MAXINE HEPPNER : CREATIONS
Full List of Creations
in progress
Songs we have always known
octet dance & live voice Across Oceans production
Fathers & other demons
performance & intermedial films & installation Across Oceans production
Tractor - this is a Dance
ensemble creation for production January 2025
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2024 In the Middle of a Smile
duet for dance & piano
55 minute performance, co-creation with John Sharpley music
Sonic Design, Singapore
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2023 After sunset (incl. 9 Bronze Pieces & Piccolo Krima)
commission
Danza Salerno festival, Italy
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2022 3am June 20 2020 (dance film)
CanAsian Dance Film Festival, Online
Lullabies sextet
livestream online Free Flow International Dance Festival
Saskatoon & Online
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2021 Alhambra
commission Ballet Jorgen, music traditional
quartet
6.5 minute performance, online
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2020 Nightwalker
dance film
solo
8 minute, creation & editing MHeppner; music E.Moreno
screened Aug2021 at “covid notebooks” Studio Hanafi social distanced & online, Jakarta, Indonesia
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Clean (dance film)
solo
2.15 minute co-creation Maxine Heppner dance/editing, C.Giotis camera, music E.Moreno,
commission Kaeja Porchview Dances
online July Toronto Canada
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2018-19 2’s
with choreographer Tedd Robinson, co-dancer Takako Segawa
Ottawa Dance Directive
Six for the land
w. Decades Collective
commission
Dance Ontario weekend Jan 2019, Toronto
split Seams
solo researched with Sashar Zarif
IGAC studio
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2017 love song for Antonio
duet with composer Miguel Frasconi
Feb. Array Music Space, Toronto
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indecisive
trio with visual artist Hanafi, dancer Otniel Tasman
Studio Hanafi, Jakarta, Indonesia
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2016 dances for a man with one leg
trio
45 minute performance / research presentation, with Lawrence Shapiro
AKI Theatre, Toronto
green hat
duet
15 minute performance
Kinitiras Residency, Athens Greece
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2015 Moments in Time
dance, installation, immersive media
solo
56 minute performance
Scotiabank Studio Theatre, Danceworks Coworks
Dora Nomination, Toronto
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Old Story
ensemble
9 dancers
23 minute performance
premiere Feb, ScotiaBank Studio Theatre, Danceworks Coworks Toronto
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KrimaReflected
performance & intermedial installation
Art in House Gallery, Barrie Ontario
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2014 Unauthorized
site-specific quartet
60 minute co-creation Federacija Danza streets & museum of Llubljana, Slovenia
Krima Barrie
90 performers ensemble
60 minute performance
Creative Space, co-pro Simcoe Contemporary Dancers, Barrie, ON
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Beyond boundaries
duet&quartet
30 minute performance / co-creation
Dance-Tect Denaga Space Hirosaki, Japan
Temporary Contemporary Tokyo, Japan
Here and There
commission
55 performers ensemble
40 minute performance
Centennial Park, Guelph ON
Dance Festival audience favourite
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2013 Bald
solo rap-dance-media
11 minute performance
Dancemakers & Scotiabank Studio Theatre, Toronto
Ram
process cooperation with Playwright Workshop Montreal
duet, dance-opera
Dovercourt House, Toronto
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2012 My heart is a spoon
dancemedia work
56 minute performance
Theatre Centre, Toronto
Japan Foundation International Collaborations Award
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Volare
commission
solo
8 minute performance
Tor-Star site-specifc fave, in Porchview dances Kaeja d’Dance
Toronto
small carnival
commission, trio, 3 minute performance
Ballet Jorgen solos and duets series
Toronto
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Love Lyrics duet
with composer Miguel Frasconi
artists-in-residence
Brock University, St.Catherines, ON
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2011 Currents
commission
9 dancers
YMI Dancing, Scotia Studio Theatre, Toronto
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2010 Blossom solo
Older and Reckless
Dancemakers Centre for Creation, Toronto
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2009 Krima! - a shame
140 performers ensemble
Young Centre for Performing Arts Toronto
City Art Centre Hamilton
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2008 First Step duet
with composer Miguel Frasconi
Somewhere There Toronto
Grampa’s shoes
Mad Video Salon festival
Toronto
Silent Duet for Dance and Piano
Yokohama dance-video festival
Japan
RAM
commission Louis Laberge Cote, research for creation of full evening solo work
Stories of the body collaboration
artistic director Snjezana Premus
Llubjana, Slovenia
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2007 justaKISS
dance & media, quartet
Intergalactic Collective and Trinity St.Pauls Centre
Steel solo
remount, Months of Dance Festival
Theatre Argo, Athens, Greece
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2006 Nine Bronze Pieces
remount with Evergreen Club Gamelan
Harbourfront Theatre Toronto
TiKrima
for 100 performers,
cooperation with Booze Cooperativa, Yelp!, Enniamorpho
Athens, Greece
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Harbour Symphony
commission, 40 scouts, 12 ships, composer Rob Power LuckyDuckProductions
Patras European Cities of Culture, Greece
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KISS
ongoing experiments: dance, media, text
2 performers & projection
25 minute performance
Tokyo, Jakarta, Athens, Montreal
PAH: 8 inventions for many dancers
commission
12 dancers
20 minute performance
Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
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2005 Memory Project : phase two experiments
varied sites February, November, December, Toronto
Papoutsia: Shoe Show
commission with Studio Hanafi
9 video installations
Yogyakarta Bienale, & Jakarta Arts Centre, Indonesia
Critics’ choice & Audience fave awards
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One Thin Line
commission Kreativitet, sound M.Heppner
7 dancers
25 minute performance
Gedung Kesenian Jakarta, Indonesia
FauxPas mother:character
director Mariela Nestora
Yelp! Films, Athens, Greece
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2004 Eros
commission/collaboration with Eniamorpho Dance Co & the Athens Olympic’s Arts Festival Greece
The boat ballet
commission, Toronto Wade Festival/YYZ gallery
for canoes, 12 performers and 8 miniature schooners
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Together
collaboration duet with cellist Kye Marshall, Distillery Jazz Festival
Dancemakers, Toronto
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2003 The memory project
commission Shared Habitat Festival: Dance & Biology
dance,design,camera,text: Maxine Heppner, music: R.W.Stevenson, Rick Sachs, video-editing: Motria Sabat
3 dancers
25 minute performance
Toronto
Distillery Jazz
commission - distillery Jazz Festival
collaboration with Kaeja d'Dance
music: Sonoma & St. Dirt Elementary School Band
7 dancers
45 minute performance sets
Distillery Arts Complex Toronto
Gong 1, 2
two duets, choreography, design: Maxine Heppner, music: Mark Duggan, Maxine Heppner
Gong 1: premiere at Older and Reckless, Toronto
Gong 2: premiere at Before During After festival, Toronto
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2002 Nine bronze pieces
international co-production with Indonesia
Dance,design:Maxine Heppner, music:Mark Duggan
3 dancers
7 musicians
Taman Budaya Baru, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto
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North of Java: Sakti
international co-production with Indonesia
Dance, design: Maxine Heppner, music:Andrew Timar
7 dancers
13 minute performance
Teatr Utan Kayu, Jakarta Indonesia
duMaurier Theatre, Toronto
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2001 the windows project
commission Singapore Substation: Direction,design,text:Maxine Heppner, concept with Lim Fei Shen
painting: Hanafi, interdisciplinary installation & performance
3 performers
55 minute performance
Singapore
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Studies for distance #7
dance: Maxine Heppner with Jessica Runge, painting: Hanafi, music: R.W. Stevenson,
3 performers
16 minute performance
Dancemakers, Toronto.
producers: AtHOME festival and Older&Reckless Toronto
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Seated man
Across Oceans with New Pacific Studios, choreography, design, music by Maxine Heppner
Solo
7 minute performance
Takara Sake House, Berkeley, California USA
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2000 Appagiaturo
Duets for dance and piano, music John Sharpley, dance Maxine Heppner
Montreal
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1999 Steel
Dance Dimensions Projects Commission, choreography,design,music by Maxine Heppner,
9 performers
45 minute performance
The Drama Centre, Singapore
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Gold Wall
design, photography, costumes by Maxine Heppner, music by R.W.Stevenson,
5 performers
40 minute performance
Dancemakers Studio, Toronto
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Steel solo
design & music Maxine Heppner
solo
18 minute performance
Dancemakers Toronto
DanseCanadaDanse Ottawa
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1998 Biru Night
collaboration, visual artist Hanafi
solo & crickets
15 minute performance
Galeri Puzzle, Jakarta, Indonesia
Stone patch
Across Oceans, 4-part installation, performance/design Maxine Heppner
Albion Hills, Toronto
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1997 Air
two installations, design Hanafi, performance Maxine Heppner, photography Cylla von Tiedemann
The Bandung Art Centre & outdoors Kolam Depok, Indonesia
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Dragon’s Tail, part 2
Yvonne Ng Commission, design Maxine Heppner, music Maxine Heppner & M.Frasconi
solo
12 minute performance
Danceworks-Toronto, CanadaDanceFestival’98
Dancing on the Edge’98, Substation-Singapore
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Fine Dancing
movement director, director Vilsoni Heroniko
Netpac productions, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Passacaglia for snow
Across Oceans , dance/design by Maxine Heppner, music John Sharpley,
duet: dancer & pianist
22 minute performance
Music Gallery, Toronto
touring to 2003 : USA, EU, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Hong Kong
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1996 J’ai perdu les paroles #2
Commission Indonesia International Dance Festival, design by Maxine Heppner, music by Lawrence Shragge,
9 performers
23 minute performance
Graha Bhakti Budaya, TIM, Jakarta, Indonesia
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My past follows like a dragon’s tail, part 1
Commission Yvonne Ng, design Maxine Heppner, music J.S. Bach,
solo
15 minute performance
Gedung Kesenian, Jakarta, Indonesia
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For Hanafi
3 Sets designed by Hanafi, costume by Maxine Heppner, solo, 51 minutes (TIM gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia)
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1995 Aneh Tapi Nyata
with The Evergreen Club Gamelan
sextet
14 minute performance
DuMaurier Theatre, Toronto
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Necklace Legacy
with sculptor Susan Beniston
10 performers
57 minute live performance & video installation
ArtSpace, Peterborough, Ontario
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1994 J’ai perdu les paroles #1
music: traditional Batak
12 performers
22 minute performance
LADMMI, Montreal
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Heron under Observation
design M.Heppner, music Andrew Timar,
solo
8 minute performance
Bali Arts Festival, Indonesia
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1993 Garden of the guns
music Evergreen Club
15 performers
10 minute performance
Dances for a Small Stage, The Rivoli, Toronto
In Xanadu
collaboration with director Larry Reed, ShadowlightTheatre
Theatre Artaud, San Francisco; tour USA
The Garden Project
Guest choreographer/performer, artistic directors: Bill James, Peter Chin.
Bloc16 Project Toronto
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1992 Prembon
collaboration, R. Cooper
septet, 25 minute performance. Gamelan Sekar Jaya
San Francisco, CA, USA,
Bali tours
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Boudoir
Design/script M. Heppner, music E.Cadesky,
trio
Winchester Street Theatre, Toronto
CDF Ottawa
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Tuesday Nights Action Theatre
Ruth Zaporah, director
solo/ensemble improvisation
Action Theatre ensemble, Berkeley, CA, USA
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The Big Big Improv weekly
ZAP Productions
Berkeley and San Francisco, CA, USA
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1991 Tyger, Tyger
Commission, Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre for “Songs of Innocence and Experience,”
7 dancers
5 minute performance
Premier Dance Theatre, Toronto
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Traviata Quartet
Commission York University Dance Ensemble
music Giuseppe Verdi
York University, Toronto
Ten Small Deaths
Commission Sumber Cipta Dance
Design,script M. Heppner, music Miguel Frasconi
solo,
50 minute performance
Gedung Kesenian, Jakarta, Indonesia
Canadian‘92 premiere as "give us this day our DAILY"
Danceworks, DuMaurier Theatre, Toronto
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To Secure an Abode Commission
19 dancers, 20 minute performance,
Ballet Sumber Cipta, Gedung Kesenian Jakarta,Indonesia
Waiting
Commission
music M. Heppner,
7 dancers, 16 minute performance
Ballet Sumber Cipta, Gedung Kesenian, Jakarta, Indonesia
Table
With Phyzikal Theatre Company
design, script & music by the company, directed by Trish Lamie
guest artists Nobuo Kubota, Jan Kudelka and Bruce Pitkin
The Theatre Centre, Toronto
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1990 Masa in de col col groun’
Score & design M. Heppner,
solo, 12 minute performance
Theatre Resource Centre, Toronto
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Earwitness
Commission
music NicholasHockin, sculpture S.Beniston,
7 dancers, 23 minute performance
Dancemakers Toronto
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Come into the forest
Collaboration with Peter Chin, produced by Singapore International Fringe Festival
music & concept Peter Chin,
15 performers
Empress Place, Singapore
Four Small Deaths Section#1
by Holly Small, Sections #2-4 by M. Heppner,
music by Oswald, Frasconi, Verdi
solo, 15 minute performance,
Hong Kong Academy of Arts, Hong Kong
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1989 Into Limbo
Commission S.Beniston, sculpture Susan Beniston, music Eric Cadesky, Ahmed Hassan,
19 dancers, cooperation with Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre
Portland St Warehouse installation Toronto
Edvard's Scream
Phyzikal Theatre Co, directed by David Fox, design Mary Kerr, script by the company, music Robert W. Stevenson
The Theatre Centre, Toronto (Dora Award)
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1988 Queen’s Entrails
Phyzikal Theatre Co, design& script the company, music R.W.Stevenson, Traviata Music by Verdi
Solo, 4 minute performance,
Theatre Centre, Toronto, ArtSpace, Peterborough
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ByeBye LVB
Commission, design by M. Heppner, music by L. V. Beethoven, vocal score by M. Heppner,
sextet & piano, 8 minute performance
Claude Watson School for the Arts
Cringhan Hall, Toronto
1987 Flesh and Clay
Phyzikal Theatre Co, directed by D. Fox, design by Jerrard Smith, script by the company, music by E. Cadesky and
Bill Gilliam
2 hours performance
Toronto Free Theatre (Dora award)
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Watercolours
Phyzikal Theatre Co, design and script by the company, music by Andy Stochansky and M. Heppner,
90 minute performance
Bathurst Street Theatre, Toronto
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Hand Studies
Sculpture by Susan Beniston
trio and six hands
20 min performance
Pavlychenko Studio, Toronto
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1986 Klown
Phyzikal Theatre Co, directed by D. Fox, music by R. W. Stevenson, design and script by the company
90 minute performance
The Theatre Centre at the Poor Alex, Toronto
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Husha Husha
Phyzikal Theatre Co, design, script & music by the company,
The Music Gallery Toronto
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Weathervane
Music by E. Cadesky
18 dancers, 5.5 minute performance
Claude Watson School for the Arts Toronto
Openings
Choreo & Design M. Heppner, music E. Cadesky
10 dancers
Claude Watson School, Toronto
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1985 Precious Legacies
Commission Royal Ontario Museum, design M. Heppner, traditional music,
6 dancers, 22 minute performance
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
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No Pleasure
Commission, design, and music by Eva Everything,
MuchMusic Video, Toronto
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Riff
Commission MusicGallery, music Miguel Frasconi
8 dancers 3 musicians
INDE’85 fest Toronto
Conversationsss
Design by M. Heppner, music by Bill Gilliam Meredith Monk,
duet in five parts
fifth part original premier at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts
55 minute reiteration St. Michael’s College Theatre, Toronto
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1984 Brahms Requiem
Commission Koffler Chamber Choir, conducted by P. Bodkin
6 dancers & choir
6 minute performance
4th movement premiere: Bloor Street United Church, Toronto
Glorious
Commission music A.Kaplan
25 dancers & choir
45 minute performance
Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto
1983 Chichester Psalms
Music Leonard Bernstein
12 dancers and Koffler Chamber Choir
20 minute performance
Leah Posluns Theatre, Toronto
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Tattletales
Text M. Heppner, music Bob Dylan
4 dancers
16 minute performance
University College Playhouse Toronto
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1982 Once upon a time
Danceworks production, music by Lawrence Shragge
4 principal & 8 supporting dancers in high places
19 minute performance
Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
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Jigsaw Puzzle
Text&design M. Heppner, music Beau Dommage
solo, 12 minute performance
University College Playhouse Toronto
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Traffic
Music R.W. Stevenson, improvisational design nightly by invited artists
7 dancers
10 minute performance
University College Playhouse, Toronto
E. B. White’s Door
Design music M.Heppner, text E.B.White
4 dancers and 1 actor
17 minute performance
UC Playhouse, Toronto
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Selected Earlier Work
1980 Aviary
Design : M. Heppner, folk music, 6 dancers, 18 minute performance, Palmerston Library Theatre, Toronto
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1979 Talk
Script & design: M. Heppner, duet, 8 minute performance, Poor Alex Theatre, CanadaDanceFestival, Toronto
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1978 Cradling
Ace Buddies Prods, music: Andrew Timar, duet, 10 minute performance, Leah Posluns Theatre, Toronto
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1978 Souvenirs
Ace Buddies Productions, solo, 12 minute performance, Leah Posluns Theatre, Toronto