Wen Wei Dance presents Cock-Pit April 9, 2010

DanceWorks, this city’s longest running contemporary dance series, presents the Toronto premiere of Cock-Pit performed by Vancouver’s acclaimed Wen Wei Dance.

A revealing, and ravishing quintet for four men and one woman that explores adolescent sexual awakening, Cock-Pit Cock-Pit is a highly kinetic dance quintet inspired by choreographer Wen Wei Wang’s memories of his student days in China, at a boarding school run by the People’s Liberation Army.

In close quarters, four men play games that threaten to spiral into violence or desire. Inextricably bound together, they are alternately seduced, entranced and thwarted by an elusive female figure, which moves easily between dreams and physical reality.

Incorporating an insular heated sexuality that alternates between open combat and tender intimacy, Cock-Pit is infused with all the volatility and pressure of youth trapped in a closed-off world.

Part of Harbourfront Centre's NextSteps

Friday April 9, and Saturday April 10, 2010 | 8PM
Fleck Dance Theatre | 207 Queens Quay West
Tickets: $28 (Discounts for students, seniors, groups, equity)
Box Office: 416-973-4000 or online at www.danceworks.ca