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We Begin.

During our residency at The Grand in Calgary for their TJLAB sessions we invited filmmaker Kevin Dong to join us in the space and capture some moments of the Monkeys at work. #webeginwithanemptystudio is a short documentary to introduce ourselves at Dancing Monkey Laboratories. We are interested in researching, exploring, discovering and deconstructing what performance can […]

SUBLIMITY – SOME LOVE

Thank you @rndyounghowze for finding us through the interweb jungle and for championing this work. In this ‘us against them’, ‘have and have not’ world we live in, we have to remember and revel in the small, honest moments of connection and understanding. Without that, we’re lost. Dancing Monkey recently won 3 #younghowzetheatreawards. Show of the Year.Livestream […]

Sublimity – Nominations

A giant thank you to @rndyounghowze for recognizing a bunch of misfits from Calgary. And a giant hug to the Sublimity team. We did something good. Sublimity was an experiment as well as trying to finish a thought. We often, as theatre makers, don’t get to fully realize a vision – with the help of […]

No SHORTCUTS – THE BOOK!

We live in a quick-fix, AI, cut-and-paste, sound bite, Tik-Tok, Instagram celebrity, everyone-gets-a-medal world, with countless memes and posts on social media telling us that we just have to believe, we just have to want it bad enough, and the world and everything in it will be ours. NO SHORTCUTS, The Five Chambers: A Practical […]

you are only a number

As part of Dancing Monkey’s mandate, we release different media focusing on different perspectives of our productions. YOU ARE ONLY A NUMBER is a short video highlighting the dance and movement component of SUBLIMITY – a love supreme. The full music, remixed to maximize a stand-alone release, will be out soon!! Performers – Val Duncan […]

SUBLIMITY – the video

In March 2023, Dancing Monkey Laboratories presented an innovative hybrid live performance and live stream event with multiple cameras – creating two unique viewing experiences. SUBLIMITY – a love supreme is a one-act interdisciplinary show for 3 actors and 3 dancers. It is about challenging systems and challenging traditional theatre forms and expectations. The play […]