AKCENT 2011 - Palissimo Company: The Painted Bird / Bastard

Bastard talks about the feelings of a person whom the world considers to be an interloper. He is alone. He comes from another culture and he creates his own small world in a new setting. At one moment, ordinary people enter this world.

"Vinarsky is piercing ... Frederickson's bracing score... 'Bastard' is searing.""
THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Violent Tale, Tenderly Told: 'Bastard' earns its emotional extremity - with tenderness and quiet.”
FINANCIAL TIMES

"A vivid, often anguished imagination shines through in [Zustiak's] work.""
THE NEW YORKER

" 'Bastard' has both magic and mystery...""
DANCE VIEW TIMES