Co-presented by Dance House Vancouver and The Cultch.<\/p>\n
The stage as a living being: ineffable, transcendent is the atmosphere of\u00a0Paradisum<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Hungary\u2019s cirque dance company Recirquel, under the direction of the company\u2019s artistic director and choreographer Bence V\u00e1gi, brings intellectual rigour to traditional circus acts, braiding together vertiginous risk with a profound emotional core. Alive with a spiritual intelligence,\u00a0Paradisum<\/i>\u00a0transfigures feats of strength and agility into iconographic images.<\/p>\n
With its reference to a post-apocalyptic world,\u00a0Paradisum<\/i>\u00a0summons archetypal figures, each engaged with the overwhelming effort of existence. Elevating aerial and groundwork, elements of stagecraft \u2014 a rippling black drape, a ladder, rings, a hoop \u2014 create otherworldly vistas. Underpinning the larger cosmological ideas with concrete manifestations, the work is both deeply grounded in the earth and yet defiant of gravity.<\/p>\n
As the performers carve out moments of stillness and grace: the truth of the body emerges in all its primal antediluvian power. Rebirth is too limited a term: this is\u00a0anima mundi<\/i>\u00a0(world soul).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"