Betroffenheit by Crystal Pite – TV Program MEZZO

Betroffenheit Crystal Pite (choreography) Music by Owen Belton, Alessandro Juliani & Meg Roe Kidd Pivot, Electric Company Theatre Jay Gower Taylor — Stage Design Tom Visser — Lighting Nancy Bryant — Costumes Linda Chow — Costumes Nicola Ryall — Costumes Bryan Arias — Dancer David Raymond — Dancer Cindy Salgado — Dancer Jermaine Spivey — Dancer Tiffany Tregarthen — Dancer Jonathon Young — Actor Heidi Wilkinson — Puppets Omanie Elias — Puppets The kind of spectacle rarely seen on the theatre or opera stage is delivered here by the innovative Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young. In German, Betroffenheit means a state of shock and disbelief. This unusual ballet was inspired by terrible events in the life of choreographer Young, who lost his daughter, niece and nephew in a terrible fire while on family holiday. A fusion of tap, salsa, spoken word, song and puppetry, this moving artistic statement is guaranteed to stir emotions with its gripping depiction of personal hardship and the struggle to cope with tragedy, beautifully realised by Kidd Pivot and the Electric Company Theatre on stage at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. London, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, 2017 Directed by Jeff Tudor

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