ELEVATION brings together two aerial works that orbit the same obsession: gravity, balance, and the human impulse to rise above limits. Rooted in movement yet reaching for stillness, the double bill unfolds as a continuous arc — from fall to flight, tension to release, grounding to transcendence.

The evening opens with Approach 17. Opening, where an ordinary staircase becomes a site of extraordinary possibility. Here, the performer enters into a precise conversation with physical laws. Each ascent, slip, and rebound is calibrated to a concealed trampoline, revealing moments of suspension so brief they feel eternal — that fragile pause where the body hovers between mastery and surrender, before gravity claims its due.

Emerging from a cross-cultural encounter with the Indian discipline of Mallakhamb, Dialogue au mât deepens this exploration. Performed around a vertical pole, the piece blends the fluid grace of dance with the raw force of acrobatics. It charts an intimate journey — one shaped by discipline, devotion, and transformation — seeking balance between structure and freedom, strength and spirit.