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[vc_row content_placement=”top” css_animation=”fadeIn” type=”vc_default” css=”.vc_custom_1638553170142{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_id=”about_section”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1611200679678{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 100px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1209″ width=”300″ align=”left” image_scale_animation_on_hover=”quick_scale” animation=”fadeIn”][ultimate_spacer height=”50″][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#1b50a2″ alignment=”left” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:35px;” main_heading_font_family=”font_family:Raleway|font_call:Raleway|variant:500″ main_heading_style=”font-weight:500;” sub_heading_font_family=”font_family:Raleway|font_call:Raleway|variant:500″ sub_heading_style=”font-weight:500;”]Femmes du Feu Creations is a not-for-profit organization with three primary missions: performance creation, education, and sector development in circus and dance in rural and urban communities in Ontario, prioritizing the Niagara region. Since its inception, Femmes du Feu Creations has been creating and presenting circus works, researching innovative ways to combine its contemporary dance and choreographic backgrounds with contemporary circus, with an ongoing vision for cross-discipline collaborations.
FdFC creates performance work through collaboration with artists across disciplines, combining contemporary circus/dance with artistic curiosity, risk and reflection.[/ultimate_heading][ultimate_spacer height=”30″][vc_single_image image=”782″ img_size=”full” css_animation=”fadeIn”][ultimate_spacer height=”30″][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#1b50a2″ alignment=”left” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:35px;” sub_heading_font_family=”font_family:Raleway|font_call:Raleway|variant:500″ sub_heading_style=”font-weight:500;”]Our mandate is to remove barriers, increase inclusiveness, and serve the circus and dance community by producing professional performance experiences and cultural activities, strengthening our local, regional and national community, inspiring and enhancing its well-being. We will do so by offering community tickets, employing accessibility practices whenever possible, including audio description, touch tours, and American Sign Language, and engaging specialist and community programming consultants.
Our mission is to engage and inspire through artistic activities in circus and dance across diverse audiences and artists for happier and healthier lives.
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Donate to Femmes du Feu Creations!
Donations in memory of George Treddenick can be made directly through the Canada Helps button. Donations will be directed towards the remounting of the show In The Fire in Winnipeg to honour George, as well as to the Welland Central Fire Hall Initiative.
[/ultimate_heading][ultimate_spacer height=”30″][ultimate_spacer height=”30″][vc_raw_html]JTNDQSUyMEhSRUYlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy5jYW5hZGFoZWxwcy5vcmclMkZDaGFyaXR5UHJvZmlsZVBhZ2UuYXNweCUzRkNoYXJpdHlJRCUzRGQxMTk3NjIlMjIlM0UlM0NJTUclMjBTUkMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy5jYW5hZGFoZWxwcy5vcmclMkZzZWN1cmUlMkZpbWclMkZEb25hdGUxX2VuLnBuZyUyMiUyMEJPUkRFUiUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBBTFQlM0QlMjJEb25hdGUlMjBOb3clMjBUaHJvdWdoJTIwQ2FuYWRhSGVscHMub3JnJTIxJTIyJTJGJTNFJTNDJTJGQSUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” gap=”30″ equal_height=”yes” bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-mlvp-jquery” parallax_sense=”2″ bg_override=”full” enable_overlay=”enable_overlay_value” overlay_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.5)” type=”vc_default” css=”.vc_custom_1615498357829{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 70px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #000000 !important;}” el_id=”events_section” el_class=”custom-columns-gap custom-mobile-paddings”][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Shows, Projects and Events” main_heading_color=”#ffffff” spacer=”line_with_icon” spacer_position=”bottom” line_height=”4″ line_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.5)” icon=”icomoon-fontawesome-16×16-circle-notch” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.5)” line_icon_fixer=”20″ main_heading_font_family=”font_family:|font_call:” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:50px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:60px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” line_width=”100″ main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:4px;”][/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space height=”1″][vc_empty_space height=”1″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”FdFC Presents – 2023 Fall Season” main_heading_color=”#ddddff” sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:10px;”][/ultimate_heading][vc_row_inner el_id=”events_belongings”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”1786″ img_size=”full”][ultimate_heading main_heading_color=”#ddddff” sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]We’ve got some exciting shows on the horizon this fall 🍂
Femmes du Feu Creations is hosting fresh & inventive new contemporary circus works for our fall 2023 season.
📅SEPTEMBER SHOWS:
[/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”1792″ img_size=”large”][ultimate_heading main_heading_color=”#ddddff” sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]🎭Show Title: Nós
📅September 13, 2023
⏰Time: 7PM
✨Featuring Artists: Erick Santos & Christa Wilson
✨Synopsis: This 45 minute show is all about connection, love and relationships. After more than a decade of living and working together this show is the culmination of that effort.
Duo Erick & Christa open up about their life, love, and relationship with each other in this intimate look into their lives. Their story is told through the magic of contemporary circus arts and will take the audience with them on their journey of present, past and future.
Featuring hand to hand, aerial arts, acrobatics and unexpected surprises, audiences will be whisked into the ordinarily extraordinary world of a circus duo from Brazil and Canada.
🎟️Tickets for all three shows will be purchased at the door, with a suggested donation of $10-$20[/ultimate_heading][ultimate_heading main_heading_color=”#ddddff” sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]About Duo Erick & Christa
“We perform duo aerial tissue loops, hand to hand and acrobatic bike with skating. Christa has a solo aerial lyra act on skates, and a Cyr wheel act. Erick has a solo aerial strap act, and performs trampwall and fast track.”
[/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”1800″ img_size=”full”][ultimate_heading main_heading_color=”#ddddff” sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]🎭Show Title: Air Heart
📅September 29th & 30th, 2023
⏰Time: 7PM
✨Featuring Artist: Mara Neimanis of In Flight Theater
✨Synopsis:
Daring aerial acrobatics are performed atop a 13 foot spinning airplane sculpture by aerial-actor Mara Neimanis as she brings to life the legendary aviatrix, Amelia Earhart, who disappeared trying to fly around the world. Through original script, historical fact, and poetic aerialism, Neimanis invokes Earhart’s mystery and final flight.
🎟️Tickets for all three shows will be purchased at the door, with a suggested donation of $10-$20[/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space][ultimate_heading main_heading_color=”#ddddff” sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]About In Flight Theatre
In-Flight creates theatre in the air using suspended and mounted steel sculpture. Drawing on training in Mask Performance, Clown and Commedia Dell’Arte, classes and performances integrate Aerial Arts with Physical Acting to create stories, text, and characters which explore the rich interplay of imagination between ground and air.[/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”1797″ img_size=”large”][ultimate_heading main_heading_color=”#ddddff” sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]📅OCTOBER: SHOW:
🎭Show Title: Twist of Fate
📅October 20th at ⏰7:30PM
📅October 21st at ⏰2PM
✨Featuring Artists: Angola Murdoch – Performer from Look Up Theatre
Mathew Reid – Musician
✨Synopsis:
Twist of Fate explores the universal experience of overcoming life’s obstacles presented in a profoundly personal way. It is the true story of our Artistic Director, Angola Murdoch. This performance depicts her diagnosis, surgery, and recovery from scoliosis and how she lives now with a 10-inch metal spine and has been an international professional circus artist for the last 20 years.
🎟️Tickets for all three shows will be purchased at the door, with a suggested donation of $10-$20[/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space][ultimate_heading main_heading_color=”#ffffff” sub_heading_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]About Lookup Theatre
Lookup Theatre’s artistic form is storytelling, expressed through contemporary circus arts and theatre. It’s creative non-fiction – we tell true stories with imagination and originality, using movement, text and metaphor to recount real events with sophisticated spectacle. Lookup creates transformative experiences for participants and audiences through process, community and performance. Lookup Theatre was created in 2009 and has been a charitable organization since 2010. [/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff”][vc_empty_space height=”1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611165479916{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Belongings (Unpacking Welland)” main_heading_color=”#ddddff” sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:10px;”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”1751″ img_size=”full”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1329″ width=”400″ height=”400″ border_radius=”25px” caption=”off”][vc_empty_space][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1404″ width=”400″ height=”400″ border_radius=”25px” caption=”off”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][ultimate_heading main_heading_color=”#ddddff” sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]Belongings (unpacking Welland) is a Welland-based community arts project produced by FdFC with Ruth Howard from Jumblies Theatre (Toronto).
Niagara based professional artists will work with Welland residents of mixed ages, abilities, and backgrounds through art-making to explore and share personal and historical stories.
Workshops will culminate in a week-long residency to shape the material generated into a closing public interactive installation and performance to be shared both in person and online.
Through this process, in whimsical and meaningful ways, we will discover, combine and juxtapose cultural perspectives (Indigenous, settler, newcomer, long-term and recent local residents). The final installation and performance will be determined by the process and the input of participants as well as artists.
A Community Arts Project supported by The Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts
In partnership with Ruth Howard (Jumblies Theatre)
Participating Artists: Sara Lou Stuart, Kitsune Soleilo, Deanna Jones,Nicole Joy-Fraser, Dienye Waboso Amajor, Jesse Wabegijig
Phase 1 took place through spring 2022, phase 2 took place in February 2023. Phase 3 will take place in spring/ summer 2023. Stay tuned for more details![/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_empty_space][vc_masonry_media_grid gap=”15″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1695070789762-1981137e-1bb2-3″ include=”1355,1357,1684″][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][dt_gallery_masonry bwb_columns=”desktop:4|h_tablet:4|v_tablet:3|phone:2″ image_border_radius=”0px” project_icon_border_width=”0px” include=”1406,1407,1408,1409,1680,1681,1682,1683″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff”][vc_row_inner el_id=”events_circussessions”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611153508249{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][ultimate_heading main_heading=”🎪Circus Sessions with Mentor Fez Faanana” heading_tag=”h4″ main_heading_color=”#ffffff” sub_heading_color=”#bbbbff” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1696″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ height=”400″ border_radius=”25px” caption=”off”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1697″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ height=”400″ caption=”off”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_column_text]🎪 Meet our Circus Sessions Artists:
✨Christopher Hartwig
✨Kelly Kreye
✨Lorenzo Serafino
✨Nicole Joy-Fraser
✨Opal Jennifer Elchuk
✨Sebastian “Bash” Hirtenstein
✨Sianna Bruce
✨Sidonie Adamson
✨Tanya Burka
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611154260400{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.69) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;border-radius: 35px !important;}”][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:0px;”]Get ready to be transported to a world of wonder and amazement at Circus Sessions 2023!
This one-of-a-kind event is the ultimate playground for innovative circus and multidisciplinary artists from all around the world, and it’s guaranteed to be an experience like no other.
Join us for the public presentation, the culmination of a week-long creative residency for nine diverse artists, who have come together to explore the world of art and creativity with a global perspective through cross-disciplinary learning and sharing of artistic processes. It’s a rare opportunity to witness the creative process of some of the most talented artists in the world, and to see firsthand how they collaborate to push the boundaries of what’s possible.
During their residency, our artists have been collaborating with the legendary Fez Faanana, director and co-founder of Briefs Factory. Briefs Factory is a powerhouse in the circus world, known for their award-winning, genre-defying, and politically charged performances that merge circus, drag, dance, burlesque, music, and comedy. Fez’s unique blend of Pacific heritage, visual spectacle, and gender juggling will bring a fresh perspective to the residency that’s sure to ignite a spark in everyone.
Circus Sessions is committed to empowering underrepresented voices in the circus world by seeking out experienced, experimental mentors who can guide others in their journey as performance artists. It’s a space to celebrate diversity and learn from different experiences to create meaningful art that resonates with audiences.
Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the awe-inspiring performances of talented artists from around the globe. Join us at the Bank Art House to be part of the next wave of groundbreaking circus art!
📅 May 24, 2023
⏰ From 7-9PM
📍 The Bank Art House at 22 King Street in Welland, ON
🎟️ Price range for children. Arts workers, and adults can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/circus-sessions-2023-tickets-594185233027[/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][dt_default_button link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.ca%2Fe%2Fcircus-sessions-2023-tickets-594185233027″ size=”big” button_alignment=”btn_center” font_size=”16px” icon_size=”20px” btn_decoration=”btn_shadow” text_color=”#f48d27″ default_btn_border_color=”#1c6dd8″]Purchase Tix Here![/dt_default_button][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_media_grid element_width=”3″ gap=”15″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1695070789765-710e2166-163f-8″ include=”1708,1709,1710,1711,1712,1713,1714,1715,1716″][dt_media_gallery_carousel image_sizing=”proportional” image_border_radius=”0px” slide_to_scroll=”all” project_icon_size=”50px” project_icon_color=”#ffffff” project_icon_border_width=”0px” arrow_bg_width=”36x” arrow_border_width=”0px” r_arrow_icon_paddings=”0px 0px 0px 0px” r_arrow_v_offset=”0px” l_arrow_icon_paddings=”0px 0px 0px 0px” l_arrow_v_offset=”0px” include=”1736,1737,1738,1739″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1617811773765{margin-top: 75px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff”][vc_row_inner el_id=”events_fire”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611153508249{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”IN THE FIRE” heading_tag=”h4″ main_heading_color=”#ffffff” sub_heading_color=”#bbbbff” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1088″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ height=”400″ border_radius=”25px” caption=”off”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1222″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ height=”400″ caption=”off”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Concept by: Holly Treddenick
Creation by: Holly Treddenick
Dramaturge & Aerial Consultant: Angola Murdoch
Direction: Monica Dottor
Performer (s): Holly Treddenick
Original Score: John Gzowski
Choir: Opus 8
Costuming (smoke cape): Sara Torrie
Lighting Design: Peter Benedetti
Video Projection: Peter Benedetti
Set Design: Peter Benedetti
Apparatus Design and Build: Upstage Fabrication
Producing Partner: Theatre Gargantua
Administrative support: Dance Umbrella of Ontario
Marketing management & design: Kristina Dubois
Accessibility Consultant: Erin Ball
Memoir & Movement: Sara Porter
Past Collaborators
Choreographic Dramaturge: Sara Poole (CCAFT Residency collaborator)
Aerial coaching and dramaturgy: Angola Murdoch
Accessibility Consultant: Alex Bulmer
Costuming: Stacie Patterson
Performance History: CAFT 2018, Rhubarb Festival 2019, TOHU 2021, Alberta Circus Arts Festival 2022, The Bank Art House, Welland, ON, October 28 + 29*, 2022 (*accessible performance) , Kasser Alexander Theatre Montclair University, New Jersey, November 10, 11, 12, 13[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611154260400{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.69) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;border-radius: 35px !important;}”][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:0px;”]
…too often the empathetic storytelling, memory sharing, and sincere display of appreciation is left to a time when the person is no longer earthside to participate in the understanding of their life through the eyes of loved ones. For Holly Treddenick, Artistic Director of Femmes du Feu Creations, a not-for-profit arts organization, and co-owner of The Bank Art House in Welland, Ontario In the Fire is the opportunity to capture stories from her Father’s experience as a Firefighter, with his input.
The performance intends to share an understanding of firefighting with a wider audience – to appreciate and understand the work they offer – but also pay tribute to the influence Treddenick’s Father has had in her life.
Through the creation of set pieces, aerial dance, inventive apparatuses, a choir (Opus 8 from Toronto), and projection, In the Fire captures, re-interprets and shares important stories from Treddenick’s father, who is also the last living founder of the Winnipeg Firefighter Museum. During the 60 minute performance, all are invited into a reflective space to witness the evolution of a father/daughter relationship, to stir a sense of hopefulness in their own lives, and “light the fire”.
In the Fire was first embodied by Treddenick in 2018 as part of the Catalyst Program through CAFT, and has grown and developed in its storytelling and innovative use of aerial arts to become the show it is today. It has been generously supported by the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Theatre Gargantua, MICC Commissioning Group at THOH and Peak Performances at Montclair State University.
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After our premier and run of sold-out shows in Welland with George in the audience, and in New York with George joining by phone, we were thrilled to have him be part of the shows to honor his life and service as a firefighter.
On December 2nd, 2022, 3 weeks after our run, George passed away suddenly at home. He was so proud of the work. We have decided to accept donations in his name towards remounting the show in Winnipeg. Donations can be made through our Canada Helps page.
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Produced by: Femmes du Feu
Concept by: Lindsay Goodtimes and Holly Treddenick
Created & Choreographed by: Lindsay Goodtimes, Holly Treddenick & Monica Dottor
Performed by: Lindsay Goodtimes and Holly Treddenick
Directed by: Monica Dottor
Apparatus Creation: Upstage Fabrication Inc
Set Design: Kelsey Carriere
Sound Design: Monica Dottor
Lighting & Bird Watcher: Ian Goodtimes
Costume: Tanis Sydney McArthur
Performance History: Wee Fest, 2018 + 2019, Soulpepper 2018 + 2019, Digital Adaptation 2021, CAPACOA 2021, Canadian Children’s Festival circuit, Hamilton, Ottawa, Surrey, Winnipeg – May 11, 2022 – June 12, 2022, First Ontario Performing Arts, Feb. 20, 2023
[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611154260400{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.69) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;border-radius: 35px !important;}”][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:0px;”]TWEET TWEET is a 25- minute contemporary circus duet performance experience for our youngest audience, age 0-3 years and their caregivers, and takes place in the round. The show takes place on a magical tree apparatus (built by Peter Benedetti and Kelsey Carrier), with 2 nests and 2 wood swing apparatuses hanging from the branches. The performers move from the nests, up into the aerial tree canopy, through the rope tree trunk, and on the floor. There is a large forest floor carpet that lies under the tree branches for the audience to sit and lie on. TWEET TWEET is directed by Monica Dottor.
Reviews of Tweet Tweet!
Lynn Slotkin & the Slotkin Letter
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[/ultimate_heading][dt_gallery_masonry image_border_radius=”0px” project_icon_border_width=”0px” include=”1395,1396,1397,1398,1399,1400″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1611164841007{margin-top: 75px !important;}”][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_row_inner el_id=”events_flora_and_fauna”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611153508249{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”FLORA & FAUNA” heading_tag=”h4″ main_heading_color=”#ffffff” sub_heading_color=”#bbbbff” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_empty_space][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1113″ onclick=”lightbox” height=”800″ border_radius=”25px” caption=”off”][vc_empty_space][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1228″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ caption=”off”][vc_empty_space][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1374″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ caption=”off”][vc_empty_space][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1375″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ caption=”off”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611154260400{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.69) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;border-radius: 35px !important;}”][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:75px;”]Flora & Fauna is a new early years creation exploring themes of relationship and nature. Flora & Fauna is an invitation for the audience to let the magical forest come and greet them in this performative forest walk.
Flora & Fauna is part installation, part performance, to create a rich outdoor performing arts experience for young audiences and their caregivers. This show is created to be presented outdoors, on a variety of terrains in summer or winter.
Creative Team
Concept by: Holly Treddenick & Lindsay Goodtimes
Creation by: Holly Treddenick, Lindsay Goodtimes & Monica Dottor
Direction: Monica Dottor
Performer (s): Holly Treddenick, Lindsay Goodtimes
Sound Design: Monica Dottor and Rita Dottor
Original Composition: Rita Dottor
Set & Costuming: Tannis MacArthur
Photo Credit: Mark Zelinski
Videography: Jonah Atkins
Booking contact: Tara Bailiwick, bailiwick.biz@gmail.com
Performance history: Premiere for 2022/23
Tour Date & Locations:
September 12: Welland, Scotland
September 13: Archie Stouffer Elementary School, Toronto, ON presented by Razzamataz Kid Shows
September 14: Stuart Baker Elementary School, Minden, ON
September 15: Haliburton, ON
September 17: New Liskheard Fall Fair, Colbalt-Sault St.Marie presented by Pied Piper Kidshow
September 18: Community Theatre Centre, Sault St.Marie, presented by Over the Rainbow Children Series
September 21: Geraldton Highschool, Geraldton presented by Geraldton Childrens Entertainment Series
September 23: Centennial Park, Red Lake, Dryden presented by Red Lake Childrens Entertainment Series
September 24: New Prospect School, Dryden, ON presented by Dryden Childrens Delight Series
“Isn’t this what we want for our children? This immersion in the natural world, this feeling-at-oneness, these eyes sparkling with fire.”
– Child & Nature Alliance of Canada
Flora & Fauna began creation in Fall 2020. We are preparing a free-standing apparatus for an outdoor performance experience, maintaining awareness around Covid-19 and the new restrictions placed on the performing arts. We are approaching this creation process as an opportunity to create outside the box for these unknown times.
Femmes du Feu Creations is grateful to Theatre Gargantua, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, the OAC Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators from Carousel Players and Young People’s Theatre, and the Canada Council for the Arts for the support of this project. [/ultimate_heading][vc_btn title=”Flora & Fauna Fact Sheet” color=”vista-blue” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffemmesdufeu.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F10%2FFlora-Fauna.docx.pdf”][vc_empty_space][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/746967040″ align=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156384635{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156384635{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156384635{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff”][vc_row_inner el_id=”events_circus_on_canal”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611153508249{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”CIRCUS ON THE CANAL” heading_tag=”h4″ main_heading_color=”#ffffff” sub_heading_color=”#bbbbff” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;”]Premiere 2023[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1412″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ height=”400″ border_radius=”25px” caption=”off”][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1413″ width=”300″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611154260400{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.69) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;border-radius: 35px !important;}”][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:75px;”]Circus on the Canal is a creative research project that was initiated by Canada Summer Games and Brock University VPR grants as a collaboration between Professor Karen Fricker and performance artist Holly Treddenick. The seed for this project was to explore the intersections between water sports and circus arts. The project has since developed into an exploration of our relationship to water, land and traditional mythologies of water tales.
Artists: Ashley Falkner, Emily Hughes, Kitsune Soleil, Charles Chipanga
Choreographer: Holly Treddenick
Funded by Brock University VPR Grants for research with Canada Summer Games 2022
Researcher: Karen Fricker
For the development, coming spring 2023
Funded by OAC and CCA
Press & News on Circus on the Canal:
Canada Games Research: Spotlight on Karen Fricker by The Brock News
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Niagara based professional artists will work with Welland residents of mixed ages, abilities, and backgrounds through art-making to explore and share personal and historical stories.
Workshops will culminate in a week-long residency to shape the material generated into a closing public interactive installation and performance to be shared both in person and online.
Through this process, in whimsical and meaningful ways, we will discover, combine and juxtapose cultural perspectives (Indigenous, settler, newcomer, long-term and recent local residents). The final installation and performance will be determined by the process and the input of participants as well as artists.
A Community Arts Project supported by The Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts
In partnership with Ruth Howard (Jumblies Theatre)
Participating Artists: Sara Lou Stuart, Kitsune Soleilo, Deanna Jones,Nicole Joy-Fraser, Dienye Waboso Amajor, Jesse Wabegijig
Phase 1 took place through spring 2022, phase 2 took place in February 2023. Phase 3 will take place in spring/ summer 2023. Stay tuned for more details![/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_empty_space][vc_masonry_media_grid gap=”15″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1695070789779-cd72e5d8-06e5-7″ include=”1355,1357,1684″][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][dt_gallery_masonry bwb_columns=”desktop:4|h_tablet:4|v_tablet:3|phone:2″ image_border_radius=”0px” project_icon_border_width=”0px” include=”1406,1407,1408,1409,1680,1681,1682,1683″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611153508249{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][ultimate_heading main_heading=”🎪Circus Sessions with Mentor Fez Faanana” heading_tag=”h4″ main_heading_color=”#ffffff” sub_heading_color=”#bbbbff” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1696″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ height=”400″ border_radius=”25px” caption=”off”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1697″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ height=”400″ caption=”off”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_column_text]🎪 Meet our Circus Sessions Artists:
✨Christopher Hartwig
✨Kelly Kreye
✨Lorenzo Serafino
✨Nicole Joy-Fraser
✨Opal Jennifer Elchuk
✨Sebastian “Bash” Hirtenstein
✨Sianna Bruce
✨Sidonie Adamson
✨Tanya Burka
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611154260400{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.69) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;border-radius: 35px !important;}”][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:0px;”]Get ready to be transported to a world of wonder and amazement at Circus Sessions 2023!
This one-of-a-kind event is the ultimate playground for innovative circus and multidisciplinary artists from all around the world, and it’s guaranteed to be an experience like no other.
Join us for the public presentation, the culmination of a week-long creative residency for nine diverse artists, who have come together to explore the world of art and creativity with a global perspective through cross-disciplinary learning and sharing of artistic processes. It’s a rare opportunity to witness the creative process of some of the most talented artists in the world, and to see firsthand how they collaborate to push the boundaries of what’s possible.
During their residency, our artists have been collaborating with the legendary Fez Faanana, director and co-founder of Briefs Factory. Briefs Factory is a powerhouse in the circus world, known for their award-winning, genre-defying, and politically charged performances that merge circus, drag, dance, burlesque, music, and comedy. Fez’s unique blend of Pacific heritage, visual spectacle, and gender juggling will bring a fresh perspective to the residency that’s sure to ignite a spark in everyone.
Circus Sessions is committed to empowering underrepresented voices in the circus world by seeking out experienced, experimental mentors who can guide others in their journey as performance artists. It’s a space to celebrate diversity and learn from different experiences to create meaningful art that resonates with audiences.
Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the awe-inspiring performances of talented artists from around the globe. Join us at the Bank Art House to be part of the next wave of groundbreaking circus art!
📅 May 24, 2023
⏰ From 7-9PM
📍 The Bank Art House at 22 King Street in Welland, ON
🎟️ Price range for children. Arts workers, and adults can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/circus-sessions-2023-tickets-594185233027[/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][dt_default_button link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.ca%2Fe%2Fcircus-sessions-2023-tickets-594185233027″ size=”big” button_alignment=”btn_center” font_size=”16px” icon_size=”20px” btn_decoration=”btn_shadow” text_color=”#f48d27″ default_btn_border_color=”#1c6dd8″]Purchase Tix Here![/dt_default_button][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_media_grid element_width=”3″ gap=”15″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1695070789781-dea8486c-d5b5-0″ include=”1708,1709,1710,1711,1712,1713,1714,1715,1716″][dt_media_gallery_carousel image_sizing=”proportional” image_border_radius=”0px” slide_to_scroll=”all” project_icon_size=”50px” project_icon_color=”#ffffff” project_icon_border_width=”0px” arrow_bg_width=”36x” arrow_border_width=”0px” r_arrow_icon_paddings=”0px 0px 0px 0px” r_arrow_v_offset=”0px” l_arrow_icon_paddings=”0px 0px 0px 0px” l_arrow_v_offset=”0px” include=”1736,1737,1738,1739″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1617811773765{margin-top: 75px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611153508249{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”IN THE FIRE” heading_tag=”h4″ main_heading_color=”#ffffff” sub_heading_color=”#bbbbff” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1088″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ height=”400″ border_radius=”25px” caption=”off”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1222″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ height=”400″ caption=”off”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Concept by: Holly Treddenick
Creation by: Holly Treddenick
Dramaturge & Aerial Consultant: Angola Murdoch
Direction: Monica Dottor
Performer (s): Holly Treddenick
Original Score: John Gzowski
Choir: Opus 8
Costuming (smoke cape): Sara Torrie
Lighting Design: Peter Benedetti
Video Projection: Peter Benedetti
Set Design: Peter Benedetti
Apparatus Design and Build: Upstage Fabrication
Producing Partner: Theatre Gargantua
Administrative support: Dance Umbrella of Ontario
Marketing management & design: Kristina Dubois
Accessibility Consultant: Erin Ball
Memoir & Movement: Sara Porter
Past Collaborators
Choreographic Dramaturge: Sara Poole (CCAFT Residency collaborator)
Aerial coaching and dramaturgy: Angola Murdoch
Accessibility Consultant: Alex Bulmer
Costuming: Stacie Patterson
Performance History: CAFT 2018, Rhubarb Festival 2019, TOHU 2021, Alberta Circus Arts Festival 2022, The Bank Art House, Welland, ON, October 28 + 29*, 2022 (*accessible performance) , Kasser Alexander Theatre Montclair University, New Jersey, November 10, 11, 12, 13[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611154260400{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.69) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;border-radius: 35px !important;}”][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:0px;”]
…too often the empathetic storytelling, memory sharing, and sincere display of appreciation is left to a time when the person is no longer earthside to participate in the understanding of their life through the eyes of loved ones. For Holly Treddenick, Artistic Director of Femmes du Feu Creations, a not-for-profit arts organization, and co-owner of The Bank Art House in Welland, Ontario In the Fire is the opportunity to capture stories from her Father’s experience as a Firefighter, with his input.
The performance intends to share an understanding of firefighting with a wider audience – to appreciate and understand the work they offer – but also pay tribute to the influence Treddenick’s Father has had in her life.
Through the creation of set pieces, aerial dance, inventive apparatuses, a choir (Opus 8 from Toronto), and projection, In the Fire captures, re-interprets and shares important stories from Treddenick’s father, who is also the last living founder of the Winnipeg Firefighter Museum. During the 60 minute performance, all are invited into a reflective space to witness the evolution of a father/daughter relationship, to stir a sense of hopefulness in their own lives, and “light the fire”.
In the Fire was first embodied by Treddenick in 2018 as part of the Catalyst Program through CAFT, and has grown and developed in its storytelling and innovative use of aerial arts to become the show it is today. It has been generously supported by the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Theatre Gargantua, MICC Commissioning Group at THOH and Peak Performances at Montclair State University.
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After our premier and run of sold-out shows in Welland with George in the audience, and in New York with George joining by phone, we were thrilled to have him be part of the shows to honor his life and service as a firefighter.
On December 2nd, 2022, 3 weeks after our run, George passed away suddenly at home. He was so proud of the work. We have decided to accept donations in his name towards remounting the show in Winnipeg. Donations can be made through our Canada Helps page.
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Produced by: Femmes du Feu
Concept by: Lindsay Goodtimes and Holly Treddenick
Created & Choreographed by: Lindsay Goodtimes, Holly Treddenick & Monica Dottor
Performed by: Lindsay Goodtimes and Holly Treddenick
Directed by: Monica Dottor
Apparatus Creation: Upstage Fabrication Inc
Set Design: Kelsey Carriere
Sound Design: Monica Dottor
Lighting & Bird Watcher: Ian Goodtimes
Costume: Tanis Sydney McArthur
Performance History: Wee Fest, 2018 + 2019, Soulpepper 2018 + 2019, Digital Adaptation 2021, CAPACOA 2021, Canadian Children’s Festival circuit, Hamilton, Ottawa, Surrey, Winnipeg – May 11, 2022 – June 12, 2022, First Ontario Performing Arts, Feb. 20, 2023
[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611154260400{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.69) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;border-radius: 35px !important;}”][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:0px;”]TWEET TWEET is a 25- minute contemporary circus duet performance experience for our youngest audience, age 0-3 years and their caregivers, and takes place in the round. The show takes place on a magical tree apparatus (built by Peter Benedetti and Kelsey Carrier), with 2 nests and 2 wood swing apparatuses hanging from the branches. The performers move from the nests, up into the aerial tree canopy, through the rope tree trunk, and on the floor. There is a large forest floor carpet that lies under the tree branches for the audience to sit and lie on. TWEET TWEET is directed by Monica Dottor.
Reviews of Tweet Tweet!
Lynn Slotkin & the Slotkin Letter
[/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/273362371″][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156459530{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:0px;”]Generously supported by the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.
[/ultimate_heading][dt_gallery_masonry image_border_radius=”0px” project_icon_border_width=”0px” include=”1395,1396,1397,1398,1399,1400″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1611164841007{margin-top: 75px !important;}”][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611153508249{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”FLORA & FAUNA” heading_tag=”h4″ main_heading_color=”#ffffff” sub_heading_color=”#bbbbff” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_empty_space][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1113″ onclick=”lightbox” height=”800″ border_radius=”25px” caption=”off”][vc_empty_space][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1228″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ caption=”off”][vc_empty_space][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1374″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ caption=”off”][vc_empty_space][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1375″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ caption=”off”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611154260400{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.69) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;border-radius: 35px !important;}”][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:75px;”]Flora & Fauna is a new early years creation exploring themes of relationship and nature. Flora & Fauna is an invitation for the audience to let the magical forest come and greet them in this performative forest walk.
Flora & Fauna is part installation, part performance, to create a rich outdoor performing arts experience for young audiences and their caregivers. This show is created to be presented outdoors, on a variety of terrains in summer or winter.
Creative Team
Concept by: Holly Treddenick & Lindsay Goodtimes
Creation by: Holly Treddenick, Lindsay Goodtimes & Monica Dottor
Direction: Monica Dottor
Performer (s): Holly Treddenick, Lindsay Goodtimes
Sound Design: Monica Dottor and Rita Dottor
Original Composition: Rita Dottor
Set & Costuming: Tannis MacArthur
Photo Credit: Mark Zelinski
Videography: Jonah Atkins
Booking contact: Tara Bailiwick, bailiwick.biz@gmail.com
Performance history: Premiere for 2022/23
Tour Date & Locations:
September 12: Welland, Scotland
September 13: Archie Stouffer Elementary School, Toronto, ON presented by Razzamataz Kid Shows
September 14: Stuart Baker Elementary School, Minden, ON
September 15: Haliburton, ON
September 17: New Liskheard Fall Fair, Colbalt-Sault St.Marie presented by Pied Piper Kidshow
September 18: Community Theatre Centre, Sault St.Marie, presented by Over the Rainbow Children Series
September 21: Geraldton Highschool, Geraldton presented by Geraldton Childrens Entertainment Series
September 23: Centennial Park, Red Lake, Dryden presented by Red Lake Childrens Entertainment Series
September 24: New Prospect School, Dryden, ON presented by Dryden Childrens Delight Series
“Isn’t this what we want for our children? This immersion in the natural world, this feeling-at-oneness, these eyes sparkling with fire.”
– Child & Nature Alliance of Canada
Flora & Fauna began creation in Fall 2020. We are preparing a free-standing apparatus for an outdoor performance experience, maintaining awareness around Covid-19 and the new restrictions placed on the performing arts. We are approaching this creation process as an opportunity to create outside the box for these unknown times.
Femmes du Feu Creations is grateful to Theatre Gargantua, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, the OAC Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators from Carousel Players and Young People’s Theatre, and the Canada Council for the Arts for the support of this project. [/ultimate_heading][vc_btn title=”Flora & Fauna Fact Sheet” color=”vista-blue” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffemmesdufeu.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F10%2FFlora-Fauna.docx.pdf”][vc_empty_space][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/746967040″ align=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156384635{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156384635{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1611156384635{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611153508249{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”CIRCUS ON THE CANAL” heading_tag=”h4″ main_heading_color=”#ffffff” sub_heading_color=”#bbbbff” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:0px;”]Premiere 2023[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1412″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”400″ height=”400″ border_radius=”25px” caption=”off”][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1413″ width=”300″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611154260400{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.69) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;border-radius: 35px !important;}”][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#ddddff” alignment=”left” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-top:75px;”]Circus on the Canal is a creative research project that was initiated by Canada Summer Games and Brock University VPR grants as a collaboration between Professor Karen Fricker and performance artist Holly Treddenick. The seed for this project was to explore the intersections between water sports and circus arts. The project has since developed into an exploration of our relationship to water, land and traditional mythologies of water tales.
Artists: Ashley Falkner, Emily Hughes, Kitsune Soleil, Charles Chipanga
Choreographer: Holly Treddenick
Funded by Brock University VPR Grants for research with Canada Summer Games 2022
Researcher: Karen Fricker
For the development, coming spring 2023
Funded by OAC and CCA
Press & News on Circus on the Canal:
Canada Games Research: Spotlight on Karen Fricker by The Brock News
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[/ultimate_heading][vc_btn title=”Apply Here” color=”warning” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2F1aenMt9l6TdNMAUuAOw7qvVXNUm10jc-YXiGES1o6ARM%2Fedit”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff” css=”.vc_custom_1611165393937{margin-top: 75px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611166293401{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”WINTER CIRCUS CAMP – The Bank Art House” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:10px;”]January 3 – January 6, 2023[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1634″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#001668″ alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]
– Camp will run Tuesday to Friday, 9am-4pm. Drop off at 8:45am, pick up at 4pm
– Students must bring a lunch, 2 snacks and water bottle
– $200/participant (20 spots available)
– End of camp show will be Friday January 6th at 3:30pm
[/ultimate_heading][vc_btn title=”Facebook Event Page” color=”orange” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F516260440563304%2F%3Facontext%3D%257B%2522ref%2522%253A%252252%2522%252C%2522action_history%2522%253A%2522%5B%257B%255C%2522surface%255C%2522%253A%255C%2522share_link%255C%2522%252C%255C%2522mechanism%255C%2522%253A%255C%2522share_link%255C%2522%252C%255C%2522extra_data%255C%2522%253A%257B%255C%2522invite_link_id%255C%2522%253A511948390973955%257D%257D%5D%2522%257D|title:Facebook%20Event%20Page”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff” css=”.vc_custom_1611165393937{margin-top: 75px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_id=”cw_overview”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611157955138{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”CLASSES” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:10px;”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”791″ width=”400″ height=”400″ border_radius=”25px” caption=”off”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#001668″ alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]Femmes du Feu offers private, semi-private and group instruction in aerial silks, single point trapeze, rope and conditioning & stretching. Workshops in silks or trapeze can also be added to any event as a fun and entertaining activity for guest.
For ongoing classes and workshops, visit our sister site CIRCUS IN THE TREES!
Locally in Toronto, Joanne Galligan will be teaching for Femmes Du Feu, offering Static Trapeze classes at Pursuit OCR. Static Trapeze is a fun, dynamic apparatus that builds strength and aerial awareness. Session classes and workshops available.
Aerial silks are a beautiful and exciting circus apparatus requiring strength and flexibility. Students will learn how to control their body in the air and move against gravity. These skills are learned with careful coaching through conditioning and play.
Regular classes, Family classes and Conditioning classes are available. There are no prerequisites and all levels welcome.[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff” css=”.vc_custom_1611165393937{margin-top: 75px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611166293401{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”YOUTH CIRCUS CLASSES” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:10px;”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_media_grid element_width=”6″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1695070789795-ea0ed5c2-857a-5″ include=”1349,1350″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#001668″ alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]Youth Circus Classes at The Welland Community Centre[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff” css=”.vc_custom_1611165393937{margin-top: 75px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611166293401{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”SENIOR CIRCUS CLASS” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:10px;”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1351″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#001668″ alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]Senior Circus Class, The Grand Canal Retirement Residence, Welland ON.[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff” css=”.vc_custom_1611165393937{margin-top: 75px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611166293401{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”THE BANK FAMILY DAYS” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:10px;”][/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1042″ width=”400″ height=”400″ border_radius=”25px” caption=”off”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#001668″ alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]The Bank Family Days, produced by the Femmes du Feu Creations, is a series of arts & culture events engaged activities for families and people of all ages. Activities will take place digitally and at home. Registration is required, but all events are FREE! Each event will include a take home kit with supplies for the activity. Each event will include a series of online videos to watch, a craft to do at home, and an interactive Zoom meeting with the lead artist.
For more information, visit: https://thebankah.com/2020/10/15/the-bank-family-days/[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff” css=”.vc_custom_1611165393937{margin-top: 75px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes” el_id=”cw_digital_summer_camp”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611166293401{margin-top: 75px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”DIGITAL SUMMER CAMP” sub_heading_color=”#001668″ main_heading_font_size=”desktop:40px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:40px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:15px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:10px;”]August 24 – August 28, 2020[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”1″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”1063″ width=”400″ height=”400″ border_radius=”25px” caption=”off”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#001668″ alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;”]Virtual Circus Digital Summer Camp will be hosted by Holly of Femmes du Feu and will take place on August 24-28 live via Zoom from 10:30-11:30am. Each virtual class will be a mashup of circus, theatre, dance, and games – free and fun for all ages.
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.[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”3″ accent_color=”#ddddff” css=”.vc_custom_1611165393937{margin-top: 75px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-vz-jquery” bg_image_new=”id^658|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2018_Circus_Sessions_SVPhotography_ca-6.jpg|caption^The 4th annual Circus Sessions was co-produced by Femmes du Feu and the Harbourfront Centre as part of NextSteps 2017/18 program. This event was a week-long creative laboratory and think-tank that offered a small group of contemporary circus artists to work with an internationally renowned circus artists. This edition’s mentor was Marie-Andreé Robitaille, senior lecturer and head of the bachelor of arts in circus at the School of Dance and Circus DOCH parts of Stockholm University of the Arts, and Artistic Director of Cirkus Perspektiv (Sweden). In addition, Alex Bulmer was invited to work with 3 of the 19 artists on audio description and to lead research around increasing accessibility in circus. As in prior years, the event culminated with 2 performances at the Harbourfront Centre theatre. More info at: www.harbourfrontcentre.com/nextsteps/femmes-du-feu-circus-sessions
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[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1611164088219{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.25) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;border-radius: 35px !important;}”][vc_btn title=”The Bank Art House Website” color=”sandy-brown” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fthebankah.com%2F|target:_blank”][vc_empty_space][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#001668″ alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:20px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]The Bank Art House is a safe, creative space where all members of the community can engage in social, recreational and professional artistic expression and activities, for enjoyment or educational purposes. It is a place of strong, healthy, personal and communal growth. Located in Welland, Ontario, in the Niagara Region, The Bank Art House is focused on providing a space to the immediate artistic and cultural community to develop and showcase their works. It is also an event space, guaranteed to attract an audience from within the region and beyond, furthering the cultural and economic growth of the City of Welland, and the greater Niagara area.
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Thinking about taking your performance art to the next level? We’re always looking to host artist residencies at The Bank Art House.
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Holly has been dancing since she could walk, and has been in circus for more than 16 years.
Holly is artistic director and co-founder of Femmes du Feu (founded in 2003), under which she produces several sector development projects including Circus Sessions (since 2014), Aer Times (since 2010) and teaches workshops.
Through Femmes du Feu, Holly has been performing and creating new contemporary circus works and presenting them across Canada and the USA. She is passionate about community and art, both as a creator and interpreter. She believes art can inspire, educate, build community and catalyse transformation. Holly is also an osteopath (DOMP), and a mother of two beautiful girls.[/ult_team][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^1067|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Lindsay-Goodtimes_300x400.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Lindsay Goodtimes_300x400|description^null” name=”Lindsay Goodtimes” pos_in_org=”Artist, Collaborator, Co-Founder” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:12px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:12px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:60px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:40px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;”]
Lindsay Goodtimes has been entertaining audiences for the past two decades. After graduating from Toronto Dance Theatre in 1998 she spent many years performing and choreographing in the US, Canada and abroad. Her travels took her to South East Asia where Lindsay trained at the Thai fire school. It was there she was first introduced to the circus arts. Upon returning from her travels she was impassioned with a great desire to incorporate fire arts in dance, it was at that time that Lindsay co-founded Femmes Du Feu with Holly Treddenick as a vehicle to explore this fusion. Lindsay was honoured to be a part of the Circus Orange team for many years and participated in their trade mark spectacle performances at JFL Montreal, Winterlude Ottawa and Cavalcade Toronto to name a few. She began her aerial training with Sabrina Pringle in 2006 and is thrilled with the new direction that Sabrina and Holly have guided FDF into. A women of many interests, Lindsay has been a member of multiple bands over the years from Punk Rock to Kindie, Lindsay utilizes different types of performance mediums to explore human expression with the ultimate goal of entertainment.
[/ult_team][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” title_text_typography=”” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^1804|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Kosar.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Kosar|description^null” name=”Kosar Dakhilalian” pos_in_org=”Artist, Collaborator, Admin Staff” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:12px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:12px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:60px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:40px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;”]Kosar is a theatre artist and director based in St. Catharines. She has her master’s in Studies in Comparative Literature and Arts and was the Editor in Chief of Zeitgeist Courier, a magazine of literature and arts, for two years. Kosar has worked with Young People’s Theatre and have been a teaching assistant at the Department of Dramatic Arts at Brock University. Kosar’s play, Ruby, was a part of Niagara’s 2023 In the Soil Festival.[/ult_team][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” social_icon_effect=”” title_text_typography=”” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^1805|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Kitsune-Soleil.png|caption^null|alt^null|title^Kitsune Soleil|description^null” name=”Kitsuné Soleil” pos_in_org=”Artist, Collaborator, Admin Staff” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:12px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:12px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:60px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:40px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;”]Kitsuné is a 2Spirit, Plains Cree (Nehiyaw), a multi-disciplinary artist residing on Treaty 3. They’re currently working on their first play called “H.E.R. Show,” which explores the dangers of social media and toxic relationships. They are managing ways to display it virtually as a work in progress through pandemic times.
She’s constantly exploring themes around culture and balancing today’s digital world to intersect in that work. In addition, she continues to pursue theatre arts through writing and artist collaborations in safe distances and safe spaces in these trying times.
As an imaginative soul, she likes to express herself through fashion and storytelling online through her socials and bringing light to indigenous issues.[/ult_team][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Board of Directors” main_heading_color=”#f9f9f9″][/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space height=”50″][vc_row_inner el_id=”board”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” name=”Rachel Braithwaite” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:15px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:15px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;” image=”id^1365|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/5AD36485-9309-4CDB-9B3B-33813FB7149B_1_105_c.jpeg|caption^null|alt^null|title^5AD36485-9309-4CDB-9B3B-33813FB7149B_1_105_c|description^null” pos_in_org=”Vice – President”]Rachel lives in Welland with her family. She works for the St Catharines Downtown Association supporting more than 500 small businesses through events, marketing, advocacy and more. She also sits on the Board for the Ontario Business Improvement Association.[/ult_team][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” name=”Missy Fishman” pos_in_org=”Treasurer” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:14px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:20px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:10px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:10px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;” image=”id^1428|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MIssy-Fishman-Pic.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^MIssy Fishman Pic|description^null”]Melissa Fishman is a 2-Spirit Salish woman of the Thunderbird clan, raised in Tkranto with origins in Lillooet Valley First Nation in B.C.
Her work over the last decade has focused on access and supports for Indigenous communities, primarily through student outreach, recruitment and retention at the post secondary level. Sharing her passion for learning and seeking ways to overcome barriers to education and community connection within the local Indigenous communities.[/ult_team][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” name=”Jackie Houghton” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:15px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:15px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;” image=”id^1070|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jackie-Houghton.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Jackie Houghton|description^null” pos_in_org=”Secretary”]Circus has taken on an ever-expanding role in Jackie’s life for over a decade now. She has grown from a student learning to navigate the silks in a small Toronto studio and is now a more accomplished student and performer of various apparatus, including silks, lyra, and hula hoop. Several years ago Jackie realized that she could utilize her journalism background as a means to amplify the Ontario circus community here and abroad. Since, she has written about circus and provided circus critique for The Circus Diaries (UK), Circus Talk (USA), My Entertainment World (Canada), and of course, Femmes du Feu Creations (Canada). What once seemed a dream, is now an integral part of her personal and professional development that she hopes to continue to build on as a part of the Femmes du Feu team.[/ult_team][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^1077|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sabrina-Pringle.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Sabrina Pringle|description^null” name=”Sabrina Pringle” pos_in_org=”Chair” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:15px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:15px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]Sabrina is a mover, creator, entrepreneur, and community maker. Her career has spanned performing, choreographing, rigging and teaching hundreds of students over the last 3 decades. Sabrina has worked with all sorts of people in hugely diverse scenarios. Choreographing within complex rigging, set, and site specific designs is an ongoing feature of her work. This range includes tall ships, tall buildings, sides of buildings, outdoor structures, circus tents, small winding intricate rooms…rarely a blank stage. Some highlighted past collaborators include The Caravan Stage Barge, Circus Orange, DNA Theatre, Company Blonde, and she was the co-artistic Director of Femmes Du Feu 2008-2012. Since 2013 Sabrina has spent much of her efforts on the creation of Circus In The Trees, a rural circus school in Southwestern Ontario. [/ult_team][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Artistic Collaborators” main_heading_color=”#ffffff”][/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space height=”50″][vc_row_inner el_id=”artisticcollab”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^1505|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/V.A.-headshot-scaled.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^V.A. headshot|description^null” name=”Veronika Anissimova” pos_in_org=”Performer, Opus 8″ team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:10px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:10px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]
Veronika Anissimova has been praised for her “lovely presence” (Berkshire Fine Arts) and “impressively quick and precise coloratura” (Ludwig van Toronto). Since taking part in Marilyn Horne’s The Song Continues series at Carnegie Hall in 2018, she has presented recitals for the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, the Linden Project, the Noon at Met series at the Metropolitan United Church, Music at Midday at St. James Cathedral, and others. This season she can be heard in recital as part of the Concerts @100 concert series and in Mahler’s Rückert Lieder with the Hart House Orchestra; she was among the 2022 Handel Aria Competition’s top 20, and was an Art of Song fellow with the 2021 Toronto Summer Music Festival. Veronika performed Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate with the Hart House Orchestra as a winner of their 2019 Concerto Competition; select soloist credits include Despina cover for Brott Opera, Polluce in Cavalli’s Elena with the Toronto Consort, Zulma in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri with the Toronto Concert Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with the Peterborough Singers, and Bach’s Mass in B Minor with the American Bach Soloists Academy. Winner of the 2014 National Gold Medal at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Veronika holds a MMus (2018) in historical voice performance and a BMus (Honours, 2016) in piano and Italian studies from the University of Toronto. www.veronika-anissimova.com
[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” name=”Rebecca Claborn” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:12px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:12px;” pos_in_org=”Performer, Opus 8″ image=”id^1509|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RebeccaClaborn.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Rebecca+Claborn|description^null” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:125px;”]Rebecca Claborn, Alto has recently sung with Pro Coro Canada, the Choir of St. James Cathedral, Cappella Nova Mundi, Tallis Scholars, Gabrieli Consort and the Theatre of Early Music, with whom she has recorded two discs. She holds music degrees from the Universities of New Hampshire and Alberta where she was the 2009 winner of the Alberta Baroque Ensemble Concerto Competition. She performs as a soloist all across Canada, with a repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to the present day. Away from singing, she succumbs to her indelible passion to master the clawhammer banjo.[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^678|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lara-Ebata.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Lara Ebata|description^null” name=”Lara Ebata” pos_in_org=”Artist, Collaborator” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:11px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:11px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;”]Lara has been a dancer for over 25 years. Her formative training began with ballet with the Royal Academy of Dance. An insatiable appetite for dance has led to studies in modern, jazz, Indian dance, Afro-Caribbean, hip hop, Latin ballroom, tap, fire dance, stilts, and various aerial apparatus. Since graduating from the York University Dance Program in 2000, Lara has performed across North America in festivals such as the Toronto Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists, Dusk Dances, the Toronto, Ottawa, London, & Hamilton Fringe Festivals, the Yonge St. Festival, Just for Laughs (Montreal & Toronto), Cavalcade of Lights, the Calgary Stampede, Wintercity, the Rhubarb Festival, and the Second City Late Night Cabaret. Lara has had the opportunity to work with Toronto circus companies such as Circus Orange, Femmes du Feu, A2D2, and Suspended Animation, and is co-artistic director of her own small fire dance company, Goodness Gracious…[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” name=”Jackie Houghton” pos_in_org=”Writer, Social Media Manager” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:13px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:13px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:45px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” image=”id^1070|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jackie-Houghton.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Jackie Houghton|description^null” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;”]Circus has taken on an ever-expanding role in Jackie’s life for over a decade now. She has grown from a student learning to navigate the silks in a small Toronto studio and is now a more accomplished student and performer of various apparatus, including silks, lyra, and hula hoop. Several years ago Jackie realized that she could utilize her journalism background as a means to amplify the Ontario circus community here and abroad. Since, she has written about circus and provided circus critique for The Circus Diaries (UK), Circus Talk (USA), My Entertainment World (Canada), and of course, Femmes du Feu Creations (Canada). What once seemed a dream, is now an integral part of her personal and professional development that she hopes to continue to build on as a part of the Femmes du Feu team.[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” name=”Sara Porter” pos_in_org=”Artistic Collaborator, Creative Coach, Dramaturge” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:13px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:13px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:45px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:55px;” image=”id^1078|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sara-Porter-headshot.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Sara Porter headshot|description^null” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;”]Sara Porter is a contemporary choreographer, multi-disciplinary dancer, performer, writer, mentor and teacher based in Toronto. Creator of over 30 works since 1990, her one-woman show Sara does a Solo – about returning to dancing after having 3 kids – premiered in 2014 and toured Canada and internationally. Her work is feminist, theatrical, quirky and engages a wide audience. Sara’s dance writing has been published in print and online in Canada and the UK for 30 years. She has taught contemporary dance theory and practice at colleges and universities in Canada and Scotland and is currently developing a practice melding memoir & movement that she teaches in-person and online internationally. Her one-woman show Getting to know your fruit – investigating the potential of queer memoir – was CoVid cancelled and is being revisioned as a film.[/ult_team][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” social_icon_effect=”” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^682|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Peter-Benedetti.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Peter Benedetti|description^null” name=”Peter Benedetti” pos_in_org=”Technical Director” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:17px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:25px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]With over 70,000 hours of experience working with clients such as Cirque du Soleil, The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre, Veld, Burton Cummings, and Rock of Ages.
Peter has extensive expertise in turning even the wildest dreams into highly-detailed reality. [/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” name=”Katy Clark” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:12px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:12px;” pos_in_org=”Performer, Opus 8″ image=”id^1511|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/KatyClark.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Katy+Clark|description^null” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:125px;”]Soprano Katy Clark is a participant in the 2017-2018 Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency. She recently won second place in the prestigious Harold Haugh Light Opera Competition in Jackson, Michigan. As well as singing with Shoestring Opera in Toronto, Katy sings with the Canadian Opera Company Chorus, and has sung with Michigan Opera Theatre. Favourite opera credits include The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Cunegonde in Candide, and Madame Herz in The Impresario. She also has a deep passion for oratorio repertoire, and has sung as a soloist with the Elora Singers, the London Fanshawe Symphonic Chorus, the Detroit Medical Orchestra, and more. As a choral singer, Katy sings with the Elora Singers, and has sung with the Grammy winning University of Michigan Chamber Choir. Katy earned her Masters Degree in Voice Performance from the University of Michigan. In addition to her work as a soloist and performer, Katy teaches private voice and piano lessons in Toronto.[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^1520|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/headshotblackwhite.jpeg|caption^null|alt^null|title^headshotblackwhite|description^null” name=”Jane Fingler” pos_in_org=”Performer, Opus 8″ team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:11px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:10px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;”]
Jane Fingler is a Toronto-based soprano from Winnipeg who spends a lot of her time singing with other humans. She is a sought after chorister and soloist who has performed with groups including Tafelmusik, The Theatre of Early Music, The Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Choir 21, Ottawa Bach Choir, Elora Singers, and Winnipeg groups Canzona, Polycoro, Camerata Nova and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, She is also a member of the newly formed Toronto vocal quintet Diapente, who will be giving their first performance in Dec 2022. Although she has a passion for performing and learning about early music (M.MUS Historical Performance, U of T, current DMA student Historical Performance, U of T) she also has performed a wealth of contemporary choral music in the Winnipeg New Music and Groundswell Festivals, and recently with Choir 21 in Toronto. She is thrilled to be performing with Opus 8 and Femme de Feu creations!
[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” name=”Ruth Howard (Jumblies Theatre)” pos_in_org=”Project Co-lead, Co-Facilitator” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:10px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:10px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:45px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:25px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” image=”id^1353|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/download.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^download|description^null”]Ruth Howard is an interdisciplinary artist, and the founding Artistic Director of Jumblies Theatre + Arts: a company based in Toronto with an Ontario and Canada-wide reach, that makes art with, for and about people, places and the stories they hold. Ruth and Jumblies have created multi-year residencies in a series of Toronto neighbourhoods, resulting in large-scale productions and lasting Offshoots, as well as cross-country tours (Train of Thought and Four Lands), and many other collaborative community-engaged events, projects and productions. Ruth has worked across Canada and in the UK as a theatre designer, has taught at many universities, colleges and schools, mentored numerous emerging artists and organizations, and won awards and recognition for her work. Her most recent multi-year project with Jumblies is and Grounds for Goodness, a suite of short new works on the theme of ‘social goodness’.[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” name=”Tanis MacArthur” pos_in_org=”Costume Designer” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:11px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:11px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” image=”id^1050|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Tanis-MacArthur.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Tanis MacArthur|description^null” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;”]Tanis Sydney MacArthur has been an independent costumier for performing artists for more than 25 years. She is also an interpretive dance artist, choreographer, aerialist, stilt walker, prop maker and large scale inflatable sculpture artist. Clients of note include Femmes du Feu, Hamilton Aerial Group, Aeris Korper, Fly With Me Aerial Dance, Steel the Sky Aerial Arts, Team T&J, Mabel Moon, Learie McNicolls, Red Betty Theatre, Aoucheva Dance Studio, Defining Movement Dance Company, Hamilton Dance Company, MacDancers, Parahumans, the Acromaniacs and Artword Theatre. She executed wardrobe and creature design for the independent short film The Sail Tree by Radha Menon. She placed third nationally in the Smirnoff International Fashion Awards 1994 and regularly contributed original designs to Fashion Cares. She served as designer and key wardrobe for the film A Windigo Tale by Armand Garnet Ruffo. She designed and built The Arctic Fox and Inspired by Icebergs, outdoor installations of multiple 16′ tall inflated sculptures in collaboration with Cobalt Connects.[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^1525|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SaraLouRoutley-FdFC-HEADSHOT.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^SaraLouRoutley-FdFC HEADSHOT|description^null” name=”Sara Lou Routley” pos_in_org=”Workshop Facilitator” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:11px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:11px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]Sara Lou Routley is a flying acrobat who grew up in Niagara Falls.She has been Creative Director to her troupe Harmonic Shadow Circus since c.2016. Harmonic Shadow Circus is a collaborative low frequency doom ensemble that uses handmade costumes, sounds, and animal masks to play the role of shapeshifters across various multidisciplinary circus
productions. These creative works explore fungi, urban animals, folk history, and historical spaces. Sara Lou is also an oil painter, sewist, and musician who enjoys incorporating these handmade elements into her shows. Mobility is one of Sara Lou’s special interests, and she loves to share mobility with others at any level, whether it’s on the ground or in the air. She lives in Niagara with her partner and their husky.[/ult_team][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^1046|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Alex-Bulmer.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Alex Bulmer|description^null” name=”Alex Bulmer” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:17px;” pos_in_org=”Accessibility Consultant, Dramaturge” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:17px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]With 30 professional years across theatre, television, film, radio, and education, Alex Bulmer is dedicated to inclusive collaborative art practice, fuelled by a curiosity of the improbable and deeply informed by her experience of becoming blind. She is activated by obstacles, well exposed to the absurd, and embraces the disciplines of generosity, listening, time, and uncertainty within her artistic and personal life. Alex is currently part-time Artistic Director of Common Boots Theatre, co-founder and artistic director of Cripping The Stage with The British Council, and the lead curator of Brave 2021 Festival: CoMotion, an international disability arts festival produced by Harbourfront Centre.[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” name=”Monica Dottor” pos_in_org=”Artist, Collaborator, Director” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:8px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:8px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:25px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:25px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” image=”id^1778|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_7549_edit-2-scaled.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^IMG_7549_edit-2|description^null”]Monica Dottor is a 10 time Dora Mavor Moore* award nominated artist in 5 different categories including Actor(3X), Choreographer(4X), Director (1X) and Costume Designer (1X) She’s a Dora winner with Matthew Mackenzie for Best Production of BEARS and a Dora winner For OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED ROLE with The Penelopiad ensemble (Nightwood).) DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER Credits: Beauty and the Beast (UofWindsor), A Blow in the Face (Nightwood), Big Love by Charles Mee at The University of Windsor, BEARS* (Punctuate Theatre/Alberta Aboriginal Arts, Theatre Centre, Factor, Belfry) THE OTHER (Pyretic/Company Blonde/TheatreFront/Soulpepper), The 94 Club (Crave Productions), The History of Drinking in Cavan (4th Line), MALARIA LULLABY (Company Blonde), TWEET TWEET (Femmes Du Feu/SOULPEPPER), Circus Sessions (Femmes Du Feu), Elemantal(Harbourfront Centre) CHOREOGRAPHY: ROSE*, Idomeneus, Sisters, The Chopin Project, Eurydice, Glenn, A Tender Thing, MARAT/SADE* (Soulpepper Theatre Company) IF/THEN (Sheridan University), The Penelopiad*(Nightwood), Craigslist Cantata*(Acting UpStage), The Red Queen Effect (7th Stage),The Russian Play* (Factory) The Hero of Hunter Street, Bombers,The Real McCoy, Queen Marie, Wounded Soldier, Berlin Blues (4th Line) The Shadow Walk of Millbrook (Co-writer&Choreographer). Selected THEATRE ACTING: The Cold War (Video Cabaret), The Chopin Project (Soulpepper),The Other (Pyretic Productions/Company Blonde,Theatre Front/Soulpepper), The Hero of Hunter Street, The Bad Luck Bank Robbers (4th Line), The Penelopiad*, Petrichor (Kitchenband), The Red Queen Effect, SCRATCH*, Featuring Loretta (Factory), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Overcoat*, The Middle Place (CanadianStage), Chekhov’s Heartache, Chekhov’s Shorts (Smith-Gilmour), HER2 (Nightwood Theatre) Selected TV/FILM ACTING: LUNE (TIFF), Private Eyes(CTV) Star Falls (NICKELODEON),Orphan Black (BBC America), Hemlock Grove (Netflix) The Shape of Rex (Factoria Films), Picture Day (Snitch Pictures-TIFF), Murdoch Mysteries, Saving Hope, Rookie Blue (CTV), Lost Girl (Showcase) 8 Bit Christmas (Warner Brothers), SkyMed (Paramount), Everything’s Going to Be Great! (GREAT Productions).
Monica has her M.F.A. in THEATRE from York University. www.monicadottor.com[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^1334|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20210409_MirandaForbes_headshot_500x500-300×300-1.png|caption^null|alt^null|title^20210409_MirandaForbes_headshot_500x500-300×300|description^null” name=”Miranda Forbes” pos_in_org=”Administration and Producing, Dance Umbrella of Ontario” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:11px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:10px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;”]Miranda Forbes is an arts manager with a strong connection to the Toronto dance community. She graduated with honours from the Arts Administration and Cultural Management Program through Humber College and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance Dance from Ryerson University.
In 2017, she began her role of Manager of Producing and Administration at the Dance Umbrella of Ontario (DUO). She has been fortunate to provide administrative support for Ontario Dance/Circus Artists including, Christine Friday, Esie Mensah, Holly Treddenick, Bill Coleman, Holly Small, Lua Shayenne and Roshanak Jaberi. Prior to joining the DUO team, she was the Executive Director of the Mississauga Children’s Choir (MCC) and now sits on MCC’s Board of Directors.
She is delighted to play an active role in supporting the Ontario dance community.[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^1516|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_3557-scaled.jpeg|caption^null|alt^null|title^IMG_3557|description^null” name=”Emily Hughes” pos_in_org=”Artist, Collaborator” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:10px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:10px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:60px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:50px;”]Emily Hughes is a multidisciplinary artist/creator using circus as a physical language to communicate through theatre, film, dance, visual art and installation. She is a classically trained actor, Pochinko clown, baby hand balancer, and has been performing as a professional aerialist for over 20 years. Parallel and intersecting with her solo work, she is also the co-Artistic Director of Hercinia Arts Collective, a non-profit performance company dedicated to collaboratively created circus through a multidisciplinary lens. For more of Emily’s work visit: emilyhughes.ca[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” name=”Bryan Martin” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:12px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:12px;” pos_in_org=”Performer, Opus 8″ image=”id^1514|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BryanMartin.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Bryan+Martin|description^null” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]Bryan Martin, Bass has been active in the Toronto choral and early music scenes for 35 years. He holds degrees in conducting and musicology from the University of Toronto, and is a founding member of Sine Nomine Ensemble for Medieval Music. He has appeared on stage with Poculi Ludique Societas (medieval drama), Toronto Masque Theatre, and in November will be part of Soundstreams’ production of Two Odysseys, a double bill of indigenous-language operas (Cree and Sami). In his spare time Bryan works on audiovisual media preservation at the University of Toronto Music Library, where he is also a cataloguer and the resident technology and early music geek. He likes to unwind by producing recordings, most recently for the choir of St. James’ Cathedral. He can frequently be seen attempting to convince his long-suffering wife that he really needs to do [insert gig here].[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^915|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/woocommerce-placeholder-1.png|caption^null|alt^null|title^woocommerce-placeholder|description^null” name=”Kitsune Soleil” pos_in_org=”Workshop Facilitator” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:10px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:10px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;”]Kitsuné is a 2Spirit, Plains Cree (Nehiyaw), a multi-disciplinary artist residing on Treaty 3. They’re currently working on their first play called “H.E.R. Show,” which explores the dangers of social media and toxic relationships. They are managing ways to display it virtually as a work in progress through pandemic times. She’s constantly exploring themes around culture and balancing today’s digital world to intersect in that work. In addition, she continues to pursue theatre arts through writing and artist collaborations in safe distances and safe spaces in these trying times. As an imaginative soul, she likes to express herself through fashion and storytelling online through her socials and bringing light to indigenous issues.[/ult_team][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” name=”Robert Busiakiewicz” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:10px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:10px;” pos_in_org=”Performer, Opus 8″ image=”id^1507|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RobertBusiakiewicz.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Robert+Busiakiewicz|description^null” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:125px;”]Robert studied at the Royal Academy of Music and King’s College London before being invited to the Yeomanry of the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 2013. Since then he completed a Masters in Music with a choral scholarship at King’s College, Cambridge. He was awarded the Lord Mayor’s Prize for Composition and his works have featured on BBC Radio, London Festival of Contemporary Music and are recorded by Priory Records. He has performed across the globe in venues such as the Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, the Barbican, the Hermitage Theatre, St. Thomas Fifth Avenue and Bleinheim Palace. As well as being Director of Music at St. James Cathedral, he can frequently be found helping people move house (against his will), and shouting at traffic.[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^1523|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20200811_090425.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^IMG_20200811_090425|description^null” name=”Peter Drobac” pos_in_org=”Choir Director, Opus 8″ team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:13px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:13px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;”]Peter Drobac is a cantor and choir director in the Orthodox Church, and has curated the Sacred Music in a Sacred Space series out of Trinity College Chapel for the past 12 years.
[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^681|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Natalie-Fullerton.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Natalie Fullerton|description^null” name=”Natalie Fullerton” pos_in_org=”Artist, Collaborator” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:13px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:13px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;”]Natalie Fullerton is a classically trained dancer who also holds a BFA in dance from York University. After completing her degree she discovered the circus arts and has never looked back. In addition to co-directing her own fire and aerial company, Goodness Gracious…, she has also performed across Canada, the USA, Europe and Asia with various companies and choreographers. Most recently she has been working with Circus Orange, Femmes du Feu, Les Coquettes and Lady Luck Productions on selected events including, Airship with Femmes du Feu as part of the 2011 Rhubarb Festival, City of Toronto Wintercity Festival 2010, Femmes du Feuʼs production Head First, winner of Toronto Fringe Festival 2009 Best of Fringe award and Patronʼs Pick, The Calgary Stampede 2008 and Just For Laughs 2006 (Montreal), 2007 (Toronto) with Circus Orange, as well as an ongoing residency at Revival with Les Coquettes.[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^1048|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dianalopezsoto.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^dianalopezsoto|description^null” name=”Diana Lopez-Soto” pos_in_org=”Artist, Collaborator” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:12px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:12px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:60px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:50px;”]I am a mother, land caretaker and a Mexican/Canadian multidisciplinary artist (producer, director, choreographer, rigging designer, performer and visual artists) My work explores the relationships between ecology, body and performance art with a focus on process, decolonization and sustainability. I was born and raised in Mexico and hold a BFA from Emily Carr University. I have participated, exhibited, presented and performed my work in France, Panama, Mexico, Costa Rica, USA and Canada. I work in collaboration with other artisans, knowledge keepers, sculpture artists, dancers and riggers. I am a member of Vanguardia Dance Projects, work for Circus Orange and also collaborate with Ana Prada, Alejandro Ronceria, Femme Du Feu, Flying Solo, Hercinia Arts, Fly with Me and Look up Theatre.
www.willowind.ca[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” image=”id^670|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Angola-Murdoch.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Angola Murdoch|description^null” name=”Angola Murdoch” pos_in_org=”Artist, Collaborator” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:11px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:11px;” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]
Angola’s childhood was spent mostly upside down, dancing and doing gymnastics while growing up on her family farm in Grey County, Ontario. She has trained and performed in a multitude of movement disciplines including over fifteen years of capoeira, aerial circus and acrobatics. Her strength is creating new aerial equipment that make sense in a theatrical setting. Angola is an international performer. Some highlights include: Cirque Pacifica (Maui), Waiting for Calder (Art Gallery of Ontario), Planet Power (HarbourKids, Toronto), Maravilla (Second City, Toronto), Granmercy Theatre (NYC), Command Performance (Europe), and Zip Zap Circus (South Africa). Angola has graduated from the National Circus School in Montreal where she obtained the highest level of coaching certification for circus arts. She has taught all over the world offering social circus workshops and her unique master classes. Angola is thrilled and honoured to be part of the Femmes Du Feu team.
[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_bg_color=”#ffffff” team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.25″ team_member_align_style=”left” team_member_name_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_name_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_org_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.69)” team_member_desc_color=”#000000″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” name=”Sara Torrie” team_member_name_font_size=”desktop:30px;” team_member_position_font_size=”desktop:25px;” team_member_description_font_size=”desktop:17px;” team_member_description_line_height=”desktop:17px;” pos_in_org=”Costume Designer” image=”id^1049|url^https://femmesdufeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/saratorrie.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^saratorrie|description^null” title_box_padding=”padding-left:17px;” team_member_name_line_height=”desktop:36px;” team_member_position_line_height=”desktop:30px;”]Sara Torrie is a Canadian artist exploring the regenerative potential and ingrained intelligence found in textiles and objects. She is currently organizing her fashion project, Sartoria, to make more space for costume and installation work. her involvement with Femmes du Feu has included a number of costuming contracts/invitations including the great privilege to be part of Circus Sessions, in May 2019.
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