Ensemble Nylandia

Orpheus in UNDERWORLD FRIDAY 18.9. & SATURDAY 19.9. (7pm) Orpheus in UNDERWORLD is a contemporary version of the Orphean myth that fuses opera, dance, extended reality, motion capture and interactive technologies. This world premiere is co-produced by two Canadian companies: re:Naissance Immersive and the contemporary dance company, Belle Spirale. Through an immersive exploration of our digital and carbon existences, the performance dissolves the binaries we are bound to from birth until death, and strums the threads between heaven and hell, male and female, maker and muse, performer and audience. The story follows O, a trans person whose sense of gender and identity is expansive — yet who has lived a fractured life. Haunted by past experiences and personhoods that have been suppressed, repressed, or condemned, Orpheus journeys to UNDERWORLD, an online virtual world, where they find the opportunity to express themself through avatars in extended reality. As O navigates the fluid landscapes of identity and technology, Orpheus in UNDERWORLD challenges us to question: how do we navigate the vastness of our identities in spaces that resist our multiplicity? Audiences are encouraged to arrive to the performance early to experience UNDERWORLD in virtual reality before the story begins. Tickets 30 / 20 € EARLY BIRD - tickets 25 € (before 1.7.) From Dance House sales channels Orpheus in UNDERWORLD co-creators Luke Hathaway Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 Debi Wong Benton Roark Alexis Fletcher Neel Nair Brian Topp Orpheus in UNDERWORLD co-producers re:Naissance Immersive (CAN) Belle Spirale Dance (CAN) Orpheus in UNDERWORLD presenter Ensemble Nylandia / Censored Opera Festival Orpheus in UNDERWORLD supporters Canada Council For The Arts ja BC Arts Council