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Act One

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Even before the advent of smart phones, there's been enjoyment to be found in the digital world.
Choreography: 
Hwei Shien Chang & Ian Collins
Music: Super Mario Bros Theme, Tetris Theme, Final Fantasy 7 theme, Super Mario Bros 2 Theme
Featuring: Abigail Tulloch, Agapi Mavridis, Amanda Laszcz, Angela Cooper, Daphne Simon, Erika Sicard, Hwei Shien Chang​, Laura Kyswaty, Margaret Hoogeveen, Megan Au, Puck Graafland

Safety Dance
In the strange and evolving world, is it safe to dance? 
Choreography:Claire Borts
Videography: Lainie Magidsohn​
Music: 'Safety Dance' (Angel Olsen)
Featuring:​Amanda Laszcz, Claire Borts, Daphne Simon, Kelly Slate, Lainie Magidsohn, Laura Wells, Lisa Sorensen, Elizabeth Bowker, Mary Goldman, Stephanie Campbell
Lovely
In a time of isolation and loneliness, there is a simple pleasure in just being in someone's physical presence--being able to reach out and touch someone again.
Choreography: Angela Cooper
Music: 'Lovely' (Billie Eilish feat. Khalid​)
Featuring:Abigail Tulloch, Amy Hu, Angela Cooper, Hwei Shien Chang, Katrin Urschel, Kelly Slate, Laura Kyswaty, Megan Au, Sarah Schryburt, Stephanie Campbell

Jackpot
The simple pleasure of daydreaming about strangers on the subway platform. Daydreaming about what if spontaneous dance sequences actually happened among strangers waiting for their train.
Choreography: Kelly Slate
Videography: Angela Cooper​
Music: 'Jackpot' (Jocelyn Alice)
Featuring:Agapi Mavridis, Amanda Laszcz, Angela Cooper, Claire Borts, Kelly Slate, Laura Kyswaty, Lisa Sorensen
Ice Cream Lovers
Simple pleasure of a bowl of ice cream/loving relationship.
Choreographer: Daphne Simon
Music: 'Ice Cream' (Sarah McLachlan)
Featuring:Amanda Laszcz, Daphne Simon, Hwei Shien Chang, Laura Kyswaty, Lisa Sorensen, Megan Au, MaryLynne Meschino

Some Kind of Wonderful
The simple and pure pleasure of finding that person, be it a lover or a friend, who gets you, that person with whom you totally connect.
Choreography: Mary Goldman
Videography: Angela Cooper​
Music: 'Some Kind of Wonderful' (Joss Stone)
Featuring:Agapi Mavridis, Amy Hu, Caren Leinwand, Kelly Slate, Lisa Sorensen, Liz Garrett, Margaret Hoogeveen, Mary Goldman, Megan Au
The Ants are Here
Ants seek food; ants find cheese; ants get silly.
Choreography: Margaret Hoogeveen
Music: 'Kangaru' and 'Heptapod B', Jóhann Jóhannsson​
Featuring:Abigail Tulloch, Agapi Mavridis, Angela Cooper, Kelly Slate, Margaret Hoogeveen, Megan Au, Puck Graafland, Sarah Schryburt

just me and the tree
Trees are formidable dance partners - especially (but not only!) during a pandemic. Inspired by Indigenous teachings about the land and kinship, we recognise that trees are our relations; that we depend on each other. Through its music, this piece is also connected to Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs. Dalloway (1925), where trees are both a constant reminder of death's looming presence, and a symbol of the ultimate life force.
Choreography & Videography: Katrin Urschel
Music: 'Mrs. Dalloway: In the Garden' (Max Richter)
Featuring:Caren Leinwand, Claire Borts, Erika Sicard, HweiShien Chang, Katrin Urschel, Laura Kyswaty, Laura Wells, Liz Garrett, Puck Graafland

Chasing Sunbeams
Whether it's that moment when you open the curtains to let the light in after waking up, or the second the sunlight hits your face when you step outside after a long day at work, finding moments to just pause and breathe in the sunshine is the simplest pleasure of all.
Choreography: Erika Sicard
Music: 'Arise' (Mark Petrie)
Featuring: Amanda Laszcz, Amy Hu, Erika Sicard, Hwei Shien Chang, Katrin Urschel, Kelly Slate, Elizabeth Bowker, Stephanie Campbell, Trish Tulloch

Orange Sky
It is a pleasure to bask in the glow of the sunset with family and friends.
Choreography: Claire Borts
Videography: Erika 
Sicard
Music: Orange Sky (Alexi Murdoch)
Featuring: Amanda Laszcz, Angela Cooper, Claire Borts, Daphne Simon, Erika Sicard, Katrin Urschel, Kelly Slate, Lisa Sorensen, Liz Garrett, Megan Au, Naomi Midanik

Intermission (15 minutes)

⇦ Message from the Artistic Directors
ACT TWO ⇨
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PushPULL Dance is a company of non-professional adult dancers from a variety of backgrounds, who share a common passion for dance through performing and enhancing our individual dance repertoires. ​

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The members of PushPULL Dance would like to acknowledge with humility and respect that we dance on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe, Mississauga, Haudenosaunee and Huron-Wendat peoples, as well as on the unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin territory.  We acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa peoples.  We honour and recognize the enduring presence of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit, as well as all First Peoples worldwide. As with all things meaningful, words matter, but actions matter more. Let these words be a reminder of the work that is still to be done.
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