SLIP – COR

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OVERVIEW

Title: SLIP

Composer: Juliet Palmer

Librettist: Anna Chatterton

Producer: Urbanvessel

Run Time: 60

Roles:

Role	Voice Type	Range ?	Character Description
Singer	middle-high
Singer	middle-high
Singer	middle-high
Dancers	silent-spoken

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Orchestration: Percussion

SYNOPSIS

Slip is a site-specific performance for a swimming pool or bath house fusing sound, movement and light. Each production of Slip is unique, but builds on previous performances. Cultures with distinct architectures and social rituals of bathing are juxtaposed to increase awareness of our own histories. As humans we are bound together by the intimate experience of cleansing and our precious connection to water.

MUSIC DESCRIPTION

The music is visceral and vocal, combining body slaps with handheld percussion and the sounds of the space itself, a grimy, razzmatazz Hollywood chorus line, a sparse and intimate Japanese folk song, and opera echoing off the tiles.

PREMIERE PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Premiere Production: September 20-22, 2006 at Harrison Baths, Toronto

Producers: Urbanvessel

Cast:

Role	Name
Dancer	Susanne Chui
Dancer	Louis Laberge-Côté
Percussion	Jean Martin
Singer	Christine Duncan
Singer	Aki Takahashi
Singer	Vilma Vitols

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Premiere Production Team:

Role	Name
Choreography	Yvonne Ng
Installation	Christie Pearson

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CREATION

DEVELOPMENT

In 2006 Slip travelled the labyrinth of Toronto’s Harrison Baths complex: from the tiled lobby, through the gargantuan men’s locker room, to the majestic pool, and finally, through the series of intimate rooms making up the women’s space.

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Opera Tags:

3 voices Cast size of 5 Dance Female composer Female creator Mezzo-soprano Middle-high voice Site-specific Water

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