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Firehorse & Shadow ➤ Andrea Nann // dreamwalker dance company // May 4-6

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211 Keefer St

Vancouver, BC V6A 2T9

 FIREHORSE & SHADOW 

ANDREA NANN dreamwalker dance company [Tkaronto]

Situated in Vancouver’s Historic Chinatown, Firehorse and Shadow is an autobiography charted in gesture, storytelling, ink painting and shadow puppetry.  This dance memoir works against and alongside the hearsay of family stories, Chinese medicine cycles, and zodiac animal signs. Two performers weave together passages of re-membering and releasing, inviting the audience into an intimate reanimation of familial memory.  The work unfolds the yin and yang elements expressed within the bodies, lives and choices of four generations of Chinese Canadian women. 


Choreographer/Performer Andrea Nann

Shadow Artist/Performer Annie Katsura Rollins

Director Sarah Chase

Dramaturg Cindy Mochizuki

Sound design, composition Ben Grossman

Theatrical lighting designer Jennifer Lennon

Production manager A.J. Morra


photo  (c) Andrea Nann



🤎 Tickets are on a sliding scale. Pay what you can.

🤎 Limited capacity. Advanced registration is highly recommended. 

🤎 Refreshments will be available. Tap only. No cash, please.



Firehorse and Shadow is presented by plastic orchid factory in partnership with Chinatown Storytelling Centre and ExploreAsian.  The creation of this work was generously supported by the Dance Artist in Residence program at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, the National Ballet of Canada’s CreativAction Open Space program, CanAsian Dance 2020 KickStart, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council. 




F&S CALENDAR                       


May 4 at 7:30 PM

FIREHORSE AND SHADOW


May 5 from 2-4 PM at Left of Main

SHADOW WORKSHOP                                      

Join the shadow workshop with artist Annie Katsura Rollins. This workshop utilizes the medium of shadows to catalyze a deep-dwelling on the question of "place". Participants will be invited to dwell on "this place", Vancouver's storied Chinatown, and how particular places and spaces have shaped us and continue to create a sense of identity, even if those places have undergone a visible transformation.


May 5 at 7:30 PM

FIREHORSE AND SHADOW


May 6 at 2:30 PM

FIREHORSE AND SHADOW


May 6 at 7:30 PM

FIREHORSE AND SHADOW


May 9 from 10-4 PM at Chinatown Storytelling Centre

STORYTELLING AND DANCE WORKSHOP 


Sarah Chase will offer a workshop focusing on how to draw upon story, narrative and memory from our own lives to create gestures and movement patterns in new and unexpected ways.


                    




Please note Left of Main is an inclusive, scent-reduced space. No animals, with the exception of guide dogs, are permitted. The space is regretfully only accessible by stairs. Please get in touch at plasticorchid@me.com if you require assistance. 


We look forward to welcoming you to the show! :)


plastic orchid factory and Left of Main are located in the heart of Historic Chinatown on the unceded, ancestral and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) people. As artists that live, work and play on these lands, we strive to be allied with, learn from and acknowledge the rights of Indigenous Peoples.


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