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Fall
Choreographed by Rachel Gorman Performed by Mark Brose and Rachel Gorman Score by Reena Katz Commissioned for Art with Attitude 10th Anniversary July 15, 2009. Oakham House, Toronto Background projection of Slipping Ground Choreographed by Rachel Gorman Performed by Mark Brose and Rachel Gorman fFIDA Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists August 3, 8 & 10, 1999. Artword Theatre, Toronto |
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Trouble with Sirens
Choreographed by Rachel Gorman Performed by Rachel Gorman and Spirit Synott Music by Ibrahim Ferrer and Cesaria Evora Commissioned for Crip Cabaret July 16, 2008. Ryerson Podium Building, Toronto This talk-back to the able-bodied burlesque scene is inspired by nightclub divas from Cuba to Cabo Verde. The piece is also a tribute to my decade-long collaboration with Spirit, which has always been fabulous, and very, very funny. It was the fourth out of five times my choreography was curated or commissioned as part of Art with Attitude's ten installments http://www.ryerson.ca/disabilitystudies/activism/performances.html |
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The Ghost
Choreographed by Rachel Gorman Performed by Perry Augustine, Rachel Gorman, Paolo Raposo and Spirit Synott Original score by Lucas Silveira Costume design by Michelle Turpin October 21-23, 2004. Winchester Street Theatre, Toronto This production is based on stories of Kurdish political prisoners and former combatants. It is a close study of collective grieving in the face of state violence, which mirrors my own family history of anti-colonial and anti-fascist struggle. In creating the work, I studied the Eight Model Operas of the 1960s Chinese Cultural Revolution. Shahrzad Arshadi's beautiful video aired on Kurdish satellite TV and is dedicated to the partisans of Komala. |
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Waking the Living
Choreographed by Rachel Gorman Performed by Perry Augustine, Rachel Gorman, Paolo Raposo and Spirit Synott Original score by Lucas Silveira fFIDA fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists August 10, 11 &13, 2002. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto “Gorman’s piece is one of the most compelling at fFIDA to date. Aided by Lucas Silveira’s atmospheric score, Gorman gives us a disturbing and riveting reality check, exploring the interaction between three physically able dancers and wheelchair dancer Spirit Synott. The piece moves from violence to acceptance, and Synott holds her own, even dominating events.” Paula Citron, Globe and Mail, August 12, 2002, p. R3. |