Booms Day: A Powerful Riff on the Notions of Doom’s Day
But it is the phenomenal performances by this company of dancers that suggests a society awash in a full range of emotional and physical turmoil that is most arresting here. And the intensely theatrical interaction is conjured by feats of daring partnering, stylized combat, impeccable technique and the artful use of hip-hop, breakdance and gymnastic moves.
With narrated moments cleverly penned by Mark Hackman (and expertly narrated by Molly Harris and Christian Castro), this work, which bears the subtitle “Life, strife, and relationship goals after the end of the world,” is a powerful riff on the notion of Doom’s Day. And with its fabulously acrobatic vision of a post-apocalyptic world awash in tattered human relations, it feels all too close to the state of the world at this moment.