The Impossible Has Already Happened

MascallDance

 
 

Project Description

This is about water: a new international co-creation by choreographers Claire O’Neil (New Zealand) and Jennifer Mascall (Canada), performed by New Zealanders and Canadians with storytelling by Andrea Grant. The project is an exciting departure for MascallDance and, following its’ New Zealand premiere, tours (in strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols) in New Zealand and Canada. The Impossible has Already Happened Newsletter and Podcast make it easy and engaging to follow the development of this project. Just email your interest to susan@mascalldance.ca to receive updates.  The work is being created via ZOOM rehearsals.  The entire ensemble unites in Vancouver for rehearsal in November 2021.  Please don’t hesitate to come down and take a look!

 
 

Company Profile

MascallDance is a creation/production company with 30 seasons of works under our belts. Our works adapt and change to numerous situations and evolving conditions and have been seen in Canada, Scotland, Italy and India. We’re a research and discovery enterprise, investigating movement and its intersection with other mediums, employing improvisation, experimentation, and somatic practice. We offer residencies, intensives, and workshops, fostering movement and choreographic knowledge in anyone curious about the body. The catalyst for our work is Jennifer Mascall, founder and Artistic Director. MascallDance is a resident of Left of Main in Vancouver’s Chinatown.

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Choreographer and Key Collaborators

Co-Choreography: Jennifer Mascall (Canada), Claire O’Neil (New Zealand)

Advisory:  Joanna Ashworth (Environmental Scientist), Aline LaFlamme (Metis Elder), Nicholas Macfarlane (Marine Biologist).

Storyteller:  Andrea Grant

Performance:  Nadiya Akbar, Oliver Carruthers, Sebastian Geilings, Rosie Tapsell, Cheyenne Teka, Bynh Ho, Daisy Thompson, Marissa Gold.

Community Engagement

Community engagement is central to the creation and presentation of this production.  A pre-tour visit delves into stories of the neighbourhood/region. The two choreographers visit. A performance picnic, talking about water, mingles our water stories with those of community members. Together we may discover ways to move with the story, or storytell while others move. Brief impromptu pop-up appearances that combine our artists with community members, appearing in unexpected places, on our second visit. Community members – i.e. musicians, storytellers, dancers, children, spoken word poets of all ages, etc – are invited to partner with the troupe. A podcast episode with local participation results from our visit. Whether our visit takes place digitally or live, MascallDance plans with you to build a fruitful engagement with your community. We are experienced, receptive and flexible partners. We anticipate online or socially distanced workshops for dancers, movers, and physical performers, customized to community groups, offering insight into how the production works thematically, and hands-on experience of choreographic excerpts. Offerings (live or online) can be tailored to suit all levels and most needs.

Outreach Activities

The Impossible has Already Happened is being created through ZOOM interaction, rehearsals in park settings, and studio work. At this early stage of the work, our audience includes anyone whose life is influenced by water – those who are stewards of water; consider water sacred; seek to shift their relationship with water, see it as endangered, environmentalists, scientists, activists, artists, fishers, gardeners, swimmers… and so forth. Through this work we intend to create conversations about water and sustainability. We invite anyone interested in hosting or knowing more about The Impossible has Already Happened to join the project’s mailing list by emailing susan@mascalldance.ca

Past and Upcoming performances

Upcoming Performances: ON-LINE: Holiday Season BLOOM KIDS Residency, Vancouver, BC 2021; Upcoming announcements: new dates and plans for three major productions (one of which is The Impossible has Already Happened) along with The Shift Symposium for Somatic Creation, a Gathering for movement teachers entitled T3 (Teachers Teaching Teachers), and other programming, including our choreographic residency program series BLOOM. Stay tuned at mascalldance.ca!

  • Premiere date and venue: 05/22/2022 PREMIERE, Wellington, New Zealand.

    Past Performances: Last month! Holiday Season Family BLOOM Residency, online presentation, Vancouver, BC 2021; Performance History – highlights: 2002 Brutal Telling Traces of E. Carr Highland and Island Scotland tour 2003; Heart of a Peacock Monte Carlo 2004; Brutal Telling Traces of E. Carr Winnipeg MB and Peterborough ON 2006-7; WhaT,? Edinburgh, Newfoundland and Victoria BC 2009; Brutal Telling Traces of E. Carr Made in BC Tour 2011-12; The White Spider Made in BC Tour 2004-12; Homewerk school performance series and Made in BC mainstage tour 2015; Graft Edmonton, Victoria, and Seattle 2016; Graft Canada Dance Festival, Ottawa 2016; The Outliner, Premiere, Vancouver BC 2017; The Outliner Tour – Saltspring, Vancouver, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg 2018; OW Premiere, Vancouver BC 2019; Zaum Premiere, Vancouver BC 2020;

    Upcoming Performances: Three major productions The Impossible has Already Happened, Wellington, New Zealand(May, 2022) Privilege, and LURCH (working title), Vancouver BC, along with The Shift Symposium for Somatic Creation, a Gathering for movement teachers entitled T3 (Teachers Teaching Teachers), and our choreographic residency program series BLOOM. Stay tuned at mascalldance.ca!

Project Details

 

  • Performance Type: Dance Theatre, Social Choreography, Multi-disciplinary, Storytelling, Video projection, Live and recorded music, International/Local discourse. This is a full-length work, with an anticipated running time of 1 hour. It is adaptable to theatre, outdoor and alternative venues. Inspired by pandemic challenges, we’re currently also inventing a virtual touring model combining video and live-streamed exchange.

  • Audience: Children/Family/General

  • Length in Minutes: 60 minutes

  • Number of Performers: 8

  • Number of Support Staff: 3

  • Per-Performance Fee Rang: Negotiable

  • Fee Range with Outreach Activities: Negotiable

  • Available to Tour (Season): PRETOUR VISIT: Fall 2022 TOUR: Winter 2023, Spring 2023

  • Other performance information: See video of November ’21 earliest research rehearsals via ZOOM between New Zealand and Vancouver.