Leslie Berman

The Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève began its engagement at the Joyce Theater this past Tuesday night. The Swiss company, making its New York debut with these performances, has had a vibrant international history, passing through diverse phases of classicism, modernism and expressionism to find itself today no longer attached to any particular style.

Palpable hype surrounded the inaugural season of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, which made its New York debut at City Center this past Wednesday.

The past few decades have seen the emergence of a new dance craze in New York: dance festivals.