I on the Sky

GRID RATING: 8/10

Starring Laurianne Brabant, Andréanne Joubert. Written and directed by Yves Simard. Young People’s Theatre, to Oct. 21.

When it comes to acrobatics, Cirque du Soleil may have the dazzle, but DynamO Théâtre has the soul. Montreal’s veteran young people’s troupe is back in Toronto to open the YPT season with I on the Sky, another exquisite piece of physical theatre. In Yves Simard’s wordless story, a refugee (Andréanne Joubert) from a war-torn country sits alone in a busy park, watching the changing sky and revisiting memories of her lost past. Working with just a park bench, a trampoline, and an array of costumes, the agile five-member cast turns this universal tale of alienation into a poignant, sometimes comic, and ultimately hopeful ballet.