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Performance Lab #9: Inquiries towards Regenerative Practices in Theatre with Vanessa Sabourin

Online Performance Lab

This lab will investigate how we can shift our thinking and our practices towards a regenerative future. The Lab A work-in-progress in response to global environmental and social dis-ease, and a need to contribute to the establishment of alternative pathways. This class will be a collaborative exchange, as well as an informational offering from the midst of my process of ...

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Expanse Festival – 2022

ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Expanse 2022 Generations This year, Expanse is celebrating generations and our relationships with those who have come before us and those who may follow in the paths tread before! We are welcoming folks from the community to join us on this journey! The festival has two main streams: a Performance Series of performance works by local, regional, national and international ...

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Local/Live

ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

GWDC is thrilled to present work by four amazing Alberta-based artists in the first in-person edition of the Expanse Festival since 2020! Featuring new works by Deviani Andrea, Lebogang Disele and Kaili Che & Alyssa Maturino. See the collection of dance works by these amazing teams!   Did you eat yet? Kaili Che & Alyssa Maturino March 25th & April ...

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Performance Lab #23: Making A Life In The Arts With Kristi Hansen

Online Performance Lab

Lab #23: Making A Life In The Arts With Kristi Hansen Delving into the process of navigating a life in the theatre industrial complex that aims to be balanced, ethical, and financially feasible. The Lab This 90 minute session will delve into the process of navigating a life in the theatre industrial complex that aims to be balanced, ethical, and ...

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Performance Lab #1: Analyzing The Arts With Bradley King

ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

In Person and Online!  We’ll focus on good data practices, tools, and techniques that can assist with performance planning, grant submissions, and more! The Lab This workshop focuses on practical skills for collecting, storing, and analyzing your data. We’ll focus on good data practices, tools, and techniques that can assist with performance planning, grant submissions, and more! Topics include: * ...

Performance Lab #2: Creating Your Own Work with Rebecca Merkley

Online Performance Lab

A crash course in creating your own work and establishing a collaborative environment! Bring your ideas to the table and be prepared to play The Lab A crash course in creating your own work and establishing a collaborative environment! Bring your ideas to the table and be prepared to play! Pay What You Will Suggested Donation of $10 What Do ...

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Lab #5: Indigenizing Performance Spaces – Sissy Theissen Kootenayoo

Online Performance Lab

This session will explore, inter-cultural relations and bolster respectful practices in theatre and alike shared spaces The Lab Inter-Cultural Relations And Bolstering Respectful Practises In Theatre And Alike Shared Spaces Appropriate terminology for Indigenous Peoples, the traditional name for Edmonton, Papaschase, Treaty borders in AB How to smudge & benefits of having smudge in participants’ performance & rehearsal spaces Medicines ...

Azimuth Theatre Annual General Meeting

ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Join us for the Azimuth Theatre's Annual General Meeting! Find out what we've been up to this year and hear about our plans for next season. Accessibility In Person ASL Interpretation will be available in person if requested Venue Accessibility Location Studio A - Fringe Theatre Arts Barns 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 2G9 Edmonton, AB T6E 2G9 ...

Performance Lab #7: Nourish and Engage Communities with Amena Shehab

Online Performance Lab

The Lab In this lab, we will explore how individual artists, collectives, and organizations can work together to open doors and create spaces that support involvement from a collection of different communities, specifically Newcomers youth. It is how we can collectively work to build a prosperous community where stories and experiences can be shared and bring us together. Accessibility ASL ...

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Lab 12: Rehearsals Reinvented! Power, Consent & Trust with Julie Murphy

Online Performance Lab

The Lab Rehearsals are a beautiful and chaotic time in the journey of putting up a show... so naturally, building trust and fostering a sense of community within them is easier said than done. Understanding power, inclusivity, and boundaries— with actual ways to implement them— are the keys to galvanizing everybody in the rehearsal room into fierce collaboration with one ...

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Performance Lab #13: Websites for Artists:Website Museum with Terry Knickle

Edmonton, AL, Canada

The Lab Are you hosted on Wix or Squarespace instead of WordPress? Do you already have an established website that just needs editing? Are you looking to be inspired by other community members? In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to showcase their website, revealing what has worked for them online and then presenting an area of improvement. The ...

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Lab #14: Between Us: conversation on collective creation -Lebogang Disele

ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Lab Hi friends! If you know me, you know I love to talk, so let's talk. What is collective creation? And how can we use collective creation to centre new and/or unheard voices? To decolonize theatre and performance-making in Edmonton? To center anti-oppressive approaches in theatre and performance? I'd like to use this lab as an opportunity to have ...

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Lab 15: Finding the Artist’s Authentic Voice with Berend McKenzie

Online Performance Lab

Lab 15: Finding the Artist's Authentic Voice with Berend McKenzie Part of the Performance Lab collection An open discussion where we share our journeys to the 'Artist's Authentic Voice'.   A large portion of this will be an open discussion where we share our journeys to the 'Artist's Authentic Voice'. I will supply three examples of my own writing to give participants ...

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Access 101: Incorporating accessibility practices within your artistic work

Studio A - Fringe Theatre Arts Barns Fringe Theatre Arts Barns, 10330 84 Ave NW,, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Presented As Part Of Azimuth Theatre’s Expanse Festival. Workshop  Description A comprehensive introductory workshop on achieving accessibility in your artistic work. Rethink your artistic practice and current understanding of “Accessibility” and “Inclusion.” This workshop will challenge participants to redefine their personal understanding of access by breaking down one’s experience, social location, and relationship to accessibility. Following this, the group will be ...

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Performance Lab 1: Stage Combat Brawling With Morgan Yamada

The Playhouse 10033 80 Avenue Northwest, Edmonton,, AB, Canada

Hey there! Ready to unleash your inner action hero? Join us for an awesome Stage Combat workshop with Morgan Yamada The Lab Hey there! Ready to unleash your inner action hero? Join us for an awesome Stage Combat workshop with one of the Azimuth Theatre Co-Producers’ Morgan Yamada! In this class, In this class, you’ll learn or brush up on the essential skills ...

Performance Lab: Finding the Art in Access with Carly Neis

Online Performance Lab

Have you ever wanted to make your event more accessible for all, but have no idea where to start? What does access even mean? Join Carly as they dive into the world of access for audience members and performers from their perspective. Art can be accessible and access can be art! How do you incorporate access into the art itself ...

Expanse 2024 – Body-Based Stories Reframed.

Fringe Theatre Adventures - Westbury Theatre 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The festival unfolds through two primary streams: the Mainstage Series features performance works by local, regional, national, and international artists, while the Expanse Community Outreach Program engages with the broader Edmonton community through various activities, including interactions with The Lobbyists. Expanse Is A Celebration Of ALL Bodies onstage. We want to make sure that we are doing as much as ...

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The Adventure Of Young Turtle

Fringe Theatre Adventures - Westbury Theatre 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Young Turtle, stuck between land and sea, feels they will never belong. After getting separated from their family, they meet all sorts of creatures: a butch shark, a genderfluid clownfish, a perpetually frightened eel, and many more. They teach Young Turtle important lessons about identity, being true to yourself, and the strength of community. With these new friends, Young Turtle ...

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EXPANSE LAB – How to tour your work (and not go broke in the process)

Fringe Theatre Adventures - Westbury Theatre 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

So you’re making a show (or maybe it’s already made) Well done! Claps for you. But now you want to take it places. Maybe you’ve always dreamed of touring across North America, going to the Edinburgh Fringe. Or touring to Australia and holding a koala. In this workshop, you will learn practical strategies on how to self-produce, fund, and tour ...

EXPANSE MIXER – Artists Unite!

ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Join us for an evening of camaraderie, snacks and enriching conversations to ignite your creative spirit. Secure your tickets now and celebrate the power of process with us!

Reframe Perspective: Stories In Motion

Fringe Theatre Adventures - Westbury Theatre 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Azimuth Theatre’s yearly dance curation. In "Reframe Perspective: Stories in Motion," we embark on a captivating journey through the lens of dance, where narratives unfold and perceptions shift. This curated collection of performances delves deep into the human experience, exploring themes of transformation, fear, and cultural identity.   Fairly Becoming by: Mayumi Lashbrook of Aeris Körper in and out of ...

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Reframe Perspective: Stories In Motion

Fringe Theatre Adventures - Westbury Theatre 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Azimuth Theatre’s yearly dance curation. In "Reframe Perspective: Stories in Motion," we embark on a captivating journey through the lens of dance, where narratives unfold and perceptions shift. This curated collection of performances delves deep into the human experience, exploring themes of transformation, fear, and cultural identity.   Fairly Becoming by: Mayumi Lashbrook of Aeris Körper in and out of ...

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EXPANSE LAB – Movement + Calligraphy Workshop with Shion Skye Carter

Studio A - Fringe Theatre Arts Barns Fringe Theatre Arts Barns, 10330 84 Ave NW,, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

This workshop brings together the traditional art form of Japanese calligraphy with improvised dance, where participants embody the brushstrokes of a calligraphy piece they create. Derived from Shion’s own choreographic practice integrating calligraphy, this open-level workshop provides a fun, welcoming learning experience that generates community connection, taking intentional time to connect the mind and body. Please wear clothes that you ...

The Adventure of Young Turtle

Fringe Theatre Adventures - Westbury Theatre 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Young Turtle, stuck between land and sea, feels they will never belong. After getting separated from their family, they meet all sorts of creatures: a butch shark, a genderfluid clownfish, a perpetually frightened eel, and many more. They teach Young Turtle important lessons about identity, being true to yourself, and the strength of community. With these new friends, Young Turtle ...

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EXPANSE LAB – Intersections of Mind & Body

Studio A - Fringe Theatre Arts Barns Fringe Theatre Arts Barns, 10330 84 Ave NW,, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Tune into the body and release the mind. In this 2-hour workshop we'll explore improvisational structures and meditative movement patterns. Inspired by her learnings from the Japanese performing arts, Mayumi will guide exercises that release the idea of self and aim to transcend space time. Let go of habitual patterning and planning to welcome new possibilities for expression. Expose your ...

The Adventure of Young Turtle

Fringe Theatre Adventures - Westbury Theatre 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Young Turtle, stuck between land and sea, feels they will never belong. After getting separated from their family, they meet all sorts of creatures: a butch shark, a genderfluid clownfish, a perpetually frightened eel, and many more. They teach Young Turtle important lessons about identity, being true to yourself, and the strength of community. With these new friends, Young Turtle ...

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EXPANSE MIXER – Kiddo’s Party!

ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

A Party for Kiddos to Explore their Azimuths   Join us for a delightful party where kids, parents, and artists can all come together for games, treats, and endless fun suitable for all ages. Don’t miss out on this joyous occasion—secure your tickets now for an unforgettable experience!

Performance Lab Reframed with Amber Borotsik and Kijo Gatama

Fringe Theatre Adventures - Westbury Theatre 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Join our workshop on collective creation and ensemble building! In this session, we'll explore the framework of how a new work unfolds, recognizing that each creation has its own unique voice. Throughout the workshop, we'll delve into various aspects of the collective creation process, including: Cultivating Tolerance for the Birthing Process: Develop a tolerance for the uncertainty, chaos and moments ...

The Adventure of Young Turtle

Fringe Theatre Adventures - Westbury Theatre 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Young Turtle, stuck between land and sea, feels they will never belong. After getting separated from their family, they meet all sorts of creatures: a butch shark, a genderfluid clownfish, a perpetually frightened eel, and many more. They teach Young Turtle important lessons about identity, being true to yourself, and the strength of community. With these new friends, Young Turtle ...

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EXPANSE LAB – Contemporary Dance Technique and Improvisation with Molly McDermott

Fringe Theatre Adventures - Westbury Theatre 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Class begins with a simple, yet vigorous led warm-up designed to bring everyone into collective movement. This will lead into improvisations guided by imagery. We will continue by learning sequences of movement embracing the floor to start and ending in the air. Molly’s teaching is influenced by her training in Butoh, and a wide variety of contemporary and somatic techniques. ...

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The Adventure of Young Turtle

Fringe Theatre Adventures - Westbury Theatre 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Young Turtle, stuck between land and sea, feels they will never belong. After getting separated from their family, they meet all sorts of creatures: a butch shark, a genderfluid clownfish, a perpetually frightened eel, and many more. They teach Young Turtle important lessons about identity, being true to yourself, and the strength of community. With these new friends, Young Turtle ...

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EXPANSE MIXER – Reframed [Re]Mixer

ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

An Expanse Festival Mixer   Lets re-frame the community together! As we conclude our 2024 festival, join fellow artists who make up our Community Constellation and local artists for a celebratory mixer. It’s a chance to connect, share stories, and strengthen bonds within our vibrant community.

The Expanse Living Room Party!

Fringe Theatre Adventures - Westbury Theatre 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Expanse Living Room Party     As we bid farewell to another unforgettable journey through the cosmos of Expanse, let's come together to celebrate the wonder and splendor of our adventure. Join us for the Expanse Living Room Party for an electrifying night of dance, music, monologues, poetry, drag and revelry! Featuring acts like: New Work from Jameela McNeil Excerpt ...

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