Aszure Barton & Artists
Barton returns to Vancouver, this time with her full company of 9 dancers in a full evening repertoire show.
A Chutzpah! favourite...Canadian born Aszure Barton returns this time with her full company of nine dancers in a dazzling repertoire show. Dance at its best! Thrillingly unpredictable! From her wildly eclectic musical choices (ranging from French Canadian folk, to Vivaldi, to Klezmer) to the casual and conversational tone of her original, funky dance vocabulary. Barton's choreography is hard to categorize.
Baryshnikov has compared it to the work of a young Mark Morris. Yet, it's completely her own - a luscious mix of movement, a riveting way with uninhibited gesture, and a generous vein of humour. Barton has received commissions from the American Ballet Theatre, the Martha Graham Company, Sydney Dance Company, the National Ballet of Canada, among others and her company will have just finished a European tour as well as performances at the Suzanne Dellal Centre in Tel Aviv and across the US.
The company will be presenting two works. BUSK (2009) retains Aszure Barton's signature style of precise whole-body expression inflected with an intense and intimate awareness of the thin line between humour and sadness. Original, evocative music by Russian violist and composer Lev Ljova Zhurbin along with a powerful selection of world sound (including choir music from Sweden's Orphei Drangar). BLUE SOUP (2009) is a bubbling mosaic drawn from Aszure Barton's notable past creations. This choreography has been hailed internationally by critics and audiences alike.
