Transformation!
NOVEMBER 28, 2015, 3:00 PM
performance pieces
1. The Nature of L 

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Pablo Perez
Laura Whitney Sniderman
Imagine your favourite tree as a woman. What colour is her hair? How does she sway? And when she looks in your eyes, what is she saying? This piece will invite you to fall in love with a leaf as she transitions through her seasonal cycle. We ask you to question your notions of death and decay in relationship to the unstoppable force of change.
2. The Path to the Light 

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Choreography/ Original Musical Score:
Vivek Patel

Dancers:
James Boston
Sylvie Ducharme
Sofia Farkona
Keith MacQuarrie
Kevin Meixner
​Sarah Puja Jones
This dance represents the inner struggle to love and accept ourselves.  We have to deal with many demons within.  It is a daily battle.  Once we achieve victory over the invisible enemies we can live in the light.  We are then free to create our lives in any way we want.  We have the power to write our own stories, rather than have them written for us.
3. Jo-Jo Potato

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Jo-Jo Potato...and his Beloved Hat.
4. Shifting

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Tatyana Davies
In the space of transition, where clarity has not yet been found, the dancer shifts from the old, and unfamiliar known to the new, uncertain place she knows she must cross over to in order to continue life.  In her cautiousness she wavers, but with awareness and conviction that things must change.
5. Dance of the Monster Pixies

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James Andreadis
Nathan Bragg
Alejandro Fernandez Diaz
Elisa Hollenberg
Neverland Commander F. Bamboozle attempts to whip a group of pixie-nymphs into shape.  To his frustration and chagrin, these pixies are poorly suited to obeying his instructions; however they do have a transformative magic all their own.
6. Good Girl

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Choreographer:
Olya Glotka 

Dancers: 
Louis Barbier
Olya Glotka
Avika Ghods
Cesar Ginocchio
Carlos Gouveia
This dance piece is about growing up as a girl. Growing up as a girl in a male dominated society. This piece is about growing up in the time and place where home violence towards women is an everyday thing and the only tools women have to deal with it is a mirror and face powder. It is about being taught that you have to smile and look pretty. It is about growing up around families who told their daughters: “You do not need good marks, all you need is to find a smart rich guy”. It’s about being cat-called on the street, in class, at school. It’s about being told that it is your fault, you asked for it, you wore shorts. It’s about being told that all that men want from you is sex. It’s about being treated not based on your intelligence, experience or mind but based on what’s between your legs. It’s about not telling anyone because “nobody will believe you, he is a respected teacher”. It is about never being around fellow girls because all TV taught you was that girls are mean, stupid and catty; that all they need is to win over the best guy.
7. Doubt

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Dance Score:  
Pablo Perez

Dancers:  
Ellen Bleiwas
Ryan Genereaux
Avika Ghods
Elisa Hollenberg
Laura Whitney Sniderman
Sara Stacey
Julie Tesolin
Alec Wenzowski
 

8. I Can Almost See You

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Alina Kouchinova
On March 13th 1997 Vitali Kouvchinov fell to his death in a work accident. Alina Kouvchinova is his youngest daughter. On April 18th 2011, Alina recounts vivid childhood memories and continues to explore the transformative relationship with her father as she writes him a letter inspired by a particularly striking piece of music. These original words and music are pivotal foundations for this dance piece. This dance is an exploration of love that bridges death.
9. Spirit of Trees

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Choreographers and Dancers:
Stefan Alexander
Alejandro Fernandez
   Diaz
Elisa Hollenberg
Patti Kain
Amanda Smith
Alec Wenzowski
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Original Musical Score: 
Kristin Lindell
F-erenc Szabo


Toronto is known as “a city within a park”.  City dwellers take solace in connecting with nature through the ravines, parks and trees.  We drew direct inspiration by dancing among the trees in High Park to sense their stillness, grace and movement.  It has been a healthy experience connecting with the essence and spirit of trees, while making this piece. We hope to bring some of that to the audience. 
Interstitial Clowns:
James Andreadis
Nathan Bragg
Alejandro Fernandez Diaz
Ja-son Flower
Jesse Reimer-Watts
Musician:
Tangi Ropars