Name: Midtown Concerts • Lyra Way & BALAM Dance Theatre
Start: 2026-02-12T13:15:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-12T14:00:00-05:00
Location: St. Malachy’s Church – The Actors’ Chapel

Midtown Concerts • Lyra Way & BALAM Dance Theatre

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Dancing the Lyra Way!

Lyra Way Duo: Niccolo Seligmann & Lisa Terry ~ violas (viole) da gamba
BALAM Dance Theatre: Yumiko Niimi, Erin Hunter Jennings & Carlos Fittante, Director

Lyra Way performs repertoire for two bass viols played “lyra way” by 17th-century English composers Tobias Hume, Thomas Ford, and Alfonso Ferrabosco II. Each player provides chordal accompaniment or melody in turn, creating exquisite polyphony. Artists from the BALAM Dance Theatre will interpret the pavens, almaines, galliardes and jigs as solo, duo and trio dances, exploring the possibilities of their own polyphony within the choreography.

Niccolo Seligmann is currently the most widely-heard medieval fiddler in the world, performing with Alkemie, The Broken Consort, Concordian Dawn, Eya, Hesperus, and Wherligig. Lisa Terry is a member of Parthenia Viol Consort and is principal cellist of Tempesta di Mare. Yumiko Niimi is a principal dancer with BALAM Dance Theatre and Carlos Fittante is Artistic Director of BALAM Dance Theatre.

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Date Thursday, February 12, 2026Time 1:15 PMVenue St. Malachy’s Church – The Actors’ Chapellocation/directions 239 West 49th Street, New York, NY Price Free

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St. Malachy’s Church, 239 West 49th Street, Manhattan
Thursdays, 1:15–2:00 pm

All concerts are free.
No tickets or reservations are necessary.

Venue is fully accessible. For patrons with walkers and wheelchairs, there is an elevator from street level, or there are ten steps from street level to the sanctuary level. There is an elevator from street level or sanctuary level to restrooms on the basement level.

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