In today\u2019s rehearsal, choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa continued work on a new ballet based on the surrealist painter Ren\u00e9 Magritte. Bonzi <\/i>is set to premiere at the Wilma Theatre on July 6.<\/p>\n
The ballet involves several props true to Magritte\u2019s paintings\u2014 bowling caps, a green apple, an umbrella, and a briefcase. The piece utilizes large white panels on wheels, a complex and intriguing addition to the 10 dancers. Uncertainty breathes life into this performance. We open on a door-to-door salesman, but the ring of a doorbell quickly unravels into a surrealist scene. The panels are the doors, and with each frustrated prompt of the salesman, these doors reveal something unexpected. A stranger\u2019s hand reaching past the frame, a girl with an umbrella peaking over the top. Eventually the salesman is drawn into the chaos, pulled behind the doors and throwing his briefcase over the top of them.<\/p>\n
Just as surreal as the dance is the music. There is an inherent goofiness when an all-male ensemble takes the stage later in the piece. A mix of percussive oddities, chromatic slides and catchy rhythms add a comedic flair to the piece. The audience is sure to be humming the silly tune after the show.<\/p>\n
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