This evening is the last performance of Spectrum Dance Theater's "Icono-Clan" show at the Moore, and while the bill contains three works--Merce Cunningham's 1972 Landrover and Gus Solomons, Jr.'s 1976 Statements of Nameless Roots join Donald Byrd's 1993 Sentimental Cannibalism--only Byrd's piece emerges without a self-interested patina from the age of Modern Dance blurring it (or John Cage's elliptical strolls across the piano, or a soundtrack devised by recording microphone feedback). Delightfully, Byrd says that Jean Baudrillard's examination of seduction as "a challenge" and "a highly conventional and ritualized pact" was the jumping off point for his piece, featuring eight Spectrum dancers (four men and four women), and music by Mio Morales. Perhaps through simple chronology, Byrd's piece also represents the most striking reunion of the discipline and possibility of ballet with a wider world of dance gesture and movement. Catch it at 5 p.m. at the Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Avenue. Tickets are $15-$29.50 (plus fees).
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Spectrum Dance's Gender War @ the Moore
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