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Join us for a transformative evening as Gibney Company, one of New York’s leading contemporary dance ensembles, makes its debut at Guild Hall. With a powerful mix of athleticism, artistry, and thought-provoking storytelling, this debut performance showcases a carefully curated program of new and reimagined works by three visionary choreographers: William Forsythe, Lucinda Childs, and Peter Chu.
PROGRAM
William Forsythe – Trio (of six) (1996, reconfigured for Gibney Company)
Trio (of six) is a reconfiguration of Forsythe’s celebrated 1996 work, which had been a staple of his repertoire in Frankfurt, Germany. Restaged several times in its original trio form, including at the Paris Opera Ballet, Forsythe requested the opportunity to adapt the work for Gibney Company, whose small ensemble offered a unique level of organizational flexibility. This six-person staging reflects Forsythe’s practice of evolving works over time, adapting them to different environments and creative contexts.
Lucinda Childs – Three Dances (for prepared piano) John Cage Lucinda Childs’ Three Dances (for prepared piano) John Cage explores the rhythmic intensity of John Cage’s 1944-45 composition Three Dances through a lens of movement. Childs’ signature postmodern minimalist precision and deep reverence for structured repetition shine in this world premiere for eight dancers. The work exemplifies Childs’ lifelong engagement with transdisciplinarity and formalism, while also nodding to her roots in the Judson Dance Theater. It is a stunning exploration of how sound and movement can intimately coexist.
Peter Chu – Echoes of Sole and Animal
Peter Chu’s Echoes of Sole and Animal draws inspiration from the principles of qi gong and taiji, inviting dancers to surrender to the intangible, allowing internal sensations to guide their movements. Rooted in traditional Chinese practices that cultivate energy flow, balance, and breath control, this work explores the interplay of opposites—strength and softness, expansion and contraction, stillness and motion—embodying the yin-yang concept of harmony. Set to an immersive soundscape, Chu’s choreography deepens the connection between dancers and their environment, creating a space where pulse and rhythm intertwine, revealing the complexity of energy and flow.
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GIBNEY COMPANY
Gibney Company, led by Artistic Director Gina Gibney and Company Director Gilbert T Small II, commissions and performs works by renowned and emerging choreographers from New York and around the world who are committed to exploring connections between the rigorous, often superhuman physicality of contemporary dance alongside responsive, humanistic storytelling. Presenting a broad range of aesthetics and techniques, Gibney Company has an unrelenting focus on artistic excellence and social integrity.
Since its expansion in 2020, the Company has commissioned over ten works from a wide range of choreographers including Rena Butler, Emilie Leriche, Mthuthuzeli November, Alan Lucien Øyen, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge, Sonya Tayeh, Tiffany Tregarthen and David Raymond (Out Innerspace), and Yue Yin; and performed acclaimed repertory by Sharon Eyal, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Ohad Naharin and Twyla Tharp. During the 2024-2025 Season, the Company has commissioned new works from Lucinda Childs and Peter Chu, and added a work by Roy Assaf to its repertory.
Gibney Company has been invited to perform nationally and internationally at prestigious venues and festivals including The Joyce Theater (2021, 2023, 2024, 2025), Jacob’s Pillow (2024), New York City Center’s Fall for Dance (2022, 2023), Fall for Dance North (2023), Holland Dance Festival (2024), Dance Victoria (2023), Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur (2024), Chautauqua Institution (2024), DANCECleveland (2022), TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND (2022), and Guild Hall (2025).
Photo: Nir Arieli
Sponsors
Performing Arts programming is supported in part by funding from Galia Meiri-Stawski and Axel Stawski, Henry and Peggy Schleiff, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, and Monica and Peter Tessler. Music Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming.
Additional support provided by Friends of the Theater: John and Joan D’Addario, Natascia Ayers and Jim Ciquera, Christine and Bill Campbell, Gabrielle and Gianpaolo de Felice, Lena Kaplan, Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan, Michèle and Steve Pesner, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Lisa Schultz and Ezriel Kornel, Jayne Baron Sherman and Deborah Zum, Stacey and Oliver Stanton, Leila Straus, Susi and Peter Wunsch, and Andrew Yuder and Kyle Glaeser.