Great masses will flock to RIOULT’s season at the Joyce (photo by Nina Alovert)
Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Ave. at 19th St.
January 19-24, $10-$49
212-242-0800
www.joyce.org
www.rioult.org
New York-based choreographer and former French track-and-field star Pascal Rioult, who was a principal dancer with Martha Graham and formed his own company, RIOULT, in 1994, has an exciting season planned for the Joyce, two programs that include world premieres and a return to his beginnings. Program A, “Folk, Ravel, and Bach,” begins with Rioult’s very first piece, 1992’s HARVEST, which was inspired by the look and feel of Millet’s paintings of peasant life, with music by Scottish singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean and Irish traditional group Altan, followed by 2005’s BOLERO. The program concludes with two new dances set to a pair of Bach piano solos (completing the trilogy that Rioult began with VIEWS OF THE FLEETING WORLD) and featuring video animation by Brian Beasley. Program B consists of the evening-length work THE GREAT MASS (2008), danced to Bach’s “The Well-Tempered Clavier.” The January 21 performance of Program A will be followed by a discussion with Rioult, who gives back to his adopted city through numerous arts-in-education initiatives.