Past Shows Projects and Events
Bind
BIND Credits (Live Show)
Concept by: Holly Treddenick
Direction: Monica Dottor
Performer (s): Angola Murdoch, Natlalie Fullerton, Lara Ebata, Lindsay Goodtimes, Holly Treddenick
Costuming: Sara Torri
Painting credit: Diane McGrath
Videography: Eamon MacMahon
Performance history: Rhubarb Festival, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, February 2018
BIND (Video)
Concept by: Holly Treddenick
Performer (s): Angola Murdoch and Holly Treddenick
Music: Jennifer Castle, Dr. Draw
Photo Credit: Upstage Dynamics Inc
Videography: Upstage Dynamics Inc
Performance history:
St. John’s International Circus Fest (digital festival), September 2020
Mighty Niagara Film Festival, Stratus Winery, July 2021
REV
Concept by: Holly Treddenick
Creation by: Holly Treddenick
Performer (s): Lara Ebata, Natalie Fullerton, Diana Lopez, Angola Murdoch
Music: Squid Lid
Videography: Eamon McMohnn
Booking contact: Femmes du Feu Creations
Performance history: HarbourKids Circus 2019
Commissioned by Harbourfront Centre for HarbourKids Circus 2019
AIRSHIP
Direction & Concept: Sabrina Pringle and Holly Treddenick
Performer (s): James FIsher, Natalie Fullerton, Lara Ebata, Sabrina Pringle, Holly Treddenick
Music: Squid Lid
Costuming: Sabrina Pringle
Photo Credit: Dan Huziak
Videography: Peter Benedetti
Performance history:
Zero Gravity Circus, Toronto, 2010
Toronto Pride Festival, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, 2010
The Grand Theatre, London Fringe Festival, 2010
Hamilton Fringe Festival, 2010
The Aster Theatre, Winnipeg Fringe Festival, 2010
Femmes du Feu’s Holly Treddenick and Sabrina Pringle brought back performers Lara Ebata and Natalie Fullerton to collaborate and join forces with musician James Fisher of Zirco Circus to create their new aerial dance show Airship.Inspired by the culture and esthetics of Steampunk, Airship imagines the path not taken for technology in the early explorations of flight, and reveals the inner workings of a ship powered by human movement.
Leonardo Da Vinci said “For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return”.
THE PLANK
Jump into the rigging, set sail and dive into the legend and lore of women on the high seas in this aerial dance show!
Concept by: Sabrina Pringle and Holly Treddenick
Creation by: Sabrina Pringle and Holly Treddenick
Direction: Mark Richard
Performer (s): Sabrina Pringle and Holly Treddenick
Costuming: Sabrina Pringle, Lucian Matis
Performance history:
Zero Gravity Circus, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto Fringe Festival
Winnipeg Fringe Festival
Past Circus Sessions
CIRCUS SESSIONS #6
June 6 – 11,2022
Circus Sessions 2022 in partnership Lab De Cirque
(TOHU, The Cultch, Femmes du Feu Creations)
Date: June 6 – 11, 2022
Where: The Bank Art House, Welland, Ontario
Project Description:
Circus Sessions is a creative residency for circus artists and multidisciplinary artists who intersect with circus, originally conceived by Holly Treddenick and Lynanne Sparrow.
In this 6th iteration of Circus Sessions, we focus hyper local and hyper now with mentors and all artists from across Ontario. Alex Bulmer (Common Boots Theatre) and Angola Murdoch (LookUp Theatre) will guide artists through a week of exploration, play and collaboration focusing on telling our stories and working through the unique approach of “de-centralized vision” developed by Alex Bulmer.
2022 Participating Artists:
Sara Lou Stuart, Kaylie Kreatrix, Hayley Landry, Jordana Greenblatt, Erica Liu, Tanis MacArthur, Diana Lopez Soto, Hilary Wear, Thomas Vaccaro, Angola Murdoch
CIRCUS SESSIONS #5
WEEK 1
Monday, June 17 to Saturday, June 22 – Emerging Artists
- Monica Dottor (mentor)
- Bahia Watson (mentor)
- Jordan Reinwald
- Celeste Bliss
- Elizabeth Munn
- Nicole Malbeuf
- Leah Skerry
- Leïla Maillard
- Alexandra Watt Simpson
- Christine Conroy
- Valerie Arthur
- Grace Law
- Nicole Belfer
- Rhen Molly Miles
- Sage Lovell (with ASL)
- Thurga Kanagasekarampillai (with ASL)
WEEK 2
Monday, June 24 to Saturday, June 29 – Professional Artists
- Michelle Man (mentor)
- Stacie Dunlop
- Tania Marin
- Sara Torrie
- Samantha Halas
- Jessie Fraser
- Allara Gooliaff
- Raquel Madrid
- Coco Framboise
- Jessica John
- Kiki Belle
- Winnie (Natalie Fullerton)
- Kook (Angola Murdoch)
Alex Bulmer, blind theater artist, writer and dramaturge, will be working with each group on creative audio description and creating with a framework of “decentralizing vision”.
Audio Description will be offered Saturday June 22nd and Saturday June 29th
ASL Interpretation will be offered Saturday June 22nd.
For information about venue accessibility, parking, TTC and more, see
http://www.tocentre.com/information-theatregoers
CIRCUS SESSIONS #4
Circus Sessions participants:
Natayu Mildenberger (Toronto), Rebecca Anne Zelewicz (Toronto), Miranda S Tempest (Toronto), Jennifer Dallas (Toronto), Aude Lavergne (Montreal), Andrei Anissimov (Montreal), Noemie Beauchamps (Montreal), Giselle Mar (Montreal), Myriam Bloom (USA), Wondercabinet Weshinskey (USA), Sarah Muehlbauer (USA), Maggie B. Karlin (USA), Inka Lilja (Finland), Ida Cramer (Germany), Tina Carter (UK)
This year we have Alex Bulmer with us to work with 3 artists, Whitney Nicole (Kelowna), Erin Ball (Kingston), and Kate Kavanagh (UK), on audio description and to lead research around increasing accessibility in circus.
CIRCUS SESSIONS #3
Circus Sessions Mentor:
Sean Gandini from the UK. Sean is co-artistic director of the fantastically avant-garde Gandini Juggling. Read more about them here: http://www.gandinijuggling.com
Circus Sessions participants:
Greg Tarlin (Toronto, ON), Mighty Mike (Toronto, ON), Louis Barbier (Toronto, ON), Christel Bartelse (Toronto, ON), Manuel Rodriguez (Toronto, ON), Britt Howlett (Toronto, ON), Dominique Rabideau (Montreal, QB), Kevin Cheng (Montreal, QB), Bekka Rose (Montreal, QB), Bailey En (Montreal, QB), Antoinette Lane (Battelboro, VT), Shayna Swanson (Chicago, IL), Courtney Propokas (Chicago, IL), Ty Ven
CIRCUS SESSIONS #2
CIRCUS TALK: A day of panel discussions – Saturday May 21 10-4pm
Mentor:
Adell Node-Langlois (Paris, France).
Circus Sessions participants:
Dana Dugan (Chicago, IL), Vanessa Furlong (Halifax, NS), Leah Samelson (Quebec, QB), Yury Ruzhyev (Toronto, ON), Katelyn McCulloch (Toronto, ON), Jamie Holmes (Toronto, ON), Rachelle Ellie (Ottawa, ON), Chriselle Tidrick (Brooklyn, NY), Erin Ball (Kingston, ON), Marie-Noel Bety (Montrel, QB), Nicki Miller (Brooklyn, NY)
Circus Sessions greatly acknowledges the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council and The Canada Council For The Arts.
CIRCUS SESSIONS #1
Circus Sessions participants: Lara Ebata, Angola Murdoch, Diana Lopez Soto, Emily Hughes, Molly Keczan, Diane McGrath, Greg Tarlin, Zita Nyarady, Airin Dalton, Gabrielle Martin, Jimmy Tommy, Noa Lara Meir, Leda Davies, Esther de Montflores, Lou Poirier
Circus Talk – A Day of National discussions on Contemporary Circus
Saturday, May 16 from 10am to 4pm
Panel discussions with circus artists and organizations from across the country including En Piste, Canada Council for the Arts, TOHU, Firefly Theatre & Circus, Allison Collins of the Vancouver Circus Festival, Circus Stella, and more. Free.
Cross Canada glance featuring
- Yannki- Circus Stella (Moncton, NB)
- Christine Bouchard- En Piste (Montreal, QB)
- Samuel Tetrault- En Piste, 7 Doigts De La Main (Montreal, QB)
- Nadia Drouin- TOHU (Montreal, QB)
- Allison Collins- Vancouver Circus Festival (Vancouver, BC)
- Annie Dugan- Firefly Theatre (Edmonton, AB)
- Brandy Leary- Anaandam Dance Theatre (Toronto, ON)
- Connections between Canada and the rest of the world: Autopiste, touring (Nadia Bouchard and Samuel Tetrault)
Past Classes & Workshops
THE BANK FAMILY DAYS
For more information, visit: https://thebankah.com/2020/10/15/the-ban
DIGITAL SUMMER CAMP
Class will begin with a game, include stretching, some acrobatics such as somersaults, some juggling, some dance, and a craft or drawing. Participants will be welcome to use the props suggested, but we will also bring reference to household items participants can use.
AER TIME
