Diavolo January 14, 2011

Diavolo was founded in 1992 in Los Angeles by Jacques Heim to create large-scale interdisciplinary performances which examine the ways individuals act with their environment. The company is comprised of dancers, gymnasts and actors who create performances collaboratively under Heim's guidance. The sets are outrageous and surrealistic and form an intrinsic part of each piece of work. Everyday items such as doors, chairs and stairways provide the back-drop for dramatic movement-leaping, flying, twirling-that creates metaphors for the challenge of relationships, the absurdities of life and the struggle to maintain our humanity in an increasingly technological world.