In late winter, you can see the French-Algerian choreographer Hervé Koubi’s uplifting Sol Invictus. STERNALSKI

Winter in New York City can be cold and bleak, but thankfully, it’s also full of opportunities to sit in warm theaters with like-minded people and experience some beautiful dance performances. Here are some recommended shows to look into (and look forward to) in the exciting season ahead.

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For those who love pure dance

If you are a fan of dance that is non-narrative and abstract, more like a work of moving visual art, you are in luck. Some of the biggest names in postmodern and classical contemporary dance will be performing in New York in the coming months.

Pam Tanowitz, known for her precise and geometric choreography that appears to have its own mathematical logic on the stage, is bringing her company, Pam Tanowitz Dance, to Lincoln Center January 11-13 to perform Pastoral (2025). The critically-acclaimed evening-length work inspired by the natural world features Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony reimagined by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, and décor by painter Sarah Crowner.

The Lyon Opera Ballet will perform a double bill at New York City Center, February 19-21, as part of the second Dance Reflections Festival by Van Cleef & Arpels (which has an incredible lineup spanning five weeks and venues across the city). Their first piece will be Merce Cunningham’s tech-forward masterpiece BIPED (1999), which layers digital and live images on the stage, and the U.S. premiere of the rising Greek choreographer

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