Ten dancers break through boundaries in the U.S. premiere of this visually striking spectacle featuring live music and mesmerizing lighting. Presented in Centennial Hall.
In an era where the advancing frontier of knowledge and control monitors our movements, defines our identities, and gathers our data, the human body has never been so visible. Increasingly, surveillance technologies blur the border between public and private in an attempt to orchestrate our place in the world.
In Frontera, choreographer Dana Gingras tackles these borders to answer the question: what space remains for the unruly, ungovernable body in a world consumed by monitoring technologies? Watch ten dancers navigate a spectacular world of light in a visual conversation between choreography, architecture, and live music by Fly Pan Am and field recordings by post-rock musician Dave Bryant (Godspeed You! Black Emperor).
Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund. Co-produced by Danse Danse (Montreal), Sydney Festival, CTM Festival(Berlin) & PuSh International Arts Festival (Vancouver). Performances made possible with support by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseildes Arts et des Lettres du Québec.
Choreography & Direction: Dana Gingras
Visual Concept & Scenography: United Visual Artists
Live music: Fly Pan Am
Executive Producer Centre de Creation O Vertigo – CCOV
In co-production with Animals of Distinction.
