Figures in Extinction NDT, Pite & McBurney

"Figures in Extinction is a massive work in three Acts that blends dance, theatre, music, the spoken word, video and puppetry and runs over the best part of three hours (including two intervals); but in the end, it boils down to a heartfelt, pressing plea for connection connection between humans and nature, between human and human and, ultimately, between the living and the dead."

"To quote Crystal Pite, A yearning for connection runs like a luminous thread through the whole show. NDT1, Figures in Extinction [1.0], Image: Rahi Rezvani Released in separate segments starting with Act I, Figures in Extinction [1.0] the list, in the Hague in 2022, the full work had its world premiere at the Manchester Aviva Studios, which co-commissioned it, earlier this year and has now arrived at Sadler's Wells for a much anticipated short run."

Figures in Extinction is a massive three-act work blending dance, theatre, music, spoken word, video, and puppetry, running nearly three hours with two intervals. Collaboration involves Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, British director Simon McBurney and Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) with an extensive technical team. The work pleads for connection across humans, nature, and the dead. Act I focuses on extinct animals, plants, and natural features lost to human action, using vivid choreographic imagery such as a dancer with oversized curved horns representing the Pyrenean Ibex. Voice-over lists losses while movement evokes birdsong, caribou migrations, and glacier forms.

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