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Paper Playground
Foolish Operations (British Columbia)
A playful and interactive dance performance where children are free to join in and explore, because that’s what young ones do best!
Exploring the theme of water with boats, fish, crabs and sharks, performers present irresistible invitations to roll, fall, draw, breathe – to invite children into moving with the performers.
Paper Playground is a stimulating experience set on a large paper carpet, created especially for children five and under that is full of dancing, drawing, live music and projections.
Fully immersive, Paper Playground welcomes children as true creative collaborators and they become an essential part of the performance.
This is the second time Julie Lebel’s company has performed at the WeeFestival after their charming performance of Tricoter in our 2019 edition.
Creative team:
Julie Lebel (dancer and director), Caroline Liffmann (dancer and rehearsal director ), Meredith Bates (composer and musician), Anna Atkinson (musician), Sarah Gallos (dancer), Sophie Brassard (dancer), Sarah Dixon (dramaturge), Amanda Lye (visual artist), Jacquie Rolston (animator), Jo Leslie (observer and consultant in dramaturgy), Isabelle Rousseau (consultation in dramaturgy), Emily Neumann & Rémi Thibeault (stage manager).
Vancouver-based choreographer Julie Lebel, and her Foolish Operations Ensemble/Dancing the Parenting project, create community engaged dances with and for babies, toddlers, children and their caregivers. Paper Playground is designed to be a unique opportunity to share a special moment of discovery for children and their parents/caregivers.
About Foolish Operations
Foolish Operations is a non-profit society creating and discovering new dance experiences where professionals and non-professionals, young and old alike are capable, make choices and solve problems, lead and follow, create and collaborate. Our work is inter-generational, inter-subjective, place-based, and often involves families. We celebrate children as agents of their own creative choices. We explore the power of play to re-shape reality through dance and related arts in performances, installations, workshops and classes. We research and develop the field of community engaged arts and dance education as well as share our best practices with artists, educators and organizations through conferences and workshops.
