Rivers will be presented at the Fleck Dance Theatre from April 25-28, 2012 (8pm) and April 28 (2pm) as part of Harbourfront Centre’s NextSteps series.

The music, composed from 1979-81, is an epic cycle of minimalist works:

“ Built on intricately and unpredictably interlocking melodic patterns, the pieces carry the listener into shimmering, at times ecstatic, realms.” - Tamara Bernstein, National Post

Christopher House, a choreographer of rare musicality, is working with ten dancers to create a fluid and unpredictable counterpoint to this music, reflecting its rushing cascades, luxuriant eddies and attentive stillnesses.

Rivers will be House’s first new work inspired by an existing score in over a dozen years. He has had the privilege of creating work with Ann Southam’s music several times in the past, most notably with her Glass Houses No. 5, the score for his internationally acclaimed Glass Houses (1983).

In advance of this production, TDT will host The Process Revealed: Rivers on April 16, 2012, 7pm (FREE), at the Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester Street. Audiences will have the opportunity to preview sections from this new work and participate in a dialogue with the artistic team about the creative process.