thirst
radius
at the Telus Studio Theatre at the Chan Centre
Music of Ana Sokolovic, Julia Wolfe and Michael Oesterle An instrumental and vocal collaboration with Turning Point Ensemble, musica intima and The Nu:BC Collective
SAT MARCH 29 7:30pm, SUN MARCH 30 2:30pm + 7:30pm, 2014
Shane Koyczan Spoken Word Poet
“I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up.”
Telus Studio Theatre, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC (6265 Crescent Rd, Vancouver) $10-35 I TICKETMASTER.CA 1.855.985.ARTS (2787) I CHANCENTRE.COM
– Shane Koyczan, “The Student”
Nu:BC
Touring together for the first time, two of America’s at thebanjo Chan Centre finest players have mastered the deceptively intricate art of the duet.
Shane Koyczan Spoken Word Poet
“I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up.” – Shane Koyczan, “The Student”
Wedne sday Marc h 26 2014
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn
Wednesday MarchAT26 2014 MAY 10 2014 / 8 pm I CHAN CENTRE UBC
Two Performances! 12:00pm + 6:30pm
Presented by:
TICKETMASTER.CA I 1.855.985.ARTS (2787) (service charges apply) Telus Studio Theatre {Chan Centre at UBC} CHAN CENTRE TICKET OFFICE (in person only) CHANCENTRE.COM
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Sponsored by:
Tickets: $27 I $22 {UBC faculty / staff} I $15 {students}
TICKETMASTER.CA I 1.855.985.ARTS {2787} Chan Centre Ticket Office {in person only} I CHANCENTRE.COM
Telus Studio Theatre {Chan Centre at UBC}
Presented by:
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC Since 1997, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC has earned an international reputation for its striking design, stellar acoustics, and exceptional programming. Artists, critics, and patrons alike are unanimous in their praise of the facility, winning it a place among North America’s premier performing arts venues. The Chan Centre boasts three unique venues: the superb Chan Shun Concert Hall, the dramatic Telus Studio Theatre, and the intimate Royal Bank Cinema. From classical, jazz, theatre, and opera to world music, the Chan Centre is a vital part of UBC campus life – a place where the artistic and academic disciplines integrate with one another to inspire new perspectives on life and culture. Past performers and guest speakers include: Yo-Yo Ma, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Renée
Shane Koyczan
Presented by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts as part of the Beyond Words Series The world took notice of Shane Koyczan when his influential, anti-bullying To This Day Project video went viral in early 2013, now with 12 million views and counting. Powerfully engaging and authentic in attitude, Shane’s explorations are relevant to our times in the way that Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen were to theirs. But unlike the musicians that he’s often compared to, poets rarely infiltrate pop culture. Shane emerges in a new wave of 21st century poetry that dares to belong to the people and speak directly to them in their own voice.
Fleming, Zakir Hussain, Sigur Rós, Mavis Staples, and Hugh Masekela.
chancentre.com I
/chan.centre.ubc
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@ChanCentre
Sneak Peek of Next Season’s Beyond Words Series! The Beyond Words series is presented by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, and explores the power of words in performance both as an agent of change and as a means of igniting conversation. The 2014/15 season of Beyond Words kicks off in the fall of 2014 with a collaboration between experimental Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq and environmental activist and author Severn Cullis-Suzuki. It will be followed in early 2015 by a pairing of bestselling author and UBC Creative Writing Professor Steven Galloway with a magician, following his new book The Confabulist about the life and sudden death of Harry Houdini. Full details will be announced and tickets will go on sale for these two performances later this spring. Visit chancentre.com and sign up for our e-newsletter to be the first to find out when tickets to the 14/15 season of Beyond Words go on sale! The Chan Centre gratefully acknowledges the generous support of The Chan Endowment Fund, the UBC Faculty of Arts and the President’s Endowment Fund.
Shane’s first published collection, Visiting Hours, was the only work of poetry selected by both the Guardian and the Globe and Mail for their Best Books of the Year lists in 2005. Visiting Hours is now in its third edition, and includes “We Are More”, performed by Shane at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Shane followed up on the success of Visiting Hours with Stickboy, a novel in verse that chronicles the dark and lonely journey of a bullied child gripped by helpless rage. Stickboy continues to be hailed by teachers, academics, and mental health experts alike for its deft handling of the subject of bullying. It forms the libretto for a moving new opera of the same name which will be performed this fall in Vancouver Opera’s 2014-15 season. He returned to his roots with a collection of poetry titled, Our Deathbeds will be Thirsty, released in 2012. This book features the piece “To This Day”, a poem about bullying that was made into a video by collaborating animators. Since the video’s release, Shane has presented at TED Talks, where the audience leapt to their feet in applause. That TED Talk, listed by Sir Ken Robinson as one of his top ten talks on education, also led to Shane collaborating with TED Education to create a classroom tool that provides teachers a way to discuss anti-bullying with students. Shane is, however, best known for his award winning spoken word performances. With his rhythmic verse in high gear, he navigates his audience through social and political territory with furious honesty and a tender humanity that has brought audiences to their feet in New York, London, Edinburgh, Sydney and Los Angeles, to name a few. He received 5-star reviews for his performance at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the video, Instructions for a Bad Day, was showcased as the 2012 Vancouver International Film Festival. Winner of the US Slam Poetry Championship and the Canadian Spoken Word Olympics, Shane is truly an extraordinary talent that has blown the dust off of the designation “poet”. shanekoyczan.com I
@Koyczan
Please remember to turn off your cell phones, and note that photography and/or recording of any kind is not permitted. Thank you!
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC Since 1997, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC has earned an international reputation for its striking design, stellar acoustics, and exceptional programming. Artists, critics, and patrons alike are unanimous in their praise of the facility, winning it a place among North America’s premier performing arts venues. The Chan Centre boasts three unique venues: the superb Chan Shun Concert Hall, the dramatic Telus Studio Theatre, and the intimate Royal Bank Cinema. From classical, jazz, theatre, and opera to world music, the Chan Centre is a vital part of UBC campus life – a place where the artistic and academic disciplines integrate with one another to inspire new perspectives on life and culture. Past performers and guest speakers include: Yo-Yo Ma, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Renée
Shane Koyczan
Presented by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts as part of the Beyond Words Series The world took notice of Shane Koyczan when his influential, anti-bullying To This Day Project video went viral in early 2013, now with 12 million views and counting. Powerfully engaging and authentic in attitude, Shane’s explorations are relevant to our times in the way that Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen were to theirs. But unlike the musicians that he’s often compared to, poets rarely infiltrate pop culture. Shane emerges in a new wave of 21st century poetry that dares to belong to the people and speak directly to them in their own voice.
Fleming, Zakir Hussain, Sigur Rós, Mavis Staples, and Hugh Masekela.
chancentre.com I
/chan.centre.ubc
I
@ChanCentre
Sneak Peek of Next Season’s Beyond Words Series! The Beyond Words series is presented by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, and explores the power of words in performance both as an agent of change and as a means of igniting conversation. The 2014/15 season of Beyond Words kicks off in the fall of 2014 with a collaboration between experimental Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq and environmental activist and author Severn Cullis-Suzuki. It will be followed in early 2015 by a pairing of bestselling author and UBC Creative Writing Professor Steven Galloway with a magician, following his new book The Confabulist about the life and sudden death of Harry Houdini. Full details will be announced and tickets will go on sale for these two performances later this spring. Visit chancentre.com and sign up for our e-newsletter to be the first to find out when tickets to the 14/15 season of Beyond Words go on sale! The Chan Centre gratefully acknowledges the generous support of The Chan Endowment Fund, the UBC Faculty of Arts and the President’s Endowment Fund.
Shane’s first published collection, Visiting Hours, was the only work of poetry selected by both the Guardian and the Globe and Mail for their Best Books of the Year lists in 2005. Visiting Hours is now in its third edition, and includes “We Are More”, performed by Shane at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Shane followed up on the success of Visiting Hours with Stickboy, a novel in verse that chronicles the dark and lonely journey of a bullied child gripped by helpless rage. Stickboy continues to be hailed by teachers, academics, and mental health experts alike for its deft handling of the subject of bullying. It forms the libretto for a moving new opera of the same name which will be performed this fall in Vancouver Opera’s 2014-15 season. He returned to his roots with a collection of poetry titled, Our Deathbeds will be Thirsty, released in 2012. This book features the piece “To This Day”, a poem about bullying that was made into a video by collaborating animators. Since the video’s release, Shane has presented at TED Talks, where the audience leapt to their feet in applause. That TED Talk, listed by Sir Ken Robinson as one of his top ten talks on education, also led to Shane collaborating with TED Education to create a classroom tool that provides teachers a way to discuss anti-bullying with students. Shane is, however, best known for his award winning spoken word performances. With his rhythmic verse in high gear, he navigates his audience through social and political territory with furious honesty and a tender humanity that has brought audiences to their feet in New York, London, Edinburgh, Sydney and Los Angeles, to name a few. He received 5-star reviews for his performance at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the video, Instructions for a Bad Day, was showcased as the 2012 Vancouver International Film Festival. Winner of the US Slam Poetry Championship and the Canadian Spoken Word Olympics, Shane is truly an extraordinary talent that has blown the dust off of the designation “poet”. shanekoyczan.com I
@Koyczan
Please remember to turn off your cell phones, and note that photography and/or recording of any kind is not permitted. Thank you!
thirst
radius
at the Telus Studio Theatre at the Chan Centre
Music of Ana Sokolovic, Julia Wolfe and Michael Oesterle An instrumental and vocal collaboration with Turning Point Ensemble, musica intima and The Nu:BC Collective
SAT MARCH 29 7:30pm, SUN MARCH 30 2:30pm + 7:30pm, 2014
Shane Koyczan Spoken Word Poet
“I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up.”
Telus Studio Theatre, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC (6265 Crescent Rd, Vancouver) $10-35 I TICKETMASTER.CA 1.855.985.ARTS (2787) I CHANCENTRE.COM
– Shane Koyczan, “The Student”
Nu:BC
Touring together for the first time, two of America’s at thebanjo Chan Centre finest players have mastered the deceptively intricate art of the duet.
Shane Koyczan Spoken Word Poet
“I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up.” – Shane Koyczan, “The Student”
Wedne s day Marc h 26 2014
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn
Wednesday MarchAT26 2014 MAY 10 2014 / 8 pm I CHAN CENTRE UBC
Two Performances! 12:00pm + 6:30pm
Presented by:
TICKETMASTER.CA I 1.855.985.ARTS (2787) (service charges apply) Telus Studio Theatre {Chan Centre at UBC} CHAN CENTRE TICKET OFFICE (in person only) CHANCENTRE.COM
I
Sponsored by:
Tickets: $27 I $22 {UBC faculty / staff} I $15 {students}
TICKETMASTER.CA I 1.855.985.ARTS {2787} Chan Centre Ticket Office {in person only} I CHANCENTRE.COM
Telus Studio Theatre {Chan Centre at UBC}
Presented by: