Integrating movement, original music, text and rich visual design, Kidd Pivot's performance work is assembled with recklessness and rigour, balancing sharp exactitude with irreverence and risk. Based in Vancouver, and under the direction of internationally renowned Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, the company's distinct choreographic language a breadth of movement fusing classical elements and the complexity and freedom of structured improvisation is marked by a strong theatrical sensibility and a keen sense of wit and invention.
In this new dance piece, based on motifs from Shakespeare's The Tempest, Pite stages a game of revenge and forgiveness, reality and imagination. She explores these motifs in two contexts: a maquette of Shakespeare's island as a metaphor for isolation, captivity and desire, and a nostalgic cityscape that evokes longing. Chalk-white replicas deliver the essential plot points of the story, but the emotion and tension of the narrative are fleshed out by real characters. To explore and demonstrate this duplication of character and copy, the story and the body, requires something incomparably precious: the mastery and articulation of the dancer.
Part of the Dance Series.
Tickets: $19/$29/$39 + fees and taxes. This show qualifies for IMPACT and eyeGo pricing.
