Diavolo
VPAC (Great Hall) (Directions & Parking)
$70 / $55 / $40 / $25
Thu., February 2 - 8:00 PM
(Photos by Rose Eichenbaum)
Diavolo company members are dancers, gymnasts, actors, athletes and, above all, teammates. Under the guidance of artistic director Jacques Heim, they collaboratively develop work on oversized surrealistic sets and everyday structures. The structural elements and surrealistic set pieces of Diavolo create a sense of daring and risk taking through dramatic movement that juxtaposes human fragility and survival.
Program
Fearful Symmetries (2010)
Fearful Symmetries starts as a cube. This cube symbolizes the beginning of consciousness, representing mankind’s relationship with wisdom, truth and science. Fearful Symmetries illuminates the parallels between mathematics and the human soul by creating a metaphor using bodies and geometry interacting. The performers act as abstract factory workers to discover and explore the possibilities of the cube and their environment.
INTERMISSION
Trajectoire (Section 1: 1999, Section 2: 2001)
Set on an abstract 21st century galleon, the group is set adrift — sink or swim — upon the ever-shifting landscape of human relations in modern society. A visceral and emotional journey, Trajectoire examines loss and abandonment, destiny and destination. At journey’s end, the piece depicts the transcendence of the human soul against all odds.
Original Collaborators: Sita Acevedo, Monica Campbell, Nick Erickson, Laura Everling, Meegan Godfrey, Jeremy Jacobs, Robert Lou, Heather McCardle, Darren Press, Zoltan