"I didn't think it was going to be so fun!" dancer Andrea Nann on Sunday Feb 9 "awesome" dancer Sasha Ivanochko on Friday Feb 13 "if I sing it again I will cry..or laugh" unidentified voice on Saturday Feb 14 "fabulous..what made you think of this?" Evidance interview Sunday on Feb 15
Be drawn into the heart of the unexpected. created by Maxine Heppner • Across Oceans for more than 100 performers of all ages and walks of life
Dance, music, performers from all walks of life....
KRIMA! … what a shame risks being optimistic about individuals in the mass. (note: “krima” is the Greek expression for “what a shame” )
THINGS happen to good people, unexpectedly. - shocking, wonderful, sad, funny - to anyone, anywhere, anytime. The audience is relaxing before the show when “something” happens. The something recurs and recurs with more and more people until the audience is “unexpectedly caught in the middle” so to speak. There are moments when single events reveal themselves, a boxer and punching-bag, children turning guttural sounds into sweet song, a duet for elders, an infant passed through the turmoil, tea-drinkers…And then, as these things do, the climax dissolves to a quiet, and all that is left is the audiences’ memory of what happened as they sip the end of their drinks and slip on their coats to go home. As the audience exits, moving from our imaginary world out to reality, to carry the spirit of the work into the tangible, we partner with a local social agency such as the Daily Bread food bank to raise funds for those to whom the unexpected has actually happened.
KRIMA was first produced in Athens, Greece with 100 of the city's top performers in the top floor of a townhouse: about 5 square meters! The Toronto premiere was created with 140 performers from across Toronto’s diverse dance and theatre and music scene, reflecting the unique cultural vibe of the city, including dancers Andrea Nann, Masuyo Higashide, Kate Alton, Allison Cummings, Miko Sobreira, Sashar Zariff, Joanna da Souza, Pia Bouman, Sasha Ivanochko, Malgozata Nowacka, Takako Segawa, Patrick Parson, Katherine Duncanson, Pia Bouman, and vocalist Maryem Tollar and many more. Visual artist Harvey Chan created sculptural elements, Barry Prophet joined in sound design and Arun Srinivasan shed light on the situation. The working steel town of Hamilton lent its flavour to that incarnation of the show. Read more by clicking on the various lines above!
fundraising onsite in Toronto for DAILY BREAD food bank
