The photos don’t capture the sweep and swirl of this winning new production from Toronto dance/theatre company, Corpus. Creatively staged in the round at Casa Loma’s Carriage House, the highly interactive performance features three pairs of brides of grooms clowning and dancing around a central cabinet from which the hi-jinx emanate. The show may be called Machina Nuptialis but the name of this game is FUN, all caps.
The dancers engage with the audience from the get-go, greeting spectators as if meeting friends and relatives at a wedding reception. Later, each member of the audience is ushered through the cabinet to present a token and be toasted; many of the guests are pulled into the actual dance.
Hardcore dance fans will likely find the show a bit light but it is marvelously entertaining and the audience was beaming throughout. Following its run this week at Casa Loma, the show moves on to David Crombie Park for Dance on the Esplanade (Lower Sherbourne Street), a pay-what-you-can staging of Machina Nuptialis at 7 pm followed by salsa dancing at 8 pm with Salsa Crazee. Highly recommended.
Photos by Robert Deleskie of Amy Hampton (top) and Emily Poirier (above)
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