The Canada Family Album, Part Three

Oct 2, 1979
Field:

Performance

Location:

Robson Square Media Centre, Vancouver

Description:

The Canada Family Album, Part Three was a musical theatre piece written and performed by Tom Graff that focused on the experience of longing for love and home. Juxtaposing visual sculpture and movement, Graff places traditional objects and conventions (of performance or everyday movements, such as washing dishes) into a controlled but unlikely fusion of disciplines and contexts. In the forty-four-minute performance, Graffe sang a suite of original songs with accompaniment by Alfred Siemens (trumpet) and Jeremy Wilkins (piano), and actors Gloria Massé, Avis Lang, Lindsay Watson, and Pearl Williams.

Presented as part of the Living Art Performance Festival.

Video documentation is available upon request.

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