Canada’s Les 7 Doigts makes its Texas debut for TITAS with ‘Passagers’
‘Passagers’ by Les 7 Doigts. (Courtesy photos) Canada’s Les 7 Doigts makes its Texas debut for TITAS with Passagers RICH LOPEZ | Staff writer rich@dallasvoice.com TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND director Charles Santos is devoted to the organization’s mission of presenting the art of dance from around the world.
But even he was surprised to find Les 7 Doigts cirque-type act in T/DU’s current season. Still, the Canadian company will make its Texas debut this weekend. “I am a firm believer in ‘Never say never,’ but Les 7 Doigts’ Passagers is an exception,” Santos said in an interview with Dallas Voice back in August, just after T/DU’s season announcement. “We don’t do cirque shows because this is a dance series, but this piece about passengers on a train is choreographed with acrobats and others within an inch of its life.
It’s so sophisticated and cool, I had to have it.” The Montreal-based Les 7 Doigts collective merges dance, theater and circus-type feats in its storytelling which adds to the diversity of this T/DU season.
Queer dancer/performer Eduardo De Azevedo Grillo hsa been with this show for a mere two months. He’s part of the show’s second cast, and, while he wasn’t part of the show’s creation, he’s enthusiastic about how he has connected with the show personally. “For me, when I saw the show, I hadn’t seen my family for a long time,” he said. “To me the show reminds me of those memories I have, and that really spoke to me.
