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Flow (dir. Gints Zilbalodis) x VIFF 2024.

Latvia's wordless animated fantasy follows a black cat escaping destruction alongside other animals on a raft after a flood and unseen disappearance of all human life. Rendered through what resembles PlayStation 2-era visual graphics technology, the intentionally less detailed or complex animation style only enhances the naturalistic journey of animal survival at sea. It's a deceptively simple film full of splendour and majesty.

Screening at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival as part of the Showcase series at SFU Woodward's on Oct. 5 and the Vancouver Playhouse (also VIFF Centre) on Oct. 6.

Also screening at the VIFF Centre from Nov. 29–Dec. 11.

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At its core, Queer As Funk was born from a desire to celebrate diversity, using music as a tool to spread that positivity throughout the community. As one of the few predominantly queer and non-binary bands in the province, their shows are not only dynamic and entertaining, but a powerful statement of pride and identity.

Throughout their ten-year history, Queer As Funk has been dedicated to visiting small communities to provide celebration and visibility to queer individuals looking to gather, connect, and strengthen their communities. They aim to inspire queer youth by offering themselves as models for living full, joyful lives as successful queer adults, and; as the band’s love for one another is palpable in performances, models for celebrating queer friendship, love, and chosen family.

Alongside their commitment to social justice, Queer As Funk has also earned a reputation as a powerful and entertaining band. Their tight horn arrangements, groovy rhythms, and powerful vocals have won over fans at music festivals and Pride events across Canada.

In a time when the queer and trans community is still facing discriminatory attitudes and policies, Queer As Funk remains a beacon of hope and inspiration.

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The Interaction Design diploma is a two-year program at CapU that connects design and technology to prepare graduates for an exciting career in technology. With a focus on creativity, design thinking, and problem-solving, graduates enjoy career outcomes in the field of digital product design and user experience.

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This event is IN PERSON with limited seating capacity, so please do not register if you are unable to commit to being present. NOTE: There will be no virtual events until further notice.

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Hosted at SFU Woodward's — Goldcorp Centre for the Arts 149 W Hastings Street Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6B 1H4

When Apr 5, 2024 8:15 AM – 10:15 AM PDT

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DanceHouse Premieres Dada Masilo’s The Sacrifice and Reveals 2023/24 Season

As DanceHouse announces its 2023-2024 season including six exciting performance, it readies for the final presentation in its 15th Anniversary season. DanceHouse presents the exhilarating North American premiere of Dada Masilo’s The Sacrifice, May 5 and 6, 2023 at 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse. Inspired by Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite Of Spring, South Africa’s award-winning choreographer Masilo roots her powerful rendition in the rituals, rhythms, and sounds of Botswana. Together, the cast of ten dancers and four musicians interacts to explore the intricate symbiosis of community, sacrifice, and renewal in a riveting fusion of Tswana, the traditional dance of Botswana, and contemporary dance performed to a live original score.

Dada Masilo's The Sacrifice Dance Factory Johannesburg 30 June 2021 Photograph: John Hogg “We’re thrilled to introduce Vancouver audiences to Dada Masilo’s innovative and intoxicating vision in The Sacrifice,” says Jim Smith, Artistic and Executive Director of DanceHouse. “Masilo combines the European heritage of The Rite of Spring with the uniquely rhythmic and expressive movements of Tswana to examine the universal cry of sacrifice for the greater good, and the need to give back to help something grow. It is a timely call to all of us.” Vancouver is the first North American stop in the highly acclaimed international tour of The Sacrifice. Following its DanceHouse performances, the production continues to Ottawa, Toronto, and the United States. Dada Masilo (South Africa), The Sacrifice, runs May 5 and 6, 2023 at 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse, 600 Hamiliton. Tickets are available now online at dancehouse.ca Subscriptions for the DanceHouse 2023/24 Season are also now available. The season offers six  productions as part of the 2023/24 subscription, plus one special add-on presentation in July. The season includes: September 27-30, 2023:  Compañía Rocío Molina (Spain), Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo)at 8pm at the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts Co-presented with SFU Woodward's Cultural Programming and Vancouver International Flamenco Festival. October 25-28, 2023: Kidd Pivot (Vancouver), New Work by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young at 8pm at Vancouver Playhouse January 25-27, 2024: Gravity and Other Myths (Australia), The Mirror at 8pm at Vancouver Playhouse Co-presented with The Cultch February 23 & 24, 2024: Elle Sofe Sara (Norway), Vástádus eana - The answer is land at 8pm at Vancouver Playhouse Co-presented with Dancers of Damelahamid March 22 & 23, 2024: Côté Danse (Toronto), X (Dix) at 8pm at Vancouver Playhouse April 19 & 20, 2024: Dorrance Dance (US), SOUNDspace at 8pm at Vancouver Playhouse July 14 & 15, 2023: Nova Dance (Toronto), Sv?h?! at 8pm at Vancouver Playhouse Co-presented with Indian Summer Festival and SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs Nova Dance can can be added to a season subscription, or single tickets are available now online at dancehouse.ca https://youtu.be/rVP3zNqWuFw Read the full article

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The Friday Round Up

Oh, so much to do this week! 

Tonight and tomorrow night, Friday and Saturday, you still have time to see Action at a Distance’s Wells Hill. Co-presented by DanceHouse, SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs & SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts, Wells Hill features seven dancers who splice together themes of technology and communication in a new work based on the sweeping philosophies of Canadians Marshall McLuhan and Glenn Gould. The piece has been in the news this week - check out Janet Smith’s recent preview in the Georgia Straight, and Shawn Conner’s piece in the Vancouver Sun. Both have some great insights about the work from our homegrown Vancouver dancer/choreographer and Artistic Director of Action at a Distance, Vanessa Goodman. And if you want to hear Vanessa speak in person about her work, join us at the pre-show chat in the lobby of the theatre at 7:15pm. At the Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, SFU Gold Corp Centre for the Arts, SFU Woodwards 8pm. Tix

Action at a Distance in Wells Hill. Photo Ben Didier

You still have lots of time to see all the wonderful things at Dance in Vancouver (DIV)! Just as a taste, tonight Friday November 24 check out the double bill with Karen Jamieson | Karen Jamieson Dance & Margaret Grenier | Dancers of Damelahamid perform light breaking broken and Lesley Telford | Inverso in Spooky Action (Phase One). And ongoing through Sunday November 26 as part of DIV, check out Festival Of Recorded Movement (F-O-R-M), a Vancouver-based youth International Movement on Screen festival, celebrating the body in motion through film. They will be screening a variety of films through DIV, a selection of commissions from the past two years of the festival; and also ongoing until Sunday check out Boombox Dances In Vancouver, with Blue Crush featuring Katie Lowen and Zahra Shahab in an investigation of organic and plastic skins that explore the ability to engulf, reveal, and conceal.  For times and place of these and many other events go here.

IndigeDIV     Lacey Baker, Andrea Bastien, Melina Laboucan, & April Russell - Photo: Chris Randle

If you are reading this before 4pm Friday November 24, make your way down to IndigeDIV, a dance and conversation series held on Indigenous Creative Territory, hosted by Raven Spirit Dance. The series brings artists, presenters and audiences together to discuss, share and witness how Indigenous artistic expression is a vital part of our community and it’s deeply rooted values are the foundation that can hold us all up. There is a circle under all that colonization built, RSD invites you to sit in these circles to listen and share. The evening starts with CONFLUENCE SCREENING from 4–430pm. Confluence is the gathering of Indigenous women in the rehearsal room and through the creative process we find meaningful connections to build scaffolding in which to hang our thoughts, desires and impulses as Indigenous dance artists. It will feature Collaborating Artists: Margaret Grenier, Jeanette Kotowich, Starr Muranko, Yvette Nolan, Michelle OlsonPicture, direction & edit by Ulla Laidlaw. Then from 4:30 to 6pm CONVERSATIONS: HOW YOU DO ANYTHING IS HOW YOU DO EVERYTHING - VALUE GUIDED PRACTICE, where we will consider what values does one hold in the creative process and how does that shape the outer expression of the work created? Artists will share how their values (personal/collective/cultural) influences the way in which they work and shapes their performances. Panelists are Yvette Nolan, Su-Feh Lee, Ulla Laidlaw, Yvonne Chartrand, moderated by Michelle Olson. At the VanCity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St, Vancouver. For more info. 

On Saturday November 25, also as part of IndigeDIV, join Michelle Olson, Jeanette Kotowich, Olivia C. Davies, and Jessica McMann in Sharing: Works in Development. This is a sharing of works in progress by Vancouver Indigenous dance artists featuring Dynise Brisson, Olivia C. Davies, Margaret Grenier, Jeanette Kotowich, Jessica McMann and Michelle Olson. For more info. At KW Studios, 111 West Hastings St, Vancouver,  12-1pm for the public and  3-4pm for presenters. Space is limited so reserve your tickets here.

Tonight, Friday November 24, you can still catch plastic orchid factory in Digital Folk, a video game + costume party + music and dance performance + installation, built from the desire to revisit how communities gather to play music, dance and tell stories. It is an interdisciplinary collaboration between dance artist, James Gnam, visual artist, Natalie Purschwitz, lighting designer, James Proudfoot, sound designer, Kevin Legere and ten dance artists that explores a generation’s approach to identity, physicality, social dance and performance. Digital Folks lives as a scale model built out of an in-between world that is not quite a home and not quite a theatre. Where the desire for music, dance and community is focused through the lens of video game culture and technology. Check out the video here. There are two shows, 9 and 10pm, and prepare to spend the evening with a cash bar and a post-show party from 10:45pm! At Left of Main, 211 Keefer St. Get your tix here.

We told you last week about DIY@DIV, presented by Mutable Subject. DIY@DIV have a whole bunch of things happening over the weekend, but if you have not had enough dance by Sunday morning, join artists Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Daisy Thompson+ Lexi Vajda for a breakfast showing of new works. At Left of Main, 211 Keefer St and the show is FREE! This is definitely worth getting yourself out of bed for!

Company 605 In Circulation

On until Saturday November 25, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents Company 605 In Circulation, a mixed program of Company 605’s current repertoire, consisting of excerpts from two recent full-length works, Albatross and Vital Few, as well as the premiere of a brand new short piece. Each of these distinct works circle around the same current interests of 605’s artists: individuals united, a shared experience held between separate bodies, and moving as one. At the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby. Tix

November 22-25 & November 29 - December 2, Henry Daniel’s nómadas, an audio/video installation and live performance that takes inspiration from the current large-scale movements of bodies across international spaces. This complex, ongoing pattern of movement can be seen as a type of chaotic transnational choreography. nómadas comes out of Daniel’s larger, long term Contemporary Nomads research project, which explores the “deep fragmentation which exists between communities within as well as outside national borders, between nationalized and personalized bodies, and between social and political institutions and the ordinary people they were meant to serve."The production features the collaborative work of guest artists Adam Basanta (Music), Sammy and Shanghan Chien (Media Design), and Alan Sorey(Set Design). Again, at the Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, SFU Woodwards. Performance: 8:00 PM Free Audio/Video installation: 6:00-7:30 PM on performance days

And for something completely different and a great way to come down after all that DIV action, on Tuesday November 28 check out Dancing Dialogues between Body and Soul: An Exploration on Expressive Dance for Women. Join a community of women exploring the connection between body and soul through expressive dance for a more joyful integrated life, led by Maria Carbonetti. For more info, time and place.

And remember, we can’t share your stuff with the dance community if you don’t share it with us first! Send your news, events and other interesting goings on to debora@dancehouse.ca. Thanks, and have a wonderful week!

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Family Photos: The Evans Family

I’ve known Jonathan and Carla for quite a few years now. After doing some amazing things with the Salvation Army and its’ War College, they planted a church called Boundless in Vancouver. They’re super cool and so are their kids. While it was a frigid photosession it was a great getting to see them again- the kids growing up as fast as ever!

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Asexual Countercultures: Exploring Ace Communities and Intimacies Workshop in Vancouver

The Ruth Wynn Woodward Program and the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at SFU* invites you to:

Asexual Countercultures: Exploring Ace Communities and Intimacies

November 2, 2017 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm Rm 2495 Simon Fraser University (Harbour Centre) 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC

* SFU Harbour Centre is located on the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations

Co-Organized by RWW Fellow Ela Przybylo and Justine Munich

Centered on asexual and activist perspectives, the speakers and audience will explore the online and offline cultural production surrounding the asexuality movement, community, and asexual identities. This will be an interactive event that will begin with three 20 minute talks which will be followed by an asexuality zine-making workshop.

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Justine Munich and Angie Byron: Zucchinis and Eggplants: What the Asexual Movement Can Bring To Relationship Dialogues

Cole Brown: The History of the Asexual Community

Ela Przybylo, Adam Kopczynski, and Sage Strobel: Building an Asexual Archive: Pedagogical and Research Strategies

Asexy Zines Workshop: Heather Prost Zines constitute a fun, low-fi, queer, feminist, countercultural form of expression that has been central to the asexual movement. In this workshop we invite everyone present to take part in making page-spreads that will be compiled and shared with participants electronically post-workshop in the form of an "Asexy Zine." This will also be an opportunity to come together in groups to discuss what we've learned.

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Tea and coffee provided.

All are welcome.

The space is wheelchair accessible. Please be advised that this event is not hosted by AVEN and therefore the content in the event may not reflect the values that AVEN has regarding asexuality. 

http://www.sfu.ca/…/newsw…/Asexual_Countercultures_2017.html

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This is happening tomorrow folks! Come to SFU Woodward’s! I’ll BE there! #sfu #vancouver #art #comics #indie #Mosobot64 #ohmworld

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887

Robert Lepage

24 – 27 Οκτωβρίου 2017 | ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗ ΣΚΗΝΗ | 20:30

«Αλχημιστής του βλέμματος» και «σκηνοθέτης της χίμαιρας», όπως έχει χαρακτηριστεί, μεταξύ πολλών άλλων, ο σπουδαίος Καναδός multimedia δημιουργός Ρομπέρ Λεπάζ επιστρέφει στη Στέγη με το πιο αυτοβιογραφικό one-man-show της ζωής του.

Επτά χρόνια μετά το The Far Side of the Moon, την ημι-αυτοβιογραφική sci-fi ελεγεία του, με την οποία η Στέγη σύστησε στο ελληνικό κοινό τον Ρομπέρ Λεπάζ (γενν. 1957), ο μέγας Καναδός δημιουργός επιστρέφει από τις 24 έως τις 27 Οκτωβρίου στην Κεντρική Σκηνή. Αυτή τη φορά, αυτοπροσώπως, με το πιο αυτοβιογραφικό σόλο του, 887, σε συμπαραγωγή της Στέγης του Ιδρύματος Ωνάση.

Η μυθιστορηματική ζωή, η παράξενη οικογένεια και η δύσκολη νιότη του Λεπάζ συνιστούν τη βασική δεξαμενή ιδεών για την αυτοβιογραφική δραματουργία-μυθοπλασία του, αυτό που ο ίδιος ονομάζει autofiction. Γιατί κανείς στη γενέτειρά του, το γαλλοαμερικανικό Κεμπέκ, δεν φανταζόταν ότι αυτό το ντροπαλό και μανιοκαταθλιπτικό αγόρι θα μεταμορφωνόταν σε έναν από τους σημαντικότερους καλλιτέχνες των τελευταίων ετών, «πρέσβη» της καναδικής πρωτοπορίας σε όλον τον κόσμο.

Κυρίαρχο σκηνικό του έργου είναι ένα πολυμορφικό περιστρεφόμενο κουκλόσπιτο, ομοίωμα της πολυκατοικίας στην οποία μεγάλωσε o Λεπάζ, στον αριθμό 887 της Murray Avenue, στην Πόλη του Κεμπέκ, γεμάτο από μινιατούρες οικιακών συσκευών, αλλά και από τις φιγούρες της οικογένειάς του και των άλλων ενοίκων. Σαν ένα μαγικό σεντούκι, ανοίγοντάς το, ο Λεπάζ, ως μέγας παραμυθάς-στοχαστής και μοναδικός περφόρμερ-αφηγητής, καταδύεται στα μεγάλα μυστήρια της ύπαρξης: από την παιδική ηλικία μέχρι την τέχνη του θεάτρου και από τις πολιτικοκοινωνικές αναταραχές στον Καναδά της δεκαετίας του ’60 έως τους περίεργους μηχανισμούς της μνήμης – ατομικής και συλλογικής. Τα σκηνικά αντικείμενα αποκτούν ξαφνικά τη δική τους «ζωή» και η θεατρική μυσταγωγία συντίθεται από την απροσδόκητη μείξη των νέων μέσων με το κουκλοθέατρο.

Λυρικό και στοχαστικό, ενίοτε παιγνιώδες και άλλοτε πάλι μελαγχολικό, το 887 είναι ένα υπαρξιακό σκηνικό ταξίδι που μοιάζει να αποτίνει φόρο τιμής σε μια διάσημη ρήση του Γάλλου φιλοσόφου Roland Barthes: «Η μόνη μας πατρίδα είναι η παιδική μας ηλικία».

Το 887 του Ρομπέρ Λεπάζ και της ομάδας Ex Machina προκάλεσε μεγάλη αίσθηση ήδη από την παγκόσμια πρεμιέρα του στο Τορόντο, το 2015. Την ίδια χρονιά, η ευρωπαϊκή πρεμιέρα του, στο πλαίσιο του Διεθνούς Φεστιβάλ του Εδιμβούργου, χαιρετίστηκε ως ένα από τα κορυφαία γεγονότα της διοργάνωσης και έλαβε εγκωμιαστικές κριτικές. «Συγκινητικό, προσωπικό, παντοδύναμο» περιέγραψε το 887 στην εφημερίδα The Guardian η Clare Brennan, βαθμολογώντας την παράσταση με πέντε αστέρια, ενώ για τον κριτικό του Independent, David Pollock, ο οποίος επίσης το βαθμολόγησε με πέντε αστέρια, ήταν «ένα αριστούργημα σε άπειρα επίπεδα».

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Κείμενο, Σκηνοθεσία, Σκηνικά & Ερμηνεία: Robert Lepage Καλλιτεχνική Διεύθυνση & Σχεδιασμός: Steve Blanchet Δραματουργία: Peder Bjurman Μετάφραση: Βασίλης Κιμούλης Βοηθός Σκηνοθέτη: Adèle Saint-Amand Μουσικές Συνθέσεις & Σχεδιασμός Ήχου: Jean-Sébastien Côté Σχεδιασμός Φωτισμών: Laurent Routhier Σχεδιασμός Εικόνων: Félix Fradet-Faguy Βοηθός Σκηνογράφος: Sylvain Décarie Βοηθός Σχεδιάστρια Αντικειμένων: Ariane Sauvé Βοηθός Ενδυματολόγος: Jeanne Lapierre Διεύθυνση Παραγωγής: Marie-Pierre Gagné Βοηθός Παραγωγής: Véronique St-Jacques Τεχνική Διεύθυνση: Paul Bourque Διεύθυνση Περιοδείας: Samuel Sauvageau Τεχνικός Διευθυντής Περιοδείας: Olivier Bourque Διευθύντρια Σκηνής: Nadia Bélanger Υπεύθυνος Ήχου: Olivier Marcil Υπεύθυνος Φωτισμών: Renaud Pettigrew Χειρισμός Πολυμέσων & Υπεύθυνος Βίντεο: Nicolas Dostie Υπεύθυνη Κοστουμιών & Αντικειμένων: Isabel Poulin Βοηθός Σκηνής: Chloé Blanchet Τεχνικοί Σύμβουλοι: Catherine Guay, Tobie Horswill Σύμβουλος Ερμηνείας & Δημιουργικής Διαδικασίας: Reda Guerinik Εκπρόσωπος Σκηνοθέτη: Lynda Beaulieu Μια παραγωγή της Ex Machina Μετά από ανάθεση του Προγράμματος Τεχνών και Πολιτισμού των Παναμερικανικών Αγώνων του 2015 στο Τορόντο (Toronto 2015 Pan Am) Σε συμπαραγωγή με: Le Lieu unique (Νάντη, Γαλλία), La Comète, Scène nationale de Châlons-en-Champagne (Γαλλία), Edinburgh International Festival (Σκοτία), Århus Festuge (Δανία), Théâtre de la Ville (Παρίσι), Festival d'Automne (Παρίσι), Romaeuropa Festival 2015 (Ρώμη), Bonlieu Scène nationale d’Annecy (Ανεσί, Γαλλία), Ysarca Art Promotions - Pilar de Yzaguirre (Ισπανία), Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon (Λυών, Γαλλία), SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs, με την ευκαιρία της 50ής επετείου ίδρυσης του Simon Fraser University (Βανκούβερ, Καναδάς), Le Théâtre français du Centre national des Arts d’Ottawa (Οτάβα, Καναδάς), Le Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (Μόντρεαλ, Καναδάς), Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Ιαπωνία), Canadian Stage (Τορόντο, Καναδάς), Théâtre du Trident (Πόλη του Κεμπέκ, Καναδάς), La Coursive, Scène nationale à La Rochelle (Λα Ροσέλ, Γαλλία), Le Volcan, Scène nationale du Havre (Χάβρη, Γαλλία), The Brooklyn Academy of Music (Νέα Υόρκη), Bergen International Festival (Μπέργκεν, Νορβηγία), The Barbican (Λονδίνο), Holland Festival (Άμστερνταμ), Chekhov International Theatre Festival (Μόσχα), Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg (Λουξεμβούργο), La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, scène nationale (Γαλλία), Στέγη Ιδρύματος Ωνάση (Αθήνα), Théâtre de Liège (Λιέγη, Βέλγιο) Παραγωγός για την Ex Machina: Michel Bernatchez (με βοηθούς τις Vanessa Landry-Claverie και Valérie Lambert) Εκτέλεση παραγωγής σε Ευρώπη και Ιαπωνία: Epidemic (Richard Castelli, με βοηθούς τις Chara Skiadelli, Florence Berthaud και Claire Dugot) Εκτέλεση παραγωγής σε Βόρεια και Νότια Αμερική, Ασία (εκτός Ιαπωνίας), Αυστραλία και Νέα Ζηλανδία: Menno Plukker Theatre Agent (Menno Plukker, με βοηθούς τους Dominique Sarrazin και Isaïe Richard)   Η Ex Machina χρηματοδοτείται από το Συμβούλιο Τεχνών του Καναδά, το Συμβούλιο Τεχνών και Γραμμάτων του Κεμπέκ και το Δήμο της Πόλης του Κεμπέκ.

  ΠΑΡΑΛΛΗΛΗ ΔΡΑΣΗ Τετάρτη 25 Οκτωβρίου Μετά την παράσταση, συζήτηση του κοινού με τους συντελεστές

Διαβάστε περισσότερα:

Στο 887, o Λεπάζ μνημονεύει τόσο την –πάσχουσα από Αλτσχάιμερ– γιαγιά του όσο και την αποκαλούμενη Ήσυχη Επανάσταση του Καναδά (1960-70), μια επανάσταση που «δεν έγινε στους δρόμους αλλά στα γραφεία». Σύμφωνα με τον ιστορικό Benoit Breville, «ήταν ένα κίνημα προοδευτικής διεκδίκησης αυτονομίας και κοινωνικοοικονομικών μεταρρυθμίσεων με στόχο των “εκμοντερνισμό” του Κεμπέκ, που οδήγησε σε ένα προηγμένο κοινωνικό σύστημα, αναζωπύρωσε τον εθνικισμό και, σταδιακά, αυτοαναιρέθηκε».

Με την αναφορά του στο ειρωνικό ποίημα “Speak White” (1968) της Michèle Lalonde, ο Λεπάζ σχολιάζει τις ρατσιστικές εντάσεις που σημειώνονταν, ειδικά κατά την περίοδο της Ήσυχης Επανάστασης, ανάμεσα στους αγγλόφωνους και τους γαλλόφωνους του Καναδά.

Μερικοί από τους χαρακτηρισμούς που έχει λάβει ο Λεπάζ είναι οι εξής: «μαέστρος του σύγχρονου multimedia θεάτρου» (Le Monde), «αδιανόητα χαρισματικός σκηνοθέτης» (The New York Times), «διεθνής δύναμη» (The Guardian).

Ο Ρομπέρ Λεπάζ συστήθηκε στο ελληνικό κοινό το 2011, όταν παρουσίασε στη Στέγη το The Far Side of the Moon (2000), μια ημι-αυτοβιογραφική ελεγεία με φόντο τον Ψυχρό Πόλεμο και την αντιμαχία Σοβιετικών και Αμερικανών για την κατάκτηση του Διαστήματος και με άξονα το πένθος και την έριδα δύο σαραντάρηδων αδερφών, μετά τον θάνατο της μητέρας τους.

Το 1963, σε ηλικία έξι ετών, ο Λεπάζ έχασε μεμιάς όλες τις τρίχες του σώματός του από μια σπάνια μορφή αλωπεκίασης. Η απώλεια των βλεφάρων και το κατάλευκο –σχεδόν διάφανο– δέρμα του συνεχίζουν να προσδίδουν στο παρουσιαστικό του μια απόκοσμη αίσθηση.

  Στέγη Ιδρύματος Ωνάση

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 24 – 27 Οκτωβρίου 2017 | 20:30

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The patio at SFU Woodward’s is such an amazing urban space. #lookup #dccfive https://ift.tt/32rBpcO

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Lunchtime Artist Talk & Films at VIVDS Today 2-3pm Lunchtime ​Artist Talk: "Bodies of Vertical Dance": Video analysis with "The Circus Doctor" Emily Scherb DPT, Author of "Applied Anatomy of Aerial Arts" @ SFU Woodward's World Arts Centre @ SFU Woodward's World Arts Centre #verticaldance #danseverticale #aerialdance #danseaerienne #aeriosa #aeriosavivds #verticaldanceforum #verticaldancenetwork #vancouver (at World Art Studio SFU Woodwards) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bysp9r3odcB/?igshid=vz7vt7inti3

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Matt and Mara (dir. Kazik Radwanski) x VIFF 2024.

It would easy to watch many more lo-fi stories about the film's eponymous college pals (played effortlessly by Deragh Campbell and Matt Johnson) and their everyday lives on the periphery of the Toronto literary scene. Imagine a millennial version of something like Before Sunset without the awareness or romance of Before Sunsrise preceeding it and you have a light but engrossing exploration of mid-career malaise that's enticingly interesting.

Screening at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival as part of the Showcase series at SFU Woodward’s on Sept. 28 and International Village on Sept. 29.

Screening at The Cinematheque from Nov. 2–10.

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Wonderful and inspiring morning from #cmvan - great to see an older woman, a mature mum and a writer speak about her take on 'preserve'. (at SFU Woodward's) https://www.instagram.com/ebbandflo/p/BxAj_NHBfjQ/?igshid=110jymhawtzop

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Music On Main events has audiences 'Listening. Together' again

Music on Main has a host of live music events coming this spring for audiences to enjoy listening together again.  As spring blooms, the Capilano String Quartet make their Music on Main debut at the Fox Cabaret on March 21st.  Vancouver’s newest string quartet features four astonishing musicians: Timothy Steeves and Jae-Won Bang, violins; Marina Thibeault, viola; and Jonathan Lo, cello.  When the members of the Capilano String Quartet were asked what audiences will feel when listening to their music making, they said the performance will reveal the nature of suffering, and music’s ability to heal, to unite, and to transform one’s self.

Music On Main presents Capilano String Quartet March 21st at Fox Cabaret photo: Bo Huang Then onstage March 28th, at Christ Church Cathedral, Music on Main presents Vicky Chow Plays Philip Glass.  A highly anticipated homecoming, Vancouver-raised new music superstar Vicky Chow returns from New York to perform legendary composer Philip Glass’ Piano Études, Book 1 in an otherworldly, powerful joining of two immense musical talents. “Both Vicky Chow and Philip Glass exude an effortless brilliance in their music, and are beautifully paired as performer and composer,” says David Pay, Artistic Director of Music on Main. “We’re very excited to welcome Vicky home to Vancouver, and especially to Music on Main where she was our first Artist in Residence in 2018.”

Music on Main presents Vicky Chow March 28 at Christ Church Cathedral photo: Kaitlin Jane Photography April 12th to 15th, Music on Main and SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs present Graveyards and Gardens, at the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre at the SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Created and performed by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw and Vancouver-based choreographer Vanessa Goodman, the atmospheric sound-and-dance installation will be performed live in Vancouver for the first time, featuring both artists in collaboration on stage. The work made its world premiere livestream presented by Music on Main in January 2021. “We have had the privilege of watching this duo create together since introducing them in 2015. Caroline Shaw was Music on Main’s composer in residence, and I felt her aesthetics would resonate deeply with Vanessa Goodman whom I knew through Vancouver’s dance scene,” says David Pay, Artistic Director of Music on Main. “Their innate connection is so inspiring, melding their two extraordinary artistic voices to create a transcendent experience that speaks to the greater loop of our existence within the natural world.”

Music on Main presents Caroline Shaw (left) and Vanessa Goodman (right) in Graveyards and Gardens, April 12-15 at the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre at the SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts Photo: Dayna Szyndrowski In May, Music on Main presents back-to-back performance by Gabriel Kahane at The Annex; The Book of Travelers on May 10th, followed by Magnificent Bird on May 11th. Returning as Artist in Residence, Kahane invites audiences on his lyrical journey of Book of Travelers. The solo vocal and piano performance tells the story of attempting to rediscover and celebrate our collective humanity in the face of a broken and divided nation. For the second show, Kahane’s latest album Magnificent Bird chronicles the final month of a year spent off the internet. Joined by the the Capilano String Quartet, for a performance filled with songs of grief, nostalgia, shame, and salvation, his set is a look into daily life amidst the chaos of the 21st century. Music on Main is offer both The Book of Travelers and Magnificent Bird in a “pay what you will” ticket model, recognizing that personal finances should not be a barrier to engaging with live music. Find for details and tickets for all of this spring’s Music on Main’s events online at musiconmain.ca/events Read the full article

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The Friday Round Up

Happy Friday - enjoy the sunshine! And the dance!!

November 24 -26 (preview November 23) DanceHouse is thrilled to present Vancouver’s own Action at a Distance in Wells Hill. Three years in the making, Vancouver’s Vanessa Goodman brings the world premiere of Wells Hill to the DanceHouse stage. Seven exceptional dancers splice themes of technology and communication into this intriguing and provocative new work based on the sweeping philosophies of Marshall McLuhan and Glenn Gould. These two Canadian luminaries altered how we consume art and information, and their prescient ideas provide an engaging framework for an exciting, immersive performance that is both visceral and cerebral. Check out a video of the piece here. Please note that this performance will take place at Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, SFU Woodwards, November 23 - 25 8pm and November 26 2pm. Tix. 

DanceHouse offers a variety of activities to deepen your understanding of works to be presented, and this month in relation to Action at a Distance’s work Wells Hill, we have some great events to share with you, in collaboration with  SFU Woodward's Cultural Program and SFU School for the Contemporary Arts. Wells Hill auxiliary discourse on the lives, works, and sweeping theories of Glenn Gould and Marshall McLuhan. Curated by Richard Cavell, UBC professor whose research focuses on media theory and Canadian Studies, finding common ground in his publications on foundational media theorist Marshall McLuhan. On Saturday November 18 1-4pm join us for a Discourse on Glenn Gould, hosted by Owen Underhill, composer, conductor, artistic director, and SFU SCA faculty member. Then on Saturday November 25 1-4pm come back for the Discourse on Marshall McLuhan, hosted by Richard Cavell, Professor of English, co-founder of the Bachelor of Media Studies Program at the University of British Columbia and author of Remediating McLuhan. For more info on both events, go here. At Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, SFU Woodwards. FREE

Action at a Distance in Wells Hill. Photo Ben Didier

On November 15, join Malaysian-born dance scholar and dancer Ahalya Satkunaratnam, as she speaks on THE ART OF INTERDISCIPLINARY VERSUS THE MARKET OF "INNOVATIVE" EDUCATION. Satkunaratnam teaches courses in cultural studies, performing arts, and women’s and gender studies at Quest University, and her upcoming book to be published by Wesleyan University Press, Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict: Practicing Bharata Natyam in Colombo, Sri Lanka, explores how dance practices make and undo local and state nationalisms, the intersections of gender and ethnicity with cultural practices, and the personal experiences of Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war. At Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 7pm. FREE

FUSE returns Friday, November 10 to the Vancouver Art Gallery to present an artful evening of magic, spell and ritual. Become part of the coven at FUSE: A Conjuring, a night of unexpected happenings —from art-infused bars to live performances, music and surprise encounters. Featuring artists from across the country, FUSE: A Conjuring will create a lively environment where FUSE-goers can consider the sources and origins of artistic creation and collectively conjure new ways of seeing the world through art. Experience live performances and music in the Gallery spaces, DJs, eclectic Gallery tours, contemporary dance and unexpected surprises! Featured artists for this months FUSE: Simranpreet Anand | Kate Barry + Michael-Ann Connor | Grape Witches (Nicole Campbell + Krysta Oben, with coven members Lisa Haley, Maude Renaud-Brisson and Layla Smith) | Hick | Stacey Ho | Erika Holt | Shawn Hunt | Tsema Igharas | Kelly McInnes + Rianne Svelnis | Minimal Violence | Soledad Muñoz | Stephen Murray | Yusu. At the Vancouver Art Gallery, 8pm to midnight. Tix $29 at the door.

November 11, 24 and 25 Casa Om presents The Dance Screen: Take 1. For the past three summers the folks at Casa Om, notably Sylvain Senez and Ballet BC dancer Alexis Fletcher, have produced an intimate, outdoor performance series in their backyard in East Vancouver called The Dance Deck. They are now bringing their creative intention to the inside of their house and are launching a new project: The Dance Screen. It will be an evening presentation of dance inspired films, projected in the intimate living room setting on a 120” screen. It is intended to showcase the talent of artists and filmmakers who have taken dance as their point of departure and include artists such as Michael Slobodian, Karissa Barry, Scott Fowler, Maya Tenzer & Andrew Bartee (from Ballet BC) and Jenna Mazur, among others. Check out some of the films here. Only 20 tickets will be sold per showing. Snacks and mulled wine will be provided, beyond that BYOB! All proceeds from this event will go towards supporting the future presentations of The Dance Deck summer series. Tickets are $15 online and $20 at the door. At Casa Om, 1745 Napier Street, Vancouver, doors 7:15pm, screening 8pm.

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TheCommentary.ca: The author and activist Cory Doctorow discusses his new book Walkaway (Tor Books, 2017), writing, and more, with Joseph Planta

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, at TheCommentary.ca.

Cory Doctorow joins me now. He has just published his latest novel, Walkaway. It is described as an epic tale of revolution, love, post-scarcity and the end of death. I’ll get him to tell us about this book which has already gotten terrific notices. In the book, we see the three main characters walk away from the clutches of a broken down modern society. It takes place sometime in the very near future, where wealth is concentrated and in the hands of the very few, and the less fortunate scrape by in desolate cities that have been gutted by industrial flight. Cory Doctorow is co-editor of Boing Boing, and a columnist for the Guardian, Publishers Weekly, and Locus. His previous books include the New York Times bestseller Little Brother, as well as many award-winning novels and works of non fiction. Visit www.craphound.com for more information. The Twitter handle is @doctorow. Cory will be in Vancouver as part of a special event with the Vancouver Writers Fest tonight, 17 May 2017. That’s at SFU Woodwards, where Cory will be in conversation with our old friend Sean Cranbury. Go to www.writersfest.bc.ca for tickets and information. Walkaway is published by Tor Books. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Cory Doctorow; Mr. Doctorow, good morning.

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Hello, Neighbour: Postcards to the People Next Door

How do you change the world? Start where you live.

As social tensions and insecurity run high due to issues like climate change, income inequality and xenophobia - there is a growing urgency to reach out and strengthen bonds with the people who live in our communities. Facilitated by Gen Why Media and Tin Can Studio, Hello Neighbour is a mobile participatory art project that aims to strengthen community resilience by inviting participants to offer small gestures of kindness and support to their neighbours by sending them a hand-made postcard in the mail.

How it works:

Hello Neighbour consist of an activation station set up in high traffic areas of the the C2U Conference at Simon Fraser University (at the Mash-up event in SFU Woodwards and the lobby of Harbour Centre campus). Participants are invited to write a postcard to their neighbours and can choose either a fill-in-the-blank postcard with prompts or a blank postcard to write their own custom message. The fill-in-the-blank prompts are poignant, provocative and very well designed to visually draw people into participating.  Some example of prompts include:

I’m available for walks! Text me at _______.

If you need help, call/text me at _______.

Do you want share our stuff? I can share my ______.

Because many of the attendees will be from out of town, the project is designed to allow everyone to participate meaningfully in their own communities. Plus, everyone knows their neighbour's address! After participants make their postcards, the team will stamp and mail postcards. The team will also take photos of the postcards and post them online through social media channels to amplify the project and create buzz outside the conference. This online catalogue will provide a public record of the activity and allow conference participants to interact with project after the conference is over.

*photo credit: http://magiccitythistle.blogspot.ca/