Péter Kovács Gerzson / TranzDanz: Hermes ∙ National Dance Theatre

Neither angelic nor demonic, he is ambivalence incarnate. He is neither god nor animal, and more human than either, but not quite human. Exuberantly cheerful and theatrical, he is an old man and a young, erotic athlete all at once. A master of crude pranks, he’s also dangerous, cynical and cruel. He’s destructive and comic, but he also carries the seriousness of a hero who is at the mercy of his own desires, like a child... He flatters, mocks, cavorts, con- templates, pursues, flees, fights, wins and loses; sells and betrays, seduces and abandons... in this new production by TranzDanz