World After Dark
November 16 @ 7:30 pm
Such a beautifully evocative mix of dance, theatre and poetry.
Dana Lafarga, RBC
World After Dark is a new, Dora Mavor Moore Award-nominated production by Shannon Litzenberger Contemporary Dance. It explores the erosion of our relationship to night, inspired by Christopher Dewdney’s popular book Acquainted with the Night: Excursions through the world after dark. From the three stages of nightfall to the science of the cosmos, from the birth of nightlife to the empire of dreams, from the biology of nocturnal creatures to the mythology of the night sky, World After Dark takes us on an epic voyage through the mysteries of night, inviting us to reclaim the night – a metaphor for the sensual, the embodied, and the feminine.
A New Multi-Media Dance Theatre Experience
BEHIND THE WORK
A choreographer, dancer, producer, director, and artsblog facilitator, Shannon Litzenberger is known for creating live performance experiences at the intersection of forms. Rooted in dance, Litzenberger’s innovative collaborations come to life in conversation with theatre, literary and visual arts. Her perspective is decidedly feminist, philosophical, and socially conscious.
Your work brought me back to the wintry dark skies in the northern part of Canada during a blackout. It was like seeing inside myself.
Yvonne Ng, Artistic Director, d:mic festival
