Alonzo King LINES Ballet performs live at the Vancouver Playhouse on October 29 and 30

Vancouver International Dance Festival brings back the visionary San Francisco company

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Lorris Eichinger in Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s AZOTH. Photo by RJ Muna

San Francisco's world-renowned Alonzo King LINES Ballet makes a live return to the Vancouver stage on October 29 and 30.

In this presentation by the Vancouver International Dance Festival, local audiences will get the chance to see two works by the visionary choreographer.

Eight dancers take pride of place in his The Personal Element, a piece set to a piano score by Jason Moran. The work allows the viewer to marvel at the mix of movements. At its heart, it’s an ode to connection—and an invitation for the viewer form a personal connection with it.

The other half of this double bill is AZOTH—the name given by ancient alchemists to mercury, and believed to be the essential agent of transformation in alchemy. Working from that theme of transformation, the choreographer, with composer-pianist Jason Moran and jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, creates an unforgettable dialogue between movement and jazz-inflected music. The show is set off with striking lighting.

VIDF has brought the dynamic company to town on three other occasions, starting in 2008.

Thirty-nine years of outstanding, multi-disciplinary collaborations for the stage place Alonzo King LINES Ballet at the forefront of artistic innovation in contemporary ballet. LINES Ballet investigates deeply rooted affinities between Western and Eastern classical forms, elemental materials, the natural world, and the human spirit.contemporary ballet choreographer for stage, film, opera, and television. King has created works for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Frankfurt Ballet, and Swedish Royal Ballet, among others. He is the recipient of awards including the NEA Choreographer’s Fellowship, 2005 Bessie Award for Choreographer/Creator, and the San Francisco Mayor’s Art Award.

You can find tickets and info here.

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