THAT’S ME IN THE SPOTLIGHT
An exploration of lived experience as a creative resource for art making
This conversation will explore the intersections between artists' lives and their creative output. What types of lived experiences offer the most fertile creative resources? What are the hazards of sharing personal stories with a public audience, and how do you protect yourself? What are the tensions between an individual's experience and collective memory? Between an individual’s memory and actual fact?
FEBRUARY 15TH, 2020 - 5:30PM to 6:30PM
the LOBBY of the ATB FINANCIAL ARTS BARNS
10330 84 AVENUE, EDMONTON
This salon discussion is open to the public and will be recorded live for the I Don’t Get It podcast, moderated by podcast host and festival producer Fawnda Mithrush in conversation with BAM!'s Nasra Adem, SOUND OFF's Chris Dodd, 'Interior Landscapes' Choreographer/Performer Marniya Fekecz, and 'I Walked The Line' Playwright/Actor Allan Morgan.
Fawnda Mithrush is an award-winning podcaster, arts journalist, and event producer. She served as General Manager for Theatre Network and the outdoor Freewill Shakespeare Festival, and has penned stories and profiles for Dance Current, Avenue Magazine, Vue Weekly, and Edmonton Journal. Since 2014 she has played head bookworm and executive director at LitFest, the only nonfiction-focused literary festival in Canada.
I Don’t Get It is a YEGGIE Award-winning podcast that offers a critical perspective on performances of all sorts in Edmonton. Running since 2013, the show is co-hosted and produced by Fawnda Mithrush, Paul Blinov, and Andrew Paul. The team also produced A Tale of Two Weeklies, which was nominated for Outstanding Documentary at the 2020 Canadian Podcast Awards.
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Some highlights of Morgan’s career include appearing in London, GB, Adelaide Australia, Wellington NZ and San Francisco all with The Overcoat. He appeared for several seasons at Bard on the Beach, notably in The Tempest as Prospero, as well as King John, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing. He has toured across Canada with the Electric Company in Studies in Motion. He has appeared at The Belfry, notably in The Drawer Boy, Dirty Blonde, and I Am My Own Wife for which he received the Victoria Critic's Award for best performance. Other favourites include Red, Thinking of Yu, and Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre for ATP in Calgary.
ALLAN MORGAN
NASRA is a queer, Muslim, Oromo creator based in Amiskwaciy (Edmonton) on Treaty 6 territory. Nasra acts as Director/Founder of Black Arts Matter- Alberta’s interdisciplinary Black Arts festival, and was a former Youth Poet Laureate of Edmonton. NASRA’S heartwork centres the freedom of Black/Indigenous Peoples everywhere.
NASRA ADEM
Chris Dodd is an Edmonton based Deaf performing artist, playwright and Governor General Innovation Award finalist. He is the founder and artistic director of Canada’s national theatre festival dedicated to the Deaf performing arts, SOUND OFF. He is an artistic associate with Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre and is one of their Playwrights in Development. Recent performing credits include “Deafy” for the SummerWorks Performance Festival, "Queen Seraphina and the Land of Vertebraat" with Saskatoon’s Sum Theatre, "Gravity" with Edmonton's Theatre Yes and “Ultrasound” at Toronto’s Theatre Passe Muraille. Chris holds a degree from the University of Alberta’s Drama program. He is the recipient of the Guy Laliberté Prize for innovation and creative leadership by the Canada Council of the Arts.
CHRIS DODD
Marynia Fekecz is a Polish dancer/performer/choreographer/teacher/producer based in Edmonton where she was part of a residency program and Creative Incubator at Good Women Dance Company. She first came to Canada a few years ago to Calgary where she collaborated with W&M Physical Theatre dance company as part of a residency program. She danced in the WM2 project “RICING”. During this residency she also created a duet “Still a number” with Nicole Charlton Goodbrand. Also, Marynia was a choreographer for Alberta Dance Festival in Calgary during the years 2017 and 2018. In 2017 she choreographed a piece “Lake”, with Artistic Director Davida Monk. In 2018 she choreographed the piece: “Is about you, not me”, with Artistic Director Sasha Ivanochko. Also, Marynia was a part of Fluid Festival Spring Board in Calgary. She was a dancer in the piece “Place where I dream and you live”, choreography by Su-Lin Tseng.
Marynia studied Dance in Poznan School of Social Science. She has collaborated with artists such as David Lorenc (Ultimate Vez), Anna Krysiak, David Zambrano, Melissa Monteros and Wojciech Mochniej, Przemyslaw Blaszczak (as a teacher assistant in Kokyu Studio in Institute of Grotowski).
Marynia has been a participant of workshops, festivals and dance projects in Europe and the world. Her teachers were: from Europe: David Zambrano, Peter Jasko, Roberto Olivan, Erez Zohar (Batsheva Dance Company), Anna Krysiak, David Lorenc, Igor Podsiadły, Wim Vandekeybus(Ultimate Vez), workshop with dancers from Kibbutz dance company.
Teachers from Canada: Davida Monk (Dance Studio West) Melissa Monteros and Wojciech Mochniej (W&M Physical Theatre), Marie France Forcier, Sasha Ivanochko, Peggy Baker.
MARYNIA FEKECZ
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