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Figures in Extinction

[1.0]

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2022 - 23

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, and is 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)

“Astonishingly imaginative conception and choreography, exquisitely designed and lit, spectacularly danced...Stop whatever you’re doing, and go.” The Telegraph
“The dance in Figures in extinction [1.0] brings back the feeling to what we don't want to feel. Fabulous lighting and mesmerizing visual and sound effects take us from an orange-red tundra to an ice landscape.” Trouw Newspaper
“A knockout new collaboration from the Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite and the British theatre director and actor Simon McBurney.” The Times
“Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney’s Figures in Extinction [1.0] stands out as a powerful portrait of nature under threat.” The Guardian

Dates

Amare, The Hague 6 - 8 May 2022
Schouwburg Concertzaal Tilburg 18 May 2022
Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht 21 May 2022
Parktheater Eindhoven 24 May 2022
Amare, The Hague 27 - 29 May 2022
Stadsschouwburg Utrecht 3 - 4 June 2022
Nieuwe Luxor Theater, Rotterdam 7 - 8 June 2022
Sadlers Wells, London 19 - 22 April 2023

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2022 Swan Award for Most Impressive Dance Production 2024 2023 National Dance Award [nominated]
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