Peak Performances

Liz Gerring

Alastair Macaulay of The New York Times calls choreographer Liz Gerring’s mind “warmly modernist: scientific but also passionately and infectiously in love with movement.” Gerring returns to the Kasser with Field, the third in a trilogy of works by she has created in collaboration with composer Michael J. Schumacher and designer Robert Wierzel, all commissioned and produced by Peak Performances.

Marrugeku

Is it a rock concert? Modern dance? A plea for environmental action and the rights of Indigenous peoples? “Cut the Sky” by Marrugeku, Australia’s preeminent dance theater ensemble of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, is all three. Nick Cave, Buffalo Springfield, and Australian “post-soul” music form the soundtrack as a band of climate change refugees face another extreme weather event.

Gandini Juggling

What do you get when you toss together nine jugglers, 80 apples, and four crockery sets? “Smashed,” a tea party you’ll never forget. Nine well-dressed, perfectly respectable young people take the stage and, under the guise of a quaint afternoon tea, engage in the dark art of juggling. Their virtuosic blend of skills, precision, and theatricality will leave you breathless.

This high-octane comic musical, adapted from the movie of the same name, tells the story of six unemployed steel workers who decide to put on a strip show at a local club. Overcoming insecurity, they decide to wow their audiences by going “full monty.”