Oct 2 – Oct 5 | Firehall Theatre

EMPTY-HANDED

Running Time: 75mins - no intermission

by The Biting School
Presented by Firehall Arts Centre

We are sitting in the madness of the human experience.
Forgetting we are the guests that the daffodils invited in a long time ago.
We are sitting in stillness and finding the trails.
The trails that will eventually take us home.

The Firehall Arts Centre presents The Biting School in their premiere production of EMPTY-HANDED. In this new work, choreographer Arash Khakpour and his company conjure up images of everyday life that transcend cultural and historical boundaries.

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Event Details

You are excrement. You can change yourself into gold.
— Alejandro Jodorowsky, from the film The Holy Mountain (1973)

Showtimes

Wednesday to Saturday –  7:30PM

Special Performances

Postshow Talkbacks

Thursday Oct 3

Friday Oct 4

Ticket Prices

Dance Supporter $100

Dance Attendee $35

Accessible Ticket $25

Student / Seniors $30

Credits

Produced by The Biting School

Presented by Firehall Arts Centre

 

Choreographer: Arash Khakpour.
Performers: Juolin Lee, Marisa Gold, Hayley Gawthrop, Antonio Somera Jr., and Arash Khakpour.
Creative Consultant: Heather Lamoureux.
Dramaturg: Raïna von Waldenburg.
Props & Set Designer: Hamidreza Jadid.
Costume Designer: Elika Mojtabaei.
Projection Designer: Candelario Andrade Gutierrez.
Composer: Alex Mah.
Lighting Designer/ Tech Director: Dan O’Shea.
Photographer/Videographer: Luciana Freire D’Anunciação.
Outside Eye: Anne Cooper.
Social Media Coordinator: Antonio Somera Jr.
Co-Producer: Aryo Khakpour.

Production / Stage Manager: Kayleigh Sandomirsky

Voice over/actor in video: m̓iƛaa (mi-tlaa) meesh touchie 

 

 

Photo by Luciana Freire D’Anunciação

Trailer

Empty-Handed Trailer

Voice over/actor in video: m̓iƛaa (mi-tlaa) meesh touchie 

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The Firehall Arts Centre is located on the unceded and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations where they lived and gathered together for thousands of years. Acknowledging their connections to these lands is a significant part of what the Firehall considers when choosing the productions and presentations we undertake and how that work shapes and impacts those around us. We ask our community to reflect on what being present here means to you and those around you.