2017 FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL Featuring Dancers from Ailey and ABT and More Bats 3 out of 4

FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL at NY City Center offers the gift of experiencing a plethora of world class dance companies in a vast array of forms for an unbelievably low price of $15 for every seat.  This means the lines are around the block when tickets first go on sale.   Last night's program featured a motley mix of dance companies that made for a mostly exciting and enjoyable evening celebrating the art of dance.  Of the 4 extremely different dance companies, only one performance by the IceCraft Dance Co from India was wearying.  It was the most exotic but too laborious.  "Kin-Incede" made its world premiere.  It was interesting until it felt interminable.  The soloist dancer tried to enlist the audience to clap for timing but failed to garner enthusiasm from the waning crowd.  American Ballet Theater performed a work by Alexei Ratmansky "Souvenir d'un lie cher" to Tchaiskovsky's composition.  The work was absolutely stunning.  The lovely balletic piece featured 4 extremely talented dancers.  Ron Brown's "Open Door" was performed by the sublime Alvin Ailey dancers.  Brown choreographed to the Latin jazz music of Arturo O'Farrill & Tito Puente.  The Ailey dancers reverberated every ounce of Cuban syncopation with supple intoxicating movements.  It was a joyous celebration of dance.  The final piece "Paquita" by Marius Petipa for Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was a hilarious, irreverent & impressive take on classical ballet.  The entire male company dresses in ballerina finery from tiaras to the tips of their pointe shoes.  The clever choreography with a wink was totally delightful.  Batting 3 out of 4 isn't a bad score.  Take advantage of City Center's Fall for Dance and hope the Yankees can hang on for one more.