With UtopiVerse, William Yong becomes the first choreographer of Asian descent to create a mainstage work for the company
The National Ballet of Canada’s annual Winter Triple Bill delivered tough-to-love works never before seen in Canada, including the world premiere of Toronto-based choreographer William Yong’s multimedia spectacleYong leads a tech-forward Ontario dance company called Zata Omm, and his commission for the National Ballet makes him the first choreographer of Asian descent to create a mainstage work for the company, an accolade that’s long overdue.
The barefoot dancers do a fabulous job tackling counterintuitive gestures. They caress their own cheeks, for example, by bending their elbows and wrists at opposing right angles. Movement for the corps includes storm trooper-like marching, and an ensemble of dancers prancing around in thick-maned headdresses.
, her belated North American ballet debut, is a duet for two dancers sharing one pair of pants. Figuring out where the seams are stitched together and whose legs belong where is half the fun of this simple but clever metaphor for navigating relationships.
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