2026 AS CLOSE TO SOMETHING THAN ELSE

  • Title: AS CLOSE TO SOMETHING THAN ELSE
  • Year: 2026
  • Date: 13.2.2026
  • Duration: 30 Minutes
  • Venue: Triffo Theatre in Allard Hall at MacEwan University
  • City, Country: Edmonton, Canada
  • Choreography: Cyril Baldy
  • Performance: Gabrielle Barboux, Paula Cobo Botello, Nevan Boyden, Fiona Dorr, Nolan Fahey, Michaella Ho, Julian Hunt, Devon McLean, Ben Waters, Elizabeth Louie
  • Music: Raffertie - Elisabeth Sparkle Raffertie - Everything in the Right Place Cyril Baldy - Chimes T.ON - And Tim Hecker - Chimeras
  • Light: Cyril Baldy, James Proudfoot
  • Costume: Cyril Baldy, Natahsa Bennett
  • Stage: Cyril Baldy
  • Producer: Ballet Edmonton
  • Event: Treshhold

In four evolving movements, ‘as close to something than else’ shifts our perception of what bodies can be. First, precision reigns: an organized choreography shaped in the language of ballet, where every body finds its place. Then, resistance emerges: dancers lean into one another, their movements born from the weight and presence of others. We rupture in calm: a pendulum of time, as voices speak imagined worlds. And at last, we face what remains—perhaps love, perhaps a space to begin again. Each part moves us closer to something—than else.