Calvin Klein’s inventive, humorous piece invites us to take a close look. It is a wonderful attempt to slow down our hyper-mediated world – if you allow yourself to be drawn in, it will reveal its great depth.

Calvin Klein is an artist trio that comes out of Berlin’s Flutgraben, a group of artists known for innovative work that has already spawned names such as An Kaler and Clément Layes. The rapture will be televised V was originally conceived for a gallery context. We present this work in the theatre to expand perceptions of choreography as stage art.

"The rapture will be televised V experiments with physical articulation of the ordinary and expresses the complexities of the mundane. Through music and movement – and while considering one’s distorted perspective of time in moments of apocalyptic crisis’ - critical issues are assessed clinically rather than sympathetically. Calvin Klein seeks to explore a world over saturated with sensation and sentiment." -Calvin Klein

CHOREOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE Alexander Coggin, Michael Burditt Norton, Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor MUSIC Michael Burditt Norton

photo © Jen Osborne