It’s about time: 60 dances in 60 minutes

How is time both so absolute and so shaped by our perception?

Feb 11 – 14 2009 at the Enwave Theatre in Toronto

November 5 | Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts at 8pm
905-815-2021 or oc4pa.ca

November 11 – 13 | L’Agora de la danse | Montréal, Quebec
514-525-1500 or agoradanse.com

What the Toronto press said:

“This Dancemakers occasion is about delight and joining in the fun.” – The Toronto Star

“There’s lots of humour. But there’s also pathos. And you’ll find leaving the theatre that several images have burned their way into your memories… heartbreaking in its simple beauty.” – NOW Magazine

“audacious in artistic ambition… five fearless dancers.” – The National Post

“sly and deliciously droll… both intriguing and downright funny… Whether you choose to look deeply into the piece, or see it as a simple exercise, It’s about time is a very entertaining way to spend exactly one hour.” – The Globe and Mail

The time frame of the minute is a marker for our day-to-day existence, helping us deal with each other in this daily ritual of negotiation:  ‘Hold on a minute!’   ‘Give me a minute?’  ‘Do you have a minute?’

But how long is a minute? What makes it go by in a flash or last forever? 

We are curious about how minutes confront each other, how they stretch or contract. About how the body moves and relates through this measure of time that can be so short or so long. 

And how we, simply living through a series of minutes, can survive and maybe, just maybe, make some sense out of it all.

Created by Artistic Director Michael Trent in collaboration with the Dancemakers performers (Robert Abubo, Laurie Duncan, Kate Hilliard, Kate Holden, Benjamin Kamino, Steeve Paquet), dramaturge Jacob Zimmer and Associate Director Bonnie Kim.

With music composed by Josh Thorpe from 60 field recordings made by people involved with the company – each asked to record a place they like to sit for a minute.

No watches allowed.