Andrea Nann Dreamwalker Dance Company
In association with Harbourfront Centre NextSteps
The Whole Shebang 2008
A one-of-a-kind performance event. Don't Miss It!
May 9-10, 2008 at 8pm
Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
231 Queens Quay West, Toronto
Tickets: $35; students/seniors/CADA members $20
Box Office 416-973-4000
It starts with one dancer’s vision. By spring it is a collision of artists illuminating that vision in one big event called The Whole Shebang. Guided by Andrea Nann, artistic director of Andrea Nann Dreamwalker Dance Company, The Whole Shebang 2008 brings together story tellers, filmmakers, painters, choreographers, dancers, songwriters and musicians to inspire audiences to consider the wonderment and mystery of the human experience.
What happens if you are hit by lightning?
Get a sneak peak of award winning filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier’s (Manufactured Landscapes) highly anticipated, new feature documentary Act of God. How an act of nature can alter an ordinary life.
How does a female soloist perform a dance that has only ever been performed by men?
Andrea Nann premieres her performance of choreographer Danny Grossman’s signature award winning solo Memento Mori (1988) described as "A masterful creation by a mature and ingenious
choreographer." Dierdre Kelly - The Globe and Mail
Can you draw a song?
Dark Hand and the Lamplight's skilled and witty visual artist Shary Boyle brings songwriter Doug Paisley’s music to life before our eyes. Their collaborative audio-visual performance features emotionally charged live drawn narratives that are hand-animated on an overhead projector, projecting behind, on and around Paisley.
How do you create a real time game of snakes and ladders?
Chain Reaction – a collision of dance, animation and sound by choreographer Dana Gingras (of Holy Body Tattoo), performed by Sarah Doucet and Dana Gingras with animation by James Paterson and Amit Pitaru and electronic music by Roger Tellier-Craig. a dialogue between animation and performers in a continuous interactive evolution of action and reaction.
Can music transform reality?
an acoustic set by Margo and Michael Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies is bound to take listeners on an unforgettable journey. They will be joined by Andy Maize and Josh Finlayson of the Skydiggers.
The Whole Shebang will also feature a literary artist (TBA) and a new multi-media collaboration between digital visual media artist Tom Kuo, cello / vocal improvisor Anne Bourne, and Andrea Nann.
The Whole Shebang is an unforgettable celebration of the arts.
"The evening is about renewal and states of illumination," says Nann. "Our program reveals the full spectrum of human experiences – radiance,
humility, vulnerability and divinity. The 2008 artists share simplicity of form and aesthetics, each in their own way divining portals to wonderment and awe."
An Asian Heritage Month Event
and part of Harbourfront Centre NextSteps Series
The annual The Whole Shebang 2006 is a rich, even heady multi-arts show...the allure of The Whole Shebang is how collectively, these thoughtful artists detail life in the 21st century in all its myriad paradoxes." Paula Citron, The Globe and Mail, May 2006
There will be an abbreviated matinee program for youth on May 8, 2008 at 1pm. Tickets $10 contact School Visits
www.harbourfrontcentre.com/schoolvisits/performing_arts/
Behind The Curtain: Andrea Nann Dreamwalker Dance Company
May 8, 2008 10 am - 2 pm
Asian Heritage Month
Full day: $15 per student
Matinee only: $10 per student
www.harbourfrontcentre.com
Part of Next Steps
Matinee Program for Youth
The ANDDC is committed to facilitating enriched arts learning and experiences for youth by providing opportunities for young people to work and learn with experienced artists. In addition to the evening peformances, the ANDDC is working in partnership with Harbourfront Centre School Visits Program to offer students a 35-minute mini-Shebang program, followed by a 20-minute Q&A period.
Elements of drama, literature, music and visual arts are woven into the creative process and the final product, allowing the students to give physical form to their thoughts and feelings through painting, storytelling and movement set to music. Through a range of dynamic workshops with members of the company followed by a responsive visual arts workshop facilitated by our artist educators, each participant feels respected for their individuality and their own unique artistic interpretations and creations.
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