It's summer and all the various festivals,carnivals,expos etc.. are all on a schedule.
From Friday till next Wednesday am invovlved in
FEATS 2008 (
Festival of Dance)
This would be my second volunteer program and am having fun so far.
The program for yesterday and today ran as follows:
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Hybrids
July 4 – 5
7:00 p.m.
Westbury Theatre @ TransAlta Arts Barns
Finding new movement paths resulting from past histories. Travel with them as they take you on a journey finding spectacular dance inspired by their traditional roots from Spain, India, South Korea and Japan. Watch how their current contemporary voice finds a new Canadian dance hybird.
featuring choreographic works by: Sung-Ah Choi, Fiona Malena, Shivani Thakkar and Linda Turnbull
Tickets: $20 (In Advance); $25 (On Site)
TIX on the Square - 780.420.1757
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find eight
July 4 – 5
9:00 p.m.
Westbury Theatre @ TransAlta Arts Barns
Finding the best 2008 new works from Calgary and Edmonton dance creators. See how the dance and its performers find new discoveries every time the work finds a new stage. Don’t’ miss work that must be seen in its next evolution.
featuring choreographic works by: Heidi Bunting, Dixie De Vries, Tracy Friesen, Neah Kalcounis, Jeannie Vandekerkhove and SURGE Company.
Tickets: $20 (In Advance); $25 (On Site)
TIX on the Square: 780.420.1757
If you're in Canada or curious about the dance scene,please feel free to visit this website:
http://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca
If you have a
Facebook account,you can look up for
'feats-Festival of Dance' and join the group
The main reason I volunteered for this was because it involves something am passionate about but regret not pursuing it.Secondly,volunteers get to watch the shows for free and attend some of the workshops as well and are privileged to have some V.I.P tickets to some shows.
I was in charge of ticketing and of course I enjoyed the shows toroughly.However I did not take any pictures of the show because I was to
shy to ask about the policy on this.So for a change I really let my biological camera do the works and wonders for me.I loved the way the dancers used the space and also I never really did realise that lighting does play an important role during a performance.t gives the extra feel & character.
Today however,I was in charge of ticketing and was also taking turns to 'babysit' another theatre just behind
TransAlta Arts Barn.The reason was it is that this place is going unders some renovations and some of the entrance to this place is not secured.This theatre meanwhile acts as a reharsal space to dancers and perfomers alike and also a place for some warming up and a chillout area for volunteers.
As soon as I stepped in-It was like *WoW*..totally!!
My head was spinning by just thinking of the amount of pictures I can capture.
This theatre's called '
Catalyst'
Here are just a few of the
treasures I've managed to capture.
Will take a shot of the building on site some other day.
William Shakespeare -
All the world's a stage (from
As You Like It 2/7)
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Snapshot: July 6'08
