Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Taken to the Edge

Prospero, of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, is a skilled magician and artist who manipulates others to manifest his own visions. Internationally renowned choreographer Crystal Pite does much the same with the dancers in her company, Kidd Pivot, in The Tempest Replica. Using white “replicas” — brilliantly created by award-winning costume designer Nancy Bryant — Pite references critical plot points in the play, which for her serve a larger storyline. With theatrical props, original music and sophisticated visuals, Pite, whom the Australian calls “an image-maker of rare distinction,” pushes performers and audiences alike to explore the place in which beauty and chaos coexist.