Deviated Theatre presents Aspiro

This performance is produced and presented by Deviated Theatre.

Newly founded Deviated Theatre, co-directed by artists Enoch Chan and Kimmie Dobbs, presents its original production, Aspiro, which blends both traditional and aerial dance with storytelling. More than a dozen performers inhabit a mysterious underworld in this evening-length work.

The opus was inspired by a 1998 painting by Chan of the Three Mythological Fates who spin, weave and cut the lifelines of human souls. Their sinewy bodies were reproduced on hand-painted unitards, and the painting's panels of red became red aerial fabric onstage. An enormous warping wheel through which dancers and actors enter aids the Fates in measuring each lifeline. Other characters of the underworld are imaginary: a girl with a white umbrella, a haggish keeper of the masks, and two hobo-like grim reapers. A flavor of circus and sideshow washes over the many souls of the underworld who hobble around with the burden of their histories and await reincarnation.

The performance is 1 hour 45 minutes, with a 15 minute intermission.

Tickets are $35, general public, and $30 for students and seniors. This event is not produced by the Clarice Smith Center but tickets are available through the Center Ticket Office or online.

Free Shows: Unless otherwise noted, seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Priced Shows: For tickets please call 301-405-ARTS or click here to order online. (Web sales end two hours prior to a performance.)