Modern dance performance is an endangered art. It is expensive to maintain a warm dry rehearsal space to develop the work, especially one with a floor that doesn't kill. That is to say nothing of renting a space to perform. It is somewhat obscure as well, often an altogether short lived creature of college dance classes. But like musicians, dancers may find the experience so transformational it is bliss. Thus they are driven to continue. We are glad they do.
I think that is the case tonight as performers Cydney Wilkes and Mike Barber are commissioned to perform seminal mover-choreographer Deborah Hay's "The Runner". These two are known as organizers of "Ten Tiny Dances" and often collaborate together on that small stage. Seeing them move together is always a pleasure. It is at the Lent School Gymnasium. 5105 SE 97th Ave. (Just south of Holgate)Doors 7:45, performance 8 PM $10
