I can’t imagine what it’s like to be you.
Sound of ice caps melting. Quiet.
I think.
I think.
We are living in an age of extinction: of animals, of language, of our connection with nature and of age-old ways of knowing.
The first work in this urgent dance trilogy explores this disconnection from the natural world; a study of the species and environments we have lost and are losing
Figures in Extinction [1.0] first premiered in 2022, and was awarded a Zwaan (Swan) Award for the most impressive dance production at the 2022 Nederlandse Dansdagen.
A co-production between Nederlands Dans Theater and Complicité.
Co-produced by Parkstad Limburg Theaters Heerlen, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg and Montpellier Danse.
© Rahi Rezvani, Harmen Straatman & Sacha Grootjans (reproduced by permission of NDT)
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Video
People
- Created by
Simon McBurney - Crystal Pite
- Sound Design & Composition
Benjamin Grant - Lighting Design
Tom Visser - Reflective Light Backdrop
Jay Gower Taylor & Tom Visser - Scenic Design
Jay Gower Taylor - Costume Design
Nancy Bryant - Puppet Design and Construction
Jochen Lange - Puppet Direction
Toby Sedgwick - Video Editor
Ennya Larmit - Music: New composition
Owen Belton
- DancersC
Chloé Albert - Alexander Andison
- Jon Bond
- Conner Bormann
- Isla Clarke
- Thalia Crumble
- Donnie Duncan Jr.
- César Faria Fernandes
- Lea Ved
- Voices
David Annen - Mamie McBurney
- Max Casella
- Simon McBurney
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