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Brief description of Spine
At your very core, who are you?
The creative team that brought you Skydive takes you on a new adventure in virtual reality. Spine is a co-production with the University of Alberta to be presented at the Timms Centre for the Arts in Edmonton for ten performances, running February 3–13, 2010. The co-production will then travel to Vancouver to play in the 2010 Cultural Olympiad, co-presented by Simon Fraser University and co-commissioned by VANOC. The Vancouver run of the show will take place March 10-20, 2010, for ten performances at the newly constructed Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre.
Brief description of Skydive
An action-adventure comedy where the performers soar above the stage. Skydive premiered in Vancouver at the 2007 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and was an instant success with critics and audiences alike. Skydive garnered five nominations for Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards (including Outstanding Production and Critics Choice for Innovation) of which it captured three: for best direction, sound design, and the amazing aerial choreography that made a quadriplegic fly! Skydive was also acknowledged by the Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology, winning their 2007 Award of Technical Merit in recognition of the show’s complex technical functions.
Skydive has toured to the Belfry Festival in Victoria, Theatre Calgary, the Centaur Theatre in Montreal, the Arts Club Theatre in Vancouver (co-presented by the 2009 PuSh Festival) and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa as part of the Magnetic North Theatre Festival.
With over 90 performances to date, Skydive has already played to over 30,000 people in six Canadian cities and will continue to expand its reach as it conquers the national and international touring circuits.
Skydive Photos
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