Christopher Pinheiro, Artistic Director of SwizzleStick Theatre, participated in Carnival Mas presentations in Trinidad over a 20-year span as performer/designer/painter/costume maker with Peter Minshall’s internationally famous Callaloo Company and is a past president of the National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago. He has been a leading teacher and designer in Shadowland’s annual Mas Band presentation in Toronto’s Caribana. With SwizzleStick Theatre, Christopher Pinheiro has been telling the story of the Moko Jumbie (African stilt-dancer) in its transitions from Africa to the Caribbean to Canada.

 

Robert Faulkner, Managing Director of SwizzleStick Theatre, has been a featured performer in all of SwizzleStick Theatre’s major productions, including Ancestral Spirits, Harvest, and DALI GALA, as well as in many collaborations with other organizations. He has taught stilts to children and adults.


Djollification: Get Ready for Jump-Up Parade
August 3, 2009

 

Flag-wavers and stilt-dancers, painted faces and feathered head-dresses all add up to a sparkling river canopy, dancing to bouncy Calypsoca music – celebrating the Carnival Culture of the Caribbean – and the new circular stage-in-the-round on the Ann Tindal lawn.

 

10-year-old SwizzleStick Theatre joins forces with 20-year-old Ballet Creole for the jollification of the universe through the fine art of festivation.

 

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Everyone: FREE
Monday, August 3, 2009
1:00PM - 3:00PM HarbourKidZone Tent and Redpath Stage
235 Queens Quay West
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