The audience partied on the stage of New York University’s Skirball Center after the concerts shared by Chris Elam and Larry Keigwin. Upstairs in the lobby, folks scarfed up guacamole and downed drinks from the free bar; downstairs in the theater they danced, while a dj cranked up the sound. The celebration wasn’t just in honor of the choreographers, their companies, and a slew of other performers. The Skirball had commissioned new works by Elam and Keigwin as part of its mission to interest the NYU community, especially students, in contemporary dance. If it takes a party to draw a crowd, so be it. In any case, the audience appeared thrilled. And that included some way past middle-aged people who’d never heard of either of these two extremely gifted... More >>>