VIVID4 June 23, 2011

New choreographic works by Kathleen Rea
and a participatory knitting/dance installation outside the theatre ----
VIVID4 is the fourth incarnation of VIVID, an intensely engaging performance by critically acclaimed and DORA-nominated REAson d'etre dance productions. www.reasondetre.com ----

TWO SHOWS IN ONE DAY. SEE ONE OR SEE BOTH.----

SHOW # 1 THE WILD IN US----

TIMES AND DATES: 7:00 to 7:30 pm, Thursday June 23 to Saturday June 25, 2011 AND 1:00 to 1:30 pm, Sunday June 26, 2011----

DESCRIPTION: How do we connect with nature when we grow up in a concrete city and the wild is something "out there" that is not part of our everyday living? What happens to our relationship to our animal body when we separate ourselves from our natural world? We are animals and cannot tame the animal out of us. Fourteen dancers, ages 18 to 24, explore the need to know the animal within in order to become more human.----

DANCERS: Cheryl Chan, Mallory Belzile, Jaquelin Brown, Samantha Farruggio, Emily Goulet, Kirstie Keenan, Marc Kwapis, Leora Kirshenblatt, Heather Lumsden-Ruegg, Sarah MacDonald, Lauren Runions, Victoria Seguin, Eric Solu and Vanessa Vici.----

TICKETS: Youth ages 15 to 25: free or pay-what-you-can
AND Adult: $5 to $10.----
Tickets at door. No advance sales-----

INBETWEEN SHOWS
In the hour between shows, enjoy the giant knitting/dance installation occurring outside the theatre or grab a bite to eat at local eateries.----

SHOW # 2 UNRAVELLING THE TIGHT WEAVE----

DATES AND TIMES: 8:30 pm, Thursday June 23 to Saturday June 25, 2011 AND 2:30 pm, Sunday June 26, 2011----

DESCRIPTION: Three larger-than-life balls of yarn. A scarf that spans the width of the stage. Eleven dancers, ages 20 to 60, knit and unravel physically and emotionally as they travel through the piece, searching for their connecting thread.----

DANCERS: REAson d'etre company dancers and guest artists: Yves Candau, Miranda Forbes, Samantha Farruggio, Janet Johnson, Karen Kaeja, Kirstie Keenan, Suzanne Liska, Sarah MacDonald, Jessica Runge, Holly Small, Teisha Smith and Lee Walder.----

TICKETS: Youth ages 15 to 25, student, CADA: $15 advance, $20 at door AND
Adult: $22 advance, $30 at door---
www.ticketweb.ca search "dance" and scroll down to VIVID4 or call 1-888-222-6608----

LOCATION: Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester Street, Toronto. www.winchester.tdt.org----

DRAMATURGY: Tristan Whiston----

LIGHTING DESIGNER: Gabriel Cropley----

FOLLOW THE CREATIVE PROCESS:
http://vivid4.blogspot.com/
http://thewildinus.blogspot.com/