French theater director Aurélien Bory and Japanese dancer Kaori Itocome together for Plexus, a genre-busting piece in which a woman's movement is both supported and restrained by her surroundings.
Bory has wowed BAM audiences twice before with his imaginative interplay of performers and stage sets. In
Les sept planches de la ruse (2008 Next Wave), it was a mysterious panorama of acrobats scaling giant geometric-shaped boards; in
Sans Objet (2012 Next Wave), it was a sometimes funny, sometime scary, and eventually delightful play between two humans and a giant industrial robot. With
Plexus (Latin for "intertwining"), he creates more awe-inspiring scenography. About 5700 black nylon strings are strung vertically in a cube (18 feet on each side). Ito, a frequent collaborator with James Thierrée and Angelin Preljocaj, threads her body into this three-dimensional loom and moves in every direction, sometimes hanging upside down or perpendicular to the stage as if floating in a downpour. Arno Veyrat's perception-altering lighting animates the set with dancing sparkles.
In commenting on his stagecraft, Bory said, "the stage is a space. It can be defined as the rectangular box and the volume of air in between. Both bodies and objects are inescapably subjected to gravity. My purpose is to summon the means of the body and the staging, whatever they may be, to illuminate this quandary." With
Plexus, he demonstrates that limitation while creating the illusion of defying it.
Plexus- US Premiere
A piece by Aurélien Bory for Kaori Ito
Compagnie 111
Conception, scenography, and direction by Aurélien Bory
Choreography by Aurélien Bory and Kaori Ito
Music by Joan Cambon
Lighting design by Arno Veyrat
Sound design by Stéphane Ley
Costumes by Sylvie Marcucci
BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St)
Nov 9-12 at 7:30pm, Nov 13 at 3pm
Tickets start at $20
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