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Repertory

Alchemies

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

WORLD PREMIERE

Folly Theater, Kansas City, MO, 2013

LIGHTING

Aaron Copp

MUSIC

Raime

COSTUMES

Jesse Dunham

In Alchemies, choreographer Adam Barruch transforms everyday gestures—a reach, an embrace, a finger pointed skyward—into a reverie of human interactions. While this is a non-narrative work, the dancers’ characters come to the foreground as they move through the patterns Barruch has created, accentuated by a layered electronic soundscape by the London duo Raime. 

Ailey II in Alchemies

A group of dancers performs on stage under blue lighting. They are dressed in black outfits and strike dynamic, synchronized poses with their arms raised and heads tilted back.

Ailey II in Adam Barruch's Alchemies Photo by Eduardo Patino, NYC

A group of six dancers performs on stage, all dressed in black. They are in a synchronized pose, standing on one leg with the other leg extended backward and their heads tilted back, hands resting behind their heads

Ailey II in Adam Barruch's Alchemies Photo by Eduardo Patino, NYC

Hero Credit: Photo by Pierre Wachholder