No Former Performer

Next date: Friday, 14 June 2024 | 07:00 PM to 07:50 PM

BLACK BOX SERIES

Born in a Taxi forges new frontiers into real-time composition. A live ‘study’ into performance, risk, improvisation, and audience-performer reciprocity.

Edgy and immediate, intuitive and responsive. Virtuosic technique meets the abyss, taking the audience on a ride through the unfathomable mysteries of the unconscious. Experimenting with the nuanced intersections between movement, text, sound and music, rigorous practice meets the expectations of an empty space with masterful skill in shaping emerging content.

A trio between sound artist and long standing artistic associate Michael Havir and Born in a Taxi  artistic directors Penny Baron and Carolyn Hanna NO FORMER PERFORMER is more than a performance, it is a way of life!

It is a living document of an unfolding art form, evolving aesthetic, deepening artistic and personal relationships, and an accumulation of collective knowledge.

In NO FORMER PERFORMER we seek a new aesthetic in performance improvisation across dance, theatre, and music genres that isn’t defined by either, but elevates the status of all.

Each show is completely different. Performed every year until one of us dies …who will go first?!

Deviating from the plan, is the plan.

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