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Creating the world in shadows in Milan

AP
Published : Dec 27, 2016, 5:53 am IST
Updated : Dec 27, 2016, 6:29 am IST

Catapult gained popularity following its appearance on America’s Got Talent, in 2013.

Dancers of the U.S. company, Catapult, bow to the audience at the end of their show, Magic Shadows, in Milan, Italy on Tuesday, December 20. (Photo: AP)
 Dancers of the U.S. company, Catapult, bow to the audience at the end of their show, Magic Shadows, in Milan, Italy on Tuesday, December 20. (Photo: AP)

Shadows are not just something fleeting for the dancers of the American company, Catapult, as they perform in Italy this Christmas.

They create shadow sculptures with their bodies, giving a contemporary twist to the ancient Chinese art of shadow theatre. Shifting live silhouettes are the performance. Dancers create animals, flowers, trains and even a Western-style saloon.

The dancers creating a caterpillarThe dancers creating a caterpillar

The dancers creating a trainThe dancers creating a train

The Catapult dance company was created in 2008, by Adam Battelstein, who spent 19 years as a dancer, choreographer and creative director of the Pilobolus Dance

The dancers creating a christmas treeThe dancers creating a christmas tree

The dancers creating an elephant.The dancers creating an elephant.

Theatre. Catapult gained popularity following its appearance on America’s Got Talent, in 2013.

The company is touring Italy for the second time.

Tags: christmas, milan, america’s got talent