Luminato Festival
iPhoto caption: Members of the company of 'Play Dead.' Photo by Alexander Galliez.
Play Dead trades death-defying circus tricks for bigger emotional risks
“The idea of consequences in [Play Dead] can make someone think the show is a little dreary, but we think of it more as a surreal celebration of all the little things that make up life,” says performer and People Watching co-artistic director Jérémi Lévesque.
iPhoto caption: Pearle Harbour in 'Pearle Harbour Walks into a Bar.' Photo by Eden Graham.
REVIEW: Luminato Festival’s Pearle Harbour Walks into a Bar is a sold-out jewel
You’ll get sung to, you may get walked over, and you’ll be peppered with gags that range from corny to salty to dad.
iPhoto caption: Members of the company of 'Theatre of Dreams.' Photo by Tom Visser.
It’s tough to tie Shechter’s style to any one dance lineage, but modern floorwork; commonplace gestures rendered sharp and frenzied; and loose, hip-circling movements often reserved for low-lit clubs evoke the woozy surreality of half-revealed consciousness.
iPhoto caption: Photo courtesy of Luminato Festival.
REVIEW: Is Tim Crouch’s An Oak Tree worth seeing twice at Luminato?
Crouch tests the limits of theatrical representation, improvisation, and authorship. While I’m usually a sucker for exactly those types of experiments, I ultimately found An Oak Tree a bit underwhelming.