Expanse at a Glance
All performances at The Roxy Theatre, 10708 - 124st, Edmonton.
Select workshops at the Living Room Play House 11315 - 106ave, Edmonton.
Thursday - February 26
7:30pm: Expansion!
Opening night performance, silent auction and dance party! Hosted by Jesse Gervais and featuring Tracy Friesen, Richard Lee and Cole Humeny, The KO Dance Project, Of Breath and surprise special guests.
Friday - February 27
7:00pm: Fire/Misfire
8:30pm: My Song *followed by artist talk back
10:00pm: The Reflecting Pool *followed by artist talk back
11:15pm: Of Breath *Musical Guests
more info
Saturday - February 28
10:00am: Workshop - Out of the Seat with Amber Borotsik at the Living Room Play House
12:00pm: Workshop - Brave New Brain at the Living Room Play House
7:00pm: My Song
8:30pm: The Reflecting Pool
10:00pm: The Darkening
11:30pm: Collision: a live human laboratory
more info
Sunday - March 1
11:00am: The Art of Yoga with Geha Gonthier on the Roxy Theatre stage.
2:00pm: The Darkening
3:30pm: Fire/Misfire
more info
TICKETS
The Roxy Box Office: 780-453-2440
Expansion! - Opening Night: $15
Individual programs: $15
Friday/Saturday Performance Pass: $35
Sunday Performance Pass: $25
Festival Pass: $70
Festival Workshops: Pay what you can
Expanse Program 09
BONDING
*special opening night performance only
Thursday February 26th 7:30pm
Choreographer: Tracy Friesen
Dancers: Tracy Friesen, Raena Waddell
Music: White Stripes, Portishead, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Desert Sessions with PJ Harvey.
Tracy Friesen returns to Expanse with a brand new world premiere!
“How to articulate the accumulation of our experience?
How to record each memory?
I don’t want to know
Who I would be without you.”
My Song
Friday, February 27 at 8:30pm
Saturday, February 28 at 7:00pm
Choreographer: Linda Turnbull
Dancers: Jacci Collins, Raena Waddell, Eryn Tempest, Amber Bissonnette
Sound Design: Linda Turnbull, Jacci Collins, Raena Waddell, Eryn Tempest, Amber Bissonnette
More than just a performance, My Song is an interactive and inclusive experience for the audience that will allow for an inside and personal look at normal everyday people, who just happen to dance for a living…
Collision: a live human laboratory
Thursday, February 26 as a part of Expansion! Opening Night Celebrations (approximately 9:00pm)
Saturday, February 28 at 11:30pm
Choreographer: Kathleen Ochoa
Dancers: Miriam Esquitin, Abby Espejo Nugent, Katrina Smy, Aliya Jamal and Deanne Underwood
Sound Design: Chris Quesnel
Dance-aturge: Linda Rubin
Collaborators: Organic Gardener Alex Bolivar, and Cosmologist Jochen Buechel
Collision is a late night research and performance project exploring the place where science, Qi Gong and contemporary dance collide.
Fire/Misfire
Friday, February 27 at 7:00pm
Sunday, March 1 at 3:30pm
Lenguaje Corporal
Choreographer/Performer: Melissa Thingelstad
Director: Ian Leung
An exploration of the body as communicator; the misinterpretations, assimilations, and underlying truths that we all face.
dance on film: Stuck
Director/Choreographer: Jenn Goodwin
Produced by Bravofact/ Channel 4 and Moving Pictures
Dancers: Nicola Pantin & Mathew Dailey
DOP: Mike Andriga
Editor: Steve Manz/ Relish
The day after the night before. Boy meets girl...again
Love in Question
Creator/Choreographer/Performers: Kirsten Marie Rasmussen and Neil LeGrandeur
Sound Composition and Design: Lane Arndt
Love has questioned all, and all have had questions about love.
ManDance
Choreographers/ Performers: by Richard Lee and Cole Humeny
Sound Design: Cole Humeny
Music: Vicarious, Tool, The Only Moment We Were Alone, Explosions in the Sky
ManDance plays with the ugliness, beauty, humor and social expectations (including the ones we pretend not to have) of two heterosexual men dancing together. Ties are untied, punches are thrown and sweat is sweated by the bucketful.
The Darkening
Saturday, February 28 at 10:00pm
Sunday, March 1 at 2:00pm
Marked
Playwright/Director/Choreographer: Trevor Schmidt
Performer: Cheryl Jameson
Soundscape: Dave Clarke
“The alarm that is located inside my front door blinks back at me serenely
Saying that no one has been in m house but me
But I know better
Someone has left his calling card
In blue-black ink on parts of me
A teasing, winding, circular message that travels around my body
But always says the same thing
The simple fact that
”I was here”."
Marked by Trevor Schmidt
Shadowplay
Choreographer: Deanna Peters
Dancers: Molly McDermott, Jane Osborne and Leigha Wald
Music: Selections from Miles Davis’ score for Ascenseur pour
l’echafaud, sound excerpts from Stanley Kubrick’s Killers Kiss
Drone and Sound Design: Deanna Peters
Wandering through subconscious conflict, lapsing into self-doubt and examining the mischievous voices in our heads, Shadowplay shows the self as doubled, tripled and divided.
The Monster
Creators: The Monster Ensemble
Director: David van Belle
Choreographer: Anita Miotti
Performers: AJ Demers, Edward Mitchell and Anita Miotti
Music: The Trio Bulgarka, Chegando De La, Kongar-ool Ondar, Tom Waits, Aphex Twin, Apocalyptica
The Monster is an original short piece of dance and theatre loosely based on Mary Shelly’s masterwork, Frankenstein. Half family drama, half horror film - it’s hard to tell where one ends and the other one takes over - The Monster takes on the ultimate conflict between creator and created...with shocking results.
The Reflecting Pool
Friday, February 27 at 10:00pm
Saturday, February 28 at 8:30pm
Satyr: Sharp Teeth and Butterflies
Choreographer/Performer: Eryn Tempest
Musicians: Of Breath - Travis Boa and Cam Boyce
Film Artists: Patrick Ares-Pilon and Julien Doucette-Preville
“Year after year you lived on at Weimar accumulating knowledge and collecting objects, writing letters and gathering them in, as though in your old age you had found the real way to discover the eternal in the momentary, though you could only mummify it, and to spiritualise nature though you could only hide it with a pretty mask. This is why we reproach you with insincerity.”
Herman Hesse, Steppenwolf
N.A.D.A
Artistic Director: Nicole Kelly
Choreographers/Performers: Good Women (Amy Allan, Dixie de Vries, Nicole Kelly, and Alison Towne)
Music: Deadbeat, Jakatta, Tangerine Dream.
“NADA is a reflection of our journey. Crossing paths, taking separate roads, and then finally re-finding each other through our love of dance, choreography, and friendship.”
Good Women
INSIDEout
Choreographer/Performer: Harriet Macauley
Sound Designer: Richard Leonard
INSIDEout is a solo devised as a part of an Artist in Residence at Mile Zero Dance.
The Expanse Movement Arts Festival would like to thank Mile Zero Dance for partnering with them to present Ms. Harriet Macauley
Expanse Workshops
Shake off the cob webs and embrace Pre-Spring Fever!
Out of the Seat with Amber Borotsik
10:00 am, Saturday, February 28th at the Living Room Play House, 11315, 106 ave.
Cost: Pay what you can
Watch a lot of dance? Go to a lot of theatre? Tired of sitting in your seat? Out of the Seat is a workshop which will give audience members a chance to explore the physical creation process for themselves. Using restorative techniques and movement improvisation, this easy breezy class will leave you feeling bright and blissful.
Brave New Brain
12:00pm, Saturday, February 28th at the Living Room Play House, 11315 - 106 ave.
Cost: Pay what you can
How do people come up with new ideas? What do you do when you’re ‘stuck’? For Brave New Brain we are bringing artists together from different disciplines to investigate alternative methods of generating new material. Brave New Brain is a wonderful workshop for anyone interested in the act of creation.
The Art of Yoga with Geha Gonthier, B.A., ERY-T, LMT, R.Ac.
11:00am, Sunday, March 1st at the Roxy Theatre, 10708 - 124st.
Cost: Pay what you can
Join us for an inspiring morning practice with one of Edmonton’s most beloved yoga instructors Geha Gonthier! Renown as a respected yoga instructor and wholistic healer, Geha is also a dedicated movement explorer. Attention will be drawn to the awareness of energy flow through the entire body, bringing body, mind and heart together; connecting us with what is eternal and essential within. This class is suitable for all experience levels.
Geha holds a degree for movement therapy from the college of performing arts in Vienna. In NY she studied shiatsu with Ohashi and massage at the Swedish Institute. Since then she has been deepening her understanding of eastern and alternative healing through studies of TCM, Cranio Sacral Therapy and Yoga. Last spring she completed her studies of Acupuncture at the Grant MacEwan College in Alberta, Canada.
PHOTOS:
1) Bonding
2) My Song
3) Collision: a live human laboratory photo credit- Tedd Kerr
4) lenguaje_corporal
5) Stuck
6) MANDANCE photo credit - Alaine Haynal
7) Marked
8) Shadowplay
9) The Monster photo credit- A.J. Demers
10) Satyr: Sharp Teeth and Butterflies
11) INSIDEout
12) Geha Gonthier
Expanse Movement Arts Festival 2008
March 6th - 9th
Awards
Hockey Stories For Boys, by George Szilagyi
• 2006 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best New Work
• 2006 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor
faithless, by Steve Pirot & Chris Craddock
• 2005 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best Production
• 2005 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best New Work
• 2005 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best Director
• 2005 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best Actor In A Leading Role
• 2005 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best Sound Design
Dream Life, by Chris Craddock
• 2004 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best New Work
3…2…1, by Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow
• 2004 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best New Work
Dead Man Talking, by Jeremy Baumung
• 2004 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best New Work
Boy Groove, by Chris Craddock, with songs and lyrics by Aaron Macri
• 2003 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best Original Score
• 2003 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best Choreography
Porn Star, By Chris Craddock
• 2002 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Best New Work
Breasting the Waves, by Kate Banigan, Pru MacEvoy, Sophie Lees, Heather Swain
• 2000/2001 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Outstanding New Work
• 2000/2001 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Outstanding Set Design
Do It Right, By Chris Craddock,
• 2001 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination for Outstanding TYA
The Day Billy Lived, by Chris Craddock
• 1999 Winner Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Individual Achievement for Young Audiences to Chris Craddock.
Wrecked, By Chris Craddock,
• 1999 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination Outstanding TYA
• 1999 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award Nomination Outstanding Individual Achievement, Theatre for Young Audiences to Sophie Lees: Director
Steve Pirot, Artistic Producer
Steve Pirot is a born and bred Edmontonian theatre artist. He has a BA Drama and BFA Acting from the University of Alberta. His association with Azimuth goes back to 1993. He has worked for Azimuth as road manager, actor, director, or playwright on Echo Mortal, The Day Billy Lived, Worst Case Scenario, Faithless, God’s Favoured Child: A Rant, Absolute Blue, Hockey Stories For Boys, and served as Board President from 2001 to 2004 before taking the staff position of Artistic Producer.
The Living Room Playhouse(11315-106 ave) had a major face lift in the winter of 2007 with our lobby, bathroom and green room being updated. The facility is one of the most utilized in our city due to its functionality and affordibility.
RENTING SPECS:
Our Lobby is 960 sq. ft and is the perfect place to host a reception with a warm living room feel.
Our theatre space holds 55 patrons(Our maximum capacity for the entire space is 250)
The stage is 12’ x 20’
We are equipped with state of the art lighting and sound equipment.
For more information or to book the space for a function, contact Murray Utas, Artistic Producer
Mailing Address:
11315-106 ave
Edmonton, Alberta T5H 0R6
Phone:
(780)454-0583
Email:
Murray Utas, Artistic Producer
Steve Pirot, Artistic Producer
Marc Dumouchel, President
Pam Hyntka, Vice-President
Dave Royer, Treasurer
Jon Shields, Secretary
Erin Baydak, Member
Kristi Hansen, Member
Jill Connell, Member
Murray Utas, Artistic Producer
Murray is a performer/director that has been involved in professional theatre and film for over 15 years. For the past 5 years he has been Co-Artistic Producer of Azimuth Theatre including the facility management of The Living Room Playhouse (Azimuth’s production house).
As a performer Murray has worked locally with Azimuth Theatre, Workshop West Theatre and Theatre Network. He has spent a lot of years in Yellowknife, N.W.T. working with Stuck in a Snowbank Theatre from its inaugural production of Bushpilot to a national tour of the critically acclaimed The Hudson’s Bay Boy by John Seagrave.
Most recent film/theatre/radio credits include: Bogart in The Enchantment by Sandy Paddick. A co-production with Theatre Yes, Workshop West Theatre and Azimuth Theatre, Keith in The Whimpering Penguin by Pat Langner, a radio play for CBC’s Cities Confidential program, and the Canadian feature length film Sure-Shot Dombrowski produced by Western Directives.
Homeless
Dates: March 18-21, 2009
Venue: The Living Room Playhouse(11315-106ave)
Tickets: Box Office (780)454-0583
*Limited Seating
ALL SHOWS 8pm
Once again Azimuth Theatre is proud to present for a limited 4 performance engagement “Homeless” by Jeremy Baumung
PRODUCTION ARTISTS:
Direction: Kenneth Brown
Writer/Performer: Jeremy Baumung
Musician: Cam Boyce
Technical: Ryan Telfer
before...
...and after
In the spring of 1987, the Sherwood Park Royal Canadian Mounted Police decided to utilize social drama as a means of increasing community awareness of crime prevention issues. Three research-based dramas were produced from 1987 to 1990, under the direction of Deborah Hurford and the RCMP Crime Prevention/Police Community Relations Unit. Echo Mortal (impaired driving, 1987), A Shade of Rain (adolescent suicide, 1988), and Under Broken Wings (family violence, 1988-90) received overwhelming response from audience members. As a result, performance requests from across Alberta became so abundant that the R.C.M.P. suggested the artists assume responsibility for the plays.
The Azimuth Theatre Association became incorporated in the summer of 1991 and has fast become recognized for its powerful social dramas. Our Board of Directors is comprised of performing artists and community development specialists who are interested in the potential of theatre to empower individuals and initiate positive change.
Since its incorporation, Azimuth Theatre has created and toured numerous productions addressing society’s most critical issues. Over 151,000 youths and adults have experienced one of Azimuth Theatre’s productions. The company has performed for communities, schools, universities and colleges, correctional centres, aboriginal reserves, conferences, and theatre festivals throughout western Canada.
In the winter of 2001, Azimuth opened the doors of a new local venue(The Living Room Playhouse) a studio style theatre where new Canadian works could be offered to adults alongside Azimuth’s traditional touring social action pieces.
Our Mandate
Azimuth Theatre creates and presents original Canadian performance that examines society and the human condition with a critical gaze. It reaches audiences not traditionally served by professional theatre for reasons of age, education, or geography with work that evokes discussion of social issues promoting a compassionate perspective towards those affected by those issues.
THE AZIMUTH THEATRE SPACE
Located at 11315 106 Ave, the Azimuth Theatre space is a hot spot for the best new emerging theatre companies in town. Just north of Oliver Square, there is ample free parking on the street and is serviced by bus routes 2, 3, 7, 8.