2012

Ouverture insolite

Nobuo Kubota performing at Mercer Union

par Sylvie Ferre C’est un début prometteur pour le Festival 7A*11D, puisque , dans la même journée, il présente deux artistes considérés comme  ses “éminences grises”. L’une d’elle, la fameuse Margaret Dragu, danseuse de formation et performeure bien connue des milieux artistiques, entame les festivités  avec un cours de yoga.  Une heure durant, nous pourrons …

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Adrift

Agnes Yit performing at Mercer Union

By Randy Gledhill The room is pitch black. There are so many people clambering for a little vacant wall space, or floor space, it becomes a bit of a group grope. People outside crane for a glimpse of what is happening in the over-sold space. Fog rolls in. The room is sweet with theatrical smoke. …

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Think Inside the Box

Magnús Logi Kristinsson performing at Mercer Union

By Randy Gledhill There is a big white box. Inside is a man. An elegant man. I know this because his tuxedo clad arm and leg extend outside the box through the wall. The hand is manicured, the leg draped in a crisply pressed trouser and ending in a foot clad in a perfect patent …

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Ist up – Nobuo Kubota

Nobuo Kubota performing at Mercer Union

By Randy Gledhill Nobuo Kubota has accomplished an oeuvre of experimental avant-garde exploration spanning over 50 years. That is older than some of this packed audience’s parents. Nobuo has educated, mentored and inspired three generations of students and artists, including myself, 40 years ago. He was my favorite teacher simply because, rather than tell me …

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And they’re off and debating!

By Randy Gledhill It is the morning after the nite before. Day 1 is fin complet. The messes have been contained (actually, strangely, there were none, except a bit of left-over smoke – a first for a performance festival opening nite of this stature). Everyone, I assume, is well slept, has finished their morning yoga …

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First things first

Margaret Dragu performing at Toronto Free Gallery

By Christine Korte It’s early evening on day one. The morning began with a balanced triad of body, action and networks – each addressed in different ways at the Toronto Free Gallery on Bloor St. West. First things first: the body. For those of us already beginning day one of the festival tired, jet-lagged, overwrought …

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Before the Action Begins

By Randy Gledhill It is the night before the big shows begin and anticipation is building . The performance artists are now assembled. They have been fed with home cooked foodie delights at Tanya’s pre-festival soiree and pampered in their luxury digs, the Alphaville Inn. The presence of the great Norbert Klassen, to whom the …

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2012 Eyes and Ears

Welcome to our festival blog for 2012. Updated daily, the blog contains critical writing and reflections on the 9th 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art by our commissioned writers, Sylvie FERRÉ, Randy GLEDHILL and Christine KORTE, and photographs of each days events from our faithful photographer, Henry CHAN. In addition, 7a*11d collective member Annie Onyi …

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