ICARUS
in heat
Premiering May 15-17, 2026 in Lexington, KY
Haggin Auditorium - Mitchell Fine Arts Center
A radical reimagining of the Icarus myth as a poetic collision of daddy issues, queer longing and a lineage of guarded impulse. This all-male contemporary ballet, told through ritual repetition and intimate partnering, explores the fragile boundaries between a father and son in the shadow of banishment. Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique serves as the muscular spine: soaring music that teaches a body to fly and nurtures the unbearable gravity of desire. Here, flight is the only path toward a radical claiming of selfhood and fire is not punishment for recklessness, but an inevitable price of visibility. Visceral, contemporary, and defiantly original, this multi-media piece asks how the impulses we inherit drive us— and what must fall away for us to soar.
In Partnership with Kentucky Ballet Theatre
and Transylvania University
Performances
8 PM MAY 15 & 16, 2 PM MAY 17
Your support makes space for a work that embraces intensity, tenderness, and the danger of becoming.
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Fire Is Inevitable