email: vivimoo@yahoo.com
DATES: Dec 2-6, 2009
TIMES: Dec 2-5, 8pm; Matinee Dec 6, 4pm
TICKET PRICES: $15 (CADA, STUDENT); $20 (ADULT)
VENUE: Factory Theatre, Studio Theatre, 125 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M5V 2R2
BOX OFFICE: 416 504 9971; www.factorytheatre.ca or at the door
CONTACT PERSON & PHONE: Viv Moore 416 588 9452
FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: Worcestershire Saucy
Viv Moore’s solo dance theatre show, Worcestershire Saucy, will be presented at Factory Theatre, Studio Theatre, 125, Bathurst Street, Toronto from Dec 2-5, 8pm and Dec 6th, 4pm. A veteran of the art form, Viv Moore (performing since 1979) will be presenting a ten-year retrospective of her work, re-visioning the content through new choreography.
The humorous and ironic Worcestershire Saucy explores the rhythms, myths and stories arising from the Victorian construct of Englishness. It is a personal, yet universal journey, which looks at belonging, the illusory concept of home, how we view traditions, and values and customs seen through the eyes of nostalgia. Though never maudlin, Viv revels in the obscure and the irreverent.
Viv’s sardonic eclectic solos, whether social, political or personal commentary, include an interest in the merging of styles, of both traditional (clog, English music hall, eccentric dance) and contemporary (Butoh, combat) as well as physical characterisations.
Born in England, Viv trained in ballet from the age of 4, continuing to study many dance and movement forms. As co-artistic director of Remote Control, she has performed and taught in Sweden, Australia, England and Canada, co-written several publications, presented at international conferences and has worked with community dance in London, England and in Canada. Viv is a movement coach and choreographer for plays, musicals and films, acts with Theatre Rusticle and Mackenziero and dances with Fujiwara Dance Inventions and Half Crown Clog. Viv has been nominated numerous times for a Dora award, including one for Body Geometry, 7th Angel(2002). Viv’s survival in the dance milieu is due to the eclectic nature of her curiosity, which has allowed her to endure and exist as a dance theatre artist as performer, choreographer and educator.
Worcestershire Saucy, via England’s patron saint, Saint George, will provide redemption for all those who have carried guilt over the 100s of years of England’s imperialist past!
Viv Moore - Performer, Choreographer and Producer
Ed Sinclair - Film Editor
Dan McIlmoyl - Lighting Designer
Pat Mohan - Costume Designer
Dave Wilson - Rehearsal Director
Tamara Romanchuk - Lobby Installation
Savannah Hoag - Stage Manager
Running time: 70 minutes approx
Box office number: 416 504 9971
Viv Moore has been dancing, choreographing and acting both collaboratively and as a solo artist since 1979, in dance, theatre, film and video. Born in England, Viv trained in ballet from the age of 4, reaching elementary standard in B.B.O (British Ballet Organisation) then later, in social dance, jazz, national dance and modern at Chelsea College of P.E., Eastbourne, England. She performed in the vaudeville group the Roaring Twenties (1974-78) in Alberta and co-founded Remote Control with Dave Wilson (1979). Extensive travel to Sweden, Australia, South America and England was then mixed with further training in Calgary (various dance schools) Montreal (Concordia University) and Vancouver (Simon Fraser University), Toronto (York University).
Viv has co-written several publications, presented at international conferences and worked in community dance. From 1994-97, she was National Coordinator of Fight Directors, Canada, where she gained Advanced Actor Combatant level.
Viv is a dancer of her own work and interprets that of other artists; an actor; a choreographer and movement coach for dance, plays, musicals, opera and film. She teaches various styles of dance including creative with a focus on individual style and image-based work inspired by butoh. She also teaches social dance.