Hercinia Arts Collective

APRIL FOOLS! Unfortunately, due to the new revised lockdown restrictions, we need to postpone this event. It has tentatively been rescheduled for June, but we will update further closer to the date once we have more information. Keep supporting Art and Artists! We have some other things up our sleeves coming soon, that require zero gathering, so stay tuned!... [Image description: A banner poster in black with pink and yellow graphics. In the centre is an image of an eye looking through a square peephole. The centre pupil of the eye is also a square. Text reads: PEEP, 6IX W APRIL 2021. In the corners of the image are sunlike graphics radiating towards centre.]

Audition call! See below.

April 1st update: Due to the new restrictions under the revised Ontario lockdown, we are postponing this event. The tentative new date is June 12th, but we will update as we get closer and have a better sense of restrictions for June. PEEP A multidisciplinary Art Event, where audience peeps into a box to see surprise performances.... Virtual Tickets on Sale Now: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/peep-virtual-viewing-only-ticke Begins April 10th. Concept and curation by Madeleine Seignoret & Kirsten Edwards Peep Box fabrication by Charissa Wilcox [Image description: A slightly blurry close-up photograph of a performers eye. They are looking down.]

UPDATE as of April 1st : Due to the new restrictions under the revised lockdown, we are postponing this event. The tentative new date is June 12th, but we will update as we get closer and have a better sense of restrictions for June. PEEP A multidisciplinary Art Event, where audience peeps into a box to see surprise performances.... Virtual Tickets on Sale Now: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/peep-virtual-viewing-only-ticke Begins April 10th. Concept and curation by Madeleine Seignoret & Kirsten Edwards Peep Box fabrication by Charissa Wilcox [Image description: A photograph of a performers eye, looking looking through a cardboard cutout of a hole. Their eye is looking in and upwards.]

More fun virtual circus! Support studios so that we have places to keep training and making art.

Want to work on your handstands? Check out this online series.

Check out this new film from Hercinia co-artistic director Emily Hughes. http://www.emilyhughes.ca/rooted.php

A university student of a Toronto Circus Centre coach has asked that I pass on her anonymous research survey on Gender, Race and Circus. It only took me about 2 minutes to fill out. Your help is appreciated! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyowKttVvOQ1g5dN2bHmUPgEQcPhDRTyrssjagCGn78fHzKw/viewform?gxids=7628

This is tonight if you're looking for something (or another something) to do from home!

Got new years’ plans? Check out this show from our pals at A2D2~ Aerial Dance Cirque Company (also featuring Trellis Arts & Entertainment).

YAY for clowns!

A little piece of circus magic from Hit & Run Dance Productions

(Un)usual Spaces featuring Meghan Cheng. On now until Oct. 15th. Meghan Cheng is a Toronto-based digital media artist and founder of Ping Interactive Studio. She specializes in blending digital and physical installations that immerse audiences in interactive sound, light and movement. She’s worked with artists across North America and has provided installations for Interacess’ Vector Festival, Women from Space Festival and 918 Bathurst Cultural Centre. Meghan believes in b...uilding meaningful relationships with ourselves, each other and the world around us through shared imaginative experiences. Check out Meghan's piece, Improvisation de Robot, as part of (Un)usual Spaces: A Virtual Art Party www.herciniarts.com/unusual-spaces On now until October 15th.

It’s on! Check out this Halloween show all weekend long.

(Un)usual Spaces featuring Angola Murdoch On now until Oct. 15th "My artistic form is storytelling through contemporary circus arts and theatre. It is creative nonfiction, as I use true stories as an anchor while also using imagination to creatively convey the story using movements, text and metaphors.... I am the founder and Artistic Director of LookUp Theatre, a circus and theatre company formed in 2009. I have been working in the circus industry for over fifteen years. My childhood was spent mostly upside down, dancing and doing gymnastics while growing up on my family farm in Grey County, Ontario. I have trained and performed in many movement disciplines including over fifteen years of capoeira, aerial circus and acrobatics. My strength is creating new aerial equipment and using it in a theatrical setting. Currently I am a company member of Femme Du Feu Creations and A Girl in the Sky productions. For 7 summers I have been commissioned to create a half hour circus show for the Summerfolk Festival where I combined circus and live music. I have performed at many major venues in Ontario including Buddies in Bad Times, Harbourfront Centre, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian National Exhibition, and The Second City. Some highlights of my international career include: Cirque Pacifica (Maui), Granmercy Theatre (NYC), Command Performance (European Tour), and Zip Zap Circus (South Africa)." Check out Angola's piece Descendant as part of (Un)usual Spaces: A Virtual Art Party www.herciniarts.com/unusual-spaces On now until October 15th

(Un)Usual Spaces featuring Nanthini Namasti. On now until October 15th. Nanthini - "I’m a young recreational artist looking to explore as many arts forms and possibly make it my living. I delved into acting (film/T.V.), aerial/ circus arts, theatre, visual arts but have more extensive experience with music. ... I have not been professionally trained in working with visual art forms (only recreationally created drawings or painting). I enjoy creating art that is colourful and seems uplifting or intriguing to look at. As with music, I’ve had training in South-Indian classical singing and flute playing when I was younger. I also played the western flute and alto-saxophone in school for a few years. I was drawn more to composing music during my teenage years and recently realized this passion as I completed a certificate program in Music Composition at Humber College. My current goal is to become a working music composer for media. I would also like to make music that can be of benefit for therapeutic purposes (to help manage, stress, anxiety, anger, etc.)" Check out Nanthini's piece, Can You See Me, as part of (Un)usual Spaces: A Virtual Art Party. On now until October 15th. www.herciniarts.com/unusual-spaces

Highly recommend taking the time to listen to this important panel discussion. It's still available via the Play the Fool YouTube channel. (link below) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am5CpqTREmw

In Oct 2018 Britt Howlett performed a dance trapeze piece at our Are You Afraid of the Dark Art Party, inspired by 1892 novella The Yellow Wallpaper. Shortly afterwards, she & Emily Hughes began exploring how the piece could be expanded into a full duo contemporary circus show. In Oct 2019 they brought Jessie Fraser into the process to help with dramaturgy/direction, resulting in a first research showing in Dec 2019 at Artists’ Play.... In 2020 we received funding from Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada to dive fully into research/creation. Despite the pandemic, we were able to go on an isolation residency at The Bank Art House in Welland this summer. Beginning TONIGHT we are offering a first public peek into this new work as part of @thecircusfix SOS Showcase, along with a stellar line up of other artists. This version features footage from our showing in Dec, but is heavily influenced by the additional research we did this summer, and also features new original music by Robert Busiakiewicz. Head over to @thecircusfix page for the details (and the link to the show tonight!) and please make a donation to the studio if you can. https://vimeo.com/385833819 Demo credits : Jim Panou : Emily Hughes : Evan DeRushie : Cheryl Ockrant

Are you an artist, arts organization, or community member interested in animating public space? Check out the webinar, The Pivot Towards Parks: How Can We Susta...in Creative Action of Public Spaces Beyond the Pandemic? Presented by Arts in the Parks partner, Park People / Amis des parcs, this webinar will touch on topics such as: What are the practical implications of reimagining parks’ role in communities? What systems do we need to reimagine in order for us to build parks back better? These big questions will get communities excited to collaborate with city staff in a new vision for park activations! Click the link below to register for this free webinar on October 20, from 1:00 pm- 2:00 pm! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-pivot-toward-parks-tickets Photo by Kat Rizza featuring Ensemble Jeng Yi at Princess Park, 2020 #ParkPeople #artsintheparksto #torontoparks

(Un)Usual Spaces featuring Tethered The Ghost Tethered the Ghost is a newborn theatre company in St. Catharines, Ontario founded by Kaylyn Valdez-Scott and Meryl Ochoa. Their mission is to address the complexities of the Filipinx-Canadian diaspora by putting on stage the narratives that we and our families live through. Kaylyn Valdez- Scott is a half Filipina, half Scottish artist from Toronto, Ontario, and Meryl Ochoa is an emerging Filipina artist who immigrated to Canada w...ith her family in 2012. They are dedicated to creating original work to challenge the lack of representation of bodies that look like ours and the lack of diversity in Canadian stories on stage. Check out their piece, Helical, as part of (Un)usual Spaces: A Virtual Art Party. On now until October 15th. www.herciniarts.com/unusual-spaces

We are launched!!! Head over to herciniarts.com/unusual-spaces to see and/or listen to all the Art! Available until October 15th.

TONIGHT! https://mailchi.mp/d20945d/unusual-spaces-launches-tonight Watch the Q&A on YouTube live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoOkQFrT70U&feature=youtu.be

TONIGHT!!!!!!!! Join us at 8pm for a LIVE Q&A with the Artists! Then check out the party!!!!

Check this out and donate if you can. Also, for those in need we still have a few $100 training bursaries available! Will add the link to the comments.

Coming this weekend!!!

We have multiple daily Training Times for you to chose from. Bring your own equipment or rent ours:) Come hang! www.thecircusfix.ca

Have you heard about our upcoming Virtual Art Party? Check out the event link for all the info! https://www.facebook.com/events/2764270327185978/

It's #WonderboltWednesday! Our Edge of the World Digital Cabaret goes LIVE today at 7pm Eastern (8:30 in Newfoundland) http://tiny.cc/WatchNow... Join our hosts, the Goldencrusts (Les Deux de Pique) in the #TDCircusTent as we enjoy performances by Sereno Aguilar, Erin Ball, Tanya Burka, Bobby Cookson, Ugo Dario, Anna Kichtchenko, Maxim Laurin, Joël Malkoff, Angola Murdoch, Holly Treddenick, Sabine Van Rensburg, and Joaquim Verrier. All TD Circus Tent performances are available 24 hours a day throughout the entire festival! Have your bubble over and have a great night in watching some world class circus! We're proud to work with the #TDReadyCommitment Program to present safe and socially distant events for this year's #SJCircusFest #SJICF2020 - Sept 25-27, 2020 Join us from Anywhere at the Edge of the World! REGISTER NOW FOR FREE! https://www.stjohnscircusfest.com

Hi Everyone. Would you sign up for an on-line seminar (sometime this winter) to learn more about digital literacy ? (for example; a workshop on video editing or how to do lighting for circus on video)

Good advice from a juggler, for everyone.

Love this: https://vimeo.com/460316671

It's not the 5 year anniversary party we dreamed of but Nouvelles Recettes / New Recipes! from Oct 1-4 will have clown pop ups in the streets of Montreal and on...line. PLUS, We are putting together a rad panel with John Turner and several excellent students to talk about mentorship, passing down knowledge, and Pochinko Clowning. Join the party - instructions will be updated on our facebook page Le Festival des Clowns de Montreal. Thanks to an excellent artistic team Josiane Proteau Jed Tomlinson Katey Wattam and a kick ass Board of Directors for travelling with me on this bumpy ride. In a clown car. It's just a metaphor. xxoo Vanessa Rigaux, Artistic Director, MTL Clowns (not to be confused with Vanessa Kneale)

We are taking Recital Fantastique ONLINE! Our Mini Classes are now running 7 days a week, so we would like to continue our yearly tradition of our early Dece...mber recital for our students. We have been loving putting together our SOS SHOWTIME online fundraiser shows, so want implement the same format for Recital Fantastique. Here is how it will work: *If you’re a student in any Circus Fix class or are taking privates with any of our teachers you can be a part of the recital. ***Please keep in mind that REGISTRATION CLOSES OCT 15th *** *To Register: Email [email protected] and let us know which apparatus you will be performing on. *You can create and rehearse in class and in our open gym times *Filming of your act will be scheduled for late November - we will using our studio with fancy lighting *The show will air December 4th-6th for all of your fans and supporters to view. *Participants will receive a video of their act and have the option to pre-pay for pro photos to be taken during the filming of their act. (Pricing tba) We’re excited to have you all back in class and super excited to put together our first online Recital Fantastique!

THANK YOU!!!!! We love and appreciate you!