U.S. Premiere
NEHANDA
Artistic director, concept, design, performance
by nora chipaumire
Shona spiritual dramaturgy by Gwinyai Rutsito
OPERA | ZIMBABWE
nora chipaumire returns to PEAK Performances with Nehanda and the legend of Nehanda More >>>
Regional Premiere
PRINCE HAMLET
A bilingual Why Not Theatre production
Adapted and directed by Ravi Jain
ASL and visual translation by Dawn Jani Birley
THEATRE | CANADA
Performed in the spoken word and American Sign Language. Remixed, reimagined, and bilingual Prince Hamlet features a cross-cultural, gender-bent cast – challenging traditional ideas of who can tell this story. More >>>
Regional Premiere
FURIA
Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças
By Lia Rodrigues
DANCE | BRAZIL
A constant flow of overflowing imagination that visualizes. Nine young dancers develop a series of images inspired by the daily lives of Black people in Brazil, creating poetry from these broken abandoned nothings. More >>>
Regional Premiere
In The Fire
Femmes Du Feu Creations
Concept, created and performed by Holly Treddenick
Original score by John Gzowski directed by Monica Dottor
MULTIDISCIPLINARY, AERIAL, DANCE | CANADA
Memories, trauma, self-discovery, aging, and love. In The Fire is a solo dance/aerial circus show about Holly Treddenick’s father, based on his experience as a firefighter. More >>>
Newly Staged Concert
AMARYLLIS & BELLADONNA
By Mary Halvorson
Stage design by Aaron Copp
MUSIC | USA
Amaryllis & Belladonna are two new, modular, and interlocking projects by Brooklyn-based guitarist, composer, and MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson. More >>>
World Premiere
THE NIGHT FALLS
Book and lyrics by Karen Russell
Music and lyrics by Ellis Ludwig-Leone
Choreographed and directed by Troy Schumacher
DANCE, MUSIC THEATRE, OPERA | USA
All across America, people on the brink of despair begin to have the same nightmare. A song will not leave their heads—dangerously beautiful music that lures lost souls to a mysterious grotto in Florida. More >>>
U.S. Premiere
OMBRES PORTÉES
Direction and choreography by Raphaëlle Boitel
Artistic collaboration, light, scenography, Spider design
by Tristan Baudoin original music by Arthur Bison
ACROBATIC THEATRE | FRANCE
A physical and choreographic piece, with a particularly cinematic atmosphere, at the crossroads of circus, dance, and theatre that plunges us into the heart of the unsaid. More >>>
