Premiere of Firehorse & Shadow

A new work by Andrea Nann!

Firehorse and Shadow explores family lineage with a focus on the dualistic yin and yang elements expressed within the bodies, lives and choices of three generations of women. Working against and alongside the hearsay of family stories and traditional Chinese charts of astrological animal signs, two performers weave together passages of remembering and forgetting that take the audience through an intimate telling of familial memory.

Andrea Nann is joined by shadow puppeteer and theatre artist, Annie Katsura Rollins, in this first chapter of a new body of work that collaboratively investigates what binds and holds family members together whether it be based on fact or fiction. Choreographer / Performer: Andrea Nann Shadow artist / Performer: Annie Katsura Rollins Creative and Directorial Contributor: Sarah Chase Dramaturg: Cindy Mochizuki Sound Designer: Ben Grossman Lighting Designer: Jennifer Lennon Stage Manager: Laura Cournoyea

Firehorse and Shadow was commissioned by the CanAsian Dance KickStart program, and generously supported by the Dance Artist in Residence program at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and by National Ballet of Canada's CreativAction Open Space program.