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Marathonologue at Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad
By Gayatri Bajpai
Photo: Kenneth Newby and Aleksandra Dulic
Vancouver is a-buzz with talk of the Olympics and while workers parade around town in their fashionable olympic-apparel (donning sponsor logos, of course) and people become distracted by the city's aesthetic enhancements, the essence of sport is pushed far into the background.
On the other hand, I find it refreshing that Aleksandra Dulic and Kenneth Newby have brought back what many of us have forgotten while engulfed by Olympic Fever. I think Dulic and Newby have truly captured something important—the spirit and mindscape of the sportsperson—in their mixed-media production, Marathonologue.
Get your tickets to Marathonologue, a show that celebrates the athlete in action—in this case the Japanese marathon winner of the 2000 Olympics, who is said to have taken killer hornet extract before she raced.
The preview captures the beauty of movement. It makes me want to get up and run (or at least find me some killer hornet extraction—"I'll have what she's having!"), and that means it's scarily good art. Bagpipes and the animated silhouette of a running woman must be alchemy for transforming New Year's Resolution slackers into willing athletes.
Event Details:
Gamelan Madu Sari and Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad present Marathonologue
Date: February 18-20, 2010
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Norman Rothstein Theatre, 950 West 41st Avenue (at Oak), Vancouver
Tickets and information can be found at ticketstonight.ca
Read more about the production at ticketstonight.ca | Check out the animators' work: Aleksandra Dulic's Website | Kenneth Newby's Website
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