Public Energy is Pivoting to Indoor Shows
/After being sidelined for 19 months, Public Energy Performing Arts Pivot 2.0 series will welcome audiences back to indoor live theatre announced on Thursday.
Cheri Maracle performing Paddle Song. See Paddle Song on Oct. 8, 5:00 p.m., at Inverlea Park. Photo courtesy of Pubic Energy.
With the conclusion of the Pivot 2.0 outdoor series, Public Energy is marking a safe return to in-theatre programming with two shows at The Market Hall Performing Arts Centre and The Theatre On King.
Both venues can only be accessed by fully vaccinated audiences and are following all industry-approved protocols.
‘Sound of Mind and Body’, a collaboration between dancer/choreographer Bill Coleman and musician/sound artist Gordon Monahan on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre.
Sound of Mind and Body is an experiment in body sensing technology, in which the dancer’s brain waves are harnessed to control the lights and sound on stage.
It is being co-presented with the Electric Eclectics, a festival of experimental music and sound art based in Meaford, Ont., and will be live-streamed at a later date with Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio.
Bill Coleman and Gord Monahan performing Sound of Mind and Body. Photo courtesy of Public Energy.
‘Kitten!’ by Victoria Ward is being presented on October 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. at the Theatre On King. ‘Kitten!’ is a collaborative re-imagining of Ward’s 1993 indie theatre hit. Themes of Ward’s show include indoctrination, sexuality during the AIDS pandemic, youth and Catholicism.
The work is being developed through a two-week artist residency for the Precarious3 Festival during which social media will be used as a tool to integrate audiences into an ever-evolving performance text.
Bill Coleman performing Sound of Mind and Body. Photo courtesy of Public Energy.
