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:: GALLERIES & MUSEUMS :: |
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WORLD STAGE
CONTINUES WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF TRANSMISSION OF THE INVISIBLE |
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| Harbourfront Centre presents the riveting world premiere
of Transmission of Invisible from Canadian choreographer Peter Chin and Tribal Crackling
Wind, as part of World Stage 2008. Combining the talents of Canadian and Cambodian
dancers, alongside video projections by Cylla von Tiedemann, Chin's Transmission of the
Invisible explores the tragic impact of the Khmer Rouge genocide on Cambodian culture,
while emphasizing the urgent need to nurture the heritage that continues. Transmission of the Invisible takes place from February 6 to 9, at
8 p.m., at the Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queens Quay West.
With over three years of research and development, Peter
Chin's world premiere of Transmission of the Invisible explores the urgency to
reinvigorate the essence of Cambodian culture in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge
genocide. How does creative energy pass from person to person, from nature to person or
from a culture to a person? The work explores the physical traces of the transmission of
the invisible, whether it be unseen messages from nature that enter the soul, or the
passing on of the spirit of a people through the teaching of its cultural forms (as was
done in Cambodia in the 80s after the end of the Khmer Rouge regime). Chin explores
through a fusion of traditional and contemporary dance the importance of this creative
generational exchange. This multi-media work is a powerful and passionate expression of
how tradition and meaning is so easily torn by the cruel cuttings of war. Choreography and
costumes by Peter Chin. Music/Sound Design by Peter Chin and Garnet Willis. Performed by
Louis Laberge-Côté, Andrea Nann and Heidi Strauss (Toronto), Phon Sopheap and Yim Savann
(Cambodia). Video by Cylla von Tiedemann. Lighting by Arun Srinivasan. Set design by David
Duclos.
Upcoming World Stage performances:
| April 10-12 |
World premiere of Every Time I See Your Picture I
CryDaniel Barrow (Winnipeg), presented as part of the 21st annual Images Festival |
| April 16-19 |
Canadian premiere of Chapel/Chapter Bill T. Jones/Arnie
Zane Dance Company (USA) |
| April 22-26 |
Canadian premiere of DamascusTraverse Theatre
Company (Scotland) |
| April 30 - May 3 |
Toronto premiere of Short WorksBlack Grace (New
Zealand) |
| May 6 - 10 |
Toronto premiere of The Space BetweenC!RCA
(Australia), who also perform 46 Circus Acts in 45 Minutes on May 7 |
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Double Bill #1: Ame Henderson and Michael Trent
April 9 11 at 8 p.m. and on April 12 at 3 p.m. |
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Double Bill #1 is
the inaugural project of a three-year cycle of exciting new collaborations between
Dancemakers' Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer Michael Trent. This edition
welcomes Ame Henderson, Artistic Director of Public Recordings, whose bold aesthetic
thrilled audiences in Toronto, Montreal, St. John's, Halifax, and Italy. Meeting on the same stage, in an environment designed and lit by
Trevor Schwellnus, Henderson and Trent will share an identical space as they forge their
explorations with the same collaborative team: the Dancemakers interpreters, musician and
composer Eric Chenaux, dramaturge Jacob Zimmer and company rehearsal director Bonnie Kim.
The show will run from April 9 11 at 8 p.m. and on
April 12 at 3 p.m. at the Premiere Dance Theatre in the Harbourfront Centre, 207 Queens
Quay West. |
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Imperial
Ice Stars Present Swan Lake on Ice
April 30 to May 11 |
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The
world's leading theatrical ice skating company, The Imperial Ice Stars, comes to the Sony
Centre to the Performing Arts in Toronto as part of their first North American tour. Their
new production, Swan Lake on Ice, will transform the stage of the biggest theatre in
Canada into an intimate skating rink for 14 performances only, from April 30 to May 11,
2008.Swan Lake on Ice comes to Toronto straight
from a sold-out tour of South Africa as part of an 80-week world tour, which will also
take in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Germany,
the Netherlands and the U.S. |
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ALVIN AILEY
IS BACK!
May 16 - 17 |
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Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater returns to the Sony Centre (formerly the Hummingbird Centre) for
the Performing Arts at One Front Street East, Toronto for three performances only from
Friday, May 16 to Saturday, May 17, 2008. Led by
Artistic Director Judith Jamison and Associate Artistic Director Masazumi Chaya, Alvin
Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Toronto on the 2008 North American Tour with a
great repertoire that includes the signature Ailey piece Revelations created in 1960. |
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