The wonderful world of Pilobolus in New York

Dancer Jun Kuribayashi rehearses a scene from 2b before Pilobolus's opening night at the Joyce theatre Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Pilobolus was formed at Dartmouth college in New Hampshire in 1971 Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Pilobolus's shows have been favourites at the Joyce theatre in New York for many years, usually opening to the sound of clapping hands and dropping jaws Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

There's something fishy about the troupe's new show. One of their programmes at the Joyce theatre, 2b, is a collaboration with the Israeli choreographers Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

The company has teamed up with a variety of partners in the past, including the National Theatre of the Deaf in the US and ballet companies in France and Italy Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Dog-Id is a collaboration with SpongeBob SquarePants writer Steven Banks and follows the fantastic adventure of a young girl Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

New York Times critic Gia Kourlas detailed some of the images at play in Dog-Id: 'Behind the screen, images form: an elephant consumes a mouthful of hay, and a man’s grinning profile turns monstrous as a hand escapes from his mouth' Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Pilobolus can be seen at the Joyce theatre in New York until 8 August Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images