Pilobolus' 35th Anniversary Celebration Astonishes
Dance is typically not my genre. While I'm able to identify Fosse in a flash through all of the theater reviewing years, I lack the expertise and training to properly critique dance. Hence, this is a layperson's short response piece.
The Shubert Theater in Boston played host to the brilliant, dazzling, acrobatic Pilobolus group the past three days. Now based in Washington Depot, CT, the organization's genesis was a dance class held at Dartmouth College in 1971.
Ever eclectic and equally stirring, this ensemble of gymnastic/elastic/beautifully muscled humans now tours five pieces which showcase variety and athelticism as set to music. "Aquatica" (2005) features Marcelo Zarvos' musical composition while"Momento Mori" (2006) is performed to Debussy, Garbarek, Bjork, and Mozart.
All of the work is dependent upon exquisite timing. "Symbiosis" requires balance and strength while the aforementioned "Momento Mori" is part dance/part theater as it tells the story of two individuals working backward from elderly years.
The precision and detail these dancers evidence is staggering. It's nothing short of thrilling to behold.
Pilobolus next appears at Proctor's Theater in Schenectady, NY on Jan. 28th. Place this one on your calendar asap.
See www.pilobolus.org for further information regarding this amazing troupe.
The Shubert Theater in Boston played host to the brilliant, dazzling, acrobatic Pilobolus group the past three days. Now based in Washington Depot, CT, the organization's genesis was a dance class held at Dartmouth College in 1971.
Ever eclectic and equally stirring, this ensemble of gymnastic/elastic/beautifully muscled humans now tours five pieces which showcase variety and athelticism as set to music. "Aquatica" (2005) features Marcelo Zarvos' musical composition while"Momento Mori" (2006) is performed to Debussy, Garbarek, Bjork, and Mozart.
All of the work is dependent upon exquisite timing. "Symbiosis" requires balance and strength while the aforementioned "Momento Mori" is part dance/part theater as it tells the story of two individuals working backward from elderly years.
The precision and detail these dancers evidence is staggering. It's nothing short of thrilling to behold.
Pilobolus next appears at Proctor's Theater in Schenectady, NY on Jan. 28th. Place this one on your calendar asap.
See www.pilobolus.org for further information regarding this amazing troupe.
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