Toronto, Ontario – September 9, 2010 – Humber College’s Theatre Production and Theatre Performance students will present New Toronto: a series of one-of-a-kind, site-specific performances inspired by the Lakeshore community on Saturday, September 11 at 12:00 noon at the Humber Arts & Media Studios (the former Lakeshore Lions Arena).
Humber students researched the content for each performance by visiting local businesses such as the Mastercard Centre for Hockey Excellence, Humber College and the Lakeshore Arts Gallery where they conducted interviews, took photos and video footage for use during their creative process.
From their research, students created nine theatre sketches inspired by the places they visited in the neighbourhood. The performance pieces will run concurrently each hour between 12 and 3pm. Each performance will last approximately 15 minutes.
The event is open to the public and admission is free.
Event: New Toronto: a series of one-of-a-kind, site-specific
performances inspired by Toronto’s Lakeshore community
Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010
Time: 12 noon – 3 p.m.
Location: Humber Arts & Media Studio (Humber Lakeshore Campus)
300 Birmingham Street (North West of Kipling and Lake Shore
Ave)
Photo /interview opportunities:
Humber’s Theatre Production and Theatre Performance
students. Nine performance pieces which will run
concurrently throughout the day. Humber faculty: Dan Watson,
Humber instructor and artistic director of the Edge of the
Woods Festival in Huntsville, Ahuri Theatre and Compagnie
Houppz!. Guest artists: Lea Houston, Ravi Jain, Dian Marie
Bridge, Sean Frey, Andrew Penner and Iner Souster.
About Humber’s Theatre Performance program
Humber’s Theatre Performance program offers a physically based training approach to classical and contemporary theatre. Individual creativity is encouraged through training in devised theatre techniques. The three-year program is committed to the development of theatre artists whose unique voices express the diverse future of our country
About Humber’s Theatre Production program
The two-year Theatre Production program trains students to work behind-the-scenes and to create order out of chaos as technicians and craftspeople. Careers as carpenters, prop builders, sound and light technicians, wardrobe personnel, scene painters, and pyrotechnicians are just some of the opportunities open to graduates of this program. Classes are taught by faculty members who have substantial industry experience.
About Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions. Committed to student success through excellence in teaching and learning, Humber serves more than 22,000 full-time students and 56,000 continuing education registrants. With an internationally recognized reputation for quality learning, Humber offers a wide-range of career-focused opportunities for students to personalize their educational path. Our 150 full-time programs include four-year bachelor’s degrees, two and three-year diplomas, one and two-year certificates, and apprenticeship training. As a founding member of Polytechnics Canada, Humber offers students the opportunity to participate in applied research projects that find solutions for issues confronting small and medium-sized enterprises. Humber is one of 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges as identified by the League for Innovation, and the League’s only Canadian board member. Humber finished first in its class in the highly regarded Community College Survey of Student Engagement in 2009 in each of four categories, including Active and Collaborative Learning, Student Effort, Academic Challenge and Student-Faculty Interaction. More than 85 per cent of Humber graduates are employed within six months of completing their studies. Visit humber.ca.
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For more information, please contact:
Ilena Aldini-Messina/ Andrew Leopold
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
416.675.6622 ext. 5479/4296
ilena.aldinimessina@humber,ca / andrew.leopold@humber.ca
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