Booking Dance Festival NYC at Lincoln Center

The Booking Dance Festival NYC held in the Appel room looking out at Colombus Cir. It is a 5 hr extravaganza featuring 20 dance companies and 34 performances.  There is a plethora dance program.  My ticket cost $25; or $5 hr.  The seats are reserved and every seat offers a great view.  The snowfall Sunday highlighted the dances in a magical, warm glow.  I did not stay for 5 hours of dance (who would?)  I'll highlight my favorite works and tell you what didn't work.  My 2 favorite dance pieces were from the Louise Reichlin & Dancers/LA & the FJK Dance/NYC.  Reichlin's pastiche of ballet, gymnastics and modern dance was a marvel of musicality and mixed movement.  The piece ebbed from classical to modern seamlessly.  There was whimsy and beauty expertly performed by 3 separate groups.  Reichlin talented company represented a very diverse group.  A standout dancer was Kistina Pressler.  She was lithe, athletic and artistic.  FJK Dance featured 3 couples that blended varying styles of dance from tango, to ballroom to modern.  I liked their fringed costumes which shimmered on stage.   One other company to mention was the Scorpius Dance Theater but only for the piece with 4 dancers in stretchy material which covered their legs/feet.  They created an clever, amphibious aesthetic. The razzy award goes to the woman who read silly poetry while flopping around on a chair.  I hope the Booking Dance Festival change their ticketing policies.  Instead of one ticket for the entire 5 hr offering, break up the tickets into hour segments.  The coming/going of the audience is distracting & rude to the dancers.  Furthermore, it would ensure better attendance to the later programs as the majority of patrons choose to leave.  Still, this is an excellent way to see a multitude of mixed danced programs.