Dance Review: Avi Scher & Dancers at Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater

International Herald Tribune Monday 9th April, 2012

The young choreographer Avi Scher likes to say that he has a mission: presenting top-quality ballet dancers in intimate spaces at affordable prices. On Saturday at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater, all elements of that formula were in place, including Herman Cornejo of American Ballet Theater. But so was the final, fatal ingredient: Mr Scher's choreography.

The treat of seeing an artist of Mr Cornejo's caliber at close range was canceled out by the frustration of seeing his gifts wasted.

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