Scher & Dancers debuted at Jacob’s Pillow in 2009, then held its first New York City season last April at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater. They’re back on West 55th St. this weekend, presenting a two-hour program April 23-25 that includes the world premiere of Mirrors, with music by Elena Kats Chernin and Dustin O’Halloran, played live by pianist David LaMarche and violinist Francesca Anderegg; Utopia, danced by Misa Kuranaga and Joseph Gatti and set to Rachmaninov, with Benjamin Bradham at the piano; Classroom Fantasy, with pianist Craig Baldwin performing music by John Field; and the world premiere of the three-part DreamScapes, with music by Timothy Andres, Matt McBane, and Max Richter. The company features nineteen dancers with such pedigrees as the Joffrey, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, San Francisco Ballet, and Boston Ballet, many as principal dancers and/or soloists.