Bend and Break

Bend and Break is a study in lines, in structure, and in what happens when you push both past the point they can hold. The show is pure abstraction: geometric shapes drawn in the drill and built into the props, clean lines stretched and bent under mounting tension until they finally give way and come apart. And then the twist, the pieces find their way back together, but reassembled in all the wrong order, into something new that never existed before. It's a show about order, collapse, and the strange, off-kilter beauty of putting the pieces back differently.

The concept is design-forward and genuinely modern, and it's a smart fit for a smaller program with big ideas, the abstraction and the visual craft do the heavy lifting, so a compact band can make a striking, sophisticated statement on the field. Paired with a spare, angular, contemporary soundtrack, it's a thinking program's show, proof that a small band with a strong concept can look every bit as cutting-edge as anyone.

The music:

• Pollock (Jeff Beal)
• Hide and Seek (Imogen Heap)
• Koyaanisqatsi (Philip Glass)

Permissions to arrange are required for all three selections.