photographs: top courtesy of mirvish; above bydaniel foley;right courtesy of peter bjorn and john144 toronto life December 201813
Quebec’s 7 Fingers company draws as
much on its members’ personal histories
as it does on their impeccable acrobatic
skills. What started in 2002 as a group
of seven circus performers has grown
into a sprawling ensemble of artists,
whose shows have toured all over the
world. Their new production focuses
on ancestry by taking a closer look at how
each performer’s family has shaped his
or her identity. Stories are told through
a dramatic blend of theatre, circus and
vivid imagery—like the haunting scene
of a young woman fighting an arranged
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An evening of
acrobatic theatrics
THEATRE^ |^ Réversible^
Dec. 11 to Jan. 6, CAA TheatreA Koerner
birthday concert
clAssicAl^ |^ Michael Koerner’s Choice^
Dec. 2, Betty Oliphant TheatreThe Royal Conservatory named its
jewel of a concert hall after Michael
Koerner, a committed philanthropist
and arts patron who, in 2015, received
a Governor General’s Award for his
contribution to Canadian culture.
This year, Koerner turned 90, and
New Music Concerts is celebrating
by inviting him to pick the program.
His choices include songs by American
composer Charles Ives (performed
by celebrated tenor Ben Heppner) and
a selection of crowd-pleasing modernist
pieces by Elliott Carter, Igor Stravinsky,
Darius Milhaud and one of R. Murray
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