November 18 – 27, 2011
Photo by Lindsay Anne Black
Outstanding Lighting & Set Design, 2011 Dora Award Nominee
Bicycle-Powered Dance Theatre!
The Atomic Weight of Happiness
A production of Stand Up Dance
Created by Meagan O’Shea & Andrea Donaldson
Performed by Meagan O’Shea
Directed by Andrea Donaldson
Set & Costume Design by Lindsay Anne Black
Lighting Design by Michelle Ramsay
Sound Design and Original Music by Verne Good
As a dancer born with 12 toes, Meagan O’Shea has always had to acknowledge her inner outcast. In The Atomic Weight of Happiness, she involves her audience in an hour-long experiment to arrest global warming; dissect, identify and measure the ingredients of each human emotion. Meagan O’ Shea is an engaging dance artist who has created a unique, funny and quirky eco-inspired performance piece that weaves compelling dance and text.
“ Uplifting, energetic and totally out of the ordinary, Meagan O’Shea creates a highly amusing and unconventional theatre/dance performance that is bound to intrigue. “ -Theatre Mania
“This one of the most energetic and creative performances I’ve ever seen. O’Shea gets the audience completely involved in the work (we are instructed to laugh when she laughs as she peddles like a maniac).” -Theatre Mania
Recommended for ages 8+
Public performances
Friday, November 18, 8:00PM
Saturday, November 19, 8:00PM
Sunday, November 20, 2:00PM
Saturday, November 26, 8:00PM
Sunday, November 27, 2:00PM
School performances
November 21 – 25
Daylong theatre and education programs available
Stand Up Dance creates innovative physical performances that blur the line between dance and theatre, performance and action. Examining ideas from unexpected angles and engaging audiences on multiple levels Stand Up Dance produces exceptional and compelling performance experiences.
Part social action, part performance; pop culture meets contemporary dance in dance like no one is watching to animate public space through spontaneous choreography. Collaborating with professional, emerging, and community artists, Stand Up Dance engages local, national and international audiences.
Meagan O’Shea has studied, taught, created and performed across Canada, in the United States, Europe and the U.K.