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ManDance
By Cole Humeny & Richard Lee
ManDance plays with the beauty, ugliness, humor, and social expectations (including the ones we pretend not to have) of two heterosexual men dancing together. Using a blend of stage combat, contemporary dance, and physical theatre, the piece follows two friends as they work, fight, and discover.
Performed by Cole Humeny and Richard Lee
Sound Design: Cole Humeny
"It's a sharp-edged, insightful, and highly entertaining two-man exploration of male roles, stereotypes, fantasies, borders. Dance is the medium, and it's used in a vigorous, athletic and imaginative way."
—Edmonton Journal
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Transient/The Magpie Collection
By Anastasia Maywood
“Clowning isn't something we need to learn so much as something we become aware of in ourselves. Any time that we are curious, playful, or creative, we are in clown mode. When we are in a state of wonder or awe, surprise or amazement, we are in clown. Whenever we have hunches, act on impulse, or digress—we are in clown. “ — Jan Henderson, University of Alberta mask and clown professor.
Performers: Lyndsey Tache, Nicole Perry, Mariel Day, Andrea Tarrant, Phil Kloc, Maura Sutherland
Composer: Thom Bennet
"Transient...a clown piece with a lexicon of incompleted movements and abrupt shifts in focus, establishes itself with a striking premise."
—Edmonton Journal
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Four Corners
By Thea Green
If you could receive the ultimate gift, what would it be? Is there one gift you could never accept? How does a good gift differ from a great one? How does the giver affect the gift? How does the receiver? Can we ever truly accept a gift with no strings attached; no need to reciprocate?
Performers/collaborators: Jen Ellis, Samantha Duff, Tess Degenstein
Music: Manu Delago.
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Untitled
By Heather Devaney
“Childhood is not only the childhood we really had, but also the impressions we formed of it in our adolescence and maturity. That is why childhood seems so long. Probably every period of life is multiplied by our reflections upon the next.” — Cesare Pavese
We long for the days when we seemed so free and careless, but was it without strings and silly games even then?
Performers: Kara Chamberlain, Rory Cleator,
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