NYU Skirball presents the NYC premiere of Fantasque, an ebullient and magical pageant by Dance Heginbotham, created by choreographer John Heginbotham and puppeteer Amy Trompetter, for three performances, on Saturday, November 17 at 3pm and 7:30pm, and Sunday, November 18 at 3pm.

Enormous and minute puppets, and human dancers join forces to create a fable of a battle of light and darkness, with a fantastical cast of characters featuring giant babies, blue angels, a devilish snare and heroic rats. Performed to live music composed by Ottorino Respighi and adapted from piano pieces by Giaochino Rossini, Fantasque ruminates on morality and immorality as seen through a child’s eyes in a series of connected vignettes bound by an unconventional and tender merging of puppetry and dance. The piece features dancers John Eirich, Lindsey Jones, Courtney Lopes, Mykel Nairne, Justin Dominic and Macy Sullivan.