PICA

"d’après une histoire vraie" , by French choreographer Christian Rizzo, will be presented by PICA as a cornerstone engagement at the annual TBA Festival in Portland Oregon. In “d’après une histoire vraie” the choreographer evokes the emotions he experienced and with eight dancers and two drum kits transfers them to the stage, imagining a dance arising from his folkloric roots (specifically male and Mediterranean) in search of a collective presentation free of any signs of identity, not belonging to any particular group or region. Two sets of drums add the subtlety of their rhythmic play to the performance of eight male dancers to create a zone of tension between dialogue and battle.