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SUMMARY:Play the Fool Festival
DESCRIPTION:Play the Fool is BACK! \nJoin us Sept 27th & 28th at The Westbury Theatre (Fringe Theatre Adventures) for 2 nights of hilarity. Play the Fool theatre festival features Canadian clown and physical comedy artists in performances that embrace risk\, exploration\, and play. \nThis year’s programming will include the Spectacular Cabaret\, Rookie Cabaret\, online panel discussion\, and new this year The Chaos Cabaret! \nTickets are on sale now!
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/play-the-fool-festival-2/
LOCATION:Westbury Theatre\, 10330 84 Avenue\, Edmonton\, Alberta\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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ORGANIZER;CN="HIt That Jive Productions":MAILTO:juliekiraly@hitthatjive.ca
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SUMMARY:BWDC - MayDay Danse
DESCRIPTION:MAYDAY\, Cabaret Noir\nFebruary 7\, 8 & 9\nWestbury Theatre\, Fringe Theatre Arts Barns\n8 PM | 2:30 PM (Feb 9 only)\nTickets & more information: https://bwdc.ca/mayday\n\nCabaret Noir is both a giant celebration centred around the idea of négritude and a space\, so to speak\, for resisting being essentialized and pigeonholed by the limitations of this concept\, this blackness\, this gloominess. Since it’s impossible to escape our bodies\, why not pay tribute to this condition\, this identity\, this burden\, this beauty? After taking a look at the playground in front of us\, a combination of cotton field and circus ring\, stranded between essay and cabaret\, we’re diving in eyes shut\, fists raised.\nEqual parts High Mass\, happening\, and plea for recognition\, Cabaret Noir is a nod to both the flippant attitude of Cabaret Neiges Noires and the carefree atmosphere that marked the bals nègres of Paris during the 1930s.\nWe play around with clichés\, folklore\, and prejudices. We summon up the words of Frantz Fanon\, Nina Simone\, Dany Laferrière\, and Spike Lee. We let the discourse develop and contradict itself. We observe how a bodily shell has the power to both sharpen instincts and dictate destinies.\nIn an age where one can lay claim simultaneously to both George Floyd and Barack Obama\, Cabaret Noir is a space both sacred and profane\, a space for demanding the right to tell one’s own story\, in one’s own words\, the right to fashion one’s own identity and\, in the final reckoning\, the right to not let oneself be defined by any authority whatsoever.”
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/bwdc-mayday-danse/
LOCATION:10330 84 Avenue\, Edmonton\, Alberta\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brian Webb Dance Company":MAILTO:webbcdf@shaw.ca
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SUMMARY:Ebnflōh Dance\, La Probabilité du Néant - BWDC
DESCRIPTION:For La Probabilité du Néant\, Alexandra ‘Spicey’ Landé brings together eight virtuoso street dancers\, who magnificently inhabit her choreographic work: Banks\, ‘Bibiman’\, ‘Jigsaw’\, ‘Kiddi’\, Kosi\, ‘Tealeaf’\, ‘Hurricane Tina’ and ‘Rawss’. \n​Will indifference to the Other get the better of us? How can we make sense of our actions when we witness extreme situations that drive us to the edge of nothingness? Continuing her exploration of the human psyche\, Spicey grounds the genesis of this work in the “bystander effect”. Is the witness an observer or an accomplice? Spicey blurs the lines and perspectives depending on who is watching. Seated on stage\, the audience is surrounded by projection screens. Spicey has always been influenced by film and theatre\, but this is the first time she has used video in her choreography. \nWith its incisive dance\, La Probabilité du Néant challenges our perceptions\, our judgments\, and the consequences of our choices. In the strange possibility of our own self-destruction\, it also reminds us of our luminous capacity for resistance and resilience.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/ebnfloh-dance-la-probabilite-du-neant-bwdc/
LOCATION:10330 84 Avenue\, Edmonton\, Alberta\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brian Webb Dance Company":MAILTO:webbcdf@shaw.ca
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SUMMARY:Convergence I Good Women Dance Collective
DESCRIPTION:Good Women Dance Collective’s 14th Convergence\nWestbury Theater\nNovember 16th-18th \nThis November\, Good Women Dance Collective (GWDC) brings the 14th production of Convergence  to the Westbury Theater. A dance double-bill with a solo by Vancouver based artists Sarah U and a duet by Collective Artists Alida Kendell and Alison Kause. \nAbout Silent Howl by Sarah U \nSilent Howl is a multimedia performance that showcases a visual representation of brain activities in neurodiverse individuals. Sarah lives with a seizure disorder\, and while I am drenched of having to advocate constantly\, for myself in the extremely physically demanded dance world\, I find my condition a “gift” in certain times. As I am able to notice nuances in the blend everyday life\, and to feel every experience deeply and fully\, and passionately. \nIn this work\, we highlight neurodiversity and attempt give pride to people who have a different capacity in brain and sensory processes. Even though we live in extremes\, our world is so enriching and powerful. By sharing insights to the challenges of neurodiverse individuals\, we hope this is the beginning of more conversations\, understanding\, and inclusivity for neurodiverse folks. \nThe team: \nSarah Hin Ching U (dancer\, lead creator)\, Alexandra Caprara (animation designer)\, Jackson Adrian (sound composer) \nAbout there we are. There. by Good Women Dance Collective \nthere we are. There. is a premiere duet choreographed by GWDC collective artists Alison Kause and Alida Kendell. Absurdity\, intimacy and existence are explored by two entities who never leave each other’s side. Together they inhabit their world in ways that are recognizable yet slightly off kilter. They talk straight and sit crooked. They are in between\, unravelling\, navigating and arriving. \nThe team: \nCreated and performed: Alida Kendell and Alison Kause; Sound design: Caleb Nelson; Costume design: Tamara Bliss; Light design: Skye Grinde; Outside eye: Molly McDermott \nCONVERGENCE 2023 \nThursday\, November 16th at 7:30 pm\n– This show will have ASL interpretation + Creative Caption and artist talk back.\nFriday\, November 17th at 7:30 pm\nSaturday\, November 18th at 4:00 pm\n– This show will have elements of a relaxed performance. \n\n\nLOCATION\nWestbury Theatre\, T6E 2G9
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/convergence-i-good-women-dance-collective/
LOCATION:10330 84 Avenue\, Edmonton\, Alberta\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Good Women Dance Collective":MAILTO:info@goodwomen.ca
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SUMMARY:Running Piece by Grand Poney presented by Mile Zero Dance
DESCRIPTION:Running Piece from Montreal’s Jacques Poulin-Denis AKA Grand Poney is a bold work for dancer and treadmill. On this confined yet infinite space\, a man travels without leaving\, constantly forced to go forward. He moves through the situations and moments that define us. On the path of humanity and civilization\, or on the transit to work\, we are the high hope joggers\, the overly capable multi-taskers\, and the compulsive lateness sufferers. \n“Running Piece’s endless belt reminds me of the ouroboros\, the cyclical symbol of a snake eating its own tail. This paradox\, where life and death mutually feed on each\, reminds me of our perverse desire to somehow master time\,” says Poulin-Denis. \nPoulin-Denis is a composer\, choreographer\, director and performer. Undertaking projects that blur the boundaries between dance\, music and theater\, he creates humanistic and uncanny works that are both sensorial and thought provoking. \nBased in Montreal\, Grand Poney was established by Jacques Poulin-Denis\, and has performed Running Piece recently in France\, Germany\, and Italy. Originally from Saskatoon\, this will be Poulin-Denis’ first time performing in Edmonton\, while taking Running Piece on a prairie Canadian tour. He will perform in Edmonton for one night only!
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/running-piece-by-grand-poney-presented-by-mile-zero-dance/
LOCATION:Westbury Theatre\, 10330 84 Avenue\, Edmonton\, Alberta\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mile Zero Dance":MAILTO:info@milezerodance.com
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