LITTLE FIRES by Lucy Rupert and Karissa Fyrrar. Factory Mainspace. July 3 at 8:15 pm, July 4 at 5:30 pm, July 6 at 9:15 pm, July 7 at 1:45 pm, July 8 at 11:30 pm, July 9 at 2:15 pm. Buy tickets. Rating: NNN
Little Fires is a quietly fascinating double bill of contemporary dance.
In the animals are planning an intervention, Lucy Rupert shows off her trademark fluidity and otherworldly way of moving. Alone in a strange universe of bodily tics and great gusts of energy that seem to blow her across the stage like an undulating leaf, Rupert seems superbly self-contained. But a moment of exposure near the end of the piece demonstrates that she is in fact aware of everyone and everything else in the room.
Karissa Fyrrar’s A Pocket Full of Matches takes a very different approach, following four women through a series of subtle vignettes featuring small disruptions and disasters. The work feels slightly unfinished, but a light touch with form may simply be part of this choreographer’s unique style. Fyrrar is one to watch.