Artistic Director Yvonne Ng announces more programming updates for princess productions' biennial dance: made in canada / fait au canada (d:mic/fac) festival. This celebration of cutting-edge Canadian contemporary dance runs Thursday, August 13 to Sunday, August 16 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto and features 12 different dance events (including 6 world premieres and 1 Toronto premiere) from across Canada (Alberta, Newfoundland, Ontario and Quebec) in three Mainstage Series and a lottery-drawn What You See Is What You Get program, as well as various Arts Encounters. For info and tickets, call 416-533-8577 or visit online at www.princessproductions.ca
Added to d:mic's roster is the Toronto premiere of choreographer Troy Emery Twigg's Iitahpoyii in collaboration with dancer Justin Many Fingers, which replaces his They Shoot Buffalo, Don't They? in the Sinha Mainstage series.
Also added, in partnership with Dance Collection Danse, princess productions screens the avant-festival Toronto premiere of the compelling full-length dance documentary A Good Madness - The Dance of Rachel Browne, written, directed and produced by Danielle Sturk, on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 @7:30pm at the Betty Oliphant Theatre. This feature documentary on Rachel Browne (1934-2012), founder of Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers, Canada's oldest professional modern dance company, captures the essence of the woman and the power of the dance she created, exposing her unwavering desire to create dance to the exclusion of all else. Official Selection: International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), Montreal, March 2015. A Good Madness is curated by Yvonne Ng and Kathleen Smith.Ng has also released an extended trailer (01:35) for d:mic at princessproductions.ca/dance/what-we-do/current-festival.
dance:made in canada/fait au canada MAINSTAGE SERIES
I. Robinson Series:
Thursday, August 13, 7pm | Friday, August 14, 9pm | Saturday, August 15, 4pm
Tedd Robinson is the Artistic Director of 10 Gates Dancing, an award-winning choreographer and, most recently, the 2014 recipient of the Walter Carsen Prize. He is a National Arts Centre Associate Dance Artist. Robinson chose Lina Cruz's work for its physicality and intimacy, and Andrew Tay's work because it is intriguing and curious in concept.
o WORLD PREMIERE - Lina Cruz / Fila 13 Productions (Montreal) performs Waiting for a Sleepless Night, choreographed by Cruz. On an imaginary terrain, two buddies wander into the heightened sensitivity of a sleepless night. Performed by Jean-François Duke and Fabien Piché (musician: Philippe Noireaut).
o WORLD PREMIERE - Andrew Tay / Wants&Needs danse (Montreal) performs You can't buy it (but I'll sell it to you anyways) SUCKA, a solo which questions modern society's connection to spirituality using the body, elements of ritual and the relationship between the performer and spectator.
dance:made in canada/fait au canada WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET (WYSIWYG) Friday, August 14, 11pm and Sunday, August 16, 2pm
Drawn by lottery, this series features 10-minute works by:
o Susie Burpee (Toronto). Spirit and Veneer - A character arrives. We begin to think we know her, maybe even dare to love her. Then, a sudden transformation - and everything we believed to be true unravels.
o Benjamin Landsberg Dance Projects (Toronto). One-to-One - Performed by Benjamin Landsberg and Natasha Poon Woo.
o Louise Moyes docuDance (St. John's). Mavis Gallant Stories - A dance-theatre piece based on a short story of one of Canada's most distinguished literary figures, expat Montreal writer Mavis Gallant (1922-2014), who lived in Paris from 1950 to 2014.
o Parts+Labour_Danse (Montreal). La chute - Dance and performance merge to explore what happens to a man when his identity slips between his fingers until he no longer knows exactly who or what he has become.
o Alysa Pires (Toronto). i am vertical - Originally created as part of DanceEast's ChoreoLab in Ipswich, England, the work is inspired by the life and work of acclaimed American poet Sylvia Plath.
IF YOU GO:
princess productions presents dance: made in canada/fait au canada
August 13 - 16, 2015 at Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis St., Toronto
MainStage Single Tickets: $25; Artsworker/Student/Senior: $20
What You See is What You Get Tickets: $15; Artsworker/Student/Senior: $10
Arts Encounters on site throughout the festival: chats, visual arts exhibit, dance film screenings and more
For full list of Arts Encounters, visit www.princessproductions.ca
SAVE with MainStage Series Packs: 3 Ticket Pack: $65 (save 15%); $50 Artsworker/Student/Senior 4 Ticket Pack: $80 (save 20%); $65 Artsworker/Student/Senior 6 Ticket Pack: $112 (save 25%); $90 Artsworker/Student/Senior
For info and tickets, call 416-533-8577 or visit online at princessproductions.ca
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