Deirdre Kelly,
Critics At Large
Returning to World Stage following the 2012 triple Dora-nominated Paris1994/Gallery, The Dietrich Group confirms its position as an internationally active platform for dance-powered works that blur the edges of the performance disciplines.
The Dietrich Group’s ambitious new production binds together a dizzying array of historical, pop, scientific and religious inconography, characters and situations. It forms a knot of influences and references that refuses to be untied. Elaborating artistic director DA Hoskins’ work as a sculptor who uses the material of dance, This Is a Costume Drama reveals how we transform, how we put on masks and how we celebrate – all as it turns the theatre into a landscape built for graphic spectacle. It’s a sexy, quirkily adult game of adornment, where the transformation of the exterior exposes a flash of inner life.
A Dietrich Group Production
Produced with Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage
Direction/Choreography: DA Hoskins
Dance Artists: Danielle Baskerville, Brodie Stevenson, Brendan Wyatt, Greg Selinger, Jennifer Dahl, Lacey Smith, Mark Reinhart & Mariana Medellin-Meinke
Costume Stylist: Matt Vaile
Sound Designer: Lyon Smith
Set Designer: Dieter Janssen
Lighting Designer: Simon Rossiter
Filmmaker: Nico Stagias
Motion Graphics/ Projection Designer: Santosh Isaac
Writer: Jordan Tannahill
Stage Manager: Laura Cournoyea
Producer/Production Manager: Oz Weaver
Awards:
– WON 2015 Dora Award for Best Ensemble, Dance
– Nominated 2015 Dora Award for Best Male Lead, Dance (Brodie Stevenson)
– Nominated 2015 Dora Award for Best Female Lead, Dance (Mariana Medellin-Meinke)
Duration: 100 minutes