Video Blog # 5

Long Live
July 4th - 6th
Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto, Canada
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Between working with the musicians, getting marketing stuff done and rehearsing things are getting pretty busy .... not a chance to blog much this week...so here is a short one.

Suzanne Liska, Lee Walder, Marlene Latour and Chelsea O’Brian Plus Ensemble in rehearsal

Video Blog # 4

Catch the Magic!
Long Live
July 4th - 6th Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Canada
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Video Blog Week # 3

Catch the Magic!
Long Live
July 4th - 6th (Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto, Canada)
Purchase Tickets at
http://www.ticketweb.ca/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=23081

Week # 3 Blog

Karen Kaeja helping me make a mold for Robert's head piece
Step # 1 (plastic wrapped around head)

Step # 2 (start putting plaster strips ons)

Step # 3 (waiitng for it to dry)

Step # 4 (I have attatched wire antlers that I made and then covered the whole thing in fiber glass. Know it sits on a heater off gassing)

Update Notes
Snowblink band members Daniela Gesundheit and Dan Goldman are driving to Toronto from San Francisco. They will start rehearsals soon. I am excited to see the piece with live music.

We did our first big run through on Friday. The piece as a whole has "lived up in my head" for so long that it was surreal to see it live. During the run through I was running sound and video taping while also trying to get a sense of the piece. I like to watch my work form my "heart" but with all the technical jobs I was doing it was hard to do this. My stage manager is attending some rehearsals this week so hopefully I will get the chance to just watch.

I watched the video over the weekend making transitions and edits notes. Its really the same process as writing..... you get it all out and then you edit it down to its essence. With a title like "long Live" I really must make the piece just the right length (not to long) :-)

Lots of work ahead. I try to balance my time between marketing and the creative process. Few hours of sleep are the result but my adrenaline keeps me going.

Catch the Magic!
Long Live
July 4th - 6th
Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Purchase Tickets at http://www.ticketweb.ca/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=23081

Week # 2 Video Blog

Introducing the youngest REAson d'etre Company members

Emerging Dance Artist - Teisha Smith
Teisha Smith began dancing at the age of four training in Ballet and Jazz at Louise Woodvine Dance Academy in Barbados. Teisha recently received her degree in Theatre Performance, majoring in dance, from Ryerson University. While at Ryerson she had the pleasure to work with inspiring choreographers and guest teachers such as Vicki St Denys, Kathleen Rea and Eddison B. Lindsay. Since Graduating she has performed Kathleen Rea’s IRE ( 2006) and is presently working with the Coalition of Black artist (COBA) and REAson d'etre productions.

Apprentice - Marlene Latour
Marlene is a recent graduate of the George Brown College Dance Performance Program. Since graduation Marlene has performed in Kathleen Rea’s Close Knit for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, 2007 and in ‘Silhouettes’ Dance Company where she choreographs and performs at various events around the city. She is thrilled to be a part of this production and has thoroughly enjoyed spending her time with such talented dance artists.


Catch the Magic!
Long Live
July 4th - 6th
Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Purchase Tickets at
http://www.ticketweb.ca/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=23081

Photographs of Tom Brouillette Teisha Smith and Marlene Latour by Greg Schilhab Photography