String Theory
String Theory invites us to sense the invisible patterns that hold everything together. The piece unfolds into a vast world where vibrating strings emerge, shaping us and generating powerful forces which we navigate not as individuals, but through our shared molecular connectivity. The dancers move beyond a horizon where language dissolves into the tension between control and rupture, inviting both fearlessness and surrender. In these infinite vibrations, we are pulled and pushed, unified in the breadth of our reactivity and the depth of our receptivity.
credits
choreography | Béatrice Larrivée
performers | Ben Waters, Paula Cobo Botello , Chloe Bennett, Julian Hunt, Nevan Boyden, Michaella Ho , Fiona Dorr, Gabrielle Barboux, Devon Mclean, Nolan Fahey.
music | original music by Ben Waters, “…and the higher leaves of the trees seemed to shimmer in the last of the sunlight’s lingering touch of them…” by Emilie Cecilia LeBel, What About Me by Shadowax, 日出東方 唯我不敗 by Tzusing.
lighting design |Erin T.Gruber
costume design | Natasha Bennett
notes
duration | 35 minutes
premiered in October 2025
This work was commissioned for Ballet Edmonton, in Canada.
photography and videography courtesy of Ballet Edmonton
photography by Nanc Price