CP salon
“I need a new voice… I need a new voice to live...
It’s screaming at me now…” Kazumi
It’s about love.
It’s about cerebral palsy.
It’s about a man with a disability.
Get under the skin and into the heart of disability through rhythm n’ blues with singer Kazumi Tsuruoka and pianist Sageev Oore.
From
Good Hair Day Productions
a music driven theatre company
that invites you to hear vocal music
as you've never heard it before...
Good Hair Day Productions presents
CP salon
Singer Kazumi Tsuruoka
Pianist Sageev Oore
Direction and Co-creation Fides Krucker
Subtle choreography Kathleen Rea
Expressive arts facilitation Roberto Nascimento
Cozy environment Laird Macdonald
Song list
Opening Improvisation
Kazumi and Sageev
Just my Imagination
Whitfield and Strong (1970)
I’m So Lonesome
Hank Williams (1949)
Tracks of my Tears
Smokey Robinson (1965)
Ooo, Baby, Baby
Smokey Robinson (1965)
Free Form Blues
Kazumi and Sageev
Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan (1965)
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
Dean/Riser/Witherspoon (1966)
Dance With Me
Robert Freeman (1958)
You Really Gotta Hold On Me
Smokey Robinson (1952)
BIOGRAPHIES
Kazumi Tsuruoka is a charismatic performer and speaker who has toured the
Toronto school system speaking about disability through the prism of his own
experience with Cerebral Palsy. In 1999 he became a core member of the
Toronto Theatre Alliance's DIS THIS! Artists Group and has since trained in
movement, voice and theatre performance through the Group's workshops. He is
co-creator of Samson's Hair, a semi-autobiographical work-in-progress;
performed in E(merge)ncy at SummerWorks 2000; presented at the KickstART
Festival of Disability Arts in Vancouver, 2001, and at the Ryerson's
Institute of Disability Studies' Culture Cauldron. He remains an active
member and advisor to the TTA's Picasso Project.
Sageev Oore is an award-winning concert pianist, improviser, and
Dora-nominated composer. He has performed piano concerti with symphony
orchestras, free improvisation with saxophone monster Dani Oore and
Gemini-award winning composer and drummer Dave Clark, uber-cabaret music
with singer extraordinaire Fides Krucker, alt.rock with Tragically Hip
frontman Gord Downie, Eastern-European fusion with
trumpeter/composer/bandleader David Buchbinder and live soundtracks to the
silent films of Charlie Chaplin. Dr. Oore is also a computer science
professor and researcher specializing in interactive graphics and animation.
Fides Krucker is one of Canada’s premiere performers of contemporary vocal
music. She has helped to create numerous operas and interdisciplinary works and has just returned from Italy where she performed Maurizio Squillante’s cyborg opera “The Wings of Daedalus” for which she co-composed her vocal music. Currently she is co-directing a new URGE work about the grade7/8 girl experience for Theatre Direct Canada. In 2002 she was named by NOW Magazine as one of the top 10 Theatre Artists in Toronto for the 3 shows that she produced, co-created and performed in that season. Fides teaches voice privately and in group contexts here in Toronto, in Switzerland and in Regina.
Toronto born Kathleen Rea graduated from the National Ballet School in 1989.
Since then she has danced with Ballet Jörgen Canada, the National Ballet
Company of Canada and the Tiroler Landestheater (Austria). Upon returning to
Toronto in 2000, Kathleen formed REAson d'être productions, an organization
that umbrellas her artistic endeavours as a dancer, teacher, choreographer
and producer. Kathleen has recently received a Master's degree in Expressive
Arts Therapy through ISIS-Canada and the European Graduate School in
Switzerland. She has a private Expressive Arts Therapy Practice and is a
faculty member of the George Brown Dance Department. Her upcoming
choreographic commissions in 2004 include a new work for Toronto Dance
Theater and the National Ballet School of Canada.
Roberto Nascimento has a degree in Psychology from the Catholic University
of Santos in Sao Paolo, Brazil. He has a specialization in Therapy Through
Games from Psychologist's House, Sao Paolo. Roberto has been an actor,
dancer, makeup artist and hairdresser for 14 years with various troupes in
Sao Paolo, Brazil. He has taught elementary school and at teachers’ college
in Guarujá, Sao Paolo. He was Assistant Director of Psychodrama with Jess
Harris and is now a counsellor at 519 Community Centre in Toronto. He is
currently in his third and final year at ISIS-Canada as well as in the
Master’s Programme in Expressive Arts Therapy at the European Graduate
School in Switzerland.
Laird Macdonald has been working as a Designer and Technical Director for
the past two years in Toronto. He now calls this home after five years of
touring North America as a Lighting Designer & Technical Director for both
the Caravan Stage Company and on large scale “A” house tours. He feels
fortunate to continue to work with talented artists such as Fides Krucker,
R. Murray Schafer, Redwatch Theatre, The Co., New Adventures in Sound Art &
Jim Ruxton as well as Dogtooth Theatre. Laird is looking forward to
designing the set & lights for upcoming projects this year with Mathew
Kutas, Kirsten Keifferly & Amanda Hiebert, Susie Burpie, The Co. & Dogtooth
Theatre.
What is Cerebral Palsy?
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a term used to describe a group of disorders
affecting body movement and muscle co-ordination. The medical definition of
CP is a non-progressive but not unchanging disorder of movement and/or
posture, due to an insult to or anomaly of the developing brain.
Development of the brain starts in early pregnancy and continues until about
age three. Damage to the brain during this time, whether caused by genetic
or developmental disorders, injury or disease, may result in CP. This damage
interferes with messages from the brain to the body, and from the body to
the brain. CP affects approximately 1-6 children in every 1,000 births.
The effects of CP vary widely from individual to individual. At its mildest,
CP may result in a slight awkwardness of movement or hand control. At its
most severe, CP may result in virtually no muscle control, profoundly
affecting movement and speech.
Depending on which areas of the brain have been damaged, one or more of the
following may occur:
• muscle tightness or spasm
• involuntary movement
• difficulty with gross motor skills such as walking or running
• difficulty with fine motor skills such as writing and speaking
• abnormal perception and sensation
It is important to remember that limbs affected by CP are not paralyzed and
can feel pain, heat, cold, pressure and pleasure.
It is also important to remember that, just because someone with CP may not
be able to speak, it does not mean he has nothing to say. The degree of
physical disability experienced by a person with CP is not an indication of
his level of intelligence.
CP is not a progressive condition - damage to the brain is a one time event
so it will not get worse - and people with CP have a normal life span.
Although the condition is not progressive, the effects of CP may change over
time. Some may improve: for example, a child whose hands are affected may be
able to gain enough hand control to write and to dress herself. Others may
get worse: tight muscles can cause problems in the hips and spines of
growing children which require orthopaedic surgery; the aging process can be
harder on bodies with abnormal posture or which have had little exercise.
Thanks to Rose Jocobson for her many kindnesses, to the sumptuous servers:
Jennifer and Penny Cook, Joanna Mackie, Margot and Deb Collins, Joanna
McIntyre, Marie-Josee Chartier, Hadrian Abbott and Mark Christmann, to
Mouche and Oksana for sharing their home, to Thom Sokoloski for shirts and
video-cam, to word.com for graphic design, to Colleen Ostoforoff for press
wrangling, to Debra Eklove for being the first perfect stranger, and to the
DIS THIS! gang for early inspiration.
Immediately following CP Salon,
Sageev Oore will be performing with the fabulous Dave Clark on drums and the
beautiful Dani Oore on sax and didg.
Thursday | C'est What (Church & Front)
11:30pm | $6
Friday | Cameron House (Queen, w. of Spadina) 11:30pm | $6
Saturday | 10pm | Arraymusic (60 Atlantic)
10pm | PWYC
“I need a new voice… I need a new voice to live...
It’s screaming at me now…” Kazumi
It’s about love.
It’s about cerebral palsy.
It’s about a man with a disability.
Get under the skin and into the heart of disability through rhythm n’ blues with singer Kazumi Tsuruoka and pianist Sageev Oore.
From
Good Hair Day Productions
a music driven theatre company
that invites you to hear vocal music
as you've never heard it before...
Good Hair Day Productions presents
CP salon
Singer Kazumi Tsuruoka
Pianist Sageev Oore
Direction and Co-creation Fides Krucker
Subtle choreography Kathleen Rea
Expressive arts facilitation Roberto Nascimento
Cozy environment Laird Macdonald
Song list
Opening Improvisation
Kazumi and Sageev
Just my Imagination
Whitfield and Strong (1970)
I’m So Lonesome
Hank Williams (1949)
Tracks of my Tears
Smokey Robinson (1965)
Ooo, Baby, Baby
Smokey Robinson (1965)
Free Form Blues
Kazumi and Sageev
Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan (1965)
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
Dean/Riser/Witherspoon (1966)
Dance With Me
Robert Freeman (1958)
You Really Gotta Hold On Me
Smokey Robinson (1952)
BIOGRAPHIES
Kazumi Tsuruoka is a charismatic performer and speaker who has toured the
Toronto school system speaking about disability through the prism of his own
experience with Cerebral Palsy. In 1999 he became a core member of the
Toronto Theatre Alliance's DIS THIS! Artists Group and has since trained in
movement, voice and theatre performance through the Group's workshops. He is
co-creator of Samson's Hair, a semi-autobiographical work-in-progress;
performed in E(merge)ncy at SummerWorks 2000; presented at the KickstART
Festival of Disability Arts in Vancouver, 2001, and at the Ryerson's
Institute of Disability Studies' Culture Cauldron. He remains an active
member and advisor to the TTA's Picasso Project.
Sageev Oore is an award-winning concert pianist, improviser, and
Dora-nominated composer. He has performed piano concerti with symphony
orchestras, free improvisation with saxophone monster Dani Oore and
Gemini-award winning composer and drummer Dave Clark, uber-cabaret music
with singer extraordinaire Fides Krucker, alt.rock with Tragically Hip
frontman Gord Downie, Eastern-European fusion with
trumpeter/composer/bandleader David Buchbinder and live soundtracks to the
silent films of Charlie Chaplin. Dr. Oore is also a computer science
professor and researcher specializing in interactive graphics and animation.
Fides Krucker is one of Canada’s premiere performers of contemporary vocal
music. She has helped to create numerous operas and interdisciplinary works and has just returned from Italy where she performed Maurizio Squillante’s cyborg opera “The Wings of Daedalus” for which she co-composed her vocal music. Currently she is co-directing a new URGE work about the grade7/8 girl experience for Theatre Direct Canada. In 2002 she was named by NOW Magazine as one of the top 10 Theatre Artists in Toronto for the 3 shows that she produced, co-created and performed in that season. Fides teaches voice privately and in group contexts here in Toronto, in Switzerland and in Regina.
Toronto born Kathleen Rea graduated from the National Ballet School in 1989.
Since then she has danced with Ballet Jörgen Canada, the National Ballet
Company of Canada and the Tiroler Landestheater (Austria). Upon returning to
Toronto in 2000, Kathleen formed REAson d'être productions, an organization
that umbrellas her artistic endeavours as a dancer, teacher, choreographer
and producer. Kathleen has recently received a Master's degree in Expressive
Arts Therapy through ISIS-Canada and the European Graduate School in
Switzerland. She has a private Expressive Arts Therapy Practice and is a
faculty member of the George Brown Dance Department. Her upcoming
choreographic commissions in 2004 include a new work for Toronto Dance
Theater and the National Ballet School of Canada.
Roberto Nascimento has a degree in Psychology from the Catholic University
of Santos in Sao Paolo, Brazil. He has a specialization in Therapy Through
Games from Psychologist's House, Sao Paolo. Roberto has been an actor,
dancer, makeup artist and hairdresser for 14 years with various troupes in
Sao Paolo, Brazil. He has taught elementary school and at teachers’ college
in Guarujá, Sao Paolo. He was Assistant Director of Psychodrama with Jess
Harris and is now a counsellor at 519 Community Centre in Toronto. He is
currently in his third and final year at ISIS-Canada as well as in the
Master’s Programme in Expressive Arts Therapy at the European Graduate
School in Switzerland.
Laird Macdonald has been working as a Designer and Technical Director for
the past two years in Toronto. He now calls this home after five years of
touring North America as a Lighting Designer & Technical Director for both
the Caravan Stage Company and on large scale “A” house tours. He feels
fortunate to continue to work with talented artists such as Fides Krucker,
R. Murray Schafer, Redwatch Theatre, The Co., New Adventures in Sound Art &
Jim Ruxton as well as Dogtooth Theatre. Laird is looking forward to
designing the set & lights for upcoming projects this year with Mathew
Kutas, Kirsten Keifferly & Amanda Hiebert, Susie Burpie, The Co. & Dogtooth
Theatre.
What is Cerebral Palsy?
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a term used to describe a group of disorders
affecting body movement and muscle co-ordination. The medical definition of
CP is a non-progressive but not unchanging disorder of movement and/or
posture, due to an insult to or anomaly of the developing brain.
Development of the brain starts in early pregnancy and continues until about
age three. Damage to the brain during this time, whether caused by genetic
or developmental disorders, injury or disease, may result in CP. This damage
interferes with messages from the brain to the body, and from the body to
the brain. CP affects approximately 1-6 children in every 1,000 births.
The effects of CP vary widely from individual to individual. At its mildest,
CP may result in a slight awkwardness of movement or hand control. At its
most severe, CP may result in virtually no muscle control, profoundly
affecting movement and speech.
Depending on which areas of the brain have been damaged, one or more of the
following may occur:
• muscle tightness or spasm
• involuntary movement
• difficulty with gross motor skills such as walking or running
• difficulty with fine motor skills such as writing and speaking
• abnormal perception and sensation
It is important to remember that limbs affected by CP are not paralyzed and
can feel pain, heat, cold, pressure and pleasure.
It is also important to remember that, just because someone with CP may not
be able to speak, it does not mean he has nothing to say. The degree of
physical disability experienced by a person with CP is not an indication of
his level of intelligence.
CP is not a progressive condition - damage to the brain is a one time event
so it will not get worse - and people with CP have a normal life span.
Although the condition is not progressive, the effects of CP may change over
time. Some may improve: for example, a child whose hands are affected may be
able to gain enough hand control to write and to dress herself. Others may
get worse: tight muscles can cause problems in the hips and spines of
growing children which require orthopaedic surgery; the aging process can be
harder on bodies with abnormal posture or which have had little exercise.
Thanks to Rose Jocobson for her many kindnesses, to the sumptuous servers:
Jennifer and Penny Cook, Joanna Mackie, Margot and Deb Collins, Joanna
McIntyre, Marie-Josee Chartier, Hadrian Abbott and Mark Christmann, to
Mouche and Oksana for sharing their home, to Thom Sokoloski for shirts and
video-cam, to word.com for graphic design, to Colleen Ostoforoff for press
wrangling, to Debra Eklove for being the first perfect stranger, and to the
DIS THIS! gang for early inspiration.
Immediately following CP Salon,
Sageev Oore will be performing with the fabulous Dave Clark on drums and the
beautiful Dani Oore on sax and didg.
Thursday | C'est What (Church & Front)
11:30pm | $6
Friday | Cameron House (Queen, w. of Spadina) 11:30pm | $6
Saturday | 10pm | Arraymusic (60 Atlantic)
10pm | PWYC
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