Simone Orlando

November 19, 2011

Photo: Chris Randle

An enhanced production of Doppeling has been remounted for Ballet BC's season opener named Fold 3. Performed November 17th-19th at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, this new version of Doppeling features new costumes and a larger cast.

Kevin Griffin of The Vancouver Sun wrote about the opening night performance: "The program ended with Doppeling, which has been expanded since Simone Orlando, a former star dancer with Ballet BC, created it for the company in 2009. From the opening moment, I couldn’t take my eyes from the stage. The dancers looked fantastic in skin-coloured and skin-tight costumes that evened out the bodily and gender differences between men and women. The levelling extended to the hair as all the dancers wore either platinum blond or brunette wigs cut in a bob style. But Doppeling is about more than the way ballet creates similar body types. Through movement and dance, it tells a story about conformity and an individual’s desire to break away from the pack. It’s both lighthearted and serious and full of optimism and hope without being in any way being saccharine. It’s dance I could watch over and over again."