U.S. Premiere
Tree of Codes
Wayne McGregor
Olafur Eliasson
Jamie xx
Paris Opera Ballet
September 14, 2015 - September 21, 2015
Wade Thompson Drill Hall
Visual art, electro-pop, and contemporary dance intersect in an illuminating new work directed by award-winning choreographer Wayne McGregor, artist Olafur Eliasson, and producer/composer Jamie xx. Performed by fifteen soloists and dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet and Company Wayne McGregor, this new type of modern dance layers classical and contemporary styles with visual wizardry and sonic imagination in this highly-anticipated U.S. premiere.
This new evening-length work takes as its starting point Jonathan Safran Foer’s enigmatic publication, at once a novel and a piece of art created by making incisions into the pages of The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz. Utilizing Foer’s merging of genres and sculptural techniques, the piece features a site-specific environment that reinvents the performance space with a shape-shifting kaleidoscope of light, color, and reflective mirrors that challenges preconceived notions of the role of the viewer from the moment they enter the Drill Hall.
Performances
Monday at 8:00pm
Tuesday at 7:00pm
Thursday–Friday at 8:00pm
Saturday at 2:00pm & 8:00pm
“The piece has breathtaking lighting and visual effects… a steely, layered, swelling electronic score… and Mr. McGregor’s choreography, fabulously performed and packed with hyperkinetic intimacy and urgency."
The New York Times
“Their performance swoops from euphoric to brooding, shifts in mood engineered through the music, movement, and light… they whirl around the stage with a Friday-night abandon as the light bounces between pinks, greens, and blues."
The Guardian (UK)
Gallery
Related Videos
Creative Team
-
Director and Choreographer
Wayne McGregor
-
Visual Concept
Olafur Eliasson
-
Composer
Jamie xx
-
Author, Tree of Codes
Jonathan Safran Foer
Paris Opera Ballet
-
Marie-Agnès Gillot
-
Jérémie Bélingard
-
Julien Meyzindi
-
Sébastien Bertaud
-
Lydie Vareilhe
-
Lucie Fenwick
Studio Wayne McGregor
-
Catarina Carvalho
-
Travis Clausen-Knight
-
Alvaro Dule
-
Louis McMiller
-
Daniela Neugebauer
-
Anna Nowak
-
James Pett
-
Fukiko Takase
-
Jessica Wright
Production Credits
Commissioned by Park Avenue Armory, Manchester International Festival, FAENA Art, Paris Opera Ballet, and Sadler’s Wells.
Support
Support for Tree of Codes has been provided by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and by the British Council. This production is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
