Dance theater performance to kick off FirstWorks season

PROVIDENCE – In their continued commitment to connecting world-class performing arts programs to local audiences, FirstWorks announces the kickoff to their 2018-19 Artistic Icons Series with Pilobolus dance theater. The company’s wildly inventive performances at the Academy Awards and Olympic games, and collaborations with music icons from OK Go to Béla Fleck, have been experienced by millions of people worldwide on stage and on screen. FirstWorks presents legendary movement illusionists Pilobolus in the Rhode Island premiere of their new tour, “Come to Your Senses,” on Friday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m. at The VETS, 1 Avenue of the Arts. Tickets range from $28 to $95 (price includes $3 restoration fee) and are available now at firstworks.org and through The VETS Box Office at 401-421-ARTS (2787), 220 Weybosset St., Providence.

FirstWorks has a long creative relationship with Pilobolus. In June 2018 they teamed up with FirstWorks at PVDFest to present “UP! The Umbrella Project,” an interactive audience experience.

Pilobolus headlined the inaugural FirstWorksProv Festival in 2004 with an appearance at The VETS, and again headlined FirstWorks Festival in 2010 with a performance at Providence Performing Arts Center.

Pilobolus’ “Come to Your Senses” is a multisensory experience, featuring live performances of onstage Pilobolus works alongside transmedia digital creations.

In this brand new repertory show, they invite audiences to come back to their senses and explore the connection between the human body and the analog world around us.