It's about time

It’s About Time presents works by guest choreographers as well as by ballet director Dominique Dumais. Through multi-part programs of this kind, the audience gains diverse perspectives on a theme while also having the opportunity to experience the dancers interpreting different choreographic styles.
As the title suggests, the theme here is time. Our daily lives seem to be getting faster and faster; terms like “time efficiency” are on everyone’s lips. But do we actually have any influence over time? Time is a human-constructed, structural system that ties into the cycles of natural laws, from seasons and times of day to the tides of the sea. At the same time, our understanding of time is shaped by cultural and social influences. The perception of time is always subjective. Our language reflects different images of time, in which the various demands we place on it are expressed. We speak of taking time, gaining time, having time, losing time, using time (properly), and of the desire to stop time.
Our bodies, too, follow a temporal rhythm, beginning with our heartbeat and breath. In doing so, our bodies ground us in the present moment. Touch - that is, a shared physical experience - seems to make time stand still for a moment. Memories are our connection to times past, while we make plans for the future.
In dance, movements are structured temporally according to a tempo, such as through music, rhythm, or a shared breath. Choreography is defined as movement in time and space. As a performative art, dance is, just like time, ephemeral. Every moment is unique in the present of the performance.