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Inbal Pinto Dance Company November 11 - November 16, 2008 Admission: $49, $35, $19 The Joyce Theater 175 8th aveunue 212-691-9740 joyce.org inbalpinto.com  photo credit: Eyal Landesman  photo credit: Eyal Landesman  photo credit: Eyal Landesman On a stage inhabited by tiny figures and maquettes there are three small grey huts from which the dancers, clad in black or colored bodysuits, appear and disappear mysteriously. Quiet and still at the beginning, the world inside the shaker is magical and enchanted, but not necessarily happy – it has both good and evil, joy and sadness. The musical score is a collage combining great classics like Chopin, Purcell, Gavin Bryars, and Arvo Part, with Swedish folk music and songs from the fifties performed by Japanese pop artists. Part of a new generation of Israeli choreographers, Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak are known for an ability to weave fantasy, drama and comedy into their work, achieved by the innovative use of both dancers and actors, and a uniquely visual approach to production values. The movement vocabulary is a seamless blend of modern dance, ballet, mime and acrobatics. Highly theatrical and out-of-the-ordinary costumes and props become an integral part of the choreography. There’s both a satirically nightmarish quality as well as a helping of dada-ist absurdity. |
