BalletMet Columbus succumbs to temptation this weekend with its world premiere of 7 Deadly Sins, which opened last night at the Riffe Center
In this substantial new ballet, sin can be fun, funny, disturbing or physically painful. You might want to look away at times during the two-hour-plus performance, but you can't. Desire manipulates the senses -- and by extension, sentient beings -- and when your guard is down, watch out.
The company gets plenty of help from Shadowbox Live's rock ensemble, performing everything from Beethoven and Liszt to an impersonation of Jimmy Swaggert.
Six choreographers created these original sins: Pride by Ma Cong; Sloth and Gluttony by James Kudelka; Lust by Gina Patterson; Wrath by Darrell Grand Moultrie; Greed by Jimmy Orrante; and Envy by Amy Seiwert. Such diversity provides the overall work with a huge range in movement styles but a strong focus to the individual "sins."
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