Pite / Spivey / Forsythe

The furious One Flat Thing, reproduced by the leading American choreographer William Forsythe opens with a loud roar. Like random ice floes, twenty tables fly forward and become a surface for a wild swarm of dancers. The electronic sounds of Thom Willems slowly build up to a hurricane, as an impressive soundscape for a pack of bodies that rage over the stage with a mad intelligence.

Forsythe has influenced numerous choreographers like the Canadian Crystal Pite, who danced in his company for years. In her resourceful, humorous and astute Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue, she approaches the theme of rescue between two people from a poetic and highly personal perspective.

The American choreographer Jermaine Maurice Spivey – a former dancer with Forsythe and Pite – is one of the associate artists at OBV starting this season. His first creation for our company, Extant, is a dialogue between dance, music and words. Drawing from Black-American culture, Spivey explores existential themes of identity, existing and questioning, creating a fascinating dance performance.