Boulder, CO 80302
Pianist David Korevaar and Helander Dance Theater present “Frames,” a provocative and original production that explores differences in perspective at The Dairy Center for the Arts. Definitely nothing you’ve ever seen before, this one-hour collaborative performance of actors and musicians is seamless, organic, ballsy, introspective, entertaining, wacky, and completely unexpected.
“We began this collaboration looking at the differences in the performance experience between audience and performer as well as among performers of different disciplines,” said Sean Owens, the executive director of Helander Dance Theater and a performer in “Frames.”
“Some of the material we've developed from this explores how classical piano can work as improvisation and how physical theater and dance meshes with classical piano,” he said. The opening piece is a story of a marriage, from first meeting to children leaving the nest. Movement, music, and dialogue work together to present the different spousal points of view throughout the life of the relationship. From this difference of experience, the material in the production expands into broader issues of perspective.
“Many of the differences in perspective we work through are playful and humorous, but one of the more serious issues we work through on stage is a date rape situation,” said Owens. “Our aim is to present the perspectives involved with the same ambiguity that is often found in real life. That ambiguity is uncomfortable and raw. Most people would rather not discuss it.”
“Frames,” which explores the idea of perception using, music, movement, and theater, promises not only to entertain, but also to provide and stimulate self-reflection.
Tickets are available online at https://tickets.thedairy.org/online/Frames or at the Dairy Box Office.
