Imaginary Anthropologies (2016)
Presented by
The SummerWorks Performance Festival
Playwright: Gabriel Dharmoo
Venue
Run
August 5th, 2016 – August 13th, 2016
Synopsis
Imaginary Anthropologies is a solo vocal performance that interacts with a video mockumentary. The experts on screen comment on invented vocal traditions demonstrated by the singer-performer. Various odd or isolated vocal expressions from around the world are woven together and revisited through imaginary folklore and experimental voice techniques, showcasing the virtuosity, versatility, and strangeness of the human voice. The result is an aural landscape that questions concepts of normality by reminding audiences how people across the world use the voice differently to convey their cultural identities and artistic sensibilities. A humorous and disturbing exploration of post-colonialism, post-exoticism, cultural extinction, globalization, normalized racism and cultural appropriation. (summerworks.ca)
Cast
| Gabriel Dharmoo | Performer |
| Alexandrine Agostini | Video Performer |
| Daniel Anez | Video Performer |
| Florence Blain Mbaye | Video Performer |
| Luc-Martial Dagenais | Video Performer |
| Catherine Lefrançois | Video Performer |
Creative Team
| Gabriel Dharmoo | Playwright |
| Gabriel Dharmoo | Composer |
| Ménad Kesraoui | Video Cinematography |
| Paul Neudorf | Video Editing |
| James O’Callaghan | Video Sound Design |
