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| 26th Annual High Performance Rodeo Week 2 Schedule |
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26th annual High Performance Rodeo Produced by One Yellow Rabbit
COntinues with Week Two
 Calgary, AB – The popular 26th annual High Performance Rodeo, Calgary’s International Festival of the Arts continues tomorrow thru January 28, 2012 at various venues throughout Calgary, and features a collection of the boldest and brightest artists from the realms of theatre, dance, comedy, music and wrestling. More information and tickets can be found at hprodeo.ca and by calling 403-294-9494.
The schedule of performances and events for Week 2 is as follows:
Taking Shakespeare – One Yellow Rabbit (Calgary, Alberta )
One of the major highlights of the festival will be One Yellow Rabbit’s world premiere presentation of John Murrells’ new play Taking Shakespeare, performed by One Yellow Rabbit’s Denise Clarke along with playwright himself, John Murrell. Taking Shakespeare is the story of 67-year-old Prof and 24-year-old Murph, randomly brought together by the unlikely agent of William Shakespeare himself. The connection of all three shakes up their lives through comedy, tragedy and a hunger for human understanding — which all three of them share.
January 10 - 7:30 pm, SOLD OUT
January 11 - 2:00 pm, $28–$38
January 12 - 7:30 pm, $28–$38
January 13 - 7:30 pm, $28–$38
January 14 - 7:30 pm, $28–$38
January 18 - 7:30 pm, $28–$38
January 19 - 7:30 pm, $28–$38
January 20 - 7:30 pm, $28–$38
January 21 - 7:30 pm, $28–$38
January 25 - 7:30 pm, $28–$38
January 26 - 7:30 pm, $28–$38
January 27 - 7:30 pm, $28–$38
January 28 - 7:30 pm, $28–$38
Big Secret Theatre
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NOISE - Verb Theatre (Calgary, Alberta)
A nightclub DJ loses his hearing, but finds a soulmate. A status update wins an election. A family dissolves, one word at a time. Created with the Bitter Suite Society and featuring musical direction by Kris Demeanor, Noise is a vibration-based musical for the deaf and hearing; a jagged, pulsing exploration of that which distracts us from the things that really matter. This exciting new project will premiere in October 2012, but you can catch this work-in-progress presentation for a glimpse into the inner workings of a unique creation process.
January 11 - 12:00 noon, FREE
Cathedral Church of the Redeemer
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UBUNTU ( The Cape Town Project) - Theatrefront/Western Canada Theatre(Canada and South Africa)
The Rodeo in partnership with Theatre Calgary presents Theatrefront/Western Canada Theatre’s UBUNTU (The Cape Town Project). In South Africa, ubuntu refers to the spirit of community, the belief that humanity is tied together. In this new collective creation, ghosts haunt a man and a woman, continents apart, as they are drawn together to discover the secrets of their past. This international collaboration of Canadian and South African artists traces the ties that bind us all, with spirited storytelling, music and dance.
January 11 - 7:30 pm, $40–$55
January 12 - 7:30 pm, $40–$55
January 13 - 8:00 pm, $40–$55
January 14 - 2:00 pm, $40–$55
January 14 - 8:00 pm, $40–$55
January 15 - 2:00 pm, $40–$55
Max Bell Theatre --
Another Day in America– Laurie Anderson(USA)
Presented with Theatre Junction GRAND, Calgary's culture house for Contemporary Live Arts as part of their 21st Anniversary Season, Another Day in America will feature Anderson’s hallucinatory use of language and music to make up epic stories, with a focus on portraits of cities, people, politics and desire that make up the contemporary American landscape. Illusion, memory and the shifting states of American culture have been Anderson’s subjects since the late 1970s. Another Day in America will take on the volatile present. The evening will feature electric violin and keyboards mixed with fuller electronic soundscapes to create an intimate look into the song writing style that has made Anderson one of the most original American song writers.
January 11 - 8:00 pm, $44–$50
January 12 - 8:00 pm, $44–$50
January 13 - 8:00 pm, $44–$50
January 14 - 8:00 pm, $44–$50
Theatre Junction GRAND | Tickets available at 403-205-2922 | theatrejunction.com
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Site –Specific Spectacular – Swallow – A – Bicycle Theatre(Calgary, Alberta)
This mini-festival features performances in the most bizarre locations imaginable, bringing more than fifty local artists to the heights of the Calgary Tower and the depths of the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts.
Witness dancers in a freight elevator, acrobats in the boiler room, actors on a rooftop and much more, over the course of four different tours!
Tour #1 – Needle in the Sky
January 12 - 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 pm $15
January 13 - 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 pm $15
January 14 - 1:00, 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 pm $15
Calgary Tower
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Your brother. Remember? – Zachary Oberzan(USA)
Zachary Oberzan’s personal performance piece Your brother, Remember? splices and dices home videos, Hollywood film footage and live performance to tell his story of family relationships. As kids in rural America, Zachary and his older brother Gator loved making parodies of their favorite Jean-Claude Van Damme films. Zack returned to his childhood home twenty years later to re-create these films, shot for shot, as precisely as possible — but now seen through a twenty-year lens of emotional and physical wear and tear.
January 12 - 8:00 pm, $28–$32
January 13 - 8:00 pm, $28–$32
January 14 - 8:00 pm, $28–$32
Studio at Vertigo Theatre Centre
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Limelight – Sans façon(Great Britain and France)
After travelling the world Sans façon light and video instillation Limelight will touch down in Calgary. This public art installation replaces two existing street lights with theatre spotlights, inviting passers-by to seize a moment in the limelight and unleash their inner performers.
January 13 - 5:00pm–11:30pm, FREE
January 14 - 5:00pm–11:30pm, FREE
January 15 - 5:00pm–11:30pm, FREE
Olympic Plaza
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Limelight Artists Talk – Sans façon(Great Britain and France)
Sans façon — the duo of French architect Charles Blanc and British artist Tristan Surtees — will be in Calgary for an 18-month residency as part of the Watershed+ project, with the Utilities and Environmental Protection Public Art Plan. On Sunday January 15, Charles and Tristan present a one-hour discussion on their installation Limelight.
January 15 - 3:00pm, FREE
Calgary Water Centre (625 25 Ave SE)
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Cantos Interactive Performance Tour – Laurie Anderson(USA)
The Cantos Music Foundation is a music lover’s dreamscape. Its halls contain a one-of-a-kind Johannes Couchet harpsichord from 1679, a Kimball Theatre Organ from 1924, a Beatles-style Mellotron, Elton John’s songwriting piano, a keyboard-controlled analogue synthesizer used to score Apocalypse Now and 200-odd other pieces of music history. The Rodeo is setting Laurie Anderson loose in Cantos, and inviting fifteen people to join her for an interactive dialogue as she explores a treasure trove of world instruments.
January 15 - 4:00pm, SOLD OUT
Cantos Music Foundation
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A Beginning, Middle and An End: Dinner with Laurie Anderson – Laurie Anderson(USA)
In this unforgettable evening of culinary adventure, guests will join festival artist-in-residence Laurie Anderson and Chef Rogelio Herrera (Head Chef of Alloy) to prepare and enjoy a gourmet meal. Laurie Anderson is one of America's most renowned and daring creative pioneers. Known primarily for her multimedia presentations, she has cast herself in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist and instrumentalist. At this intimate event, join her for delicious dishes and inspiring conversation.
January 15 - 7:00pm, SOLD OUT
Cookbook Company Cooks
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased on line hprodeo.ca,by calling 403-294-9494, or at theEPCOR Centre Box Office.
Now in its 26th year, the High Performance Rodeo is an annual festival featuring theatre, dance, comedy, music and multimedia presentations. Curated by Artistic Director Michael Green, and produced by Erin O’Connor and the One Yellow Rabbit team, it is dedicated to entertaining as wide an audience as imaginable, while remaining fertile ground for the progressive and wild. The High Performance Rodeo is the largest festival of its kind in Western Canada.
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