Ballet Jazz de Montreal Returns to The Joyce Theater, 10/30-11/4

The Joyce Theater welcomes the return of Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, back on its stage for the first time in over five years, from October 30 – November 4.

The program will include new works by Spanish choreographer Cayetano Soto, former Batsheva resident choreographer Barak Marshall, and celebrated Chinese choreographer Wen Wei Wang. Tickets are $10*-$49 ($26-$37 for Joyce members) and can be arranged by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800 or online at www.joyce.org. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. (*$10 tickets have been made available by generous support from the MetLife Foundation.) The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street.

After more than five years, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal (BJM) returns to The Joyce Theater with three new works. Night Box, by the provocative Chinese choreographer Wen Wei Wang, is a high-voltage piece that takes on the sounds, rhythms and music of the city. Combining contemporary ballet with street dance, the work explores love, loss, sexuality and joy. Wen Wei Wang collaborates with Montreal fashion design duo UNTTLD to reveal the full spectrum of the city at night-its private spaces, clubs, and streets-against a backdrop of darkness that bathes these spaces in light to evoke a refreshing perspective inspired by urban street life. The program also includes Harry, created by internationally acclaimed Israeli choreographer Barak Marshall, a new work which examines the internal battles we all face. The piece centers around the character of Harry, who struggles to overcome forces both physical and existential. Teeming with energy, Harry underscores a recurrent theme in human interactions: conflicts and our ability to overcome them. Set to a score of jazz, Israeli folksongs and traditional music, the work features alternating group sequences, trios and duets in a fabulous extravaganza of dance. Zero in On, by Cayetano Soto, a highly technical, innovative and intimate pas de deux highlighting the Spanish choreographer's energetic style, completes the program.