This week has flown by! It feels like just yesterday we were celebrating Culture Days here at b current in studio 251. We must be in production because the studio is alive with rehearsals and meetings with different crew members, not to mention all the props and set furniture sprucing up the place! If you missed out on the good times last weekend, here is a re-cap on the happenings:
Friday evening included an open rehearsal to the public, and we had a few friendly neighbours drop in to catch the rAiz’n Ensemble in action as they rehearsed their show Radiance. Among those stopping by were CBC TV, who interviewed director ahdri zhina mandiela as well as cast member Maxine Marcellin.
The next morning, the barns were packed with visitors. We had quite a turn-out ourselves later on Saturday afternoon. This season’s set of rCurrentz folks (the second tier of b current’s rAiz’n the sun training program) had their orientation with our studio artists, Nicole Brooks, Le’vi Lingwabo and Rehaset Yohanes. We had a great sharing session, with everyone contributing their thoughts on the arts and its affect in our lives. Really sounds like we’re going to have a talented group of rCurrentz this year!
After the orientation for rCurrentz, we had a public raw food demonstration by our resident raw foodist - ahdri zhina mandiela, our Artistic Director herself!
If you didn’t know before, you can say you heard it first here on the b current blog: raw food treats are delicious! ahdri put out a delectable spread of raw stir-fry, raw-kies (raw cookies), and even got everyone to make their own raw-pizza.
As more guests poured in, we set up for our viewing of the newly completed documentary “road to Testify” a film capturing the journey of our summerArts participants this past summer by Powys Dewhurst. We munched on our raw-food snacks as we gathered to watch the screening and even got a chance to share our thoughts and feelings on the piece when it was over.
It was the perfect way to end a busy day of open studio activities at b current, and we’re looking forward already to next year’s Culture Days!
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