“Gesualdo Passione” by Carlo Gesualdo, or the meeting of Les Arts Florissants and Amala Dianor

Paul Agnew and Amala Dianor find common ground in the physicality implied by these events, and in the way the performers on stage can embody it. To the intensity, power, and commitment of the six singers’ voices responds a dance that echoes the modulations of the vocal cords, like layers of muscle tightening and releasing. Tensions, stretches, and vibrations feed states of the body deeply attuned to the emotions evoked by the music. Full of contrasts, the four dancers—shaped by classical, contemporary, and urban aesthetics—launch into a slow, deliberate progression toward darkness.

Nathalie Yokel