Just a quick update for you now that we are back in the office post-performing arts conference. I will post some photos of our recent trip to Pittsburgh and performance at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. At IPAY, Santee and I had an amazing time meeting presenters and artists from all over the world. I saw a lot of interesting youth theatre/dance – a pretty piece by a dance company that makes work exclusively for youth audiences, Destilte from Holland; an intriguing show using paper called “Kraft” by a Spanish company; Frankenstein as interpreted by a clowning/theatre group, 500 Clown from Chicago (which shocked most of the audience); a bromance called “Boats” by Terrapin Puppet Theatre from Australia. Pittsburgh is actually a pretty nice city with lots of old buildings, and I don’t think I would have ever visited if not for this conference.
The open rehearsal that we held as part of our new “Behind the Curtain” series went extremely well with about 25 people enjoying the show and getting to know the dancers. Next time we’ll find a bigger space! It was very intimate. Thanks to everyone who attended!
Santee has been featured in the Canada Council’s publication “Expressions” – Canadian Aboriginal Artists. I have a lovely PDF but no way of sharing it with you. It doesn’t seem as though the book is available for sale publicly, but if you really want to read Santee’s profile (along with Gaetan Gingras, Margaret Grenier, Tracee Smith, and other Canadian Aboriginal artists), I imagine one could call them.
Also – we have confirmed with The Dreaming that we will be bringing a show to Oz in June (brrr), if our touring support is confirmed.