Century Song (2016)
Produced by
Crooked Figure Dances and Moveable Beast Collective and Volcano Theatre
Presented by
Co-Creators: Neema Bickersteth and Ross Manson and Kate Alton
Director: Ross Manson
Choreographer: Kate Alton
Venue
The Theatre Centre – Franco Boni Theatre
Run
January 19th, 2016 – January 23rd, 2016
Synopsis
Century Song is a live performance hybrid created by the exquisite soprano Neema Bickersteth, and Dora-award winning collaborators Ross Manson (direction) and Kate Alton (choreography).
Inspired in part by Virginia Woolf’s Orlando and Alice Walker’s In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens, Bickersteth seamlessly melds song and movement to inhabit a century of women whose identities are contained within her own.
This unique show features music by some of the past 100 years’ most adventurous composers, as well as projections by Germany’s fettFilm – extraordinary visuals that bring to life major art movements of the 20th century. Both whimsical and riveting,Century Song is a wordless chronicle of the age, built from art. (thisisprogress.ca)
Cast
| Neema Bickersteth | Soprano |
Creative Team
| Neema Bickersteth | Co-Creator |
| Ross Manson | Co-Creator |
| Kate Alton | Co-Creator |
| Ross Manson | Director |
| Kate Alton | Choreographer |
| Georges Aperghis | Composer |
| John Cage | Composer |
| Reza Jacobs | Composer |
| Olivier Messiaen | Composer |
| Gregory Oh | Composer |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | Composer |
| Debashis Sinha | Composer |
| Momme Hinrichs | Projection Designer |
| Torge Møller | Projection Designer |
| Cameron Davis | Associate Projection Designer |
| Kaitlin Hickey | Associate Projection Designer |
| Jeremy Mimnagh | Associate Projection Designer |
| Rebecca Picherack | Lighting Designer |
| Camellia Koo | Set Designer |
| Charlotte Dean | Costume Designer |
| Laura Gardner | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Avril Stevenson | Costume Assistant |
| Michela Sisti | Assistant Director |
Music
| Gregory Oh | Piano |
| Debashis Sinha | Percussion / Computer |
Production
| Emilie Aubin | Stage Manager |
| Patrick Lavender | Production Manager |
