Martingales
Martingales, with music performed onstage by my frequent collaborator Thom Gill, is a child of Eleven Accords. Inspired by the poetic movements of elementary particles, it is built on running, walking and flying projectiles. Martingales asks the performers for razor-sharp attentiveness and split-second collective decision-making. It starts and ends with unwinnable games and only ends through system failure. Each iteration of this work plays out in a different way– I love watching it every time.
Premiered Toronto, April 12, 2005
Created with and first performed by Nicole Rose Bond, Alana Elmer, Mairi Greig, Yuichiro Inoue, Megumi Kokuba, Pulga Muchochoma, Danah Rosales, Jarrett Siddall, Darren Strong, Nathan Todd, Christianne Ullmark and Naishi Wang
Music
Thom Gill
Lighting
Simon Rossiter
Costumes
Bojana Stancic
Rehearsal direction
Rosemary James
"I was gripped by this gorgeous atmospheric work from start to end... House has created what feels like a gritty and unpredictable human experiment...One of the things that was so compelling about the piece was the dancers' beautiful alertness in a setting that was both realistic and extreme.“
Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail
Photos of Nicole Rose Bond, Jarrett Siddall, Christianne Ullmark, Yuichiro Inoue and Pulga Muchochoma by Guntar Kravis