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Season: 2015-2016

Dusk Dances 2015  in the photo.

Dusk Dances 2015

July 23 – 26, 2015
Opening act starts @ 7 PM; Dances start @ 7:30 PM.

Rotary Park; lower section of Nichols Oval.

Host Brad Brackenridge
Opening musical act Kelly McMichael 

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The Dances Kaha:wi, Four Directions, Young Woman’s Dance

Choreography by Santee Smith
Performances by Jordana Deveau, Mami Hata, Molly Johnson and Meredith Thompson
Music by Jennifer Kreisberg, Pura Fe and Sony Moreno

Kaha:wi celebrates the spirit of women and their...

Kaha:wi Dance Theatre Presents The Honouring  in the photo.

Kaha:wi Dance Theatre Presents The Honouring

Kaha:wi Dance Theatre presents The Honouring

September 19, 2015 @ 8:30PM

Del Crary Park

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Kaha:wi Dance Theatre presents The Honouring

Watch history come to life! A site-specific multi-disciplinary performance, The Honouring pays homage to First Nations warriors of the War of 1812, featuring Onkwehonwe families who sacrificed to protect Haudenosaunee sovereignty, culture and land....

Performances May Be Permanent  in the photo.

Performances May Be Permanent

Public Energy Presents Performances May Be Permanent (World Premiere)
Kate Story

September 24, 2015 @ 8PM

Market Hall Performing Arts Center, 140 Charlotte St.

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There will be a reception and Q&A with the three collaborators following the performance.

Public Energy Presents Performances May Be Permanent (World Premiere)

Written and performed by Kate Story (Peterborough), with music performed by Bill Brennan (St. John’s), directed by Ker Wells (Vancouver).

Through dance, theatre and live piano, Performances May Be Per...

Tame  in the photo.

Tame

Public Energy Presents Lara Kramer’s Tame (World Premiere)

October 17, 2015 @ 8PM

Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St.

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Pre-show chat: Chat with Lara Kramer, choreographer, at 7pm in the lobby.
Post-show reception: Meet the artists in the lobby following the show.

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State of Body: A Workshop for Performers Public Energy Presents Lara Kramer’s Tame (World Premiere)
In Tame, choreographer Lara Kramer’s newest work, three dancers navigate a chaotic landscape filled with ambiguity, off-beat humour, and colourful perversion. As Public Energy...
Peterborough Academy of Circus Arts: Circus Stellar  in the photo.

Peterborough Academy of Circus Arts: Circus Stellar

Peterborough Academy of Circus Arts (PACA) presents Circus Stellar

Fuelled By Public Energy Event

November 5, 2015 @ 7:30 PM
November 6. 2015 @ 1:00 PM & 7:30 PM

Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St.

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Peterborough Academy of Circus Arts (PACA) presents Circus Stellar A Fuelled By Public Energy Event

Strap yourselves in, because the Peterborough Academy for the Circus Arts is about to launch to the Moon and beyond!

Circus Stellar marks PACA’s sophomore production out of Market ...

Bridget Moser About Face  in the photo.

Bridget Moser About Face

November 6, 2015 @ 8PM

Artspace, 378 Aylmer St.

A Fuelled By Public Energy Event

A performance and video artist versed in prop comedy, dance and experimental theatre, Bridget Moser engages with the physicality and humanity of everyday objects with uncanny comedic results. About Face draws on the intrinsic intelligence of the inanimate world ...

Edge of the Woods Theatre: Ralph + Lina  in the photo.

Edge of the Woods Theatre: Ralph + Lina

November 11 & 12, 2015 @ 8PM

Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St.

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Edge of the Woods Theatre Presents Ralph + Lina A Fuelled By Public Energy Event

Partially set in Peterborough, Ralph + Lina is a rough and tumble romance following the struggles of two Italian lovers in the face of war, immigration and old age. Real life husband and wife Dan Watson and C...

TTOK’s 3rd annual small dance for a small space festival 2015  in the photo.

TTOK’s 3rd annual small dance for a small space festival 2015

December 17, 18 & 19, 2015 @ 8PM

The Theatre on King, 159 King St.

A Fuelled By Public Energy Event

The Theatre on King is Peterborough’s alternative performance space, where artists can work on new projects in a supportive atmosphere.

For up-to-the-minute information, please follow the Facebook event group here.

More information coming so...

Fleshy Thud & Ryan Kerr: Dazzle Ships  in the photo.

Fleshy Thud & Ryan Kerr: Dazzle Ships

January 14, 15 & 16, 2016 @ 8PM

The Theatre On King, 159 King St.

Fleshy Thud presents Ryan Kerr’s Dazzle Ships A Fuelled By Public Energy Event

TTOK is happy to present Fleshy Thud’s new dance performance Dazzle Ships

Featuring Kate Story, Sarah McNeilly, Andrew Little and Elizabeth Moody, choreographer Ryan Kerr has based his new show on...

OutSideIn  in the photo.

OutSideIn

January 28, 2016 @ 7:30PM

Galaxy Cinema;Theatre #6, 320 Water St.

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ReFrame Eve – Thursday in 3D
Can’t wait until Friday? Kick off the festival with this groundbreaking Ontario premiere.
Co-presented with Artspace and Public Energy.

Q&A: with producer/director Anne Troake and dancer/executive producer Bill Coleman following the...

Celebrating 20+ years of bringing Bill Coleman and Laurence Lemieux to Peterborough  in the photo.

Celebrating 20+ years of bringing Bill Coleman and Laurence Lemieux to Peterborough

March 12, 2016 @ 8PM; Showplace

April 2, 2016 @ 8PM; Market Hall

Three Special Events in 2016: Elvis & The Man in Black

Date
Saturday, March 12, 2016
8:00 pm

Pre-Show Chat with Laurence Lemieux, choreographer, at 7 p.m. in the Showplace Lounge.
Post-show reception: Meet the artists in the lobby following the show.

Ven...

Coleman, Lemieux & Compagnie: Elvis & The Man in Black – Double Bill!  in the photo.

Coleman, Lemieux & Compagnie: Elvis & The Man in Black – Double Bill!

March 12, 2016 @ 8PM

Showplace Performance Centre, 290 George St.

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Interview with Laurence Lemieux


Laurence Lemieux is the dancer featured on the banner promoting Public Energy’s
presentation of Coleman Lemieux & Co at Showplace in January, 2006.

Laurence Lemieux interviewed by Kate Story, February 9, 2016

Kate: You’ve alr...

Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie: Dollhouse  in the photo.

Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie: Dollhouse

Dollhouse World Premiere

April 2, 2016 @ 8PM

Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St.

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Dollhouse World Premiere

Bill Coleman (concept, dance, performance) Gordon Monahan (music, sound, visuals)

In Dollhouse, internationally renowned dancer/choreographer Bill Coleman inhabits an installation created by celebrated avant-garde composer Gordon Monahan.

Movement, t...

The 2016 Wearable Art Show Featuring the Runway Challenge  in the photo.

The 2016 Wearable Art Show Featuring the Runway Challenge

May 14, 2016 @ 8PM

Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St.

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A big THANK YOU ‪‎to All who supported the 2016 Wearable Art Show – it was a lot of fun and a great success!

Market Hall Performing Arts Centre UNAVOX Laurel Paluck Dream Players Runway Challengers Brookside Studio – Wayne Eardley Open Call Participants The Strutt Program Tho...