Adamantine (2009)
Choreography: Susan Marshall
Composer: Peter Whitehead

Adamantine dwells at the intersection of dance, sound design, visual art, and theater, the exposed stage itself becomes a sonic performance instrument as the amplified sounds of its workings blend with the original score created and performed live by composer Peter Whitehead. Performers are continually constrained by limits imposed by the shifting stage machinery and by the lighting which, at times, narrows to mere pools or shafts. In this unpredictable environment the dancers move with fierce violence and luxurious abandon. Revolving around contrasts – this dance juxtaposes light and dark, freedom and constraint, shadow and reflection, formal and informal, joy and difficulty.