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August 7-17, 2025
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Graveyards and Gardens
Action at a Distance
Venue
Theatre Passe Muraille, Mainspace
Fri Aug 15, 6:00 PM*
Sat Aug 16, 10:30 PM*
Sun Aug 17, 1:00 PM*
Co-presented with The Dance Centre
60 Minutes
Ticket Price
$15 / $30 / $45
A poetic duet between choreographer Vanessa Goodman and composer/vocalist Caroline Shaw, Graveyards and Gardens blurs the line between dance performance, concert, and installation.
In this exploration of memory, grief, rebirth, and joy, you’ll experience a duet between two women, performing in the round surrounded by an immersive and analog environment of nature and technology.
Graveyards and Gardens is a collaborative performance installation conceived, created and performed by composer Caroline Shaw and choreographer Vanessa Goodman with lighting design by James Proudfoot and audio design by Eric Chad and Kate De Lorme. Co-produced by Shaw and Goodman, this new work examines memory as a process of reconstruction rather than an exact recall of fixed events, embracing the various elaborations, distortions, and omissions.
Audio Design: Eric Chad & Kate De Lorme
Lighting Design: James Proudfoot
Technical, Audio Director: Jack Chipman
Stage, Costume Design: Vanessa Goodman & Caroline Shaw
Orange Cable: Ira Jordison
Co-commissioned by Music on Main and EMPAC. Created with the generous support from The Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, Lēna, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Action at a Distance, SFU Woodwards Cultural Programing Unit, The Scotiabank Dance Centre and CCOV.
*All performances are designated at Relaxed Environments.
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