I had the chance to attend one of Igneous' James Cunningham and Suzon Fuks C0-Artistic Directors' lectures last night at the Fireside Lounge. They are giving a series of lectures and workshops throughout the week in many of our classes this week.
Our own Dance Department Production and Lighting Director Iain Court is just back from working with them this weekend at the "Nuit Blanches" (White Nights) Festival in Toronto. He forwarded some reviews and links to the festival's site that I'm posting here for everyone to see - enjoy!
NOW Magazine
"...the Theatre Direct/Abilities Arts Festival show at the Barns, called Mirage, was sensational. Australian dancer James Cunningham, whose left arm is withered, put on a spectacular movement performance, accompanied by compelling electronic music. Standing inside a mesh tent, the ground covered in about an inch of water, Cunningham manipulated a smaller, tent-like structure, while interacting with images reflected onto the mesh and the water. Forty-five minutes of jaw-dropping beauty. For free. A perfect example of why Nuit Blanche rocks."
http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/story.cfm?content=177042
BlogTO
"My favorite for the night. While we were watching the performance, I said to my friend, "This feels like the first art I've seen tonight." The performance involved two stages. In the first, you were encouraged to engage with three mirror-based perceptual illusions that centred on ideas of symmetry and identity. All of them were genuinely startling and surprising."
http://www.blogto.com/arts/2010/10/nuit_blanche_2010_the_best_and_worst_of_zone_a/
On Nuit Blanche site, they added new pics of white space...
http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/iProjects.aspx?zone=A&rowID=1#0
NOW Magazine
"...the Theatre Direct/Abilities Arts Festival show at the Barns, called Mirage, was sensational. Australian dancer James Cunningham, whose left arm is withered, put on a spectacular movement performance, accompanied by compelling electronic music. Standing inside a mesh tent, the ground covered in about an inch of water, Cunningham manipulated a smaller, tent-like structure, while interacting with images reflected onto the mesh and the water. Forty-five minutes of jaw-dropping beauty. For free. A perfect example of why Nuit Blanche rocks."
http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/story.cfm?content=177042
BlogTO
"My favorite for the night. While we were watching the performance, I said to my friend, "This feels like the first art I've seen tonight." The performance involved two stages. In the first, you were encouraged to engage with three mirror-based perceptual illusions that centred on ideas of symmetry and identity. All of them were genuinely startling and surprising."
http://www.blogto.com/arts/2010/10/nuit_blanche_2010_the_best_and_worst_of_zone_a/
On Nuit Blanche site, they added new pics of white space...
http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/iProjects.aspx?zone=A&rowID=1#0
