Melissa Tuplin will be bringing her latest solo work “Accidental Euphoria” to NEXTFEST in Edmonton as part of the PIVOT Dance series curated by the Good Women Dance Collective.
The story of a Dance: http://www.theatrejunction.com/a-day-in-the-life-accidental-euphoria/
L’UniThéâtre in La Cité Francophone | 8627 91 St.
Friday, June 2, 2017 at 8:00 (talkback to follow)
Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 7:00pm
Sunday, June 4, 2017 at 5:00pm
“The floor seemed wonderfully solid. It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther” – Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
*Originally performed as part of Dancer’s Studio West’s Alberta Dance Festival.
A review from The Dance Current: Calgarian Melissa Tuplin’s Accidental Euphoria, a solo performed with notable virtuosity. Through a series of tension-laden, contorted positions, Tuplin gave off the impression of riding a euphoric-depressive roller coaster. Reference to the medically induced hypertensive crises resultant of Iproniazid usage, a strong antidepressant prescribed in the 1950s that caused intracranial hemorrhages, was Tuplin’s creative seed for the work, according to her program notes. Sensations at extremes of the pain-pleasure continuum were embodied with kinesthetic efficiency, which generated empathy.
Photos courtesy of: Tim Nguyen / Citrus Photography and Dancers’ Studio West.
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