“In dance that challenges the mind as well as the heart, Lydia Johnson often isolates and reworks components of classical ballet technique to create a sense of life flowing unhurriedly over mysterious human stories.” —Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times, 2005
In The Studio With Lydia Johnson
The Oberon's Grove blog highlights a company rehearsal, with lots of great photos!
March City Center Showing Rave Review
“Lydia Johnson became overnight one of my favorite contemporary choreographers...her dancers took the floor and within seconds I knew I had found something I loved.” —Philip Gardner, Oberon's Grove Blog
Performance Videos
Watch two excerpts from a Spring, 2008, performance.
10th Anniversary Season
SOPAC June 12 at 8 pm
The Ailey Citigroup Theater, NYC June 24, 25 and 26 at 8 pm
Tickets are available at SmartTix for the New York City performances, and on SOPAC's web site for the South Orange, NJ performances.
Performances include a world premiere set to Bach's Solo Violin Partitas and Sonatas, last year's acclaimed Dusk set to Gorecki, a deeply moving double pas-de-deux In Conversation (2005) set to Glass, a post modern look at love and glamor filled with sweeping dancing Dream Sequence (2008) set to songs sung by Dean Martin and, back by popular demand, a revival of the wry 2005 The End of the Movie for three women on benches, set to the songs of Cake.
2009 Summer Season
LJD performed four major works to music by Henryk Gorecki, Phillip Glass and to songs sung by Dean Martin! Read more...
Lydia Johnson Dance at Jacob's Pillow
Lydia Johnson Dance was selected to appear at the historic Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Lee, Massachusetts on Friday July 25th. Performing as a part of the Inside/Out series at The Pillow, LJD showed both Collecting Rain and Lament on the stunning outdoor stage. The performance was free and was followed by a Q and A period with Lydia and Company!
More on the fascinating history of Jacob's Pillow, where major modern dance creators performed and worked.
Still photographs throughout the site by Julie Lemberger (© Julie Lemberger, 2004–2009) and Kokyat (© Kokyat, 2009), as noted.
All photos on this page by Julie Lemberger.
