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All That Remains

November 12, 2024

The silhouettes of four dancers break up a dark stage strewn with long swaths of fabric and geometric sculptural shapes. They stand and kneel, each holding different objects, like a box, a long piece of cloth, and a plank of wood dragged by a wire handle.

This choreographic work unfolds across a desolate terrain, scattered with assemblages of industrial debris and organic matter, where the stage becomes a space of hybridization, a threshold between inner landscapes and external realities. Suspended in […]

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Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and The Rite of Spring

November 08, 2024

Choreographer Marie Chouinard presents two unorthodox performances that mark pivotal moments in her trailblazing career, both inspired by iconic Ballets Russes masterpieces by Vaslav Nijinsky. The original works were revolutionary for their departure from classical […]

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The History of Korean Western Theatre

November 08, 2024

What happens when a nation’s artistic spirit is undermined by the weight of Western influence? This question drives Jaha Koo’s visionary documentary theatre performance, which examines how the suppression of local culture under Western assimilation […]

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Transpofagic Manifesto

November 08, 2024

Transpofagic Manifesto is a courageous and thought-provoking work that challenges commonly-held views around gender diversity. Renata Carvalho, a Brazilian human rights activist, reclaims the term “travesti” to describe a distinct transfeminine identity with a history […]

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BLEU NÉON

November 08, 2024

Bathed in luminescence that evokes the glowing urban nightscape of a distant and imagined Saigon, Châu Kim-Sanh beckons the senses through fluorescent haze to her ancestral land. At home in this intimate space, she explores […]

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The Goldberg Variations

November 07, 2024

What are the blueprints of sexual desire and fantasy? In this unapologetic investigation of power dynamics and identity, Clayton Lee invites the audience to confront that very question through an intimate and unfiltered reckoning of […]

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BOGOTÁ

November 07, 2024

A tangle of seven dancers sprawls on the floor of a dark stage. Unclothed and in various states of recline, it is intimate, sensuous and raw.

Visceral, transgressive and magnetic, BOGOTÁ constructs a brutalist landscape out of choreography inspired by Colombia’s political and spiritual heritage. With striking intensity, nine performers chronicle transformations between chaos and rebirth, incarnating the tensions of ever-unfolding […]

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OUT

November 07, 2024

Under a charged nightclub haze, two performers move with electric intimacy, flirting, teasing, shape-shifting. Immersed in the bittersweet fragrance of oranges, OUT is a defiant challenge to the status quo that bravely carves out a […]

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