97 Positions of the Heart

May 10 thru 12, 2012 • 8pm
Matinée May 13 • 3pm

'Resonating with the complexity and fury of love' (Uptown Magazine) Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers' season ends with 97 Positions of the Heart (based on our 2011 Fringe Festival hit BASH ON REGARDLESS).

This 'extraordinary, heart-stopping fusion of movement and text' (Winnipeg Free Press) exposes the life of the Canadian author of the groundbreaking 1945 poetic novel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept. Staring down the punishing expectations for women in the middle of the last century Elizabeth Smart side-stepped convention to demand a place in the adventure. This bohemian unwed mother of four devoured life unbridled and without apology.

Elizabeth Smart lived out a passion-fuelled existence as evidenced in her 1945 literary achievement By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. 97 Positions of the Heart is a lyrical travelogue through the awakening inner world of this much loved Canadian writer. WCD's performance marries poetry, music and movement in a celebration of Smart’s intensely driven quest for self-actualization. Her rapturous life story unfolds against the backdrop of a bewildering childhood, a tumultuous romantic pairing with English writer, George Barker, motherhood and her pursuit of a literary language that dares to speak truth from the social margins. Born into a prominent Ottawa family, she shirked an over-controlling mother, social convention and a burgeoning Canadian class system that sought to domesticate her. In the end, Elizabeth would leave behind her voice, without apology.

Choreographer: Brent Lott

Writer/Poet: Jaik Josephson

Performers: Sarah Roche, Johanna Riley, Kristin Haight, Lise McMillan,
 Mark Medrano & Emma Rose

Understudy: Kayla Henry

Dramaturge: Debbie Patterson

Original Music: Shirley Grierson & Tim Church
Music engineer & producer: William Grierson

Lighting & Set Design: Dean Cowieson
Costume Design and Construction: Norma Lachance

Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers presents

97 Positions of the Heart
May 10, 11 & 12, 2012 • 8pm

Sunday May 13, 2012 • 3pm PWYC Matinée*
75 minutes - No Intermission


The Rachel Browne Theatre

The Crocus Building
- 211 Bannatyne Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Adults $25 • Senior/Student $20

* Matinée is Pay What You Can

Reservations for the matinée can only be accepted from full price and Flex ticket holders.

WCD BOX OFFICE 204.452.0229

tickets@winnipegscontemporarydancers.ca
 or through TICKETMASTER

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