Tres Tristes Tigres Serves Up Three Smart Solo Shows

Published July 10, 2009 at 10:30 p.m.

"Shoulder," by ballet accompanist (among other things) Dayton Allemann shifts gears on you. You're herded into another space, one with a movie screen next to a keyboard. You don't realize until Allemann comes in and sits down that the box he's sitting on is a homemade electronic drum, capable of a variety of percussive textures. You also don't realize until he starts smacking the box around that the beats also drive the video footage of his bicycle ride from Seattle to the Eastside. Same thing with the keyboard--music's rhythm (there are a few songs) determines the passage of time.

"Tears," by Jonas Radvik, is one of those pieces that gets into your viscera and feels around for a bit. Does it tickle or are make you want to run from the room? Music by New Order, David Bowie, and the Bronski Beat accompanies Radvik's dances and video. In counterpoint to a therapy session and a dancebreak in a far-too-small Superman costume, there's a close-up of Radvik bawling his eyes out under the covers. It's never explained why--he plaintively wails "What's the fucking problem?" and you remember that time you couldn't stop crying and you didn't really know why.

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