Close Knit

"delightful and humorous"

Close Knit is a 20 minute dance piece that involves a piece of knitting that stretches across the entire stage and has eighteen spots on it for dancers to knit.

Program notes: my mother gave birth to 18 daughters. I therefore have 17 sisters and this is my story and my story and my story and my story....

Premiere: George Brown Showcase, April 2007 (Betty Oliphant Theatre)
re-staged with eight dancers for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2007

Choreographer: Kathleen Rea

Original Cast: Meghan Smith, Marlene Latour, Taylor Lorette, Michele Gagliano, Lindsey Twymam, Andrea Langdon, Elizabeth Roy, Amy Ehrhardt, Rio Lam, Sarah Siwik, Marlowe Porter, Katherine Nunn, Bethany Minor, Yvonne Morrello, Monique Comeau, Veronica Smyth, Ainsley Orosz, Dianne Fukunaga, Jodi Banks (Swing)

Close Knit photographs