In addition to our touring shows, we have four full-evening programs along different scientific and technological themes.
General Highlights Reel: 1997-2007
“Dance companies like Troika Ranch and Capacitor, which are pioneering technology as medium and subject through performance, are growing in popularity. And audiences, already accustomed to technology’s influence over nearly every aspect of their lives, seem primed to accept dance’s dramatic transformation from a kinetic, physical medium to something less tangible but rich with new possibilities.”
Digging in the Dark (2004)
Uniting the geophysical mapping of the hidden layers below the Earth's surface with the terrain of the human mind.
“explores the concept of invisibility, uniting the geophysical mapping of the hidden layers below the Earth’s surface with the terrain of the human mind.”
“..mountains raced by, then the sea, and then the camera dived into a long, narrow rock chasm and into the heart of the earth. All the while, a live man hanging high up on a rope descended until it seemed he was burrowing deeper into the fire at the earth’s core.”
Avatars (2002)
A video-game style voyage into the heroic worlds of five mythological characters.
“...with its razor-sharp combat sequences, which expertly integrate live action with video projected motion capture, make us want to jump into the game.”
“Much like the characters of action fighting games such as Mortal Kombat or Tekken, the dancers take on martial-arts personas and artfully, beautifully, heroically, battle it out on stage.”
Within Outer Spaces (2000)
Wondering where we are. Not knowing where here is.
“awe-inspiring...from the hazy soup of nothingness to the burst of gaseous fires, to the jerky existence of micro-organism...ambitious, and spectacularly successful.”
“The universe is a circus. That appeared to be the message of Within Outer Spaces, the ingenious show that Capacitor presented … compared heavenly bodies to human bodies and found them equally amazing. The tone was set at the outset when a dancer dangling from cords spun like a planet while slides of constellations were projected. Other wonders followed.”
Flux Capacitor (1999)
A next generation dance party.
“Technology, the future, the final frontier.”
Future Species (1998)
A society where racial, ethnic, and personal identities increasingly break down, cross paths, and trade cultural stock with one another.
“Costumes are emblazoned with the schematic symbols of electrical wiring, suggesting the physical energy coursing through the dancers’ bodies, while at one point, the dancers are wired to actual light bulbs.”