'High Flight': Dance, poetry and the real-life story of a vanished pilot

A brass quintet, spoken exposition, poetry and dance comprise this hybrid performance piece that explores the disappearance of pilot Mike Bratlie during a routine flight in 2012. Written by Ben Tallen and choreographed and directed by Windy Bowlsby, this deeply felt and often emotionally raw work features the pilot's daughter Carin Bratlie Wethern as one of the musicians. While too careful delineations between the dances and the spoken transitions occasionally lend a static quality, that's overcome by the work's lyricism, inventive visual language and profound humanity. (5:30 p.m. Sun., 10 p.m. Tues., 7 p.m. Thu., 4 p.m. next Sat.; Illusion Theater, 528 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls.)

LISA BROCK