CLD Favorites & First Drafts

November 19, 2025

Revivals from Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance's rich history alongside emerging new studies shared in conversation with the audience.

Join us this fall for CLD Favorites & First Drafts, a one-night-only performance at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music. This intimate evening brings together repertory works from Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance’s rich history and our latest creative process in motion.

We’ll present an excerpt from Facets (2008), a rigorously structured, sculptural work we’re thrilled to revisit. RU (2014) follows—a bold, emotionally driven ensemble piece that continues to resonate deeply with both audiences and the dancers who love performing it.

You’ll also experience early material from The Folk Rock Studies, new vignettes in development, set to iconic recordings by Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, and Janis Joplin. These timeless songs evoke sentimental terrain that is ripe for choreographic exploration: longing, defiance, beauty, tension. The movement is angular, visceral, and deeply responsive to the pulse and power of these voices.

To complete the program, we’ll share La Mar Emocional (2025), a recent work that premiered earlier this year. Its shimmering lyricism offers a vivid counterpoint to the raw physicality and rhythmic drive of the rest of the program—inviting the audience to consider contrast, progression, and creative evolution in real time.

This evening isn’t about polish or finality—it’s a living exchange. We welcome you into the creative process as our work continues to evolve toward its next form.

Performance Highlights:

Facets (2008, excerpt)
Conversation
RU (2014)
The Folk Rock Studies: House of the Rising Sun, A Case of You, Summertime (current drafts)
La Mar Emocional (2025)

Event Details

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Time: 8:00 PM EST (60-minute program, no intermission)
Location: The DiMenna Center for Classical Music – Mary Flagler Cary Hall
450 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018 (between 9th and 10th Ave)

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