Tour
Two performers act as tour guides, leading an audience through the hallways, offices and backstages of a theatre. Making short stops on the way, they share their "instantaneous expertise" on the history of objects, their surroundings as well as their own bodies and personal histories. How do the institutions we inhabit every day impose their realities and histories on us? How might we gesture towards other ways of inhabiting them?
Performers: Roberto Soria & Devon Snell (Toronto), Andrea Cownden & Byhn Ho (Vancouver)
Platforms for TOUR’s research and development:
Toronto Dance Theatre’s Emerging Voices, December 2017, mentors: Ame Henderson and Christopher House
Premiere at OFFTA Montreal, May 2019 with performers: Roberto Soria and Devon Snell
Recipient of the OFFTA 2019’s Hybridity Grant, an award granted “to an individual artist or group for the outstanding hybridity of their artistic practice”.
Presentation at Dance In Vancouver 2019, Summerworks 2022
Trailer
Follow 2 local performers around the back guts of some of Vancouver’s most beloved rehearsal and performances spaces for a 6 minute TOUR!
Move your finger/cursor around to experience the space in 3D.
Performers: Juolin Lee, Allie , Santi Henderson, Francesca Frewer, Erika Mitsuhashi, Alexa Mardon, Kate Franklin, Andrea Cownden
Camera + Editing support: Alysha Seriani