Week # 1 Video Blog

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

Spring Rehearsal Week # 1

Picture # 1
The day before the first rehearsal
my home-studio was a costume and prop workshop
....cat not included

Picture # 2
Costume designer Amelia Ehrhardt measures dancer Marlene Latour

Picture # 3
Testing out the headlight prop

Picture # 4
Dances Suzanne Liska and Robert Halley warming up

I was really nervous to start again after not having worked with my dancers for three months. Sometimes it is good to get distance from the creative process but this time around I just wanted to keep working without a break. The December rehearsals had so much momentum to them that it was hard to hold my excitement about the piece over the winter months but at least I had time to do lots of administration and marketing work for the production
Kathleen Rea

After the "Long Live" photoshoot

After the "Long Live" Photo shoot I sat on Jarvis street, with all the props and costumes, waiting for my lift. I was a pretty funny sight. The National Ballet School security guard approached me because he thought I was setting up shop to sleep over! I convinced him that I was a modern dancer and not to worry. He still seemed worried but left me alone. Some people started taking pictures of me because they thought I was taking part in some sort of art installation! Then a real dog started sniffing the bum of the prop dog and everyone thought this was really funny. Sometimes I think I am actually an installation artist.


Photographs taken by Suzanne Liska

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"Long Live" - dance-theatre

with live music by Snowblink http://www.snowblink.org/

choreography by Kathleen Rea http://www.reasondetre.com/Artist1.htm

danced and co-created by Tom Brouillette, Robert Halley, Karen Kaeja, Marlene Latour, Suzanne Liska, Chelsea O’Brian, Teisha Smith and Lee Walder

Lighting design and dramaturge by Tristan R. Whiston

Constume desgin by Amelia Ehrhardt

July 4th - 6th, 2008 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre
(404 Jarvis Street, Toronto)

Tickets http://www.ticketweb.ca/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=23081

photograph by Greg Schilhab

The creation of Long Live was supported by Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council and Ballet Jorgen Canada