Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

A Little of This, a Little of That

Minimalist scores defined choreographer Lar Lubovitch’s early work, but his company has had plenty of room to grow since its 1968 founding. In a visit to the Flynn this week, the modern-dance troupe revisits some of the 67-year-old’s most famous works. Composer Philip Glass’ repetitive structures set the tone for 1978’s “North Star.” Simple one-note vocals figure prominently in Steve Reich’s Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ, the backdrop for highly technical movements in 1976’s “Marimba.” 2010’s all-jazz piece “Coltrane’s Favorite Things” switches it up. “A cluster of dancers changes its internal structure the way individual vegetables boil around in a pot of soup,” describes the Village Voice. With such different dances stewing, there’s no better time to get a taste of the company Variety calls a “national treasure.”