Trickster (2013)
Trickster
2013
About
Brief Encounters, produced by The Tomorrow Collective, returned for its 20th edition – at the Fringe for the first time – with three nights of interdisciplinary mash-ups that fused genres and pushed artistic boundaries.
Karen was one of 10 artists participating in 2013's Brief Encounters 20 (September 19-21). There were 10 diverse artists that were paired up and given two weeks to create. Karen was paired with the amazing Nathaniel "Natty" Justiniano, Bouffon, from San Francisco; who is also an actor/creator, movement designer and teacher. His company Naked Empire Bouffon Company was here performing at the Fringe.
When:
September 19, 20, 21, 2013
Where:
Performance Works, Granville Island, Vancouver
The resulting work, Trickster, juxtaposed Karen's “energy body” practice and Natty's practice of Bouffon clowning. The work was extremely exciting to both artists; they were thrown into new and uncomfortable territory, expanded their understanding of their own and each other’s work and the decision was made to fully develop this work in 2014-2015.
See the final production of Trickster here!
The People
Dancers/Co-creators: Karen Jamieson and Nathaniel Justiniano
Guest programmer: Flick Harrison with David Jordan
Host: Riel Hahn
Artistic Producer: Kristina Lemieux
All photos below by Ash Tanasiychuk of Vandocument, who also wrote a wonderful preview of Trickster.
An 11 minute excerpt of the 2013 version taken on an iPhone by Flick Harrison.