Human Measure at Canadian Stage
Dates: (10/27/2022 - 10/29/2022 )
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Canadian Stage
26 Berkeley Street, Toronto, ON M5A 2W3
Toronto,ON M5A2W3
Phone: 416-368-3110
Tickets: $29-$89
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Human Measure, Cassils first piece of contemporary dance, made in collaboration with renowned US choreographer Jasmine Albuquerque, and a team of five exceptional trans and non binary performers. Rooted in kinesiology, martial arts, sports science while creating a live cyanotype in real time, Cassils reinterprets Yves Kleins Anthropometries paintings. Against an unprecedented backdrop of US-based anti-trans legislation, Cassils draws inspiration from personal safety movements. Here, intersectional representations press back against narratives surrounding trans bodies and athleticism. Differing from the passive, cis-gendered female models used in Kleins work, the marks made by performers in Human Measure reflect a process of empowered labour.
News About Human Measure at Canadian Stage
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October 29, 2022In Human Measure, artist Cassils’ first piece of contemporary dance choreographed by Jasmine Albuquerque, trans and nonbinary bodies are highlighted. A rejoinder to Yves Klein's Anthropometries paintings, in which naked women were painted blue and then dragged across canvases as living brushes, the piece frames its subjects as creators, not tools.
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