Dark Matters | Kidd Pivot
Crystal Pite
About This Performance
An angry puppet propels the action in this Frankenstein-esque tale from choreographer and OtB audience favorite Crystal Pite. Pite’s most ambitious work of the time features a heightened set, theatrical tricks and 7 talented dancers hand selected from around the world. Dark Matters has toured widely across Europe, including the prestigious Venice Biennale.
Cast & Credits
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Created by | Crystal Pite |
| Performers | Eric Beauchesne, Peter Chu, Sandra Marín García, Yannick Matthon, Jirí Pokorný, Cindy Salgado, Jermaine Maurice Spivey |
| Composer (original music) | Owen Belton |
| Lighting Designer | Rob Sondergaard |
| Set Designer | Jay Gower Taylor |
| Costume Designer | Linda Chow |
| Voice | Christopher Gaze |
| Text | Poem on the Lisbon Disaster;, Voltaire, excerpts |
| Additional Music | Sleep;, Eric Whitacre, performed by Polyphony & Stephen Layton, Courtesy of Hyperion Records, London |
| Puppets | Robert Lewis |
| Scenic Painters | Angela Carlson, Louise DeGagné, Jay Gower Taylor |
| Management | Jason Dubois, Bernard Sauvé, Sharon Simpson, Jim Smith, Bonnie Sun |
| Technical Director | Jeremy Collie-Holmes |
| Stage Manager | Julie-anne Saroyan |
| Company Manager | Brent Belsher |
| International Agent | Menno Plukker Theatre Agent Inc. |
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Dark Matters | Kidd Pivot
An angry puppet propels the action in this Frankenstein-esque tale from choreographer and OtB audience favorite Crystal Pite. Pite’s most ambitious work of the time features a heightened set, theatrical tricks and 7 talented dancers hand selected from around the world. Dark Matters has toured widely across Europe, including the prestigious Venice Biennale.
