Kidd Pivot

Revisor

2019-02-28 19:30 2019-03-02 21:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Kidd Pivot

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/18661

Choreographer/director Crystal Pite and playwright/actor Jonathon Young have reinvented dance theatre, and gained the unanimous admiration of both critics and the general public. Following their powerfully moving and highly successful piece Betroffenheit, this next collaboration is a contemporary adaptation of an archetypal comic plot that serves as the basis for stunning choreography. Featuring eight dancers in Pite’s exquisite gestural style, Revisor transcends parody to tackle themes of...

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Babs Asper Theatre,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2019
Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2019
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Dance Contemporary Cross-disciplinary
“The Vancouver-based choreographer opens up  [contemporary dance] to the uninitiated with her irreverent, dizzying originality...” Marsha Lederman, The Globe and Mail, 2016
  • Bilingual
  • ≈ 1 hour and 30 minutes · No intermission
NAC Co-production

Choreographer/director Crystal Pite and playwright/actor Jonathon Young have reinvented dance theatre, and gained the unanimous admiration of both critics and the general public. Following their powerfully moving and highly successful piece Betroffenheit, this next collaboration is a contemporary adaptation of an archetypal comic plot that serves as the basis for stunning choreography. Featuring eight dancers in Pite’s exquisite gestural style, Revisor transcends parody to tackle themes of corruption and deception with razor-sharp wit and unsurpassed visual, movement and sonic invention.

Artists

  • bjm-crystal-pite-credit-rolex-by-anoush-abrar
    Choreographed and Directed by Crystal Pite
  • jonathon-young
    Co-creator, Writer Jonathon Young
  • Performer Doug Letheren
  • rena-narumi-credit-four-eyes-website
    Performer Rena Narumi
  • matthew-peacock-1-credit-michael-slobodian
    Performer Matthew Peacock
  • david-raymond-2018-24-credit-michael-slobodian
    Performer David Raymond
  • Performer Ella Rothschild
  • cindy-salgado-2018-24-credit-michael-slobodian
    Performer Cindy Salgado
  • Performer Renée Sigouin
  • jermaine-spivey-2018-10-credit-michael-slobodian
    Performer Jermaine Spivey
  • tiffany-tregarthen-2018-3-credit-michael-slobodian
    Performer Tiffany Tregarthen
  • Composer and Sound Designer Owen Belton
  • Composer, Sound Designer Alessandro Juliani
  • meg-roe
    Composer, Sound Designer Meg Roe
  • jay-gower-taylor-2018
    Scenic Designer Jay Gower Taylor
  • nancybryant
    Costume Designer Nancy Bryant
  • Lighting Designer Tom Visser
  • eric-beauchesne-four-eyes
    Associate Artistic Director Eric Beauchesne
  • Choreographed and Directed by Crystal Pite
  • Written by Jonathon Young
  • Performers Doug Letheren, Rena Narumi, Matthew Peacock, David Raymond, Ella Rothschild, Cindy Salgado, Renée Sigouin, Jermaine Spivey, Tiffany Tregarthen
  • Composers, Sound Designers Owen Belton, Alessandro Juliani, Meg Roe
  • Scenic Designer Jay Gower Taylor
  • Costume Designer Nancy Bryant
  • Lighting Design Tom Visser
  • Associate Artistic Director Eric Beauchesne
  • Technical Director Jeff Harrison
  • Stage Manager Isaac Robinson
  • Show Control Design Eric Chad
  • Lighting and Sound Technician Lukas McCormick
  • Wig and Wardrobe Coordinator Stevie Hale Jones
  • Fundraising Associate and Company Manager on Tour Brent Belsher
  • Co-production Sadler’s Wells (London , UK), Théâtre de la Ville (Paris, France), Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Banff, Canada), Canadian Stage (Toronto, Canada), National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts (Ottawa, Canada), DanceHouse (Vancouver, Canada), Dance Victoria (Victoria, Canada), Danse Danse (Montréal, Canada), Seattle Theatre Group (Seattle, United States). Developed with support from the NAC's National Creation Fund.