Infinitum
A physical investigation into the concept of infinity and repetition in the universe
Dance Theatre
A movement smorgasborg that incorporates several styles of dance (contemporary, lyrical, ballet, tap, butoh), interactive multimedia, aerial silks, acrobatics, contortion, hoop, magic, bouffon, clown and more. The ideas explored were inspired from the philosophers and physicists that posit theories of infinity.
Characters:
INFINITUM Public Script
QUESTION: The invisible piques that surround everything. The unending unknowledge. The wanting and thirst for knowledge. Movements: Riddles, hip hop, creeps and questions.
iMAGICationEAM: The mixture of imagination, magic and dreams that makes everything we can think of possible. The essential ingredient to all fantasy. Movements: acrobatics and contortion, magical trickery, optical illusions.
WINZIA: The peaceful spirit of the sky. The entity in charge of making clouds. Movements: Pointe-dance and lyrical ranging from butoh staccato to graceful and flowing.
TORNADO: When equilibrium is off-balance, the Tornado crashes into Winzia’s work and darkens it, makes it dangerous. Movements: Aggressive tap-dance, never-ending fouette´s, allusions and other turns.
NULIAJUK: The Inuit Goddess of the Sea. A sea-creature who controls all waters and all creatures within the waters. Movements: Throat singing, flips, leaps, poi.
FUGUE SOPHIE: The human, who in a disturbed state can reinvent itself entirely. A fugue state allows for the mind to completely recreate a new personality. The possibilities are endless as to what that new personality might be. Movements: low to the ground slithers, plank, pike rotations, rolls and floorwork. Until... she finds the air reinvents herself again.