There are some shows that are just different. Leaving you gasping at stunts, smiling and swooning all during a 90 minute performance. Traces is that show.
Located at the Union Square Theater (great theater, spacious, not packed in like some of the other Broadway address theaters) the show is a high impact, musical, acrobatic and energetic performance by 7 artists hailing from (mainly) Montreal with moves resembling Lincoln Center ballerinas, Cirque du Soleil performers and So You Think You Can Dance dancers.
From the website: Traces takes place in a make-shift shelter, an unknown catastrophe waiting outside the doors of tarp and gaffer tape. The seven characters constructed this clubhouse to live to the fullest what they believe could be their last moments, hoping to leave nothing unsaid or undone. In the face of this impending disaster they have determined that creation is the only antidote to destruction, and their brand of creation is the fleeting impulses and desires that extend through their bodies and unfurl onto stage - the story is told through music, song, dance, speech, illustration, and high-risk acrobatics. The characters use every mode of expression available to them, hoping to leave a lasting mark… to leave their traces as best they can.
The performers are brilliant. Extremely good looking (read: smoking hot), funny and charming within the first few moments of meeting them. You can't believe how they can move so effortlessly and they barely look like they're breaking a sweat. They jump through hoops. Literally. They climb up fireman poles and jump across the stage without nets or a wire. They fly and launch themselves using each other as a springboard all while moving along to the music that fits the show PERFECTLY. Heck, Radiohead's TalkShow Host was one of the performance numbers, and probably one of my favorites.
Do yourself a favor, go see Traces. Everyone will like it.
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