In just a few weeks, Toronto's Kaeja d'Dance, the award-winning company led by husband-and-wife choreographers Allen and Karen Kaeja, presents the world premiere of X-ODUS and Crave, a new double-bill that delivers two takes on intimacy - one from each half of this passionate couple. X-ODUS and Crave probes unsettled solitude and the attempt to reconnect for an evening of deeply resonant, dynamic encounters from Tuesday, May 7 to Saturday, May 11 a tEnwave Theatre as part of Harbourfront Centre's NextSteps. Click below to watch snippets of both pieces in rehearsal!
Allen Kaeja's X-ODUS features his "trademark stamp of hyper physical, high impact choreography" (Toronto Star) with Karen Kaeja and four other electrifying performers. Taking risk to the next level through explosive and intimate struggles, the five dancers journey to find closeness, vulnerability and depth. "To arrive one has to leave." Dancers: featuring Karen Kaeja along with Michael Caldwell, Zhenya Cerneacov, Merideth Plumb, Stéphanie Tremblay-Abubo. Creative team: Dramaturge: Bruce Barton Composer: Edgardo Moreno; Lighting Designer: Kimberly Purtell; Costume Designer: Cheryl Lalonde. Karen Kaeja's Crave exposes the beauty and chaos of intimacy in a haunting duet of racing hearts that navigates loneliness, unsettledness and the hope that keeps us hanging on. Solitude, disconnection and trust become awkward interfaces that are magnified by a life full of efforts to reconnect. Dancers: Michael Caldwell, Stéphanie Tremblay-Abubo. Creative team: Dramaturge: Pil Hansen; Composer: Sarah Sugarman; Lighting Designer: Kimberly Purtell; Costume Designer: Cheryl Lalonde.Kaeja d'Dance presents the world premiere of X-ODUS and Crave part of Harbourfront Centre's NextSteps on Tuesday, May 7 - Saturday, May 11; 8pm at Harbourfront Centre's Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West. Tickets: $18-$39 ($100 gala tickets also available for May 11 in addition to regular price). Harbourfront Centre Box Office: 416-973-4000 OR online at www.kaeja.org.
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