In this episode of Curator’s Corner we speak with Roshanak Jaberi of Jaberi Dance Theatre about No Woman’s Land, an evocative new work that explores real stories of women in refugee camps coming to the Market Hall on March 9th and 10th, 2019.

In this episode, Performance Curator Victoria Mohr-Blakeney interviews Ryan Kerr of Fleshy Thud and The Theatre on King about Unexploded Ordnance, a one-man journey through the Great War, brought to you by a stellar team of some of Peterborough’s best independent artists. 100 years after Armistice Day, performer Ryan Kerr takes audiences on a unique path through World War 1, incorporating theatre, live music, dance, and the radical DADA art movement. Unexploded Ordnance – created with director Kate Story, and performed with consummate musicians Curtis Driedger and Matt Greco – is moving, funny, and thought-provoking by turns, providing a glimpse into the almost indescribable carnage, the politics, and the arts of the period, with a poignant personal vein. Live music and an audience-participation “DADA Randomization Machine” introduces a hilarious touch. Photo by Andy Carroll

In this episode, Performance Curator Victoria Mohr-Blakeney interviews Brandy Leary of Anandam Dancetheatre about an exciting new performance coming to the Peterborough Square.

In this episode, Performance Curator Victoria Mohr-Blakeney interviews Arzoo Dance Theatre’s Deepti Gupta about her contemporary take on Kathak dance. Gupta is bringing two exciting performaces to The Market Hall on April 6th and 6th: Snowangels explores the newcomer encounter with snow, and the ongoing experience every Canadian has with this mysterious, startling phenomenon of nature. Featuring four dancers, the choreography explores rhythm, expression and narrative, based in the Kathak dance form. Snowangels combines elements of Canadian music with the rhythms of Indian classical music. Also on the program is Gupta’s solo dance The Lion’s Roar. The Lion’s Roar depicts the inner journey of Queen Srimala as she confronts demons and ultimately reaches her true being as a great Buddhist teacher. The work is based on The Sutra of the Lion’s Roar a Buddhist text written by Queen Srimala.

In this episode, Performance Curator Victoria Mohr-Blakeney interviews Hugh MacMillan and Rob Steinman of Old Men Dancing. Old Men Dancing will be featured Public Energy’s 22nd Emergency Festival. Emergency #22 showcases and celebrates new performance work by Peterborough-area artists. For 20+ years, Public Energy has made the Emergency Festival the cornerstone of its support for local artists creating new work. More than 200 performance works have been premiered through Emergency; many of those have developed into full-length pieces by the area’s best contemporary dance, theatre, and interdisciplinary artists. Artists showcased in Emergency are chosen in two ways: through a curatorial selection process and through an open call. Theme Song: Damned be this Transmigration by Rob Fortin featuring vocals from Susan Newman and Em Glasspool Producer: Eva Fisher

In this episode, Performance Curator Victoria Mohr-Blakeney interviews 40th Annual Ashley Fellow Lara Kramer (Oji-Cree), artistic director of Lara Kramer Danse. Lara will discuss her new work Phantom, stills & vibrations, that will be on exhibit at Artspace March 3-9, 2018. Theme Song: Damned be this Transmigration by Rob Fortin featuring vocals from Susan Newman and Em Glasspool Producer: Eva Fisher

In this episode, Performance Curator Victoria Mohr-Blakeney interviews Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava of Quote Unquote Collective about Mouthpiece, their interdisciplinary performance work, which follows the life of one woman for one day as she struggles to find her voice. Mouthpiece will be performed at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre on on February 23rd, as a part of Public Energy’s 2017-2018 season. Theme Song: Damned be this Transmigration by Rob Fortin featuring vocals from Susan Newman and Em Glasspool Producer: Eva Fisher

In this episode, Performance Curator Victoria Mohr-Blakeney interviews Ryan Kerr and Kate Story, organizers of Precarious Peterborough ArtsWORK Festival. Precarious workers are those who fill permanent job needs but are denied permanent employee rights. Why is so much creative labour precarious? What are the consequences of increasing precariousness for work of all kinds across the board? Precarious: Peterborough ArtsWORK Festival approaches these questions through creativity and dialogue. Theatre, literature, dance, visual art, panel discussions, installation performances, music, and that human thing: talk. Come be part of the conversation! Theme Song: Damned be this Transmigration by Rob Fortin featuring vocals from Susan Newman and Em Glasspool Episode Song: Sweet Sisters by Steelburner Producer: Eva Fisher

In this episode, Performance Curator Victoria Mohr-Blakeney speaks with Brian Solomon, who has created a largescale outdoor dance performance which will be presented on October 19th and 20th at 6 pm at 190 Brock Street. Theme Song: Damned be this Transmigration by Rob Fortin featuring vocals from Susan Newman and Em Glasspool Episode Song: Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky, performed by L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Producer: Eva Fisher  

In this episode, Performance Curator Victoria Mohr-Blakeney speaks with Natalie Tin Yin Gan from Hong Kong Exile about their upcoming performance of NINEEIGHT and Room 2048 and the future of Hong Kong. Theme Song: Damned be this Transmigration by Rob Fortin featuring vocals from Susan Newman and Em Glasspool Producer: Eva Fisher