Crow Returns

Crow Returns


2006

About

The premiere of Crow Returns took place at the Dancing on the Edge festival, July 12-13, 2006 at the Firehall Arts Centre. Performances at this event also included The Man Within danced by Yannick Matthon and Monica Strehlke, and Elmer & Coyote danced and co-created by Jamieson and Byron Chief-Moon, in a presentation called Man Within/Woman Outside.

The People

Choreographer/Dancer: Karen Jamieson

Composer: Jeff Corness

Mask by: Yayoi Hirano


Reviews

“Jamieson's masked corvid is a speaker in riddles and an omen of ill fortune, given voice by Jeff Corness's electronic score and body by Jamieson herself. Working at first with her back to the audience, Jamieson embodied spooky forest spirits with movement that recalled North Coast memories of Bokwus, the wild guardian of the woods, as well as the Hellenic martial arts depicted on ancient urns. Short and concentrated, Crow showed that Jamieson the performer remains as much of an individual—and as much of an athlete—as she was when she made her choreographic debut.”

- Alexander Varty
The Georgia Straight, March 21, 2007


 

A version of Crow Returns was performed as part of The Sisyphus Project in 2007, under the title Crow.