nimbus
Named among “Best Dance Performances of 2016” by The Huffington Post and called “gorgeous [and] exquisite” by Broadway World, Nimbus brings its unique brand of exquisitely rendered, highly physical, and emotionally accessible dance to SOPAC. The program includes a much-anticipated world premiere collaboration between Nimbus Artistic Director Samuel Pott and Grammy-nominated Timothy Eriksen (Cold Mountain, Academy Awards) who was called “one of the best singers in music” by T-Bone Burnette. Eriksen’s distinctive sound is grounded in the roots tradition of sacred harp singing and early Appalachian Folk – earthy, incessant, and guttural. Eriksen’s hypnotic sound underscores Pott’s virtuosic and high-energy choreography, which rides on top of as if propelled by the meditative vibrations of Eriksen’s vocal vibration. Nimbus also performs two returning pieces from its repertory: Pott’s The Glare from These Horizons and Darshan Singh Bhuller’s Dew Point 68.