Seduction Tactics

This piece will be performed as a structured improvisation. Inspired by notions of how romance can emerge in the most sordid of settings, this piece questions love as an imaginary construct. Not knowing anything about a person except what we see as a voyeur, how real can we make the whole process of falling in love actually feel? From seduction, getting to know them, and finally to intimacy...how real can we really make it feel?

Created by Xander Taylor
www.trapezexm.com

Club Dance Music: SON_SCDC_3959~2_00501 Trio For Piano Violin And Cello No.1 In B Flat Maj
(Description: Op. 99 – Allegro moderato) by Suk Trio

 Aerial strapeze music: Held by Lindsay Farris
Instagram: @lindsayjfarris 

Aerial strapeze costume: Michael Slack

Invigorated by the energy of the stage while also fascinated by the poetry, metaphors, and high stakes of Greek mythology, Xander commenced his artistic journey from a young age. Eager to push his physical limits and the element of risk, he mastered his acrobatic technique as a diver and gymnast, obtained his Bachelors in kinesiology, and threw himself into the circus world following graduation from Montreal’s National Circus School. A man paradoxical in nature, Xander has found himself content high up on his trapeze, hurtling through the air as a high diver, or in the quiet embrace of the water as an escape artist. With an insatiable appetite, he has performed on stages across the world such as Broadway, Cirque du Soleil, renowned circus festivals, as well as having worked in television as a circus artist, clown, stunt man and actor. In his own creative work, he seeks to explore the narrative threads that bind together our links and common desires, while always reminding the public that regardless of the gravity of a situation, we can always find a lightness within it.