Season: 2019-2020
Trophy (Ottawa)
Fleming Park (427 Aylmer St. N, Peterborough)
Friday October 4 2019
7-10pm
Saturday October 5 2019
4-7pm
CO-PRESENTED BY:
Witness stories of life-changing moments of transformation in this pop up living installation at Fleming Park, built around stories by people from our community. Audience members move through at their own pace from tent to tent listening to stories that capture turning points in our lives. Th...
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre (Six Nations/Toronto): The Mush Hole
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St, Peterborough)
Saturday November 2 2019
Pre-show chat with curator Patti Shaughnessy at 6:30
Show at 7:30 pm
Post Show Q&A immediately following the performance
Show Length: 60 minutes
Suitable for: Ages 11 and up
Mush Hole reflects the realities of the Mohawk Institute residential school experience through dance, and offers a way to open dialogue and to heal, through acknowledgement and honouring the spirit of Survivors and families that were impacted. Santee Smith is an award-winning producer and choreog...
Precarious2: Peterborough ArtsWORK Festival
Artistic Director: Kate Story
Festival Director: Ryan Kerr
Friday November 1 2019 – Saturday December 21 2019
Precarious2: Peterborough ArtsWORK Festival is a month-long multi-arts festival with over 50 artists creating and presenting new works in theatre, visual art, music, spoken word, literary arts, and performance. Precarious2 also delivers workshops, artistic mentorships, and panel discussions on t...
New Stages Theatre Company: Every Brilliant Thing
By Duncan MacMillan and Jonny Donahoe
The Theatre on King (171 King St, Peterborough)
Thursday January 16 – Saturday January 25 2020
7:30 PM Tuesday-Saturday
3:00 PM Sunday matinée
A New Stages Theatre Production
In partnership with Public Energy
Starring: Steve Ross
Directed by: Linda Kash
Trigger Warning : contains themes of mental health and suicide.
Recommended audience: 14+
Every Brilliant Thing is a life-affirming story of how hope can be maintained by focusing on the things in life that are profound in ...
Circus Boy
A FILM BY LA ALFONSO
PART OF THE REFRAME FILM FESTIVAL
MARKET HALL PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE (140 CHARLOTTE ST, PETERBOROUGH)
FRIDAY JANUARY 24 2020
5:00 PM
When Ethan came into their lives, Thomas and Michael fell in love all over again. Thomas is nervous about introducing their adoptive son Ethan to his mother Michelle, who is vis...
Improvisation Dance Workshop with Karen Kaeja of Kaeja d’Dance
DANCE ADVANCE WORKSHOP SERIES
PRESENTED BY: PETERBOROUGH DANCE WORKS WITH THE SUPPORT OF PUBLIC ENERGY
When: Saturday, February 22 2020, 12:00pm – 2:30pm
Where: Sadleir House, Dining Hall (751 George St. N.)
Register: Email to admin@publicenergy.ca
Cost: $25 or PWYC
Moving separately and together, award-winning dance artist Karen Kaeja will invite you into the world of task-based scores while welcoming our intuitive bodies to devise and encounter great dances together. Warm up begins with finding ...
Broadleaf Theatre (Toronto): The Chemical Valley Project
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St, Peterborough)
Friday March 6 2020
Relaxed Performance
12:30 pm matinée
7:30 pm
Show Length: 70 minutes + 15 minute Q&A moderated by Jenn Cole
*We are encouraging all audiences to do their part to maintain a scent free environment.*
Devised Theatre Workshop: Objects and Personal Storytelling. With Kevin Matthew Wong of Broadleaf Theatre (Toronto). Click here for more information
Isadora Digital Media Workshop. With Julia Howman of Broadleaf Theatre (Toronto). Click here for more information
Located in Sarnia, t...
Isadora Digital Media Workshop
Isadora Digital Media Workshop with Julia Howman of Broadleaf Theatre
When: Saturday, March 7 2020, 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Where: Artspace (378 Aylmer St. N.)
Cost: $15 or PWYC
Please bring a laptop with you. Payment can be taken by cash or credit card.
An introduction to the visual programming environment Isadora, widely used in contemporary performance to control images, sounds, movies, lights, and more!
In this workshop, we’ll look at basic Isadora terminology, work hands on in the software and learn how to import, play, and control...
Devised Theatre Workshop: Objects and Personal Storytelling, Kevin Matthew Wong, Broadleaf Theatre
The Theatre on King (171 King St)
Saturday March 7 2020, 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Cost: pay-what-you-can
Please bring a non-breakable handheld object. Payment can be taken by cash at the door.
The Theatre on King: 171 King St, Peterborough
This hands-on workshop uses objects and personal story-telling to get your creative juices flowing. Broadleaf Theatre’s acclaimed documentary-theatre work, The Chemical Valley Project, will be presented by Public Energy Performing Arts at the Market Hall on March 6.
T...
UKTI – Mithila Ballal and Ensemble
Presented by The Public Energy Performing Arts Rewind Room
Friday April 3, 2020
2:00pm-2:40pm (includes 20 minute Zoom Room reception)
Streaming on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and right here on this webpage
A celebratory performance of classical Indian dance and Bollywood.
Performers: Mithila Ballal, Magna Karthik, Calvin Karthik, Shreya Plassery, Nirupama Namulla, Prutha Pathak, Shweta Prakash Naganath
Announcing the Public Energy Performing Arts Rewind Room!
The Public Energy Rewind Room is a weekly livestream where we showcase full and excerpted performances from Public Energy’s archives. It’s a chance to gather together and enjoy art. The Rewind Room will focus ent...
Served: Counter Culture – Naomi Duvall and Anne White
PRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS REWIND ROOM
THURSDAY APRIL 9, 2020
4:00PM-4:30PM (INCLUDES 15 MINUTE ZOOM ROOM RECEPTION)
STREAMING ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM AND RIGHT HERE ON THIS WEBPAGE
A performance of female shapes from classical paintings and experiences from the serving industry.
Performed by Naomi Duvall, outside eye Anne White
*This performance video was captured in May of 2019, as part of our 25th Anniversary P(art)y Ball afternoon pop-ups.*
Welcome to the Public Energy Performing Arts Rewind Room!
The Public Energy Rewind Room is a weekly livestream where we showcase full and excerpted performances from Public Energy’s archives. It’s a chance to gather together and enjoy art. The Rewind Room will focus entirely on local a...
Elements: Air and Water – Jennifer Elchuk (Opal), Kayla Stanistreet & Nicole Malbeuf
PRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS REWIND ROOM
WEDNESDAY APRIL 15, 2020
12:00PM-12:40PM (INCLUDES 20 MINUTE ZOOM ROOM RECEPTION)
STREAMING ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM AND RIGHT HERE ON THIS WEBPAGE
An aerial silk performance celebrating the elements of Air and Water. This is an excerpt of the original work.
Performed by Jennifer Elchuk (Opal), Kayla Stanistreet, Nicole Malbeuf
*This performance video was captured in May of 2019, as part of our 25th Anniversary P(art)y Ball afternoon pop-ups.*
Welcome to the Public Energy Performing Arts Rewind Room!
The Public Energy Rewind Room is a weekly livestream where we showcase full and excerpted performances from Public Energy’s archives. It’s a chance to gather together and enjoy art. The Rewind Room will focus entirely on local a...
CRUTCH – Wes Ryan
PRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS REWIND ROOM
THURSDAY APRIL 23, 2020
4:00PM-4:30PM (INCLUDES 15 MINUTE ZOOM ROOM RECEPTION)
STREAMING ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM AND RIGHT HERE ON THIS WEBPAGE
Performed by Wes Ryan, accompanied by Patrick Walsh
This duet between a dancer and his crutches acts as a farewell to trauma and addiction.
*This performance video was captured in May of 2019, as part of our 25th Anniversary P(art)y Ball afternoon pop-ups.*
Welcome to the Public Energy Performing Arts Rewind Room!
The Public Energy Rewind Room is a weekly livestream where we showcase full and excerpted performances from Public Energy’s archives. It’s a chance to gather together and enjoy art. The Rewind Room will focus entirely on...
Keep it Hopping – Nimkii Osawamick and Bryden Gwiss Kiwenzie
PRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS REWIND ROOM
THURSDAY MAY 7, 2020
2:00PM-2:40PM (INCLUDES 20 MINUTE ZOOM ROOM RECEPTION)
STREAMING ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM AND RIGHT HERE ON THIS WEBPAGE
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Nimkii Osawamick (Odawa, Wikwemikong Unceeded Reserve, Wolf Clan), a Peterborough-based singer, hoop dancer and champion Powwow dancer, will perform his powerful, high energy dance accompanied by Bryden Gwiss Kiwenzie. Nimkii has danced extensively with Indigenous artists, including cellist Cris Derksen’s Trio and Orchestral Powwow, and was last seen with Public Energy performing in Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s The Honouring in 2015.
Bryden Gwiss Kiwenzie is a Pow-Wow singer/song maker and Men’s Traditional Dancer. He has grown up on the Pow-Wow Trail learning songs, drum teachings and has been dancing Mens Traditional Style for 30 years. He is Originally from Neyaashiinigaming (Cape Croker) but currently residing in Sudbury, Ontario. He works at Shkagamik Kwe Health Centre in Sudbury giving drum teachings to the youth about proper drum etiquette and pow wow songs.
Bryden was also nominated for a Juno, Indigenous Album Of The Year 2017, on his debut album release entitled Round Dance & Beats. Which fuses Traditional pow wow songs with modern hip hop production. He has also been nominated for Best Hand Drum Album and Best New Artist at the Indigenous Music Awards held in Winnipeg May 19, 2017.
*This performance video was captured in May of 2019, as part of our 25th Anniversary P(art)y Ball afternoon pop-ups.*
Filmed by: Dan English
Edited by: Eryn Lidster
Thumbnail Photo: Wayne Eardley
Welcome to the Public Energy Performing Arts Rewind Room!
The Public Energy Rewind Room is a weekly livestream where we showcase full and excerpted performances from Pub...
Snow Day – Ryan Kerr and Kate Story
PRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS REWIND ROOM
WEDNESDAY MAY 13, 2020
3:00PM-3:30PM (INCLUDES 15 MINUTE ZOOM ROOM RECEPTION)
STREAMING ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM AND RIGHT HERE ON THIS WEBPAGE
Ryan Kerr and Kate Story present their 2019 remount of Snow Day, their hit dance work from the Emergency #11 festival in 2003. Kate and Ryan are probably the most prolific artists working in Peterborough’s independent theatre/dance scene, with so many original works to their credit it is hard to keep score. Their next most recent collaboration with Public Energy was 2017’s hit play-with-song-and-dance, damned be this transmigration.
*This performance video was captured in May of 2019, as part of our 25th Anniversary P(art)y Ball afternoon pop-ups.*
Accessibility note: Closed captioning is available on Youtube and on the Public Energy website
Filmed by: Dan English
Edited by: Eryn Lidster
Thumbnail Photo: Wayne Eardley
Welcome to the Public Energy Performing Arts Rewind Room!
The Public Energy Rewind Room is a weekly livestream where we showcase full and excerpted performances from Pub...
Postponed: Ebnflōh (Montreal): In-Ward
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- Donate the price of your ticket for a charitable tax receipt. This will help us make partial payments to the artists affected and offset our fixed costs.
- Hang on to your ticket and use it for the new performance date. If the performance does not get rescheduled then a full refund will still be available. More information is coming soon.
For more information visit our COVID-19 Response Page
Please contact admin@publicenergy.ca if you have any questions or concerns
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Showplace Performance Centre (290 George St N, Peterborough)
Thursday May 14 2020
7:30 pm
CO-PRESENTED BY:
Mature content advisory: This performance is recommended for ages 12+
In In-Ward, choreographer Alexandra ‘Spicey’ Landé builds bridges between Hip-Hop culture and contemporary dance, taking the dance of the streets to new artistic heights. With six accomplished dancers, she plunges us into the deep waters of the human psyche, depicting the overlapping of feel...
Legacy – Old Men Dancing
PRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS REWIND ROOM
WEDNESDAY MAY 20, 2020
4:00PM-4:30PM (INCLUDES 15 MINUTE ZOOM ROOM RECEPTION)
STREAMING ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM AND RIGHT HERE ON THIS WEBPAGE
Co-created and Performed by Brian Dimock, Brian Ling, Brian Nichols, Colin MacAdam, Hugh MacMillan, Jim Angel, John Anderson, Pete Hewett, Ravi-Inder Soligo, Ray Barker, Rob Steinman, Wes Ryan and Sandy Burnaby
Filmed by: Stephen Rose
Edited by: Eryn Lidster
Photo: Esther Vincent
Welcome to the Public Energy Performing Arts Rewind Room!
The Public Energy Rewind Room is a weekly livestream where we showcase full and excerpted performances fro...
Aurora – Nicole Malbeuf
PRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS REWIND ROOM
WEDNESDAY MAY 27, 2020
12:00PM-12:30PM (INCLUDES 15 MINUTE ZOOM ROOM RECEPTION)
STREAMING ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM AND RIGHT HERE ON THIS WEBPAGE
Closed captioning is available on Youtube and on the Public Energy website
Nicole Malbeuf, a Peterborough-based aerial artist, performs Aurora. A mainstay of Peterborough’s busy circus scene, Nicole runs her own company, Trellis Arts & Entertainment, and has performed her imaginative aerial and circus work in Peterborough, Toronto and numerous communities throughout Ontario.
*This performance video was captured in May of 2019, as part of our 25th Anniversary P(art)y Ball afternoon pop-ups.*
Filmed by: Dan English
Edited by: Eryn Lidster
Photo: Wayne Eardley
Welcome to the Public Energy Performing Arts Rewind Room!
The Public Energy Rewind Room is a weekly livestream where we showcase full and excerpted performances from Public Energy...
Pigeon – Jenn Cole
PRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS REWIND ROOM
Thursday June 11th, 2020
12:00PM-12:30PM (INCLUDES 20 MINUTE ZOOM ROOM RECEPTION)
STREAMING ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND RIGHT HERE ON THIS WEBPAGE
Closed captioning is available on Youtube and on the Public Energy website
Filmed by: Stephen Rose
Edited by: Eryn Lidster
Photo: Andrew Fox
Artist Bio:
Jenn Cole (...
Anne White
Company Town
2019-2020 Artist in Residence with Public Energy Performing Arts
Anne White is a Nogojiwanong/Peterborough-based artist, learning how to live and work respectfully on land and waters governed by the Williams Treaties. With a background in physical, collaborative and devised theatre, she makes live performance works, frequently developed and performed outside o...
Melissa Addison-Webster
Movement, Brain Injury and Belonging
Winding our Way Home…
Melissa’s full project is accessible for online viewing. Click the above link to view the films.
2019-2020 Artist in Residence with Public Energy Performing Arts
Brain Injury Association Peterborough Region will partner with dance performance artist Melissa Addison-Webster to facilitate movement workshops to explore themes of transformation, and belonging.
Brain Injury Association Peterborough Region
Artist in Residence Melissa Addison Webster has been working on completing the online Zoom programming component of her Ontario Art’s Grant, Winding Our Way Home with women-identified participants from the Brain Injury Association Peterborough Region. This has developed work exploring the theme...