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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nSunday, November 11, 2018 5:00 pm to 7:00
  pm \n Luella Massey Studio Theatre \n 4 Glen Morris Street, Toronto, ON
  M5S 1J1 \n\nDescription: \nLed by Felicita Marcelli, Graziele Sena, Agn
 ieszka Kazimierska, and Pauline Laulhe of the Open Program (Workcenter of
  Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards)The Open Choir is an exploration of w
 hat we consider a forgotten art form, which allows for fluid and active p
 articipation by all who attend. It is a free and open event, where everyo
 ne is gently invited to take part. This unique, non-sectarian meeting of 
 people through songs of the African diaspora, carefully led by a trained 
 core group of artists, allows people to come in contact with each other a
 nd with themselves through songs, dance, and interaction within a partic
 ipatory context. Participants, coming from different backgrounds, co-cre
 ate an artwork beyond cultural and social differences, catalyzing a share
 d space of meaningful recognition and interaction.This new and old perform
 ative art form disrupts the common western notion of a choir and questions
  our assumptions about community, belonging, identity, diversity, cult
 ural appropriation, performance. During the Open Choir, songs begin arou
 nd the participants, who are faced with simple choices: to witness, to m
 ove into the space of action, to follow from the side, to sing and dance
 , and to find their own way to be present and support the work of the oth
 ers. The songs themselves, their rhythms and melodies help to initiate en
 gagement. The effect of the event encircles everyone in attendance, while
  the core group aids participants by articulating the space and leading th
 e songs, actively building the evening together in present time.The Open 
 Choir creates a possibility to bring people from different socio-economic 
 backgrounds into a space and a time beyond cultural and/or linguistic bord
 ers; to create a safe space to experience care for encounter and action t
 ogether.Over the past few years Open Choirs have been hosted in various lo
 cations in NYC, in Brazil, Italy, and elsewhere. Now, for the first ti
 me, the Open Choir also touches down in Toronto.Come join us!Click here t
 o register for free participation.Click here to view the Facebook event pa
 ge. Click here to view the full Encounters residency program.Encounters: T
 he Open Program at CDTPS is an artists' residency organized by Myrto Kouma
 rianos, hosted by the University of Toronto's Centre for Drama, Theatre 
 & Performance Studies, and supported by the Jackman Humanities Institute 
 Program for the Arts, University College, Theatre and Performance Studie
 s (UTSC), English & Drama (UTM), the Department of English, the Emilio 
 Goggio Chair in Italian Studies, the Department of Slavic Languages and L
 iteratures, and the Centre for Comparative Literature. \n\nContact Inform
 ation: \n Myrto Koumarianos encounterscdtps2018@gmail.com \n4 Glen Morris 
 Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1J1 \n\nCategories \n Performances \n\nAudiences
  \n CDTPS CommunityGeneral Public
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181111T170000
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LOCATION:4 Glen Morris Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1J1
SUMMARY:Encounters Residency: Open Choir (performance event - free and open
  to all!)
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.cdtps.utoronto.ca/events/encountersopenchoir
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