Photo by Kiesha Stephens. Dancer - Cristiana Cavallo.
Jon Lehrer Dance Company
A Two-Day Dance Event
Apr 17 8:00pm — Apr 18, 2026 2:00pm
Friday, April 17th at 8:00 p.m.
An evening showcasing JLDC’s signature dynamic, powerful, athletic, and elegant style.
Featuring works that span the company’s 18-year history. Including 2 Buffalo premieres, JLDC’s performance at BPAC will take the audience on a journey they will soon not forget. The Friday evening performance will include the following works, and much more:
“Foster” (2025)
Jon’s heartfelt tribute to his younger brother, Michael Foster Lehrer, who passed away on January 17, 2023, after a 6-year battle with ALS.
“Led To Love” (2026)
Set to Led Zeppelin’s iconic “The Rain Song”, this brand new duet, which will have its premiere in Germany on March 7, proves that love and classic rock never go out of style!
“The Way Within” (2006)
The solo that started it all premiered in Buffalo in 2007, during the company’s first-ever performance at UB Center for the Arts. Inspired by the novel “Siddhartha” by Herman Hesse, the term ”the way within" refers to discovering enlightenment and self-knowledge through one's own experiences, rather than through any external teachings or prescribed doctrine.
Don’t miss your chance to see JLDC back in Buffalo, where it all began, and see why Dance Enthusiast proclaimed, "The warmth and generosity of Lehrer’s leadership radiates through his dancers. Lehrer proves that the full spectrum of the human experience—joy, love, comedy, pain, and mourning—does in fact belong in dance.”
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Saturday, April 18th at 2:00 p.m.
An afternoon full of laugh-out-loud comedic works suitable for the whole family.
JLDC’s mass appeal is in part due to their penchant for outrageous comedic works. Jon’s philosophy has always been, "Laughter brings us all together to a common ground. If we can laugh together, anything is possible!"
Sunday’s matinee performance is full of humor, joy, and cartoonish celebration that will leave the audience laughing and smiling all the way home:
“Loose Canon” (2003)
Jon’ first comedic work, an ironic and irreverent dance inspired by the film “One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest”.
“Pulp” (2016)
A wild and zany comedic romp that asks the question:
“What if Buster Keaton, Quentin Tarantino, and Scooby-Doo made a dance?”
“Mingos!” (2023)
A raucous, wild, and outrageous dance that sees a Flamboyance of Flamingos transform into an Ostentation of Peacocks!
…plus much more!
Don’t miss your chance to see JLDC back in Buffalo, where it all began, and see why the Chicago Sun-Times said, "Lehrer and the dancers of his wonderfully game dance company were funny and brilliant at the same time.”