Accidental Euphoria – A new dance work.

This past September, Dancing Monkey’s Melissa Tuplin presented her new solo work Accidental Euphoria as part of the 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 […]

Monkeys on a Wall in Montreal

A few pics of GOOD FORTUNE DRINKS TOO MUCH presented at Cinédance as part of the Bouge D’Ici dance festival.

“GOOD FORTUNE…” @ Cinédance 2016 in Montreal

Dancing Monkey is very pleased to announce that our short film GOOD FORTUNE DRINKS TOO MUCH has been selected to be presented at Cinédance 2016 as part of the Bouge D’ici dance festival. The event will happen on January 29th starting at 8pm at the Mainline Gallery (3905 Boul. St-Laurent). “The evening will feature a series […]

Collisions in the TJ lab.

Next up in the Laboratory: Dancing Monkey has been invited to participate in Theatre Junction’s Lab sessions. A week long residency of exploration and continued workshopping of our original interdisciplinary dance piece WE MUST COLLIDE. From January 18th to the 22nd 2016 with a public outcome on Friday the 22nd at 8pm – then drinks…. Featuring: Melissa Tuplin, […]

There’s a Monkey on the Radio.

In September, Melissa Tuplin – Monkey and (S)cientist – was in Montreal and sat down with Dirty Feet Podcast to talk about Dancing Monkey Laboratories and her deep love for Calgary artists and organizations. Have a listen: http://www.nomoreradio.com/dirtyfeet/156/ Dirty Feet is a weekly podcast on the topic of dance and movement based performing arts.