Dancing With The Universe at Betty Oliphant Theatre

Dates: (4/9/2020 - 4/18/2020 )

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Betty Oliphant Theatre

404 Jarvis Street
Toonto, M4Y 2G6

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Phone: 4165451515

Tickets: $20 to $20

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Dancing with the Universe, is a dance theatre production co-directed by Vivian Chong and choreographer Kathleen Rea with dramaturge by Tristan Whiston. Vivian tells her life story of losing her sight form a rare reaction to ibuprofen that caused third-degree burns through dance, song, visual imagery and text alongside an ensemble cast of six dancers Brayden Cairns, Hannah Drover, Karen Kaeja, Ben Landsberg, Emily Leblanc, Suzanne Liska, and Elise Tigges and cellist Cheryl O. It is a multi-disciplinary journey that shines a light on loss, grief and the resiliency of the human spirit. The production coincides with the book launch of Vivian Chongs graphic memoir Dancing After TEN co-created by Vivian Chong and by Georgia Webber. Copies of the book both hardcover and audio-described version will be sold in the lobby.

Cast and Creative team for Dancing With The Universe at Betty Oliphant Theatre

Vivian Chong alongside an ensemble cast of six dancers Brayden Cairns, Hannah Drover, Karen Kaeja, Ben Landsberg, Emily Leblanc, Suzanne Liska, and Elise Tigges and cellist Cheryl O

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REAson D'etre Dance Presents DANCING WITH THE UNIVERSE, And The Graphic Novel DANCING AFTER TEN

February 27, 2020

REAson d'etre dance productions is honoured to present the World Premiere of Dancing with the Universe, a deeply personal, courageously vulnerable dance-theatre piece in which Vivian Chong tells her story through dance, song, animation and text. An adaptation of Chong's one-woman show, The Sunglasses Monologue, Dancing with the Universe explores her experience navigating the aftermath of a rare Ibuprofen reaction that left most of her body covered in third degree burns and caused hearing loss and eventual complete loss of sight.

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