A Crazy Kind of Hope
Conceived and directed by Sarah Chase in creation with performer Andrea Nann
Awarded the 2019 DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARD for outstanding performance by an Individual in Dance
"A Crazy Kind of Hope" is an intimate solo performance combining beautifully articulate, hypnotic movement patterns with stories of hope, heartbreak, and healing. Created in choreographer Sarah Chase's unique dance-storytelling form, the work draws on simple, numbered gestures that gradually intersect and harmonize, evoking a poetic world shaped by memory and emotion.
Waves of ocean come and go, as dancer and co-creator Andrea Nann shares personal stories of her Uncle Wayne—a potter who lived on a remote island—of of her life partner Andy, and their daughter Chi Lin, who lived for 999 days She sings a Bob Dylan song through gesture, allowing loss, healing, and the act of letting go to ripple through the body and space, transforming grief into quiet beauty.
“Nann's solo in the piece "echoes the emotional themes of forging strength from grief," with her "confident and precise movements" delivering a captivating, emotionally resonant performance.”"- Mooney on Theatre
"ease in movement yet a sense of endurance, tribulation, and loss," creating an enigmatic and profoundly affecting experience - The Georgia Straight
As part of her offering, the artist will be welcoming people and guiding an introduction to embodied gestures - awakening sensations, observations, connections, and imaginations.
TIME
19:00 - 20:00
LOCATION
Launcher Lab
About
Andrea Nann is a contemporary dance artist, arts educator, founding artistic director of Dreamwalker Dance Company, and creator of Conscious Bodies Methodology®, an embodied community practice. Andrea dances to reach across distance and to experience herself and others in celebration of possibility, plurality, imagination, originality, and belonging.
She is recognized as a sector innovator, community advocate, connector and knowledge mobilizer. Andrea creates works for the stage, film, and outdoor sites. Her work investigates contemporary approaches to creation that interpret human experiences through collaboration with artists and producers from all artistic disciplines. She often works in collaboration with dance artists Brendan Wyatt and Sarah Chase, and with visual media artist Elysha Poirier. From 2012-2016 Andrea devised and produced a 4-year/4-city multi-arts collaborative process, The Ontario Shebang, with major productions in Guelph, Burlington, St. Catharines, and Kingston. She also created and produced 9 editions of The Whole Shebang Toronto (2004-2015).
A graduate of York University's Department of Fine Arts in 1988, Andrea was a full-time member of the Danny Grossman Dance Company for fifteen years from 1988-2003 where she created, performed and taught major roles from the works of Mr. Grossman and guest choreographers. Over a 34-year career she has contributed to the creation of new works by over 70 dance and theatre creators from across Turtle Island. In 2019 she received a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by an Individual in Dance.
Andrea believes that dance and embodiment can shift attitudes and ways of being, tuning us into what makes each of us distinct, to what we share, and ultimately how we can live together in wonderment and peace.
BOOKING
Booking Process
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- Attend the performance on the date and enjoy the show!
Cancellation Policy
If you need to cancel your booking, please do so via the booking platform or email us at info@launcher.com.tw with your order number. We will process your request as soon as possible.
Refunds will be processed in accordance with our standard terms and conditions, based on Taiwan’s “Standardized Contract for Performing Arts Ticket Sales.”
Refund requests must be made at least 10 days before the performance. For example, a ticket for a program on October 09 has to be exchanged or refunded before September 29.
For refund, A 10% handling fee of the original purchased price will be charged. For example, a payment of NTD 300 receives a refund of NTD 270.
