FOLDA Events

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Violette by Joe Jack and John

Joe Jack and John is a theatre company that produces original multidisciplinary shows combining video, dance, spoken word, and bilingualism. Our artistic approach foregrounds the figure of the antihero by integrating performers often perceived as such by society, such as professional actors with an intellectual disability or from diverse cultural backgrounds. We favour devised creation […]

Pathetic Fallacy by Anita Rochon

Pathetic Fallacy by Anita Rochon (co-presented by The Chop & SpiderWebShow) Livestreamed from VANCOUVER, BC. Livestreamed from Vancouver and set against a temperamental TV forecaster’s green screen, this work-in-development looks at a changing relationship to weather. Landscape painting, meteorological science and pathetic fallacy — the attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things, like […]

Chemical Valley Project by Broadleaf Theatre

Two siblings, Vanessa and Lindsay Gray, have dedicated themselves to protecting the land and water of Aamjiwnaang, an Indigenous community of 800 residents, from being smothered by Canada’s petrochemical industry. The chemicals produced by the 57 petrochemical factories that surround their community are known to have a devastating impact on the health and well-being of […]

Choir!Choir!Choir! (Toronto, ON)

The Isabel - Jennifer Velva Bernstein Performance Hall , Canada

  Equal parts singing, comedy, and community-building, the night unfolds like a dream: You get a lyric sheet at the door, DaBu teaches you the vocal arrangement, and a video is recorded. Everyone has a ball and goes home feeling great! Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman (AKA “DaBu”) started Choir! Choir! Choir! as a weekly […]

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Breakfast Livestream: Lucky Jew Live

The Isabel - Room 312

Conceived by Michael Rubenfeld and co-created by Jason Francisco with Magda Rubenfeld Koralewska. Performed by Michael Rubenfield and Adam Schorin.  Presented in a public square, the performer attempts to sell images of himself dressed as a “lucky jew” at a booth. These are common Polish folkloric images that are bought and displayed to bring economic […]

Workshop: VR and Live Performance

The Isabel - Arts & Media Lab

Run by Wojciech Markowski (Dream Adoption Society) This workshop gives you the opportunity to experience multiplayer, interactive virtual reality in the context of theatre and contemporary art. The first part of the workshop is a lecture and introduction to VR and AR in art and performance and the second part is the experience itself. Try […]

US / CAN Exchange

Hosted by Jamie Gahlon (HowlRound) and Michael Wheeler (SpiderWebShow)   Eight artists from Turtle Island who integrate digital technologies into performance will share what they are working on right now, current problems, and areas of preoccupation. Hear from some of the leading innovators from either side of the US/Canada border. Admission available with any Start Up […]

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