RIOULT Dance NY will present New York City premiere of POLYMORPHOUS and more at Joyce this week (photo by Richard Kirk Smith)
Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Ave. at 19th St.
June 21-26, $10-$56
212-645-2904
www.joyce.org
www.rioult.org
New York City–based French choreographer Pascal Rioult brings his RIOULT Dance NY troupe to the Joyce this week for two programs of favorites and premieres. The decidedly antiwar Program A, “Women on the Edge . . . Unsung Heroines of the Trojan War,” consists of 2013’s Iphigenia, based on Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis and set to music by Michael Torke; 2011’s On Distant Shores, a “Redemption Fantasy” about Helen of Troy, with music by Aaron Jay Kernis; and the world premiere of Cassandra’s Curse, inspired by Euripides’ The Trojan Women, with a commissioned score by Richard Danielpour that will be performed live by the Uptown Philharmonic, conducted by Kyle Ritenauer. The June 21, 23, and 25 shows will be narrated by Oscar- and Tony-nominated actress Kathleen Turner. (The June 23 show will also be followed by a Curtain Chat with members of the company.) Program B is highlighted by the New York City premiere of 2015’s Polymorphous, set to J. S. Bach’s “The Well Tempered Clavier,” and also includes 2014’s Dream Suite, set to Peter Iliych Tchaikovsky’s “Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C Major” and with a design inspired by the paintings of Marc Chagall; 2002’s Bolero, set to the Ravel classic; and a selection of duets from various other pieces from throughout Rioult’s two-decades-plus career.