We invite you to attend the festival - witness dance in its myriad forms: professional dance in performance, dancers at work, recreational dancers at play. Observe dance by absorbing it from the audience perspective. Experience dance as a workshop participant. Support dance with your interest and applause. Taste dance by trying something new. For one week of the year, be a dancer in the style and setting that suits you best!
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feats Mainstage Series
June 27
Public Domain
Mile Zero Dance
8:00 p.m.
L’UniThéâtre @ La Cité Francophone
Tickets $15
TIX on the Square: (780) 420-1757
Dance Score by Gerry Morita, Katrina Smy & Jeannie Vandekerkhove
Electroacoustic Sound Score by Shawn Pinchbeck
Lighting Design by Guido Tondino & Victoria Zimski
This piece, inspired by the cryptic drawing style of Edward Gorey, is the first phase in new work, Knowledge Box, which will be presented in spring 2010 as part of Mile Zero Dance’s 25th Anniversary season.
By the use of computer interface, Pinchbeck weaves his sound composition through the performance area, so that the dancers’ real-time relationship to the sound becomes part of the overall score.
Thanks to Royden Mills, Lin Snelling and Shawn Caulfield
July 2
Vistas
8:00 p.m.
Westbury Theatre @ TransAlta Arts Barns
Tickets $15
TIX on the Square: (780) 420-1757
Witness Albertan dancers at their best. feats highlights home-grown Alberta choreographers presenting their most recent creations. For the first time feats gathers professional dancers and some of the most influential dance choreographers currently working in dance. Behold the feets of our local professional Tap, Lyrical and Contemporary dancers.
2009 Professional Tap Performance Intensive presented in partnership with Tap Into A Cure.
July 3-4
Nick& Juanita - Livin’ in my dreams
Tara Cheyenne Performance
8:00 p.m.
Westbury Theatre @ TransAlta Arts Barns
Tickets $20
TIX on the Square: (780) 420-1757
Nick & Juanita - Livin in my dreams dances with the effects of love on two characters: Juanita, a woman who is trying to reconcile her fugitive brain and her adorably naïve heart, and Nick, a man seemingly lacking in both. Effortlessly leaping from one character to the next, Nick & Juanita demonstrates what Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg does best: social satire strongly rooted in character-driven work. Nick & Juanita will leave audiences grinning, and perhaps a little reminiscent of their own forays as human beings searching for love, affection and understanding.
Nick & Juanita, aclassic comic tragedy in a highly entertaining dance/theatre journey of the heart. You won't know whether you should laugh or cry at these two hapless personalities.
Presented by feats – Festival of Dance in partnership with the TransAlta Arts Barns
July 4
Wideyed Cabaret
10:00 p.m.
Westbury Theatre @ TransAlta Arts Barns
Tickets $10
TIX on the Square: (780) 420-1757
Explore your wide-eyed curiosity and witness the unexpected at this year’s Wideyed Cabaret. Pairing performance artists with the most unconventional of professionals,the feats Wideyed Cabaret will be a display of frothy funand creative flare. Spy a dancer and a chef share a mouthwatering moment onstage, eavesdrop as a musician and a hair stylist make sweet music:an under-the-gun approach to raw creation, the Wideyed Cabaret is a spontaneous celebration ofdance, music, art, theatre, life and fun! Stay late into the night for an experimental performance party designedto bring the awesome, the bizarre,the entertaining and thebeautiful together in one explosive multi-disciplinary encounter.
Presented by feats – Festival of Dance in partnership with the TransAlta Arts Barns.
July 5
Fresh Feets
4:00 p.m.
Westbury Theatre @ TransAlta Arts Barns
Tickets $15
TIX on the Square: (780) 420-1757
Our annual showcase of inspirational young dancers; be amazed at what youth can accomplish when put to the test. feats Mainstage features a showcase of original choreographies in Contemporary, Hip Hop, Bollywood, Lyrical, Tap, and much more.
2009 Tap Summer Performance Intensive presented in partnership with Tap Into A Cure.
Community Partners:
Edmonton Folk Arts Council
Mile Zero Dance
Edmonton City Centre
Catch the Keys
Tap Into A Cure
TransAlta Arts Barns
Fort Edmonton Park
Hip Hop for Hope
RISE Productions
John Walter Museum
Events Edmonton
Sponsors:
Bottom Line Productions Inc.
Good Graphics
Edmonton School of Ballet
NIGHTLIFE
Vue Weekly
Days Inn - Edmonton South
Mail Boxes Etc.
Culligan Water
Funders:
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
City of Edmonton
Edmonton Arts Council
Edmonton Downtown Business Association