Elusive Truths

 

Photo credits (L to R): Monèt Marshall by Caroline Cockrell, David Norsworthy by Colton Curtis. Image by Kendra Epik.

ABOUT

Elusive Truths is an arrival in time, an intersection of questions, and an invitation towards radical honesty that aims to bridge the space between David Norsworthy, Monèt Noelle Marshall and those who come to witness. Situated in the realms of dance and theatre, the event revels in the nuance of ever-changing aliveness and the complexity of constantly shifting realities. It plays in the ambiguity of paradox and, sometimes, delights in the levity of dishonesty. How can we dis-entangle ourselves from forces that distort truth? How can we tune our bodies to the frequencies of our deeply embodied, ancestral, intuitive truths? Live musical/sound offerings by Omar David Rivero, also known as Driftnote, will add un-languageable truths to the space between all of us, and performance interventions by Mairi Greig or María Isabel Salgado will occasionally disrupt our echo chambers as the event unfolds.

This performance event is emerging from Talking with Strangers, a research and choreographic creation project led by David Norsworthy with the support of Culture Mill / North Carolina Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.


Upcoming PERFORMANCES

Free ticketed events presented by TOES FOR DANCE as a part of ShowLoveTO. Click here for more info.

TORONTO, ON

November 12-13 @ 8pm Forest Grove United

November 16-17 @ 8pm YYZ Artists’ Outlet

November 19-20 @ 8pm Black Bear Espresso


PAST PERFORMANCES

BROOKLYN, NY August 19 @ 7:30pm

ITHACA, NY August 22+23 @ 5:30pm

HUDSON, NY August 29 @ 7:30pm 


TEAM

David Norsworthy, Director, Producer, Co-Creator, Performer

Monèt Noelle Marshall, Co-Creator, Performer

Omar David Rivero, Sound Designer/Composer, Performer 

Mairi Greig, Collaborator, Performer

María Isabel Salgado, Collaborator, Performer

Gabriel Cropley, Technical Director, Production/Stage Manager, Lighting Designer

Rachel Forbes, Set Designer

Henry Wai, Nonviolent Communication Consultant, Outside Eye

Michael Caldwell, Outside Eye

MAJOR funding support

We are grateful for the support of the following major funders: City of Toronto / ShowLoveTO, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and North Carolina Arts Council.

Additionally, we would like to recognize the following organizations/supporters for their crucial contributions to the development of this project: Culture Mill, Jim Self / Ithaca Dance Force / New York State Council on the Art, Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation / Hudson Eye Festival / Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Kinetic Studio, Cawthra Park Secondary School and National Ballet of Canada’s CreativAction Open Space Programme.

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PROCESS

  • January-February 2019: Residency at Culture Mill (Saxapahaw, USA) to launch Talking with Strangers research and choreographic creation project with collaborators Monèt Noelle Marshall, Ginger Wagg, CJ Suitt, Tommy Noonan and Murielle Elizéon.

  • June 2019: Residency at the Winchester Street Theatre (Toronto, Canada), through Toronto Dance Theatre’s Summer Residency Program with collaborator Mairi Greig

  • November 2019: Residency at the Walter Carsen Centre (Toronto, Canada), through the National Ballet of Canada’s Open Space Program with collaborator Mairi Greig

  • November 2019: Work-in-Progress Showing at Cawthra Park Secondary School (Mississauga, Canada) with collaborator Mairi Greig

  • November 2019: Work-in-Progress Showings at Kinetic’s Open Studio Series (Halifax, Canada) with collaborator Mairi Greig

  • May 2020-June 2021: Ongoing conversations and project development (online) with collaborators Mairi Greig, Monèt Noelle Marshall and Omar David Rivero

Photos by Kendra Epik (above) and Jordan Haines (below).