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Trace: mining memory for hidden ghosts

The University of Calgary's Bruce Barton and his co-creators, Toronto's Michele Polak and Martin Julien talk about Trace, a new site specific ghost story that's haunting Legion #1 as part of the 2017 High Performance Rodeo

Solo show explores a fictional brotherhood in rhyme

Sebastien Heins talks about Brotherhood: The Hip Hopera, a sung-through hip hop musical that explores the personal through the lens of hip hop culture.

In All the Little Animals, playwright Karen Hines asks a few big questions

Karen Hines talks about the things women talk about when they arent talking about their relationships in her new play, All the Little Animals I Have Eaten, opening this week at the High Performance Rodeo in Calgary.

Transforming Faulkner into theatre comes naturally for Smith-Gilmour

Dean Gilmour of Smith-Gilmour Theatre talks As I Lay Dying, which opens Wednesday as part of the 2017 High Performance Rodeo.

Rodeo, Week 2: 7 Shows

Here's some data for you to crunch. One week of High Performing Rodeo, Six Guitars, and seven new shows. (Plus a free lunch hour concert from Pro Arts @ Noon, Wednesday featuring Frank Rackow and The Black Sea, at Catholic... Continue Reading →

6 Guitars, One Memorable Show

Fringe festival favourite Chase Padgett returns to Calgary's High Performance Rodeo to present Six Guitars, one of the most popular fringe shows of all-time.

Rodeo Dispatch: Resilient songs make for beautiful music

A review of Songs of Resilience, the opening night show of the 2017 High Performance Rodeo in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The (High Performance) Rodeo is back in town

The High Performance Rodeo is ready to rip, with an assortment of international, national and local artists presenting 28 productions throughout January in the unlikely cultural hotspot of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Fluid Festival Feels the Burn

(Photo: Moi-lesAutres. Photo credit: Lumanessence Photography) Can a body tell a story? Dance makes some people anxious, because dancers use their bodies, not their words, to tell a story, or to create a world. Well - maybe I shouldn't say... Continue Reading →

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