Melinda's Malarky Around the Apple 10 Top Music & Dance Performance Picks 2016

My top 10 favorite music & dance performances in 2016 in alphabetical order:


1.   Alvin Ailey's "Deep" by choreographer Mauro Bigonzettie

2.  Alvin Ailey II's " "Breakthrough" by choreographer Manuel Vignoulle

3.   Jazz at Lincoln Ctr with Wynton Marsalis & Dancers Jared Grimes & Lil Buck

4.  Jazz at Lincoln Ctr with jazz vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant

5.  MET's:  Live Arts "The Colorado River" with live musical performance

6.  Nederlander Dance Co at City Center

7.  NYPhilharmonic:  Bartok, Dvorak & Bruch

8.   NYPhilharmonic:  Holst's "The Planets"

9.   Steely Dan at the Beacon

10.  Tap Dancer Kazuroni Kumagai at 92ndY