SLIP OFF THE STREET AND INTO AN INFINITE LIGHTSCAPE, WHERE SILHOUETTED FORMS GLIDE THROUGH TIME AND SPACE. Translation, BalletCollective's acclaimed contemporary ballet inside a light installation, choreographed by Troy Schumacher, returns for an extended run inside The Culture Club a brand-new venue at 530 West 27th Street, inside New York City's most storied venue for immersive theatre. Six dancers move in silhouette through shifting planes of projected light, surrounded by music from Julianna Barwick and an immersive installation by Sergio Mora-Diaz. Created in collaboration with Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award–winning author Ken Liu, Translation invites audiences into a space suspended between memory, message, and dream. Translation is contemporary ballet performed in close quarters inside a light installation. You will be seated for the full 55 minutes. “Immersive” means proximity, not audience participation. Doors open 40 minutes before the performance. You are welcome to enjoy a beverage in our lounge. Photos are encouraged before and after the performance, including a post-show photo opportunity inside Sergio Mora Diaz’s “Void” installation.
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Ages: 10 +
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About BalletCollective
Founded in 2010 by acclaimed choreographer and director Troy Schumacher, arts nonprofit BalletCollective asks not what ballet is, but what it can be—partnering with both established and emerging art makers and thought leaders in a deeply collaborative, original process to make forward-thinking ballet-based works. BalletCollective exclusively performs original, commissioned work and has partnered with a roster of 330+ acclaimed artists, architects, authors, choreographers, composers, musicians, designers, and dancers (“The Collective”) to make 20+ works to date, including two-full length pieces, The Nutcracker at Wethersfield and The Night Falls. BalletCollective’s work has been presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Joyce Theater, NYU Skirball Center, Guggenheim Works & Process, PEAK Performances, Guggenheim Bilbao, Vail Dance Festival, the Fire Island Dance Festival, and the Savannah Music Festival and has been featured in in The New York Times, New York Magazine, the New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Dance Magazine, Pointe Magazine, Cosmopolitan, T Magazine, and CR Fashion Book, among others.