Formulae & Fairy Tales
2019
Created by:
Laura Karlin, and choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
Cast:
7 dancers
Dancers and co-choreographers:
Cody Brunelle-Potter, Hyosun Choi, Jessica Dunn, Spencer Jensen, Corina Kinnear, Dominique McDougal, Luke Dakota Zender
Thanks also to William Clayton, Adrian Hoffman, Isaac Huerta and Shane Raiford for their choreographic contributions during the development of the show.
Music by:
Toby Karlin, Julia Kent, Eric Mason
Description:
Formulae & Fairy Tales is a full-length work casting the life of Alan Turing, mathematical genius and World War II codebreaker, into the technicolor and mythologized ideas of his favorite film, Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Math, sex, fairy tales, humor, death.
Run time:
65 minutes, no intermission
Video projection design:
NightLight Lab, Lighting design: RS Buck, Costume design: Rosalida Medina, Stage manager: Celestial Zenith, Rehearsal Director: Mallory Fabian
Press:
Los Angeles Times
“In a breakthrough show, Invertigo Dance takes a delicious bite from a forbidden apple” – Los Angeles Times
Presenters:
The Broad Stage, Santa Monica CA: 2019
The Wilson Center, Wilmington NC
University of Florida Performing Arts, Gainesville FL
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