Audience members were scattered all over the space, seated in chairs that faced different directions. Waiting among them for the show to start, I thought of bumper cars. Andrea Mohin/The New York Times Levydance Morgelyn Tenbeth-Ward in “Romp,”...

Therein lie the promise and the problems of Catherine Galasso’s “Bring on the Lumière!,” which had its New York premiere at Joyce SoHo on Thursday. In it the Lumière brothers, pioneering French filmmakers, and some of their creations from the 1890s are...

Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, (212) 415-5500, 92y.org ; free. (Burke) Catherine Galasso (Friday and Saturday) “Bring On the Lumière!” At 7:30 p.m. , Joyce SoHo, 155 Mercer Street, (212) 242-0800, joyce.org ; $20, or $12 for students and 65+. ...

Over the years, they have found success mostly outside of Los Angeles, in festivals and venues dedicated to emerging artists where they have stood out to audiences and critics. A 2010 performance at the New York City-based Joyce SoHo, for example,...

(It’s on the cusp of exiting the beta phase.) But in the meantime Mr. Elam has been falling short in the traditional mode of engaging audiences: the making of compelling dances. The two works his company performed at Joyce SoHo on Friday found him in a...

Alas, the choreography on display at the Joyce SoHo on Thursday night — three solos in total— is hardly tempting swag. Julie Lemberger for The New York Times The Heist Project Belinda McGuire in one of three solo works in this show at the Joyce SoHo. ...