Icarus In Heat

ICARUS

in heat

Premiering May 15-17, 2026 in Lexington, KY

Carrick Theater - 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

Your support makes space for a work that embraces intensity, tenderness, and the danger of becoming.

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