Dances of the Georgian Court and Countryside

Many volition retrieve Daniil Simkin for his technically superb dancing astatine American Ballet Theatre. He is present a freelancer and a producer; his latest project, “Sons of Echo,” is an evening of dances made by pistillate choreographers for a quintet of distinguished antheral dancers: Simkin, the Cuban dazzler Osiel Gouneo, the South African-born Siphesihle November (now astatine the National Ballet of Canada), Jeffrey Cirio (English National Ballet), and the affable Danish virtuoso Alban Lendorf. “Real Truth” is by the New York City Ballet dancer Tiler Peck, a virtuoso successful her ain right. The éminence grise present is the minimalist choreographer Lucinda Childs, whose “Notes” is simply a distillation of her “Notes of Longing,” which premièred past twelvemonth successful the Netherlands.—Marina Harss (Joyce Theatre; Jan. 14-25.)

Post-Rock Opera

Unsurprisingly, the precocious experimental-theatre maven Richard Foreman had a distaste for, arsenic helium enactment it, “normal narrative.” Instead, helium preferred to absorption connected “the extent of the moment.” In 2006, astatine the REDCAT successful Los Angeles, Foreman sank into a bid of moments that made up his post-rock opera “What to Wear.” Created with the composer Michael Gordon, “What to Wear” is simply a wealthiness of unmoored curiosities, including a elephantine duck that plays play and a radical of “Madeline X” figures who effort to reply the titular question. The avant-garde improvement returns to the stage, arsenic a portion of the Prototype Festival—with a small assistance from Bang connected a Can and St. Vincent. Surrender the mean and consciousness the extent of the moment.—Jane Bua (BAM; Jan. 15-18.)

Movies

Gus Van Sant’s caller drama, “Dead Man’s Wire,” eagerly but superficially details a peculiar real-life spectacle. In 1977, erstwhile a small-time Indianapolis businessman named Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård) blames a owe institution for his losses connected a real-estate venture, helium takes the company’s president, Richard Hall (Dacre Montgomery), hostage. Holed up successful his ain humble apartment, Tony threatens to termination Richard unless the steadfast offers an apology and fiscal compensation. Van Sant considers the relation of a d.j. (Colman Domingo) and of a TV newsman (Myha’la) successful the situation but, supra all, focusses connected the gamesmanship of the 2 antagonists successful mortal peril. Unfortunately, the movie lacks a constituent of view. With Al Pacino arsenic Richard’s domineering father, the company’s existent boss.—R.B. (In constricted release.)

Pick Three

Jennifer Wilson connected cold-weather comforts.

1. I tin number connected 1 manus the fig of times I’ve skied, but I place arsenic a skis obsessive. I emotion the slopes chiefly arsenic a setting—for everything from marital discord (“Force Majeure”) to personage intrigue (Gwyneth Paltrow’s grounds successful her Utah skis proceedings warranted a 2nd Oscar). When I’m not listening to skis podcasts similar “Big Stick Energy,” I’m speechmaking “Hard Pack,” an edgy caller skis magazine. Pick up Issue 6 for a raunchy abbreviated communicative astir a bearskin rug arsenic good arsenic superior reporting astir the bacchanalian parties that adjacent retired the skis play crossed the Rocky Mountains. Après skis comes the flood.

2. I can’t spot children sledding without being reminded of “A Joke,” the abbreviated communicative by Anton Chekhov that simultaneously captures the panic and the thrill of young love. Little Nadia is acrophobic to spell sledding connected the large elevation until a neighbour lad pressures her to spell with him. Against the howling of the wind, she hears, successful a susurration truthful brushed she isn’t definite it’s real, “I emotion you” (the Russian verb “to love” has an aeolian ooh to it). Once safely astatine the bottom, Nadia looks astatine her neighbour turned sledding companion and says, “Let america descent down again.” We’ve each been there, Nadia.