Blanc de Blanc

Blanc de Blanc is a well-polished blend of the sophisticated, the risqué, and the absurd in the form of brief dances, acrobatic acts, mock cabaret, and interspersed tableaux, all in a spirit of play.  Careful choreography and catchy energetic music make this a performance that can lift your spirits without blowing your eardrums.  Well-balanced, clean sound; judicious use of fog on which to display the lighting; and amusing lip-synching rounded out the performance’s physical elements, which included appealing costumes and some surprising props.

Chiefly a visual spectacle, Blanc de Blanc sculpts moving shapes and silhouettes from bodies and props using precisely directed light.  The lighting design itself deserves an accolade; in execution, it was spectacular.

One of the show’s remarkable aspects is its multitalented physical performers’ brilliant timing.  Their dancing, mime, unexpected comic moves, and even acrobatics are all perfectly timed to suit the musical accompaniment.  This is all the more remarkable in that in general their acts required balance, a good deal of strength, and prodigious flexibility.  Yet the performers executed them with consistent gracefulness, every movement controlled and apparently effortless.

The show’s single spoiler consisted of onstage cigarette smoking, fumes from which drifted into the audience.

This is a show worth seeing, but to be sure of staying dry, sit a few rows back!

John P. Harvey

Photographer: John P. Harvey