Pilobolus, a dance company based in Connecticut, performed at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven on June 18, 2026, as part of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. The theme of the festival’s 2026 season is ‘Home and Belonging.’

Pilobolus: Other Worlds Collection

The company characterized itself as a ‘rebellious dance company’ that has been ‘testing the limits of human physicality to explore the beauty and the power of connected bodies’ since 1971. The performance included five pieces: Bloodlines, Walklyndon, Flight, Pseudopodia, and Particle Zoo.

The dancers were on stage stretching and warming up as the audience filed in and took their seats. The handstands, twirls, and tumbles gave everyone a taste of what was to come. As the company gathered in a circle to embrace and cheer in unison, the audience cheered as well.

Artistic Directors Renee Jaworski and Matt Kent came onstage to welcome everyone and thank them, also inviting them to take out their phones and turn them off. The company had already captivated them, and the performance was indeed fantastic.

One act saw a solo dancer in Pseudopodia bathed in red light gliding singularly across the stage through leaps, tumbles, and other feats of strength and grace. At another point, all six of the dancers dressed in shiny yellow bodysuits and boxer’s shorts walked across the stage from left to right, trying not to get in each other’s way, then lifted each other, dived out of each other’s way, swirled, and twirled, quite humorously so.

Please see the Pilobolus website for more information about their performances and programs. Please see the Arts and Ideas website for a calendar of their programs that are being held throughout the rest of June.

Original reporting: New Haven Independent — read the source article.