We All Fall Down

Venue: ANNEX

Vancouver International Dance Festival presents We All Fall Down: Papillon

Street and contemporary dance collide as three dancers weave in and out of sync, supported by a live, hypnotic musical soundtrack that blends the sounds and rhythms of jazz, hip-hop and drum’n’bass.

Inspired by chaos theory and complex mathematical equations, Papillon reflects on order and disorder, singularity and similarity, loneliness and togetherness, and the importance of human connection.

Choreographer Helen Simard's background in b-girling and contemporary dance informs her raw, highly physical movement language, yet it is her obsession with deconstructing time and space that define her choreographic approach.

We All Fall Down formalizes a 20-year collaboration between Helen and composer Roger White. The company examines the relationship between movement and sound, creating shows where performers are in a constant state of metamorphosis.

Audience advisory: loud music