FREE
World Premiere
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie
JUNE 12
Luminato artists-in-residence invite you to discover dance where you least expect it. Husband-and-wife choreographers Bill Coleman and Laurence Lemieux lead one of Canada’s most eclectic, daring, and technically sophisticated dance companies. Noted for its exceptional stage performances, and for its innovative “Off the Beaten Track” series, which transplants dance into urban or rural community landscapes, Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (CLC) has performed across Canada and the U.S., and as far afield as Brazil, Russia, China, and Mongolia. Based in Regent Park, CLC has been active in the community during its massive redevelopment, and in July 2009 staged a piece in one of the construction sites. Now, as part of a multi-year Luminato residency, Coleman and Lemieux have been commissioned by the Festival to create a new site-specific performance piece to commemorate Nelson Mandela Park Public School before it temporarily closes, to be interwoven within the Regent Park Street Opening celebration. Visiting spectators and residents of the community alike will share in a transformative encounter with the unexpected, inviting us to re-imagine what can be art in today’s world, in our own neighbourhoods.
“When Bill Coleman and Laurence Lemieux start thinking about new projects, they literally end up taking dance to places where it has never been before.”
Regent Park Project, Breaking Ground, 2009.
- Toronto Star
Commissioned by Luminato.
With Support From:
JUNE location tickets Fr 11 Sa 12 Su 13 Mo 14 Tu 15 We 16 Th 17 Fr 18 Sa 19 Su 20 Nelson Mandela FREE 1:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes. Rain date: June 19.
Park Public School 440 Shuter St.
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