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Barth Drabbinskiovitch
presents an overly long 6 hour dance spectacular entitled... |
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It's Nothing Like You'd Expect or Could Imagine Ever... |
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hrill to the intricate beats of jig and
reel, the plaintif melodies or our traditional songs plus songs we
just sort of made up. This richly costumed show represents an
entirely new concept in dance entertainment using highly trained farm
animals to express the genuine spirit of our national dances, songs
and storytelling married to the most contemporary stage technology.
FarmDance - the Musical
has significantly changed the direction and scope of dance,
re-introducing the art form as the phenomenon it is today. The
professional company’s repertoire is cutting-edge, redefining
the medium with all the passion, flair and precision without the use
of genetically enhanced farm animals like some other shows may use.
Using only "organic livestock" FarmDance
crosses dance and cultural
boundaries in artistically important ways, transcending craft to art
and creating a new vocabulary for step dancing. The choreography of
Bobbie Jo VanZeppert juxtaposes breathtaking aerial grace with hard
driving percussive power and lightening-fast agility. The result is a
surprisingly contemporary, thoroughly horrifyingly and engaging
artistic vision.
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What the critics are saying about
"FarmDance - the Musical" |
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"It makes Lion King look like a Show!" |
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- Charles Tuna,
Chicago Sun Times Star Globe |
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"More critters than Cats!" |
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- Bob, outside the theatre |
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FarmDance - the Musical has
met with great critical acclaim throughout the world, appearing in
distinguished venues such as New York’s Joyce DeWitt Theater,
Washington D.C.’s George Kennedy Center, UCLA’s Honda Hall,
Toronto's City TV Parking Lot, The National Arts and Crafts Center of
Canada in Ottawa, and Chicago’s Auto Wash Outdoor Theatre (where
you can see a play and get your car washed at the same time). The
cast has gone to films made by such major studios as Disney, Warner
Bros., and Universal, and have appeared on numerous national
television programs including “The Fishing Musician”,
"Mellonville Today", "The Weather Channel" and
"The Howard Stern Show". |
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CAST AND CREW |
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Producer:
Barth Drabbinskiovitch
Barth Drabbinskiovitch
is the legendary Canadian impresario who has mounted a number of
theatrical hits including:
"The Phantom of the Oprah"
"Hammi - Lord of the Hamsters"
and the critically acclaimed production of
"Of Mice and Men"
using real mice. |
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Director:
Murry Spielberg
The second cousin of famed movie director
Norman Jewison, Murry has directed numerous stage, television and
film projects. He directed and co-wrote the musical stage version of
the hit movie "Jaws"
and recently completed a film for American Airlines about a
stewardess and the proper way to exit an airplane in an emergency. |
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Choreographer:
Billie Jo VanZeppert
Though she had never worked with farm
animals before, let alone tried to teach them to dance, Billie Jo was
up for the challenge mainly due to a massive head injury that has
given her the unique ability to take on any project without thinking
it through. The results speak for themselves. |
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Musical
Director: Tito Osmond
Tito was faced with a daunting task with
the music for "FarmDance -
the Musical" since all the
musicians in the orchestra didn't know how to play any instruments.
Showing the same innovation and resourcefulness that won him a Golden
Globe for scoring the television mini-series "Lonesome
Pigeon", Tito hired the
local high school marching band. His biggest challenge was then to
keep them from marching all over the theatre every time they began to play. |
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Costume
Designer: Lamar
Lamar has been a force in the fashion
industry for over 20 years having designed his way across the country
creating costumes for celebrity stand-ins and impersonators. His
numerous projects range from stage to screen including the Si-Fi epic "Planet
of the Ferrets" and
designing the costumes used by Carl Huffman in his one man show
tribute to Madonna. |
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Stage
Manager/Lighting: Larry Darryl
Larry got the coveted job as Stage
Manager/Lighting Designer mainly because he owned over 500 feet of
extension cord. |
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The
Performers: |
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Bessie, Bebe, Donald, Ed, Daisy, Arnold
Ziffle, Buttercup, Camila, Webster, Belle, Candy, BooBoo, Red, Duke,
Tank, Goat Boy, Garfield, Kermit, Morris, Katie, Elsie, Spot and Eric. |
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Funding and Sponsors:
Canada Farming Council for the Arts
International Cow Dancers
McDonald's
Canada
KFC Dancing Chicken Academy (Extra Crispy)
Foundation for the Funding of Artsy Crap
CBC
Thank You to all our Friends |
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