Men’s Circle- a new dance-theatre work by Kathleen Rea that delves into the stories of men in a therapy group
TRAILER
https://youtu.be/sn3jZ5rcRF4
Dates and Location
Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis street, Toronto
8pm, Thursday November 2, 2017 pay what you can preview (only at door sales)
8pm Friday November 3, 2017 opening night
8 pm Saturday November 4, 2017
3 pm matinee Sunday November 5, 2017
Box Office
Pay what you can Thursday Preview (suuggested payment between $5 to $20)
We take cash, credit cards and cheque
Friday, Saturday and Sunday Show
$20 Advanced sales
$30 at the door (cash, credit cards and cheque)
http://menscircle.eventzilla.net
Men’s Circle
Dance-theatre by Kathleen Rea that follows seven men in a therapeutic support group. Brilliant, surprising and touchingly funny, their stories reveal the hurts that lie beneath the surface of smiles and the hidden fears that separate us from ourselves and others.The characters struggle to heal and find authentic connection through movement, storytelling and song. Get your tickets today!
Facebook Event Page
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Volunteer to be part of the show
We are seeking 100 volunteer performers who identify or have identified in the past as being somewhere on the male side of the spectrum. No theatre experience needed.
Volunteers will need to commit to the following Rehearsal dates:
Studio Rehearsal: Monday October 30, 2017 – 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Theatre Dress Rehearsal: Wednesday November 1, 2017 - 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Be part of the core group or pick a show or two
We are looking for a core group that can do the two rehearsals and all four shows (Nov 2 to 5, 2017). It is also possible to choose a night or two. The minimum commitment is attending the two rehearsals and then sign-up for a minimum of one performance. Maximin commitment two rehearsal and then all four shows.
Show dates:
Thursday 8:00 preview show (arrive at Theatre at 7pm for short rehearsal)
Friday 8:00 pm show (arrive at Theatre at 7pm for short rehearsal)
Saturday 8:00 pm show (arrive at Theatre at 7pm for short rehearsal)
Sunday 3:00 pm Matinee (arrive at Theatre at 2pm for short rehearsal)
What will you do?
Volunteer performers will be sitting in the audience watching the show and then will come onto the stage as a group three times coming from the audience for a few minutes each time. They will return to their seat each time when not needed and can watch the show from their seat.
To Sign Up to Perform
Email kathleen.rea@reasondetre.com to sign up or get more info
Help us Get the Word Out
Help us get the word out by letting people know about this call out through the Facebook event page
https://www.facebook.com/events/1866693246926875/
or through this online blurb
http://www.icontact-archive.com/Dptky8jk3SuiM2StC9opKD41QgPlkYU9
Movember Foundation
Proceeds from Nov 3, 2017, opening night of Men’s Circle will be donated to Movember who are currently running a Men’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Campaign.
https://ca.movember.com/programs/mental-health
Produced by REAson d’etre dance productions
REAson d'etre dance productions is a not-for-profit, charitable dance company founded in 1999 by Kathleen Rea. Its mandate is to teach and inspire people about contact dance improvisation, dance/theatre and the axis syllabus through the creation and production of classes, workshops, dance jams, performances and festivals that explore current themes in a manner that enables people to benefit from the enlivening powers of expression through movement. REAson d'etre dance productions brings movement-arts to as many people as possible through accessible programming and holds the belief that every person has an artist within them. Since inception, the company has been nominated for three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, produced five main stage performance evenings, founded the Wednesday Dance Jam and the Contact Dance International Film Festival, and run over 100 dance workshops.
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Men’s Circle Director/ Writer / Choreographer
Kathleen Rea danced with Canada's Ballet Jorgen, National Ballet of Canada & Tiroler Landestheater (Austria). Kathleen is a certified instructor of the Melt Method (Hand and Feet) and teaches Contact Dance Improvisation at George Brown Dance. She has choreographed over 40 dance works and been nominated for five DORA awards. Her film Lapinthrope, co-produced with Alec Kinnear, won the Gold Award at the Festival Der Nationen (Austria). Kathleen is also a recipient of a K. M. Hunter Choreographic Award. Kathleen is a published author (“The Healing Dance”, Charles C. Thomas). She has a Master’s in Expressive Arts Therapy and is a Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO) with over fifteen years in private practice. In January 2015, Kathleen became a candidate teacher of the Axis Syllabus. Recently Kathleen graduated as a Brain Advancement Coach (Pyramid of Potential Method). She is the director of REAson d’etre dance productions, which produces both the Wednesday Dance Jam and the Contact Dance International Film Festival.
www.the-healing-dance.com
Men’s Circle Dramaturge
Tristan R. Whiston is a multi-disciplinary artist who has worked in Toronto’s arts community for over 25 years as a director, dramaturge, writer, performer, and community artist. Tristan has written and directed five audio documentaries for CBC; most notably, his work, Middle C, won the 2007 Premios Ondas Award for International Radio. As the Artist-in-Residence at Central Toronto Youth Services (2004 to 2010), Tristan directed Gender Play, a theatre project working with LGBTQ youth exploring experiences of gender identity. Tristan recently collaborated with Moynan King on an integrated art and sound performance piece called trace, which toured Canada in 2015. In 2016, Tristan travelled to England where he was dramaturge and performer on Hush, a new musical written by Alex Bulmer which was presented at the London International Festival of Theatre and at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
Men’s Circle Dancers / Co-writers / Co-creator
Allen Kaeja is an internationally recognized and award-winning Dance Film Director and Choreographer, who has created over 160 stage works and choreographed for 27 films. Allen is Co-Artistic Director of Kaeja d’Dance with Karen Kaeja, runner up of NOW Magazine’s BEST DANCE COMPANY award and he is co-founder of the CanAsian Dance Festival. His stage and film works have been presented in festivals around the world. Allen has received dozens of national and international commissions, teaches Kaeja Elevations and Dance Film master classes worldwide/ Allen’s awards include the prestigious Clifford E. Lee, K.M. Hunter, and Paul D. Fleck Choreography Awards (Canada), the Bonnie Bird Award (UK), a UNESCO citation, and the Moving Picture Award for best performance (Canada) and was recently nominated for Ontario’s Arts Education Award and received the Katheryn Ash Award for Choreography 2016. Allen also co-developed many site-specific and audience interactive engagement performance strategies with Karen Kaeja over the past 30 years. Allen and Karen have completed a full company tour to Mexico and were just in Newfoundland, Vancouver, Moncton, UK and Japan. Allen and Karen have just completed CONSUMED a new choreography for The Edge in UK (2017) which toured Europe for four months. They are also recipients of the Toronto Arts Council Open Doors award for Canada’s 150 Celebrations and are in the throws of creating Xtraordinary TO Dances with 22 Dance Artists for both Film and Stage. He has just completed Part 1: Live Feed and Part 2: Moments in Reel Time - delivered to Bellmedia in August and Marqueearts (UK) in October 2017. www.kaeja.org
Mateo Galindo Torres is a dancer and choreographer, with side projects in film, photography and music editing. Torres has trained and performed in Colombia, USA, Cuba, Panama and Canada. His most recent professional experience includes work with Hanna Kiel, Frog in Hand, Jacob Niedzwiecki, Danny Grossman, Janak Khendry, Peggy Baker Dance Projects, William Yong, Kaeja d’dance, Maxine Heppner, Toronto International Ballet Theatre and Olga Barrios. Torres is the artistic advisor and guest choreographer of the newly founded company Form Contemporary Dance Theatre. Torres’ work is often politically charged, inspired by social subject matters, and fuses his eclectic movement background.
Kousha Nakhaei is a violinist, improviser and composer. He has studied improvisation and classical performance, as well as Persian and South Indian musical traditions at York University where he graduated in 2005. Kousha is also a dancer with a strong sense of technique and his own personal style. He has studied with Venno interdisciplinary creation. He has collaborated with several choreographers, dancers, poets and directors, such as Lucie Carmen Gregoire, Patty Powel, Tracey Norman, Roger Greenwald, and Jean-Michael Malpeux. He has performed at numerous venues in Toronto and many festivals, including fFIDA, and Under The Azure Dome.
Rudi Natterer travels from Austria to work on Men’s Circle. As a young man, his days circled around basketball, rap and jazz, with occasional sparks of classical music and political activities. After graduating from high school and one year of traveling, he briefly tapped into theatre, felt the need to move on and engaged in the studies of philosophy. It was at that time, at age 21, that he encountered CI and Capoeira. A short break from University in order to focus on contemporary dance turned into a four-year full-time training at SEAD, Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, where he became acquainted with various contemporary dance techniques. Choreographers and teachers that influenced him are Chrystel Guillebaud (Pina Bausch), Jan Burkhart/Sigal Zouk, Matteo Fargion and Vita Ojsonik. His artistic perspective is grounded in freestyle rap and improvised music as well as capoeira and CI, and a secret passion for baroque piano music.
Bill Coleman has danced with Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, Toronto Dance Theatre, Tere O'Connor, Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault, Wiesbaden Ballet, William Douglas Danse and currently Tedi Tafel and Dance Theatre David Earle. He regularly collaborates with diverse groups and communities in the creation of one-of-a-kind theatrical events. He is the co-founder of Bill Coleman & His North American Experience with composer John Oswald and Coleman/Lemieux & Compagnie with Laurence Lemieux. Most recently Bill created Hymn To The Universe performed with the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra, Inverted Mountains with John Oswald, Emile Morin in Banff National Park and OutSideIn, a 3D film by Anne Troake with Carol Prieur which was screened at the 2015 Venice Biennale. Bill’s solo work Dollhouse, a collaboration with composer Gordon Monahan, was presented as part of Toronto’s Canadian Stage 2016/17 season.
Deltin Sejour received his early Training Primarily in martial arts. During adolescence, he began training in Theatre as well as Dance at Lois Sieler Academy of Dance, Georgia School of Theatre and Dance as well as Freeport Players Guild. Seeking further training he Attended the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and Later Dance Performance at George Brown College. Sejour has also traveled to India to study various aspects of Yoga and Movement. He spends his free time taking workshops to expand his knowledge of the arts, reading, writing, doing calisthenics and extensive research into mind. He is dedicated artist that's always seeking to learn more about movement, art, the human body and the world at large. As an emerging artists Sejour seeks to continue his education by collaborating and creating meaningful, thoughtful, physical and engaging work.
