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Friday, November 14, 2008

Kidd Pivot

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:19 AM

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In an effort to expand my limited cultural palate, I was quite pleased to attend White Bird's presentation of Lost Action, by the Canadian dance company Kidd Pivot, last night at Kaul Auditorium.

The show was developed by choreographer Crystal Pite, and scored by Owen Belton. Belton's score was my sole complaint about the show: Abrasive IDM glitches of minimalistic beats and heavily overlapped voices led to quite a bit of uncomfortable audience squirming, and, in fact, the finest audio moments came when the music stopped completely and the lone sound was the gentle thump of the dancers feet upon the crimson floor--the show centers around a limbered lot of seven dancers who, we'll let the press release take it from here, "sculpt space in real-time."

And while I didn't see much space sculpting, the Kidd Pivot dancers possessed the exquisite ability to contort and wither with a staggering amount of effortless beauty and grace. The show progressed at a poetic pace--it's about 70 minutes sans intermission--and offered an overwhelmingly pleasant glance at the body's humble curvature, and the mind's ability to direct such movements.

Kidd Pivot is at Kaul Auditorium (located on the Reed College campus) tonight and tomorrow, 8pm, visit their site for more info.

 

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Wait, did you just write an article about a Kidd that wasn't Jason?
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