Silvering: In Community
An installation of aging as physical artistry
Taking place throughout Contemporary Calgary during Free First Thursday in November, Silvering: In Community invites audiences into an evening of performance, movement and conversation that reframes aging as a source of creativity, connection and possibility.
Throughout the building, professional elder dancers and dance-curious community participants appear in unexpected encounters including performances, conversations and shared experiences that respond to the architecture and artworks, and invite audiences to experience the gallery as a place where age is embodied, celebrated and experienced.
As part of Fluid Fest, Silvering: In Community brings artists and community together to explore how the body continues to create, communicate and connect throughout life. Audiences are invited to move, encounter and participate.
Featured artists in the community show include:
Claudia Jane Moore | For the Trees is an immersive, site-responsive dance work that brings dancers, music and the natural environment into conversation. The work grew from Moore’s ongoing engagement with community dancers, particularly dancers aged 55+, and explores the forest through movement, sound and embodied attention.
Kyrsten Blair | Dance Through the Decades brings Kyrsten Blair together with members of the Free House Dance Plus Active Adults community in a celebration of movement, memory, music, and connection. Drawing on a range of dance forms and music from across generations, the work invites audiences to consider dance not as something we grow out of, but as a lifelong practice of curiosity, expression, play, and belonging.
Alongside Dana Luebke, Brian Webb, Paul Chambers, Bridge to Oasis community participants, The Edward independent-living retirement community participants…
What's happening:
MOVE - Silvering: In Community
Throughout the evening, experience performances, movement and unexpected encounters throughout the building, featuring professional elder dancers and dance-curious community participants.
- Tai Chi with Dana Luebke - Atrium
- Seated Ballet Class - Hallway to the Flanagan Gallery
- Walking Backwards with Dana Luebke - Heather Edwards Theatre
- Performance with Brian Webb - Heather Edwards Theatre
- For the Trees by Claudia Jane Moore - moving from the Atrium into the Grotto
- Meeting Yourself Now with Kyrsten Blair - Grotto & Atrium
MAKE - Silvering Art Activation
Get creative with an art activation inspired by Silvering: In Community, exploring ideas of movement, memory, aging and connection.
SEE - Contemporary Calgary
Explore the exhibitions throughout the gallery and experience the artworks alongside the evening's performances and community encounters.
EAT & DRINK - Bar & Popcorn
Grab a drink from the bar, enjoy some popcorn and settle in for an evening of art, performance and community.
Art for All - FREE with registration.
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS – FOR THE TREES
A Community Dance Project with Claudia Moore
Are you a lifelong dancer? Have you trained, performed or taught dance? Or are you simply dance-curious and love to move?
A defining force in the Canadian dance scene since the 1970s, choreographer Claudia Moore invites you to join For the Trees, a joyful, adventurous site-specific performance created with a community of mature dancers and dance enthusiasts as part of Fluid Fest’s Silvering: In Community.
Together with Claudia Moore, we will explore movement through improvisation, listening, play and response. We will discover how a group of different bodies can move together while retaining their individuality.
This site-specific work will develop through a shared exploration and will ultimately become a 20–30 minute performance, shared with other performances at the First Free Thursday experience. This is apart of Springboard Performances Silvering: In Community project, featuring mature dancers and dance in the aging body. Some preference may be given to dancers 60+.
This activity will involve being on your feet and moving for a sustained period of time, while holding and maneuvering a branch. We recommend footwear that you will be able to comfortably move in as the floor is concrete.
Silvering features two parts:
Silvering: Bodies of Experience—A multi-bill mainstage performance taking place at DJD theatre November 6th and 7th.
Silvering: In Community—A choose-your-own-adventure encounter with offerings and experiments for, and by, older dancers at Contemporary Calgary’s Free First Thursday, November 5th.
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