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This is just a quick little video experiment with Adobe Premiere, a piece of software I will be spending a lot of time with in the near future.
Shot with my DSLR, what I like about this video is the extraordinary talent, that is to say the music, lyrics, and performance of Mike McDonald, the sound
recording, the color rendition, and when I am on it and not distracted, the relative smoothness of my video monopod. What I do not like so much is the lack of
smoothness and stability in my framing, the challenge of a day lit stage, and my resorting to effects to jazz it up (although my son really digs the lightning).
I tried to be sparing and respectful of both thetalent and the audience in my limited and hasty post-processing. Also, the video is much crisper and HD on my computer, so I think I need to
upload a file sized to suit WordPress parameters to avoid all this shitty loss of quality to compression.
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Expanse 2013 Reflections – Mark Ikeda – We Don’t Look Back
Calgary Movement Artist Mark Ikeda
Presents
We Don’t Look Back
Expanse 2013 Reflections : Pamela Tzeng – As a Matter of Box
Calgary’s Pamela Tzeng
Presents the installation
As a Matter of Box
Expanse 2013 Reflections: Good Women Dance Collective
Witheld
Choreography by Alida Nyquist-Schultz
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Age of Arousal #2
Promotional images from the Maggie Tree/Blarney Productions
presentation of
Playing now until March 17 at C103 in Edmonton
Expanse 2013 Preview #4
Expanse 2013 Preview #3
Mile Zero Dance presents
(Un)static: Motions in Electricity
Featuring Gerry Morita, Richard Lee, Patrick Arés-Pilon, and Viktoria Reiswich-Dapp
Premieres at the Expanse Festival on March 07 at the Westbury Theatre, TransAlta Arts Barns, Edmonton
Expanse 2013 Preview #2
Exciting new work from the Good Women Dance Collective at the
The Festival Opens March 07 at the TransAlta Arts Barns
Age of Arousal
A promotional image from the Maggie Tree/Blarney Productions presentation of
Opening March 08 at C103 in Edmonton
Expanse 2013 Preview
Amber Borotsik, Laura Raboud, Cory Vanderjagt, Aaron Macri, and Tony Olivares 
Punctuate! Theatre‘s Scars Are Healing Wrong featuring Julie Bennett
Artist Profile – Louise Large
Defiance Theatre, Artistic Director
Mandate: encouraging creation of new Canadian work and bridging the gap between established and emerging artists
Mandate: encouraging creation of new Canadian work and bridging the gap between established and emerging artists
Based in Edmonton
Proud wife, dog mom, and inhabitant of #YEG downtown
Firefly Theatre – Zodiac Arrest 2
This show was so well-paced and full of great imagery that I couldn’t resist sharing a few more.
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Firefly Theatre – Zodiac Arrest
A selection of images from Firefly’s jaw dropping exploration of the characteristics behind the 12 astrological signs – realized through the art of movement and the spectacle of circus
Alberta Aboriginal Arts – Trad Cirq at 1000 Faces Festival
Alberta Aboriginal Arts in a creative collaboration with the National Stiltwalkers of Canada presented Trad Cirq as a work-in-progress at the 1000 Faces Festival earlier in November.
I needed to fix my spelling error
Waawaate Fobister stars in Agokwe, which is currently on a national tour co-produced by Workshop West Theatre, Alberta Aboriginal Arts, and The Agokwe Collective.
Agokwe – Final Weekend
Waawaate Fobister stars in Agokwe, which is currently on a national tour co-produced by Workshop West Theatre, Alberta Aboriginal Arts, and The Agokwe Collective.
I have just updated this post with 6 more images. If you are in Edmonton, check out the 1000 Faces Festival to see the latest work by the Good Women Dance Collective!
124 Street Photo Shoot Outtakes
The purpose of this photo shoot was to showcase an up-and-coming neighborhood in the city of Edmonton, Alberta. The images presented in this post are images that were not included in my first edit for a number of reasons The first one is too centre-weighted, too focused on the model and not the main subject (which was the street) The third image does show the street but there is too much negative space in focal area and it does not reveal enough of the distinguishing characteristics of the subject. The second image is just a little ‘behind the scenes” shot for context.
Notable Moments in Edmonton Music Scene
~ Le Fuzz performing as Fuzzfly at The Kaliedo Family Arts Festival
~ Souljah Fyah at the Kaliedo Family Arts Festival
~ Paul Brandt at the Party Under the Dome
Rubaboo 2012 – Connection
Dancers in rehearsal for Connection at Catalyst Theatre
Happy Birthday Ruby Mei!
One year ago today our Ruby Mei arrived in the living room. I love you my daughter.
Progressive!
This is one of my favorite images from a shoot I did for Epic Photography in October 2011, when Alison Redford was sworn in as Ed Stelmach’s successor. Now she’s earned it. Now she has the power to change her party and our province for the better.
Expanse Movement Arts Festival 2012 – This Displace
This frenetic, occasionally jarring, new work by the Good Women Dance Collective considers the social behavior of many creatures including human beings. Stripped down to instincts, these animals are attracted to light that ultimately motivates and shapes the way they move.
Synapse
This is the first in a series of movement-based films produced in Edmonton, AB. It premiered at the 2012 Expanse Movement Arts Festival.
Silver Skate Festival 2012
The start of the 1k Sprint.
Marc J Chalifoux Photography 
