Person of Interest: Gord Simmons has been helping us get Passages redux ready this week. While flexing his technical prowess (and fancy buckle!) from a hidden ladder or the rafters, this bike enthusiast can often be heard slipping into a little sotto voce. Does this remind you of anyone?
Sometimes things are more complicated than they seem. Off we go to get more aircraft cable, doo-dads & crimper. To make Crimpettes for our doors of course.
Person of interest: Will Kappel. While loading in to the Lyric Theatre this morning, this fine young gentleman quickly became known to team Looking Sea as transportation expert, man with an array of useful tools & skills, and an all-round fantastic production assistant. The world needs more Will Kappel.
Before moving into the Lyric theatre, we set up at a cozy space at the Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts to re-jig Passages. It’s the same piece, but different! We learned about where the sun doesn’t shine, then we pointed a film projector there. Things change too. So take look at us now with our arms wide open and heads full of . . . glucose.
Earlier this sun-drenched week, LK & AY sipped coffee n’ tea with ace critic Gary Smith (Hamilton Spectator) to chat about Passages, arts in Hamilton and LK’s trajectory.
Read the complete article here.
The Looking Sea Collective escaped the holiday hustle and bustle with four days of intensive rehearsal in Hamilton. It was a time for revisiting and reshaping the material we created at Harbourfront, a time for eating sandwiches, creating movement maps and for experiencing the joys of composition using Viewpoints. During this time we were also able to spend a day at the Lyric Theatre; where Passages will be performed March 29, 30, 31 2012. Being at the Lyric filled us with excitement about the creative road ahead and inspired to create this trailer to share a bit more about our project.
It was early March 2011 when Laura & Arthur stepped out to a seasonally, yet unexpected, chilly Sunday morning for a live radio interview. They quickly warmed up, however, to Ted Fox & Kerry Segal, the good folks at the great weekly dance show, Evi-dance.
Click here to listen to them speaking about Passages‘ teabags & sundry inspirations (interview begins at 3:00)
Oh my, how the piece has changed since then & will continue to do so as we re-tool it for March 2012.
