Seasonal Activities – Page 6 – a field of crowns

Performer Profile: Half Second Echo

dark monk

Dark Monk, Deep Church follows the dynamic and secretive lives of three half-crow/half-man monks undertaking a mysterious ritual. The piece opens up at the brink of these monks’ spiritual ritual as they lay the groundwork for the final ceremony.

Half Second Echo is a Toronto based contemporary dance collective that serves as a platform for the creative exploration of the moving body. Since its creation in 2013 Half Second Echo has had the opportunity to collaborate with Forcier Stage Works, Applebox Film Company, Intergalactic Arts Collective, Great Moving Dancers/Good Morning Dance, Jesse Dell, Irvin Chow, Dave Wilson and the McMaster Dance Company, as well as present works in DanceOntario Weekend and both the Toronto and Hamilton Fringe Festivals. HSE is ecstatic to be the house troupe for the Body Brake series curated by Anandam Dancetheatre and presented by Theatre Passe Muraille.

Half Second Echo will be performing Dark Monk, Deep Church this Friday at Seasonal Activities, v.ii

Performer Profile: ArteBote Collective

“Before you go to bed…” [working title]

Where does under the bed go? What is the dark? We create monsters of our own reality; the things we are most familiar with. The objects that are most mundane during daylight can become distorted and hideous during the night. What are we so afraid of? Is it the monster or is it the dark?

Do you still sleep with a nightlight?

The Artbote Collective is an interdisciplinary company of five young artists (Jesse Byiers, Stefan Till, Evan Tingle, Katelin Richards, Marienne Castro, Kitty Orsten), most of whom will graduate from the Humber College Theatre Performance program this spring. The company strongly embodies our approach to devised and physical theatre practice that has its roots in the methodologies of Lecoq, Barba, Grotowski and Vasiliev. Incorporating music, visual design, clown, mask and puppetry the company creates theatrical works which are intricate, transparent and push the boundaries of the theatrical form.

The ArteBote Collective will be performing “Before you go to bed…” at Seasonal Activities, v. ii

introducing Seasonal Activities, v.ii

Performer Profile: Andrew Gaboury

I’ll be performing a series of poems, or vignettes entitled under hill & harbour. Most of these pieces were written while I was living a transient life and deal with themes of wonder, annoyance and finding the sublime in daily life. I made this piece to be performed in an art gallery (Lisa Pijuan-Nomura’s James Street North Gallery in Hamilton) amongst sculptures and paintings and, as such, have been able to install it at many different sites as one could an artwork (including the side of the street), adapting it to fit each unique location.

Andrew Gaboury is an artist that likes to program himself into shows he “curates.” What a jerk.