Everyday Marvels: Toronto Edition

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“If there’s a God-of-the-Gaps, used to explain what science can’t, there must be a God-of-Objects. There’s something about objects that intrigues. If you gaze at one – a wrench, a cheese grater, a paper clip – with rapt attention, after twenty minutes you’ll be worn out and have to take a nap.”

— Lorna Crozier, The Book of Marvels

Named one of the top things to see at Toronto’s 2013 Nuit Blanche event by Toronto Life and The Globe and Mail, Everyday Marvels is a contemporary performance installation that brings to life the objects we too often take for granted…a flashlight, spoons, a radiator.

Based on Governor General Award-winning poet Lorna Crozier’s The Book of Marvels – A compendium of everyday things, Everyday Marvels features sixteen short vignettes, created by 8 local choreographers, performed by over 40 professional and community-based dancers, including an enthusiastic team of bankers from the Royal Bank of Canada’s premiere dance group – The Mobile Assets.

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Creative Team

Based on Lorna Crozier’s The Book of Marvels: A compendium of everyday things

Premiered October 5, 2013 at Toronto’s Nuit Blanche event, co-produced by Shannon Litzenberger Contemporary Dance and the Gardiner Museum.

Adapted for Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival, June 2014. 

Concept and Direction

Shannon Litzenberger

Associate Direction

Susie Burpee
Marie-Josée Chartier

Choreography

Robert Abubo
Valerie Calam
Shannon Litzenberger
Julia Aplin
Marie-Josée Chartier
Dan Wild
Susie Burpee
Peter Chin

Emcee

Peter Earle

Readers

Lorna Crozier
Jef Mallory
Marie-Josée Chartier
Dan Wild
Peter Earle

Performance

Andrew Hartley
Kassi Scott
Linnea Swan
Samantha Grist
Brittany Duggan
Kathia Wittenborn
Marie Lambin-Gagnon
Stéphanie Tremblay-Abubo
Justine Comfort
Irvin Chow
Niko Markakis
Tina Fushell

RBC’s The Mobile Assets

Anne Forrester-Bertrand
Claudia Cabas
David Lim
Antonia De Avila
Dalreen Fobler
Harsha Kotian
Barbara Hodder
Dani Lin
Rolando Duavis

Lighting Design

Simon Rossiter

Production and Stage Management

Marianna Rosato

Assistant Stage Manager

Julie Choi

Production Assistance

Erin Ellis
Laura Paduch
Bertha Lee
Evan Sandham
Julie McCann
Cassandra Wiesner
 
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Gallery

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Images by Kevin Konnyu

Images by Kevin Konnyu

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Everyday Marvels at Nuit Blanche
Images by Kevin Konnyu

Everyday Marvels at Guelph Dance
Images by Teigan Baker

Illustrations by Nathan Payne

Corporate Engagement

Who Says Bankers Can’t Dance? Click here to learn more about Everyday Marvels Corporate Engagement program.

Making everyday marvels: a documentary by Linnea Swan

Everyday Marvels inspired the creation of a short documentary about the process of bringing together professional choreographers, experienced and emerging performers, and an enthusiastic group of RBC employees.