MOMIX "Alice"
Hopping into a familiar unknown
It’s high time to slide down the rabbit hole, diving into a spiral of inventiveness and mystery. Alice is an acrobatic dance theatre based on Lewis Carroll’s widely popular wonderland adventures.
Blending physical beauty with prowess, this fantasy is retold by MOMIX, a Washington-based alternative dance company that has been dazzling sell-out crowds since the early 1980’s. Led by choreographer Moses Pendleton, the company returns to Macao this Christmas, some 20 years after it brought us Opus-Cactus, a fantastic desert inspired production. On this less spiky but equally exciting galore of popular characters, they packed plenty of magic and inspiration, bringing in a multi-artistic frenzy of giant balls, suspended props, gorgeous imagery and special effects. Loosely based on Carrol’s classic, Pendleton recreates the tale through a kind of crazy, eccentric logic, letting imagination run wild, fuelled by adrenaline spells.
Triggered by a mesmerizing mix of lighting and music, this highly skilful group of dancers transform themselves into illusionists, luring performing arts lovers into Alice’s dizzying universes. Lingering in a discovery ride, the audience won’t resist to hop in a stream of incredible new realities, a sensorial explosion that will make us forget, even if briefly, all the cares in the world!
“A triumph of imagination, illusions, and special effects”– The Wonderful World of Dance
“An imaginative interpretation.”– Broadway World
“A marvelously dizzying flow.”– The Wall Street Journal