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The modern dance company Pilobolus, known for their collaborative, gravity-defying choreography and visual storytelling, is coming to Popejoy Hall on Saturday, April 11.

鈥淚 like to say that we鈥檙e a dance company for people who don鈥檛 know they like dance,鈥� Ren茅e Jaworski, the company鈥檚 executive director and co-artistic director, said.

At the 2007 Academy Awards, Pilobolus dancers, backlit behind a screen, used their bodies to create elaborate shadow puppets representing the Oscar nominees.

鈥淲hen we create those larger organism-like forms, we call them composite images,鈥� Jaworski said.

Although none of the dance pieces in the 鈥淥ther Worlds鈥� program at Popejoy will be performed behind a screen, composite images are still a core component of what the group does.

鈥淎ny time we have more than one person onstage and their bodies are together, you could consider it a composite image,鈥� Jaworski said. 鈥淭hroughout one piece, there are multiple composite images.鈥�

The company draws on many acrobatic and dance disciplines, including contact improvisation and Cirque du Soleil-style hand balancing.

鈥淒ance, movement and theater all come together. We kind of mush it into a singular Pilobolus style,鈥� Jaworski said.

Above all, Pilobolus is known for partnering work, where multiple dancers lean onto, or balance against, each other鈥檚 bodies.

鈥淭he partnering work that we do is in an effort to get rid of the solo performer,鈥� Jaworski said. 鈥淲e like to create a new center of gravity for multiple bodies.鈥�

Since its founding in 1971, the company has always worked collaboratively, choreographing new dances through group improvisational exercises.

鈥淣obody is dictating, 鈥榊ou move here, you put your hand here.鈥� They鈥檙e discovering it together through their movement, and that, in itself, is non-hierarchical,鈥� Jaworski said.

Pilobolus鈥� nonhierarchical, collaborative approach was born out of the antiauthoritarian student movements of the late-1960s and early 鈥�70s.

鈥淧eople were getting drafted at that time. Everybody was fighting 鈥榯he man.鈥� So, this was their way of saying there is no 鈥榤an鈥� in our world. It was a protest, in a way,鈥� Jaworski said. 鈥淣one of our pieces are political, but our whole presence is a social experiment to see if you can get this collaborative to make something that lasts 55 years. That鈥檚 a pretty strong statement.鈥�

Jaworski co-created one of the pieces in the current program, 鈥淏loodlines,鈥� with co-artistic director Matt Kent. They developed it in collaboration with dancers Marlon Feliz and Hannah Klinkman.

鈥溾�楤loodlines鈥� is one that is pretty close to my heart, because it鈥檚 a duet that鈥檚 all about the intergenerational caregiving that happens as you get older and you find that your parents, who once took care of you, are now needing to be cared for. 鈥� It鈥檚 a very special time if you鈥檙e lucky enough to get there with your parents,鈥� Jaworski said. 鈥淲e both (Jaworski and Kent) found ourselves in that position as of late. So, as artists do, we were like, 鈥楲et鈥檚 make a piece about it.鈥欌��

Pilobolus will also present one of its rare solo pieces, 鈥淧seudopodia,鈥� an early work choreographed by one of the group鈥檚 co-founders, Jonathan Wolken.

鈥淚t鈥檚 very fun,鈥� Jaworski said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 kind of like watching a tumbleweed get blown across the stage 鈥� a quick, virtuosic Pilobolus piece.鈥�

Another early piece they鈥檒l be performing is 鈥淲alklyndon,鈥� a playful dance created on a squash court in Lyndonville, Vermont, which incorporates silly walks and slapstick humor. Jaworski compares it to Benny Hill and Charlie Chaplin.

鈥淚t鈥檚 very fun and playful, and it鈥檚 got bright colors and costumes,鈥� she said.

Jaworski said Pilobolus offers something for everyone, even people who don鈥檛 normally attend dance performances.

鈥淥ne of the best things about Pilobolus is that you don鈥檛 have to have an education about us. If you鈥檝e never seen us before, you can come to see Pilobolus and have an equally entertaining time as if you鈥檝e seen us 100 times before,鈥� Jaworski said. 鈥淪o, if you鈥檙e at all curious, but maybe a little scared that you won鈥檛 know what鈥檚 going on, take the leap and come, because we are one of the most accessible dance companies around. There鈥檚 a little bit of something for everybody in it.鈥�

Logan Royce Beitmen is an arts writer for the 近距离内射合集. He covers visual art, music, fashion, theater and more. Reach him at lbeitmen@abqjournal.com or on Instagram at .