DIAVOLO - T.R.U.S.T.

DIAVOLO comes to Sierra Madre Playhouse for a family-friendly dance performance!

DIAVOLO Architecture in Motion® is a creative movement production company that uses the medium of performance in order to explore the intersection of architecture, innovation, education, and healing. Since 1992, DIAVOLO has been pushing the boundaries of dance, movement and storytelling for audiences around the globe. In more than 250 cities and 14 countries – over 100 million people have witnessed the bold, gravity-defying signature work that is DIAVOLO, including on America’s Got Talent Season 12 and at the 2024 GRAMMYs.

DIAVOLO is composed of dancers, gymnasts, and actors who all work as teammates. As collaborators they work on, and around, outrageous surrealistic sets and structures. T.R.U.S.T, featured in this performance, is a piece choreographed in several sections. The first sections take place in the space on and around a simple platform, a traveling ottoman, and an acrobatic wheel. All of these are manipulated by the dancers as they help each other explore the shared pathways and gravity. They tumble, catch, and slice through the air with perfect precision and teamwork. The next sections have the dancers interact with more familiar structures - like benches, ladders, and a door. As they work with these structures they reveal the importance of cooperative partnering, problem solving, and cooperative space sharing. The final section brings the dancers together as they move through a maze filled with obstacles and tight spaces. The audience will see their ability to overcome adversity and develop confidence. DIAVOLO's gravity-defying movements create metaphors for the challenges of human relationships and the struggle to maintain one’s balance in today's technical, and often detached world.

Tickets: $25