DEEP RIVER

Fonderie Limone – Sala Grande
October 25th, 26th 2024 – 8.45 PM | NATIONAL DEBUT

Alonzo King | Lines Ballet

Torinodanza closes the 2024 edition with an American company that has significantly influenced the history and evolution of contemporary choreography: Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet. Their piece, suspended between pointe shoes and powerful gestures, exemplifies how choreographic art is a story of references, inventions, and citations—a stream of creativity rooted in academic principles yet venturing into unknown territories. With Deep River, created during the pandemic, Alonzo King writes a love letter to a world writhing in pain, engaging his extraordinary ensemble in a dynamic interplay of solos, pas de deux, and grand collective moments.

coreography Alonzo King
music Jason Moran, Lisa Fischer, Pharoah Sanders, Maurice Ravel, James Weldon Johnson
voice Lisa Fischer
light design Jim French
costumes Robert Rosenwasser
with the support of the Bank of the West, FondationBNP Paribas and National Endowment for the Art

photo © RJ-Muna