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i like fire....do you like fire?
Jun. 7th, 2007 11:12 amFireWalk
Start Points: Carnivalissima Tent & HTO Park
When day turns to night, Carnivalissima fires up the Toronto waterfront with spectacles of swirling fire dancers, daring fire eaters, majestic stilt performers, mythical giant puppets, and the glimmering lights of a thousand lanterns! Join this dance procession of shadow and light and follow the sound of Samba, Steel Pan, and Tassa Drums as we lead you through Harbourfront Centre's boardwalks and alleyways, transformed like you have never seen them before!
"FireWalk" comprises two routes of parading performers and participants. Like two glowing dragons, the crowds will grow in size and length as they approach the Congo Square from the East and the West.
Making use of processional choreographies, spirit possession, and the celebration of liberation, "FireWalk" calls on carnival traditions from the Caribbean, Brazil, New Orleans, Europe, and Toronto. The feeling is freed-up and jubilant, the image, that of a spectacular sea of swirling white skirts, sparkling lanterns, mysterious fire performers, elevating stilt dancers, and elaborate Carnival costumes with a quality of spontaneity, flow, and undulation.
As a finale, the two routes will converge in a cohesive vision of fire and explode with the full-force energy of protest on the Toronto Star Stage at Congo Square as sounds of drums merge and clash, and Capoerira dancers signal the beginning of the Oludom concert on the Concert Stage.
Performer Line-up:
The Swizzlestick Theatre
Shadowland Theatre
Clay and Paper Theatre
Body Scapes
Fire Sculptures by Bruce Smith
Banethi-wallahs Fire Performers
Hot Dog Inc. Fire Performers
Big Chief Brian Nelson and the Mardi Gras Indian Collective
The Mercury Descent
A Girl in the Sky Productions and Simon Gerard Productions
Dance Caribe
Olodum Samba Band
Hummingbird Tassa Drummers
Farmers Rhythm Section
Lanterns by McDonalds Corners and Elphin Recreation and Arts
Lanterns by Toronto District School Board Students
Axé Capoeira
8:30pm - Saturday, June 9 Congo Square
Start Points: Carnivalissima Tent & HTO Park
When day turns to night, Carnivalissima fires up the Toronto waterfront with spectacles of swirling fire dancers, daring fire eaters, majestic stilt performers, mythical giant puppets, and the glimmering lights of a thousand lanterns! Join this dance procession of shadow and light and follow the sound of Samba, Steel Pan, and Tassa Drums as we lead you through Harbourfront Centre's boardwalks and alleyways, transformed like you have never seen them before!
"FireWalk" comprises two routes of parading performers and participants. Like two glowing dragons, the crowds will grow in size and length as they approach the Congo Square from the East and the West.
Making use of processional choreographies, spirit possession, and the celebration of liberation, "FireWalk" calls on carnival traditions from the Caribbean, Brazil, New Orleans, Europe, and Toronto. The feeling is freed-up and jubilant, the image, that of a spectacular sea of swirling white skirts, sparkling lanterns, mysterious fire performers, elevating stilt dancers, and elaborate Carnival costumes with a quality of spontaneity, flow, and undulation.
As a finale, the two routes will converge in a cohesive vision of fire and explode with the full-force energy of protest on the Toronto Star Stage at Congo Square as sounds of drums merge and clash, and Capoerira dancers signal the beginning of the Oludom concert on the Concert Stage.
Performer Line-up:
The Swizzlestick Theatre
Shadowland Theatre
Clay and Paper Theatre
Body Scapes
Fire Sculptures by Bruce Smith
Banethi-wallahs Fire Performers
Hot Dog Inc. Fire Performers
Big Chief Brian Nelson and the Mardi Gras Indian Collective
The Mercury Descent
A Girl in the Sky Productions and Simon Gerard Productions
Dance Caribe
Olodum Samba Band
Hummingbird Tassa Drummers
Farmers Rhythm Section
Lanterns by McDonalds Corners and Elphin Recreation and Arts
Lanterns by Toronto District School Board Students
Axé Capoeira
8:30pm - Saturday, June 9 Congo Square
