BAM Next Wave Festival

The good parts were the music and the reasonable cost of the tickets. The not-so-good parts were everything else. I have no idea what was going on during this dance performance. There were 3 male and 3 female dancers. The costumes were drab, even ugly. The set was maybe okay but I found it distracting from the dance and don’t really know how it related to the choreography. The dancers probably were good but the choreography and story, if there was one, was non-existent or at least unfathomable to me. For instance, there was a white box, about 3’ x 3’ that rolled around the stage to what purpose neither I nor those around me could figure out.

The dancers came and went, stood staring, swooped around but didn’t really relate to one another in a discernible manner. The music was terrific. It was composed by Hahn Rowe with he and three others (cello, bass clarinet, violin, computer/electronics) live on stage. All this plus and minus gave Theo and me much to talk about on the subway ride home and we had delicious dinner and conversation at Stonehome Wine Bar before the show. Overall a good night.