TDT is thrilled to announce that Timecode Break is the winner of 3 2007 Dora Awards for Outstanding Choreography, Outstanding Production and Outstanding Music/Sound Design. Click to read more!

Watch the making of Timecode Break - a 5 minute behind-the-scenes video, shot on location at The Banff Centre for the Arts in May 2006
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Listen to a sample of Phil Strong's haunting musical score, set to the beautiful visuals of Timecode Break
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A dance for the twenty-first century, Christopher House’s Timecode Break is about time, presence and the ephemeral beauty of the body. Choreographed simultaneously for stage and screen, it integrates razor-sharp dancing with gorgeous video images to create a brave new kinetic landscape.

Timecode Break is a technical tour-de-force, with TDT’s dancers pushed to the edge in lightning-fast unison, fierce counterpoint and powerful solos. They dance in partnership with their digital selves in a seamless choreography of control and abandon.

This live/screen duet acknowledges that technology has changed the way in which we perceive images. It offers us multiple points of view and dense layers of information in each exhilarating split-second. Radical shifts occur: time freezes, reverses and shatters into fragments. Slashing jumps, sudden falls and brilliant footwork coexist with moments of exquisite stillness. The limits of physical virtuosity are framed by the infinite potential of the digital body.

The masterly camera work and editing of videographer Nico Stagias is at the centre of this thought-provoking work. Phil Strong’s haunting score for guitar, strings and percussion balances with Steve Lucas’s extravagant lighting and elegant set to create a sumptuous, sensuous feast.

Timecode Break is a commission from the Canada Dance Festival and a co-production with the National Arts Centre and the Banff Centre for the Arts.