“Grace”
Choreographed by Eryn Dace Trudell Danced by Megan Andrews, Danielle Baskerville, Tanya Crowder, Jennifer Helland (5th, 6th), Justine Greenland Duke (7th), Barbara Pallomina and Stephanie Thompson
against the back wall, the windows carry themselves, large and almost square, split into three tall sentences.
two begin in prayer while one other reaches for the invisible string that is clothesline.
another curls herself in the tightness of cumin seed, slightly bowed and lined with the frame of window.
the sun is at its brightest just after 8 o’clock though the sky has threatened to split itself wide as an opened mouth all day.
by the end of the prayer, the evening slips slowly through.
“Through Glass and Water”
Choreographed and danced by Barbara Lindenberg
she sews herself in white with eyes closed and fingers tightened round thin silver needles.
thread slipping from the edge of her skirt a leaking hem that touches water as fingers might, or tongue.
Response to this review:
07/01/03
Dear Lindsay, Thank you so much for such eloquence. I am deeply deeply honoured by your words. It gives me great joy to know there are others who understand and are able to articulate the sacred world. Sometimes it feels so lonely. Your perception gives me strength. Thank you.
Eryn, Montreal/Toronto, QC/ON
Tagged: Contemporary, Performance, ON , Toronto
