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TRANSFORM: Connective T/issue—Classical Cirque

What is our connective tissue? What keeps us apart? 

Saturday, September 25 | 7:30pm

Online Stream / Historic Theatre
This performance is available with captioning
Show Credits

Curated by: Cris Derksen and Sidonie Adamson
Video Editor: Cameron Anderson

Performers: Cris Derksen and Sido Adamson
Title of Pieces: New Heya, Eider Ducks
Title of Music: New Heya, Eider Ducks
Videographer: Cameron Anderson
Lighting Designer: Taylor Jansen 

Performers: Sonny-Ray, Day Rider, and Noeli Acoba
Title of Piece: Elementerra
Title of Music: Water Spirit/Our Blood Mother, Elementerra
Videographer: Bani Logroño/Amanda Simon

Performers: Eliot Briton and Erin Ball
Title of Piece: EB² – Sparkle Cannon Shuffle
Title of Music: Ambient Ships
Title of Music: Sparkle Cannon Shuffle
Videographer: Bon Evans
Access Consultation: Alex Bulmer 
Choreography Consultation: Jane Kirby 
Fiddle: Eliot Britton 

Performers: Andrew Balfour and Matt Bagshaw
Title of Piece: 2 paychecks
Title of Music: Standing Reserve
Videographer: Cameron Anderson
Lighting Designer: Taylor Jansen
Helper 1: Sido Adamson 
Helper 2: Katheryn Isfeld 
Star of the Show: Cyr wheel

Performers: Geronimo Inutiq and Sam Hollis
Title of Piece: WECANALWAYSBEHAPPY
Videographer: Chase Levy

Performers: Ian Cusson and Kasha Konaka
Title of Piece: Where There’s A Wall
Title of Music: Where There’s A Wall (Bird Song, Grief Poem, Offerings)
Singer: Midori Marsh
Piano: Ian Cusson
Poetry: Joy Kogawa
Toronto Production (of the music): Victor Pokinko

Performers: Ian Cusson and Kasha Konaka
Title of Piece: Where There’s A Wall
Title of Music:
Where There’s A Wall (Bird Song, Grief Poem, Offerings)
Singer:
Midori Marsh
Piano:
Ian Cusson
Poetry:
Joy Kogawa
Videographer (Vancouver) & Editing: Cameron Anderson
Videographer (Toronto): Nicholas Bradford-Ewart
Recorded at 918 Bathurst (Toronto)
Producer (Toronto):
Victor Pokinko
Audio Recording & Mixing: Andres Castillo-Smith
 
Connective Tissue: Classical Cirque Protocol Video

Festival Protocol Keeper: Quelemia Sparrow
Director: Mily Mumford
Land Acknowledgement: Mandy Nahanee, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation

Six pairs of artists from across the continent present collaborative digital works that explore our common threads and the barriers that divide us. Combining award-winning Indigenous composers and world-class circus performers, Connective T/issue is a collection of short films and digital performance pieces shown through various lenses that have kept us connected through the last year and a half.

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Join us for an After Show following the performance! Groove to beats by DJ Kookum, catch interviews with the festival artists and enjoy fabulous performances all hosted by Joyce Rosario and Virago Nation’s Sparkle Plenty.

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Join us for a film screening at TRANSFORM Cabaret Club built on the stage of The Cultch’s Historic Theatre. Each film screening is followed by an in-person party, with beats by DJ Kookum, interviews with artists, and performances, hosted by Joyce Rosario and Virago Nation’s Sparkle Plenty.

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Our Community Connects program provides free TRANSFORM Cabaret Festival tickets for families, community groups, artists, and others who might not be able to otherwise experience our shows. If you would like to learn more about how to access Community Connects tickets, please reach out to outreach@thecultch.com

Meet the artists

Erin Ball

Sam Hollis

Cris Derksen

Andrew Balfour

Sidonie Adamson

Ian Cusson

Noeli Acoba

Eliot Britton

Matt Bagshaw

Kasha Konaka

Geronimo Inutiq

Sonny-Ray Day Rider

Protocols Credits

Amanda Nahanee

Quelemia Sparrow

Mily Mumford

INDIGENIZING THE DIGITAL STAGE

Curated by Corey Payette & Heather Redfern


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