ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
KAI – meaning ocean or water, was originally inspired by the South Pacific / Bali Hai: Of water | the color blue | water rippling outward. The Austinist praised KAI as “…refreshing and pleasant…with languid fluidity and slightly off-kilter angles and movements, this water-themed exercise in exoticism captures the spirit and immensity of the ocean while drawing a delicate picture of human emotion.”
CHOREOGRAPHY: Stephen Mills
MUSIC: John Cage
Photography by Anne Marie Bloodgood
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HIGHLIGHTS
- Choreography: Stephen Mills
- Music: John Cage
- Costume Design: Monica Guerra
- Lighting Design: Tony Tucci
- Run-time: 20 minutes
- Dancers: 8 (5 women & 3 men)
PREMIERES
THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE | BALLET AUSTIN
Austin, TX – 2007 (World Premiere)
THE LONG CENTER | BALLET AUSTIN
Austin, TX – 2010 | ’18
PRESS
“…refreshing and pleasant…with languid fluidity and slightly off-kilter angles and movements, this water-themed exercise in exoticism captures the spirit and immensity of the ocean while drawing a delicate picture of human emotion.”
The Austinist
“[‘Kai’] displayed another ecosystem, slipperier, lively, and just as complex. Relationships were cool but symbiotic, matter of fact, purposeful. Between striped panels angled to evoke the hull of a ship…they moved as though propelled by currents, with changes in the lighting…eliciting the sun’s filtering at various depths. ”
The Austin Chronicle