Cedar Lake Dance Co. @ the Joyce

Cedar Lake Co. has their own theatre in Chelsea.  The Companny was performing at the Joyce this week.  The program consisted of 3 dances from 3 different choreographers.  The oldest piece, INDIGO ROSE '98 was by Jiri Kylian; prolific choreographer for Nederlands Dand.  TEN DUETS ON A THEME OF RESCUE, '08 by Crystal Pite; an assoc. choreographer for Nederlands Dans.  HORIZONS '13 had its World Premier on Tues. was by Andonis Foniadakis, a native of Greece where he studied both classical ballet & contemp. dance.  It was enigmatic that Kylian's piece felt the most contemporary & problematic that all 3 seemed similar & repetitive in & of themselves.  The lightening designs were dark with sparse blinding spotlights.  INDIGO utilized a sheet that featured dancer's shadows providing a dynamic use of spatial relations.  TEN DUETS had a video of hands covering eyes, ears & mouths & female frontal nudity.  Meanwhile, the dancers on stage remained frozen in position.  I get:  see no evil, hear no evil speak no evil.  I didn't get the purpose of wasting talented dancers as mannequins.  HORIZONS wanted to end with a splash, literally.  Flash Dance Redux - a pas de deux that was interminable & exhausting.  I needed a shower afterwards.  All 3 dances were harried push-pull, offering & rebuff; more or less utilizing the same vernacular.  The dancers were all marvelous displaying great artistic strength & musicality.  INDIGO contained an adagio of serenity that rescued the program from an otherwise blurred horizon.