STIR ws held in the MIST theatre at the amazing Erindale Campus of U of T
“STIR is a dance, video & music mash-up party!”
No DOUBT! On Thursday I had the pleasure to attend an event which blew my mind for its creativity and originality – it featured the work of Toronto artists Faisal Anwar, and the brothers Alvaro, Boris and Ulysses Castellanos (aka Quadrasonic). this team played with video projections and music in a novel fashion – interspersing the ‘presentation’ was some poetry and dancing by the fabulous Sinthiya Sivas and Nandini Krishna from Sampradaya Dance Creations. The imagery and tone was highly theatrical and transported us into another world. I had seen the Castellanos brothers work their charming improv performance before – in fact I was lucky enough to see these guys refine their abilities at the infamous “Coffee House” in Pickering during the late 80s. They are entertaining and experimental – and a lot of fun. The highlight this time was Alvaro teaching dance moves and then encouraging everybody to get funky when he showed the inspiration for these moves on a giant video screen – Britney’s ex Kevin Federline’s video when he grooves along with his new track in the studio. Hilarious and clever…
