Made with Sol Express, L'Arche Toronto.
Watch online at Bravo.
http://www.bravofact.com/2013/06/12/dancing-the-river-2009/
Watch online at Bravo.
http://www.bravofact.com/2013/06/12/dancing-the-river-2009/
By Sol Express and Linda Feesey
Synopsis: It is a story of social engineering gone awry. Society grows weary of all the bother of the unpredictable, chaotic and demanding exigencies of life. "Life is too much work." The Institute of Peace and Freedom implements some innovations to simplify life. Twinkle Cakes become the only food, babies can’t cry and everyone wears the same thing. Those who threaten the new utopia/dystopia are tested and dumped into a river. Its magical power transforms them into synchronized swimmers and restores their joy for life. Eventually, only the two screeners remain to defend Comfeeyville's superior way of life. Rejuvenated by the powers of the river, one screener pushes the other into the magic
Cast: Nicholas Herd, Kevin Schmidt, Agnes Kenny, Ernest Daigle, Irini Ajazi, Andreas Prinz, Craig Jones, Cheryl Zinyk, Natalie Breton, Sophia Breton, Sid Lipkowitz. Narrated by Robert Gray
Crew:
Production Assistant - Matt Ramphal
Assistant Director - Cheryl Zinyk
Music by William Davison
Animation by Matt Ramphal and Matt Rawlins
Cinematography and Editing by Willy Le Maitre
Written by Sol Express and Linda Feesey
Produced and Directed by Linda Feesey
Sol Express is a multi-disciplinary theatre and creative arts group operating out of L'Arche Toronto. L'Arche is a world-wide community movement founded by Jean Vanier in 1964 to shelter disabled adults, and to honour and encourage their special gifts. Sol Express consists of cognitively challenged adults and others who work together in a collective process to develop, write, workshop and rehearse shows for live performance. Its members include Nicholas Herd, Kevin Schmidt Agnes Kenny, Ernest Daigle, Irini Ajazi, Andreas Prinz and Richard Gray and Artistic Director Cheryl Zinyk. Since their inception in 2007, they have created three other live shows, Compositions, Ho-Down and I AM. Their aim is to make art interesting for all. Artistic Director Cheryl Zinyk is a trained in puppetry, clown, improvisation and voice. She has been a member of the L'Arche community for 16 years.
Synopsis: It is a story of social engineering gone awry. Society grows weary of all the bother of the unpredictable, chaotic and demanding exigencies of life. "Life is too much work." The Institute of Peace and Freedom implements some innovations to simplify life. Twinkle Cakes become the only food, babies can’t cry and everyone wears the same thing. Those who threaten the new utopia/dystopia are tested and dumped into a river. Its magical power transforms them into synchronized swimmers and restores their joy for life. Eventually, only the two screeners remain to defend Comfeeyville's superior way of life. Rejuvenated by the powers of the river, one screener pushes the other into the magic
Cast: Nicholas Herd, Kevin Schmidt, Agnes Kenny, Ernest Daigle, Irini Ajazi, Andreas Prinz, Craig Jones, Cheryl Zinyk, Natalie Breton, Sophia Breton, Sid Lipkowitz. Narrated by Robert Gray
Crew:
Production Assistant - Matt Ramphal
Assistant Director - Cheryl Zinyk
Music by William Davison
Animation by Matt Ramphal and Matt Rawlins
Cinematography and Editing by Willy Le Maitre
Written by Sol Express and Linda Feesey
Produced and Directed by Linda Feesey
Sol Express is a multi-disciplinary theatre and creative arts group operating out of L'Arche Toronto. L'Arche is a world-wide community movement founded by Jean Vanier in 1964 to shelter disabled adults, and to honour and encourage their special gifts. Sol Express consists of cognitively challenged adults and others who work together in a collective process to develop, write, workshop and rehearse shows for live performance. Its members include Nicholas Herd, Kevin Schmidt Agnes Kenny, Ernest Daigle, Irini Ajazi, Andreas Prinz and Richard Gray and Artistic Director Cheryl Zinyk. Since their inception in 2007, they have created three other live shows, Compositions, Ho-Down and I AM. Their aim is to make art interesting for all. Artistic Director Cheryl Zinyk is a trained in puppetry, clown, improvisation and voice. She has been a member of the L'Arche community for 16 years.
Linda Feesey is a Toronto documentary maker, arts programmer and film reviewer. Her four documentaries have been screened at festivals around the globe including two premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival. She has made numerous small-gauge films on both 8mm and super 8 including two 30 minute 8mm film cycles. These films have been included in screenings and festivals in Canada and internationally such as Oberhausen, Anthology Film Archives, San Francisco Cinematheque and YYZ. Feesey is past president of the board of directors for the Pleasure Dome screening series. She was also its representative on the Independent Media Arts Alliance, where she was Ontario Region co-director, national board member and chair of the subcommittee on Freedom of Expression. Her film reviews appeared in Broken Pencil and Lola magazines.