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Contemporary dance, spoken word and masterful piano intertwine in this breathtaking short.

Morgan-Paige Melbourne creates a lush, dramatic world from her unique fusion of contemporary classical, pop, and electronic, told through original music and lyrics and brought to life on Tapestry’s Bösendorfer Imperial Grand Piano. Contemporary dancer and Dora Award nominee Natasha Poon Woo weaves her beautiful rhythmic talent with Melbourne’s evocative music, sharing a story of two parallel journeys as the musician and a dancer search for freedom in their authentic voices.

  • Michael Hidetoshi Mori
    Director
    TAP:EX Augmented Opera with Tapestry Opera, Maada’ookii Songlines for The Luminato Festival, co-directing Shanawdithit for Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon; Pomegranate at Buddies in Bad Times; Puccini’s Rigoletto for Sacramento Opera; a new production of David T. Little and Royce Vavrek’s Vinkensport for Opera Saratoga; and Puccini’s Il Trittico for West Bay Opera in Palo Alto
  • Tapestry Opera
    Producer
    Tapestry Opera is an award-winning Toronto-based company that is dedicated to creating, developing and performing original Canadian opera. Tapestry is passionate about uniquely Canadian stories, told in innovative settings, unforgettably interpreted by world class artists. Tapestry supports emerging artists, develops new audiences and brings Canadian opera to the world stage. Founded in 1979, Tapestry is the voice of original contemporary Canadian opera.
  • Morgan-Paige Melbourne
    Performers
    Union Station & Steinway Piano’s holiday program collaboration in December 2019, Bin Chicken film in collaboration with the Toronto Dance Theatre (November 2020), Toronto Silent Film Festival, and 21C Music Festival at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
  • Natasha Poon Woo
    Performers
    Natasha has performed with companies and artists in Canada and abroad including Conny Janssen Danst, the Kevin Wynn Collection, Rock Bottom Movement, The Dietrich Group, Roderick George, Benjamin Landsberg, Ryan Lee / The Platform, Gadfly, Little Pear Garden Dance Company, and Hit & Run Dance Productions. She is a Dora Award-winning performer with Rock Bottom for its acclaimed 2019 production, hollow mountain.
  • Adam Kaleta
    Performers
    Adam Kaleta has performed with Orchestra Toronto, the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, Weston Silver Band, and in the 2015 performance of R. Murray Schafer’s epic work Apocalypsis during Toronto’s Luminato Festival. He is currently a member of Batucatronica, a group that combines tradition Brazilian Batucada with modern electronic music.
  • Taylor Long
    Creative team
    For Tapestry Opera: Love Songs - A Saxophony; Our Song D'Hiver; S.O.S. Sketch Opera Singers Episodes 2 & 3. Taylor has worked with Royal Ontario Museum, New Music Concerts, Against the Grain Theatre, Tapestry Opera, Opera Canada, and The Royal Conservatory of Music.
  • Alyssa Martin
    Creative team
    Alyssa founded the company, Rock Bottom Movement, in 2012, and the group has since been graciously recognized with multiple Dora Mavor Moore Awards and the Canadian Stage Award for Direction. Alongside her collaborators, she has created new work in residence at The Banff Centre, Canadian Stage, Toronto Dance Theatre and The Stratford Festival Lab.
  • Shawn Henry
    Creative team
  • Sebastian Marziali
    Creative team
  • Noah Fever
    Creative team
  • Dennis Patterson
    Creative team
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    Dance, coming of age, music video
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes 7 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 27, 2021
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Tapestry Opera Launch Event
    Toronto
    Canada
    March 27, 2021
    World premiere
  • Toronto Experimental Dance, Music & Film Festival 2021
    Toronto
    Canada
    October 5, 2021
    Toronto Premiere (Online)
    Winner Best Film
Director Biography - Michael Hidetoshi Mori

An award-winning Canadian/American stage director, and the General Director of Tapestry Opera, Michael Hidetoshi Mori is frequently sought as a director, dramaturge, producer and speaker. Michael’s leadership at Tapestry Opera has led to the Globe and Mail naming Tapestry as the “Leader of the Canadian opera pack” (2019).

Michael is a versatile stage director, working both in site-specific settings and conventional theatres. Recent directing credits include TAP:EX Augmented Opera with Tapestry Opera, Maada’ookii Songlines for The Luminato Festival, co-directing Shanawdithit for Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon; Pomegranate at Buddies in Bad Times; Puccini’s Rigoletto for Sacramento Opera; a new production of David T. Little and Royce Vavrek’s Vinkensport for Opera Saratoga; and Puccini’s Il Trittico for West Bay Opera in Palo Alto.

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