8 minutes 17 seconds
When
Runs from
Thursday January 23 2020
to Sunday January 26 2020
Approximate running time: 1 hour and 10 minutes
Venue
Event Notes
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8 minutes 17 seconds
Produced by Blue Ceiling dance
Created/conceived by Lucy Rupert
With additional choreography by Karen Kaeja, Emma Kerson and Jane Alison McKinney, and Michael Caldwell
Lighting Design: Michelle Ramsay
Stage Management: Laura Cournoyea
Writing by: Hume Baugh
Performed by: Hume Baugh, Michael Caldwell, Marie-Josée Chartier, Francesca Chudnoff, Sky Fairchild-Waller, Emma Kerson, Jane Alison McKinney, Shakeil Rollock, Lucy Rupert, Elke Schroeder, Kaitlin Standeven, and Brendan Wyatt
The length of time it takes light to travel from the Sun to Earth is the launching point for this kaleidoscopic contemporary dance theatre work, exploring the metaphors and soul of cosmology, the behavior of light in space and the implications of 8:17 on our sense of mortality.
This fresh new work has been created and produced with the support of Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto Dance Theatre Creative Residency, OpenSpace Residency at the National Ballet of Canada and Peggy Baker Dance Projects Creative Residency program.
Produced by Blue Ceiling dance
Created/conceived by Lucy Rupert
With additional choreography by Karen Kaeja, Emma Kerson and Jane Alison McKinney, and Michael Caldwell
Lighting Design: Michelle Ramsay
Stage Management: Laura Cournoyea
Writing by: Hume Baugh
Performed by: Hume Baugh, Michael Caldwell, Marie-Josée Chartier, Francesca Chudnoff, Sky Fairchild-Waller, Emma Kerson, Jane Alison McKinney, Shakeil Rollock, Lucy Rupert, Elke Schroeder, Kaitlin Standeven, and Brendan Wyatt
The length of time it takes light to travel from the Sun to Earth is the launching point for this kaleidoscopic contemporary dance theatre work, exploring the metaphors and soul of cosmology, the behavior of light in space and the implications of 8:17 on our sense of mortality.
This fresh new work has been created and produced with the support of Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto Dance Theatre Creative Residency, OpenSpace Residency at the National Ballet of Canada and Peggy Baker Dance Projects Creative Residency program.