Adventure #2 is upon me!
While things are happening, I found myself reflecting… in the past five years, I have visited every major city in Canada excluding Halifax… and visited all the provinces except the Arctic - Hold on. I totally forgot about the Maritimes. Never mind about the provinces. Still… In a short amount of time, I’ve seen a lot of this huge country.
Why? Theatre.
Me, my wife and my car have traveled up and down these Canadian roads (I’d like to say Canadian tires but they’re still American) performing here, exploring there. We’ll do a show in Morinville, AB, a Stilting Workshop in Owen Sound, ON and take part of a dance residency in Fredericton, NB. Yes, we spend 75% of our life in the city of Toronto… but that other 25%? That’s all art.
Actually, this year is looking to be roughly 40% outside Toronto. Most of it is due to the summer Theatre Festivals. Giant fair-like affairs where we peddle our wares… and by that I mean convince people to pay to watch us dance. How well does it pay? Really, it all depends on how good you are at convincing people. Last summer, we did well enough to equal what we would have made if we stayed in Toronto. Fingers crossed for this year.
What I find most interesting about going places in Canada is that you start to meet and understand what It is to be Canadian. What does that mean? Well it’s complicated. I might try to blog about it later, but suffice it to say that the better you are able to appeal to the local culture, the better you are able to convince those same people to watch you dance… so because of art, I’m understanding the places I find myself.
Take-aways are coming soon… I’m sorry if this one got a bit self congratulatory.
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