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TORONTO, ON - SummerWorks Performance Festival, Canada's largest juried performance festival announces broadcaster, filmmaker, musician and actor Sook-Yin Lee, along with Benjamin Kamino and Adam Litovitz as the Festival's Artists-in-Residence. SummerWorks Performance Festival runs August 8th-18th, 2013 and the annual fundraiser the Summer Soirée kicks off June 21st at 6:30pm.
"Sook-Yin Lee is one of the most engaged, enigmatic and boundless artists of our generation and I'm obscenely glad she decided to create live performance so we can work with her," says Michael Rubenfeld, Artistic Producer of SummerWorks Performance Festival.
For their three-week residency, Lee, Kamino and Litovitz will be developing their performance work How Can I Forget? Originally created in partnership with the 2013 Rhubarb Festival, the piece explores the tension between remembering and forgetting. Conceived and proposed by Lee, the piece debuts original video, photography and a music score that reprises radically different treatments of the same song. They will be working with an additional director through a three week workshop process with showings of the work on Friday August 9th, Saturday August 10th, and Sunday August 11th at the Lower Ossington Theatre (100A Ossington Ave.) Tickets are now on sale for these performances.
On her residency with the Festival Lee says, "We are thrilled for the opportunity to develop How Can I Forget? with a guest co-director, who is our first outside pair of eyes to influence the work. Thank you SummerWorks Artistic Producer, Michael Rubenfeld, for making it happen and for recognizing the value of the work. Now, let's get our hands dirtier."
Lee will also present a new creation featuring wordsmiths Max Chandler and Stephanie Southmayd, an experiment called Four Words for the 2013 SummerWorks Summer Soirée on June 21st. Held at Toronto's historic Campbell House the night will be catered by Samuel J. Moore’s chef Alexandra Feswick, and will include complimentary drinks, a live auction and performances by Sunny Drake and magician Joe Culpepper.
(Limited media tickets available, please inquire with Erin Chalmers - erin@clutchpr.com)
Following the fundraiser the doors open to the general public for the SummerWorks Launch Party. Free and open to all, the party features live art and short pop-up performances including SummerWorks artists Jani Lauzon, Pressgang Theatre, bluemouth inc., Henri Faberge and more.
About SummerWorks Performance Festival
As the largest juried performance festival in Canada featuring predominantly new Canadian work, SummerWorks programs a festival that uniquely reflects Toronto and Canada’s cultural zeitgeist. Since 1991, SummerWorks has continued to explore and respond to the needs and wants of audiences and the performance community. The Festival has grown to become one of the country’s preeminent multi-disciplinary hubs featuring a Music Series, Live Art Series, a mentorship program (SummerWorks Leadership Intensive Program –S.L.I.P.); and the National Series, showcasing works from across Canada. The Festival adds new initiatives yearly, including performance-based programs such as the Performance Bar. The 2013 SummerWorks Festival runs August 8th to 18th in venues across Toronto.
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SummerWorks Summer Soirée 2013
June 21st, 2013 - 6:30pm to 9pm
The Campbell House - 160 Queen St. W
$100 per ticket, tax deductible
SummerWorks Launch Party
June 21st, 2013 - 9pm to 2am
The Campbell House - 160 Queen St. W
Free and open to the public
Photo: Sook-Yin Lee. ©2013 Adam Litovitz.
2013-06-05
Toronto: SummerWorks Performance Festival announces artists-in-residence