Palissimo

Strange Cargo is the final part of The Painted Bird trilogy of interdisciplinary works by Pavel Zuštiak and Palissimo Company. Loosely inspired by Jerzy Kosinski’s controversial novel of the same name, Zuštiak excavates themes of displacement, otherness, and transformation in this work for five performers, three musicians, and a haunting original score by composer Christian Frederickson. Strange Cargo merges the non-narrative qualities of dance with image-based forms and reaches spectators as a totalizing multi-sensory experience.