Cherylyn Lavagnino & Martin Bresnick: Tales of Hopper

DANCE
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 & 26, 2020
7:30 PM

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 West 37th Street, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan

$30; $15 students/seniors
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4418307

Choreographer Cherylyn Lavagnino notwithstanding, I'm excited about this because of the new music from Martin Bresnick, the godfather of the Bang on a Can gang and one of the best (and perhaps most underappreciated by non-specialists) American composers now working.  His music is crisp and contemporary, the fruit of a tangible sensibility, offering the kind of rewards traditional audiences seek but in new ways.  In this piece, the dancers will enact characters from Edward Hopper paintings.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Delicious, hearty, meaty Central Asian fare at the ever-jolly Farida.