Is This Tap?: Bill Coleman and Edwin van der Heide
It’s not a dance show
“We thought we found him, but we found ourselves.”
Presented by Showplace Performance Centre
Venue: Showplace Performance Centre (290 George Street North, Peterborough) Venue accessibility guide available here
Date: October 10, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Tickets: Available now through the Showplace box office
Pricing: $60 friends / $50 adults / $35 seniors and under 30 / $30 students and artists
Special Effects Notice: This show involves the use of (visually stunning) lasers that project into the audience, creating an immersive bath of light. There is also minimal strobing involved. These lighting effects are designed and monitored to not be harmful to the eye in any way. If you have accessibility questions around the use of lasers in this show please contact admin@publicenergy.ca
An immersive theatrical experience created by Canadian dance legend Bill Coleman and Dutch mutimedia artist Edwin van der Heide – and introducing the mysterious 3-Legged Man!
“I travelled the world in search of his lost past,” reflects Coleman on the extra-limbed subject of his new show. “But it was he who taught us a truth – a truth so simple most of us will only glimpse it.” In the end, his third leg is the least remarkable part of him …
“ … [Coleman] utterly defies adequate description” – The Toronto Star
“… mystical, unpretentious, and full of wonder” – Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Bill Coleman has delighted audiences of all kinds for over 40 years, both nationally and internationally. Returning to his first love, he’s been tap-dancing again – not just rhythms, but sound scores and special effects, on railroad tracks and sheet metal, down urban streets, and on stages with sound artists, neuroscientists, and Aboriginal storytellers.
Edwin van der Heide is an artist, composer and researcher who creates installations, performances, and environments. The audience is often located in the middle of the work and challenged to actively explore and interact with it – taking musical language into new dimensions.
Credits:
In Partnership with Public Energy
Supported by The Gordon Best Theatre (Only Cafe)
Photo: Wayne Eardley
