Choreographed by
Javier de Frutos, Renée Jaworski, and Matt Kent in collaboration with Robby Barnett, Itamar Kubovy, Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, Antoine Banks-Sullivan, Krystal Butler, Benjamin Coalter, Jordan Kriston, Derion Loman, Sayer Mansfield, Daniel O’Neill, Teo Spencer, and Mike Tyus
Original Music & Sound Design: David Van Tieghem, Incorporating Casta Diva from Norma, by Vincenzo Bellini
Costume Design: Sarah Laux
Lighting Design: Russell Champa
Scenic Design: Neil Patel
Top image by John Joyner, image above by Grant Halverson
about THRESH|HOLD
Thresh|Hold was created in collaboration with Javier De Frutos, the Venezuelan-born, acclaimed Latinx director, choreographer, and designer. The physically daring quintet takes us through the labyrinthine mind of a young woman as she confronts lost love, sacrifice, and longing. Fragmented memories burst back and forth through a moving door, catching us in an experience at once raging and tender, desolate and intimate. With psychedelic shifts in time and emotionally charged choreography, Thresh|Hold presents a true synergy between Pilobolus and Javier De Frutos, who has been named ‘one of the most influential people in the UK’ by The Evening Standard.
about our collaborator
JAVIER DE FRUTOS, CREATIVE COLLABORATOR
Javier de Frutos trained at the London School of Contemporary Dance and the Merce Cunningham School in NYC. In 1994, he established the Javier De Frutos Dance Company and his work has been performed by Rotterdam Dance Group, Ballet Shindowski, Nuremberg Ballet, Rambert Dance Company, The Royal New Zealand Ballet, Candoco, The Royal Ballet, and Gothenburg Ballet. He has received numerous accolades: Olivier Awards nominations for Best Theatre Choreographer, Best New Dance Production, and Best Achievement in Dance; Time Out Live Award and Critics Circle National Dance Award for Best Choreography. Javier’s collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys earned him the 2011 Evening Standard ‘Beyond Theatre’ Award, and a nomination from the Critics Circle as Best Choreographer. Recent choreographic credits include: From Here to Eternity, National Theatre’s Table, London Road, Ragtime, and Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe.
The Revival
The revival of Thresh|Hold was made possible in part by funding from the Consulate General of Spain in New York and was originally commissioned by the American Dance Festival with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Dance, and by the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes a great nation deserves great art.