At the Vancouver Playhouse
*Cancelled* DanceHouse presents: RUBBERBANDance Group - Ever So Slightly
We regret to inform you that RUBBERBAND is cancelled in response to COVID-19 and the Government of BC’s ban on gatherings of 250 people or more. DanceHouse remains dedicated to the health and safety of our patrons and community at large.
In their inaugural presentation with DanceHouse, the company kicks off with a roar. Melding the forces of two musicians and 10 extraordinary performers, choreographer Victor Quijada takes apart the mechanisms of compliance and control with surgical precision. One moment, the dancers look like inmates in an asylum, the next, street dance warriors in boiler-suited conformity. Balancing chaos and catharsis, Ever So Slightly carves a path towards genuine resistance and liberation.
Choreographed by RUBBERBAND’s Artistic Director and Choreographer Victor Quijada, Ever So Slightly explores humanity’s instinctive behavioural reflexes developed in response to life’s daily aggressions, and our urgent desire for resistance from these constraints. The company’s first major work to feature its entire 10-member company of artists, the high-voltage choreography is accompanied by a live electronic soundscape from accomplished composer and DJ Jasper Gahunia and award-winning violinist William Lamoureux.
Ever So Slightly, which premiered in December 2018 at Montreal’s Théâtre Maisonneuve, is Quijada’s meditation on the momentum of change — the many elements that lead to change, and the breaking point that makes either positive or negative shifts possible. Hailed by Le Devoir as “brilliantly rendered,” the work was recognized as a finalist at the prestigious Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montréal in 2019.
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