LYDIA JOHNSON DANCE
Lydia Johnson Dance has been consistently praised for Ms. Johnson's distinctive choreography, which uses components of ballet woven seamlessly into a contemporary dance vocabulary. The New York Times, The New Yorker, Backstage Magazine, Dance View Times and Oberon’s Grove have critically acclaimed the company for its annual New York Season. LJD's 2019 New York Season was chosen by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library to be filmed by their videographer and is available for viewing at the library. LJD has performed at many venues including Live Arts, The Ailey Citigroup Theater, and in the 92nd St Y’s Moving Forward: Women Ballet Choreographers East and West series, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival’s Inside/Out, the Great Friends Dance Festival in Rhode island, and the Downtown Dance Festival in NYC. LJD was honored to be in residence at Kaatsbaan in March 2022 developing new works.