Jon Lehrer creates 1-2 new works per year, keeping the repertory fresh and evolving!
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A Ritual Dynamic
The work that started it all! “A Ritual Dynamic” was the very first company piece, created to define JLDC's signature combination of artistry, athleticism, and entertainment. 2007 Music: Hovannes K, DJ Disse Lighting - Kam Hobbs Costumes - Cindy Darling Dancers - 8 TRT - 10:00 |
"Surprise landings and tableaux that sliced space into unexpected geometrics kept the
audience on the edge of their seats.” - Dance Magazine
audience on the edge of their seats.” - Dance Magazine

Bridge and Tunnel
Jon’s playful and joyous homage to growing up in Queens, NY - specifically his high school years in Flushing. Originally created on Giordano Dance Chicago while Jon was still in the company, this celebratory work is set to the toe-tapping music of Paul Simon (another Queens native).
2001
Music - Paul Simon
Lighting - John Imburgia
Costumes - Laura Vanner, after Cindy Darling
Dancers - 8
TRT - 12:45
Jon’s playful and joyous homage to growing up in Queens, NY - specifically his high school years in Flushing. Originally created on Giordano Dance Chicago while Jon was still in the company, this celebratory work is set to the toe-tapping music of Paul Simon (another Queens native).
2001
Music - Paul Simon
Lighting - John Imburgia
Costumes - Laura Vanner, after Cindy Darling
Dancers - 8
TRT - 12:45
"Jon Lehrer's delightful Bridge and Tunnel is a playful hymn to the sidewalks of the outer boroughs.
It's a first rate sample of American vernacular dance, a genre whose distinguished heritage includes
Jerome Robbins's Fancy Free, Agnes DeMille's Rodeo, and Gene Kelley's Singin' in the Rain solo."
- Chicago Reader
It's a first rate sample of American vernacular dance, a genre whose distinguished heritage includes
Jerome Robbins's Fancy Free, Agnes DeMille's Rodeo, and Gene Kelley's Singin' in the Rain solo."
- Chicago Reader
Cash or Check?
In the 1920’s the phrase ‘Cash or Check?’ was used to ask,"Will you kiss me now or later?" 2014 Music - Moreno Quintet Jazz Manouche, Cab Calloway, Tchan Tchou Vidal, Kahn & Donaldson, Gypsy Jazz Caravan Lighting - Kam Hobbs Costumes - Tammy Bialek Dancers - 8 TRT - 15:00 |
“Cash or Check,” with its high-energy playfulness and period costumes, transports you back to 1920s America. Above all, group members looked as though they were having a blast, as though there
was nowhere else they’d rather be." - The Buffalo News
was nowhere else they’d rather be." - The Buffalo News
Chukchi
In November 2014, the company toured to the Far East of Russia - to a city called Anadyr, in the region of Chukotka. On this tour, which was sponsored by the US Department of State, we were treated to a performance by the State Chukchi-Eskimo Song and Dance Ensemble - Ergryon. Chukchi for sunrise, Ergryon’s performance was awe inspiring. After the performance we spent the entire day together, learning about each others cultures and art forms. They taught us a class that combined ballet technique with their traditional dance forms which celebrate their history and daily lives. We taught them our highly physical and athletic technique and style along with company repertoire. Following our day of cultural exchange, Ergryon's Artistic Director gave us their original music and blessing to utilize and share it with the world. Out of this once in a lifetime experience, “Chukchi” was created. This work is our heartfelt thank you and homage to the beautiful people and culture of Chukotka. 2015 Music - Ergryon Lighting - Kam Hobbs Costumes - Laura Vanner Dancers - 8 TRT - 15:30 |
“Chukchi was a spectacle worthy of Broadway. With a tribal feel, Chukchi was breathtaking. When the lights went down, it drew the loudest applause of the evening, and rightfully so." - The Buffalo News |
“Like some exalted goddess, dancer Colleen Walsh was carried and attended to by four male dancers who kept her aloft as if up on a never-ending symbolic pedestal. With a potent mixture of strength, grace and sensuality, her skilled performance as the object of worship was a
highlight of the evening." - Buffalo News
highlight of the evening." - Buffalo News
Fused by 8
2010 Music - Black Violin Lighting - Kam Hobbs Costumes - Laura Vanner Dancers - 8 TRT - 10:00 “If there is something you can expect from this work, it is that it is going to go somewhere unexpected. This delightful trend is what brought the audience to its feet."
- Dance Source Houston |
“Almost divine, Here in This Eden was a wonderfully harmonious-dreamy
pas de deux with great charisma.”
- Onetz - Amberg, Germany
“In Loose Canon, Lehrer's sharp choreography requires honest acting over hapless mugging and
expertly entwines humor and pain" - Chicago Tribune
expertly entwines humor and pain" - Chicago Tribune
mingos!
A raucous and wild comedic romp set in a classic Las Vegas revue, where a Flamboyance of Flamingos are transformed into an Ostentation of Peacocks! 2023 Music - Banda Ionica, La Caravane Passe, Gogol Bordello, Soviet Suprem Costumes - Laura Vanner Lighting - Eli Medina Dancers - 8 TRT - 15:00 |
"A graceful work filled with balletic movement that explores the constant tension
between the individual and the group."- Buffalo News
between the individual and the group."- Buffalo News
Pantheon Rising
Using science fiction and Greek mythology as inspiration, an epic work about the Gods and Goddesses who created the universe. 2013 Original Music Composition - Damien Simon Lighting - Kam Hobbs Costumes - Cindy Darling & Laura Vanner Dancers - 8 TRT 12:00 |
“The aggressive, hard-driving group choreography of Pantheon Rising blew across the stage like a gale-force wind carrying with it truly heroic figures with the single-minded determination and drive the marvelous company of dancers brings to every work and performance.” - Buffalo News
"With a lot of wit and slapstick the dancers take the audience on a crazy journey.
“Pulp" shows that dance theater can be poetic, expressive, and moving.”
- RP-Online - Vieren, Germany
“Pulp" shows that dance theater can be poetic, expressive, and moving.”
- RP-Online - Vieren, Germany
“The four women of the company perfectly stage a physical wave with the help of an almost stage-sized, ventilated cloth, reminiscent of the feeling of natural weightlessness.”
- Sudkurier - Villingen, Germany
- Sudkurier - Villingen, Germany
Solstice
A celebration of all things summer. 2019 Music - Will Close and The Earth Harp Collective, Bertelmann Costumes - Laura Vanner Lighting - Kam Hobbs Dancers - 8 TRT - 9:30 Solstice was commissioned by and created at Artpark in Lewiston, NY for their Summer Solstice Celebration. |
“Charmingly idiosyncratic tics and fragments of movement that most choreographers would
toss onto the cutting room floor are strung together to tell an odd story about a
dysfunctional family of superheroes."
- Buffalo News
toss onto the cutting room floor are strung together to tell an odd story about a
dysfunctional family of superheroes."
- Buffalo News
“A tour de force of creativity and a stunning piece of work.”
- The Buffalo News
- The Buffalo News
Through The Storm
Through The Storm represents the two years of struggle, hardship, but most of all the creativity and perseverance artists held on to throughout the pandemic. 2022 Original Music Composition - Zeno Pittarelli Lighting - Andrew Hunt Costumes - Laura Vanner Dancers - 8 TRT - 13:30 |
Through The Storm was developed with the support of a 2022 CUNY Dance Initiative residency at Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College.
“The dancers brilliantly implement the scenic ingenuity of Jon Lehrer. They use the entire stage space, develop a dynamic of movement that makes tension-filled sequences and abrupt stops, and show how well they master their body balance.” - Sudkurier - Villingen, Germany