I was looking at the ceiling AND THEN I SAW THE SKY, Tabula Rasa

Canadian Museum of Civilization

Saturday, May 7, 2005 at 8:00PM

I was looking at the ceiling AND THEN I SAW THE SKY

Choreographed by Nicole Mion

In a series of architectural terrains defined by powerful industrial lighting, choreographer and filmmaker Nicole Mion explores extreme environments as they relate to acts of creating, performing and viewing. Mion explores an endless fascination with the experience of space, the large and small zones implied by location, emotion, memory, and relationship. Featuring an original composition for string quartet, helicopter and bug sounds by Amir Amiri, the work sits between fact and fiction, pervaded by a sense of elusiveness – a search for something that exists as much in the imagination as anywhere else. “…mastery of physical and emotional intensity,” Paula Citron, The Globe & Mail.

Featuring:

Nicole Mion: Choreographer

Natalie Poissant, Lori Duncan: Dancers

Yan Lee Chan: Lighting Designer

Tabula Rasa

Choreographed by Bobbie Todd

Tabula Rasa is a minimalist work that attempts to distill the notion of "self" as a young dancer carefully negotiates the fragile space between her internal universe and that of the outer world. Asleep upon a baby grand and donning what loosely resembles a crown of thorns, she is roused to explore her surroundings by the haunting and stark resonance of Arvo Pärt’s pre-eminent improvisational score Fur Alina. Five video shorts by visual artist Craig Le Blanc are interwoven throughout while pianist Linda Daniel performs her introspective interpretation of Pärt’s original score. "Todd’s work is interior, closely observed, and strongly visual...notable for its dramatic visuals," Pamela Anthony, special to the Edmonton Journal

Featuring:

Choreographer: Bobbie Todd

Performer: Jeannie Vandekerkhove

Pianist: Linda Daniel

Video: Craig Le Blanc