Women's Voices

WOMEN'S VOICES performances

ALANNA GURR local singer-songwriter

The Hillside Festival brings us local singer-songwriter Alanna Gurr, a performer from the Girls and Guitars series, whose soft-spoken voice belies the depth and breadth of her songs. Photo top left.

FALL ON YOUR FEET perform a new work by choreographer KAREN KAEJA

With her new work for Fall on Your Feet Collective, Karen Kaeja will take her inquiry of secrets kept and secrets shared into a physical realm. Discovering in the body how secrets affect our behaviour and shape our lives, witnessed treasures of mystery and enchantment bring subtle and bold points of departure. Original score by Shannon Kingsbury and Sue Smith with Ondine Chorus. This piece was commissioned by the Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival. Photo top middle.

SILENCE RESOUNDS featuring two solos for the clarinet played by TILLY KOOYMAN

Two Canadian women composers take the listener on a journey to hear the inaccessible in Social sounds from whales at night by Emily Doolittle and under an open sky by Veronika Krausas. Tilly is an active solo, chamber, and orchestral musician, with particular interests in contemporary music, interdisciplinary works, and acoustic ecology. Presented by the Guelph Jazz Festival. Photo bottom left.

CAN BE IS HIDING a new work by choreographer ROBERT KINGSBURY

The Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival presents Robert Kingsbury and his new work, Can Be Is Hiding, featuring dancers Robert Kingsbury and Katie Ewald. A quest into the realm of receptivity, this piece explores how we maintain a simple awareness that something is going to happen, while also accepting and questioning whatever comes into play. Photo bottom middle.

SPOKEN WORD by 6 time national slam poetry champion TRUTH IS ...

Truth Is … has headlined in several conferences focused on social equity, gender equality, youth motivation and the labour movement. She has also recently opened up for Internationally recognized activist Dr. Angela Davis & Canadian Hip-Hop idol K-OS. Presented by the Eden Mills Writers' Festival.Photo top right.

ITS WONDERFUL LIGHT IN PICTURES choreographed for 8 girls by KELLY STEADMAN

In Its Wonderful Light in Pictures, Kelly Steadman offers 8 spirited girls who weave together to reveal memory fragments of a single passing soul. Inspired by the music of Yann Tiersen and dedicated to Don Farmer, Its Wonderful Light in Pictures depicts the labyrinth of life, rich with moments of questioning and certainty. Photo left middle.

FLAWED a short film by ANDREA DORFMAN

Festival of Moving Media presents Flawed, a short film by Andrea Dorfman. Flawed deftly traces the filmmaker’s encounter with a potential romantic partner, questioning her attraction and the uneasy possibility of love. Ultimately, Flawed is less about whether girl can get along with boy and more about whether girl can accept herself, imperfections and all. Photo bottom right.