Saturday, September 24

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  A review of Pacific Northwest Ballet by Leigh Witchel for dancelog.nyc.

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The other work on the bill, “Waiting at the Station” is a Twyla Tharp commission from 2013. The music was by Allen Toussaint, a pivotal figure in New Orleans soul and R&B until his death in 2015. In a curtain talk, Boal mentioned that The Joyce’s Executive Director, Linda Shelton, congratulated him on acquiring a Broadway show. Tharp’s vocabulary was ballet, her attitude was Broadway and the combination set off no sparks with either. Also, Broadway shows have plots.