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Raymont, whose film The \\\)/ THE RESIDUE OF HATRED Watching won the Best Short LT General Roméo Dallaire Documentary Film award at }y at Bisesero Genocide 1989 Genie Awards, reckons (), Memorial, Rwanda, this year’s Sundance festival jo) sents a new level of success. LONE CANADIAN For one, he is attending th 2 edition as a director; the first \)\p) that brought him to Sundanc (Starting Fire with Gunpowder iy \¢ was one that he had co-prod cas It also helps that Shake Hays y the Devil is the only feature-loyg9 Canadian production (documey or fiction) being shown at Park ( It's “very prestigious to be kind q the Canadian representative Raymont says. And although the potentia! jo; critical success is alluring, Rayny does not deny that, fora film thy) When Roméo Dallaire was finally ready to visit the aie well over budget and still withoy] distribution deal south of the bop that haunted him, Peter Raymont was waiting the most influential movie {sti America is very much abou! (hy bling. After all, it was at last year SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL: THE ties. The horrors that he saw nearly “He was ready to go then,” putting together the film is “material Sundance that Super Size Me and JOURNEY OF ROMEO DALLAIRE drove him mad. Raymont adds. “He had done his that has never been shown on televi- _ Napoleon Dynamite ($27 million « Directed by Peter Raymont testifying at Arusha [Tanzania] at sion and shouldn’t ever be shown to —_$ 44 million (US) at the box offic Mon, Jan 31, 9 pm the war crimes tribunal, he’d pulled anybody.” respectively) were sold. CBC TV WAITING FOR THE GENERAL himself together better psychologi- “1 think that one has to use discre- “This is the event to find that Wed, Feb 2, 8 pm Shot less than nine months ago, cally, he’d written the book, he tion and sensitivity in deciding what tributor,” he explains flatly CBC Newsword Shake Hands with the Devil docu- wanted to take his wife, and he was to put on television,” Raymont prof- At the end of the day, he insisi ments Dallaire’s return to Africa for invited by the Government of fers. “There’s some pretty horren- Sundance 2005 will be a valuable WHO REMEMBERS RWANDA? the 10th anniversary of the genocide. Rwanda for the 10th anniversary dous stuff in our film as it is: people ience for several reasons Which of us knows where or what This story, Raymont says, is one that events. So it all worked; the timing being chopped up with machetes. I “It’s big, because you get the Rwanda is? Which of us could he has wanted to tell for a number of was good.” think we went far enough.” American distributors, you ge’ describe, with even a modicum of years. It took until April, 2004, how- Although originally commis- The decision to create the 91- American broadcasters; you detail, the bloody events that ever, for the requisite pieces—and sioned (and budgeted) as a 45- minute version, Raymont explains, occurred in that forlorn corner of Dallaire’s mental health—to fall into minute television documentary, sub-Saharan nearly eleven years ago place. Raymont, who has been writing, or could bear witness to the slaugh- “When | first came back from producing and directing documen- ter? Rwanda, when I made a film over taries for nearly 35 years, found The Canadian who could best there five years ago [Rwanda: In three-quarters of an hour was sim- answer “me” to the above questions Search of Hope], |w as determined to ply inadequate for the story that he is Lt. General (ret.) Roméo Dallaire. try to make a film with Roméo felt needed to be told. With the UN's African peacekeep- Dallaire, and spent a lot of time trying operations all but crippled in the ing to track him down,” Raymont wake of the Somalia debacle, explains from his office in Toronto. THE LONG AND THE SHORT Dallaire, the commander of the “At the time he was going So in the great tradition of starv- United Nations’ peacekeeping mis- through serious psychological prob- ing artists, he pushed ahead on cred- sion in Rwanda was forbidden from lems; therapy for post traumatic it and hoped for the best. raiding the weapons stores that the stress [syndrome]. He was trying to “People still haven’t been proper- Hutu militias subsequently used to write his book; he wasn’t ready to ly paid; I feel kind of guilty telling facilitate their murderous campaign. talk to a filmmaker.” you that,” he confesses. “They will “The world stood by as 800,000 Then in the summer of 2003, be eventually,” he adds. people were killed in 100 days,” says Raymont says, he was given a pre- When the editing process was bPeetheirn dR aSyhmaoken tH,a ntdhse fwiitlhm mtahke eDre vil: spcurbilpit,c aSthiaokne cHoapnyd so fw iDtalhl atihree ’Dse viml.a nIun- wciotmhp lettweo, vRerasyimoonsn to ff tohuen dd ohciummseenlf- Roméo and Elizabeth Dallaire (centre), with director Peter Raymon! The Journey of Roméo Dallaire. short order he secured the documentary: a full length-feature, which is their left. Once the ethnic cleansing of tary rights to the book, through currently screening in the 2005 Tutsi’s and moderate Hutus began Michael Donovan of Halifax's Salter Sundance Film Festival World was heavily influenced by encourag- _ discussions and things like thal apace, Dallaire, hamstrung by the Street Films, and convinced the CBC Cinema Documentary Competition, ing feedback that he received from There's good focus on docume political impotence and depraved to finance the film. Then, Raymont and a shorter—perhaps gentler—cut the organisers of the Toronto at Sundance, I think greater thal indifference to human life displayed explains, events beganto happen | which wible slhow n on CBCa t the International Film Festival (TIFF), TIFF. So it’s a big deal in many" by his superiors in New York, could quick succession as “Dallaire decid- end of January. where the feature first screened in i do little but protect his command ed to go in April [2004], which was Much of the archival footage that , 2004. whilst silently beholding the atroci- the 10th anniversary of the genocide. Raymont had to sift through when “What happened was we showed Strength from The Week “international politics” are two of the theme this year, dedicated tion, and reduce child mort! concepts that don’t often co-exist. to the Millennium Development to name a few. The University of Alberta’s Goals. Created asaroad mapfor _ To that end, the week isi Only ten years remain to score International Center hopes international tions and” ed to illustratet he interconm’ eight goals: you can help International Week will unite the national governments to enforce — two, creating local action on glob- development assistance, the al issues, with over 50 free ses- Millennium Goals were adopted INTERNATIONWAELE K sions open to the students and the by the United Nations in ~ oe Presented byt he University ofA lberta's September of 2000, with 2015 specifiead s the deadlinfeo r spain th fetesd eesal achievement. The international liveo na dollara .d ay,N s. [SS 1)5 I ANITY DESERVES A SOLID PAT ON Unnatural reaction back this week, as the global understanding of the outside world janitarian outpouring of support than the BBC would pect jjsouunsa mrie liveifc etfifmosr tsh aisn shuirstpoarsys.e d all Taking advantage of the weak after the tsunami has Whbeereen the re r tvhie royneamrse, nt the je've also seen the tsunami bring much greater the worst in humanity—the bot- operations killed one third of the pendence fight led by the Free Aceh rebels—an interro: wlesale de ion of coral »ae» -ho f fiesr ew eeteindgs'ngeiurjaroneusng ra ,iem sWndiewgh e h ooieorin rr ngpedm hti ophsavaaeanrpe bsappl .serui idortnA.icx nchiw dIamhen saen ettnti henr i leasttpyn hhr deee i -r gdAT2nrc0ooiae0mmcv4hiou e,crm ,ree eaisnpbnseotouc rcssltip eu,ao sdlp“i Aaunaom lgfndan ditecas iis vtociwtnuula.ry,l vbt piueorInI lnangi lot ta feinp rcr a“anitlOaug,ttchn eittlreosoacnn”bwo a -eflo iru fn l fFMhtaiiaocrovtsvnWote.er h” .m t yleha eInbrniteesdl' ,oesn n doe tnwshaehies ia c oa“fh eb “tamthtnebihrnseer e odirdIdni n sedttadh ol elno erjrnsgoeeiaupwanronsinraz?stla e--r ’ ocpbJjaeoooseuubmtnrr nnmaaoasollfniritesdsdenttet essrh rererd tr edhevsiaapsttudoo ale mrstttoeelYin erdonia, guvis e rhn in thoniddtsgue ta y tshte , hAeuwrsci ottn rfalil ia it terheeneec vftisreI onddnfa iamnlaedlnn ve tensm ac oas¢atla l nefgavorinccrtei t mn virr teotoe rnitp onlelCnuottr asl trreoenf s »-thirds of the tsunami victims killings, torture, ill-treatment and ists not embedded with the military ad, the government of Indonesia is arbitrary detention” that encompass And then there's the economic disin- ARCHERY VS. AIR FORCE »mpting to finish off their brutal the entire province. centive. The official economy of Aceh Ona more inspiring note, indi mpaign against the Acehnese peo- is based on a massive Exxon/Mobil nous Great Andamanese, Jarawa and their movement for self- 1 WON'T TELL IF YOU DON’T natural gas extraction project, which, Onge, Shompen and Sentinelese pe ermination. Amnesty also documents that according to estimates on Pacifica ple, survived the tsunami with very Aceh is what is called a “break- under Indonesian military occupa- Radio's Democracy Now, has netted little loss of life. Much of the world y province.” Officially part of tion, “women and girls have been $40 billion worth of the resource originally feared that entire cultures de 1 e years vJleoon y ndbe efseomieraon ,c i rfnfaiodtgrei hp2ct8ei nnrygede peaaunr bcmsli eilct i.hat esa U rAasyc i sencuhgapnm e-ts hee srsseeuutxbsrujpiaeeblccu ttteveidiod on l toeowfn chrieaen,pn”ve o loaffvnatedmemi nleo yntd thome lreei mdnf btoeohruremt ss i inondaf er -e wsViunhetferofry e etr heliedtn telleafo crroaloflym tAhamci saqe luhmnanuroettnsreeeiry t ioeofch naot shn beoe fmfclyoho,riwel e ddrt ehne GwlAlienovrdibenaa glm w oainmnp ee drdiea amn oodut ctee N libeicybso rlbtaaahtnered ds t iiidstnalh lae In ndwfd aaicvcath ’esast ih na t iisftn’ eso arsimndoe eAct r su frs phrr ise tthai rn pdho tost wo1iwentsTh I CsEo htro hwe administration’s “war on ter- tsunami struck. not only did they seem very much mangrove swamps th tionally #g aasn dj ustthief irceacteinonts ,U Sth ei nIvnadsoinoens ioafn motiTvhaitsi oenx pltaoi nmsa inbottahi n Intdiognhte scioan‘-s amlainve , fbiuretd tuhapto na naan keIdn diSaenn tiAnierl eFsoer ce caobassotrabl edg eoslucoh gy v gone ietraarttyie orni,mn evcdao dmtephdils e tAae c “eswhih toihcn k M“aeanmydb e2a0dw0de3e.” d cAentmtreoirlv ieo cvateonr ctochvoeer rpp orrtohavitise n creem,me odtiaean’ ds r etdhgieis oinn - of helIinc ocpotveerr iwnigt h thae bsotowr y,a ntdh e arBrBoCw swtailsl hsoa ds ecvoerre.a lo Bry m angrove intact, suf- lists” and the “blessing of Sept. the world. Amnesty also documents that under In this light, the tsunami provided jough the Indonesians claimed a big boost to the Indonesian cam- Indonesian military occupation, “women jr military operation was a police paign against Aceh, killing more i aimed at restoring order in Acehnese than they could politically and girls have been subjected to rape...” h, it quickly took on the brutal get away while wreaking chaos upon m of an invasion, complete with F- the province. Not satisfied with this abs oumsbiingn gl omwi-sfsliyoinnsg aAnmde rsitcraanf-ibngu ilt smiuldidtearny sitmrmateedgiiac tegilfyt, tsheet uIpndoonn etshiea n lriettploe rctoendt atchta t witthhe, iasnladn dbeyr s inhfaevree ncvee,r y sfeereeidn g ontlhye tmuinromro il loosfs etsh e ofw alivfee.s Pecroapslhe- fnrttu ihpnneea ga t Itsiiintaosod nmnob e rno ouefftts aatiEclhaat ensiq ct uns ma oiriwltn-i eitAranc-rdecyeeh pn itesa unser -myi pt ldiody - aeisodunpnr eddAvrt eimhapwvatneaotie trnosseidnt,rtes i y nsea cadsxeni Iafd nwcft teimeciwaorunipnlvgttaoe thnmcithseoooon nnldtatadrlo.goi cal nu ihgnamo ssevt fen orrtoet p dhro eetr lhtie-e f Ahtwsuhianonedddrd e e liarewndmxsod—tartihelangndene .sndn iaicovnnueeTd gs h ectsoNpohnefioet cp atdoauchberlteras a orctoww euisitno.itsdn shiesl dan Ietnnt ohd sfesr etoaohhlufeita t -vy e, smmiLtaunihicfgeklhe e tlwapyibir osooveocbnefe,e s sfostoo h.fwrfe fheim sr ia lhtnedohg eerrs etotwh vraeue tccseot,rriasw vla ev tea hrsree pryeo uifvswpl eerodsrro ta o nt ienf do r itora,r yw here iof Dy] eIxntdeonnte soifa ntshe haabvues ebs aninn eAdc ehm ossitn cfeo rt- he AMfamriccoa n Popleoo pwlehso wdeersec rifibrestd vitshietmed abs y uralN.o Wintathu rmala ndgirsoasvtee r siws aemntpisre lyb einantg- eigners (with the notable exception of “No better than wild beasts.” uprooted for housing and tourist Exxon/Mobil workers) and all jour- European slave-traders later raided development across the tropics, we'll nalists from the province. With relief the islands for slaves. Starting in the see more and more unnatural aid, however, came journalists, who 1800s, British troops visited wholesale destruction from natural disasters. reported on Indonesian troops massacres upon the islanders. An Likewise, as oppressive militaries beating Acehnese who came Indian land grab in the 20th century look for advantage in whatever disas- to relief centers looking for forced most of the remaining ter comes their way, we'll also see food. The Indonesians were islanders from their ancestral lands. unnatural death and destruction in also requiring identification Anthropologists report that slavers the wake of supposedly natural death cards from tsunami sur- continued to raid the islands well into and destruction. vivors, many of whose hous- the second half of the 20th century, MICHAEL I. NIMAN OERERRCTA es are washed away. long after the international slave Michael I. 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Energy is individual gain beyond what you Deregulation of thee nergy in expensive nowadays, and that’s not save in terms of consumption. try was supposed to provide going to change for as long as we're Beyond that, there are dozens of reg- Albertans, forever portrayed as » Free-thinking Albertans roll over sucking on the conventional stuff. ulatory hoops to jump through ericks by our leaders, with low; It’s running out, remember? We before you're given the go ahead. prices and more choices. It’s dis), when it comes to utility bills should be working on adjusting to There is no support or encourage- pointing both to see that none that. Turn the thermostat down, put ment given for any other alternative promises have come true, and (, on a sweater, weatherproof your sources of energy, or for the citizens those free-thinking Albertans 1), OKAY, SO, IT’S A WIGGLY WORLD, home and seek out alternative who want to explore them. more under someone's thumb |)), right? Things happen that are out of means of heating and powering it. ever. the ordinary, things that you just But see, that’s where you feel the weren't expecting. Such was the case true sting of contradiction at work in last week, on pages one and three of CRAIG energy deregulation. The provincial the Edmonton Sun, where they gave ELLIOTT government was shockingly quick to prominent attention to a survey con- hop out of conventional energy’s ducted by Edmonton’‘s chief econo- way on the path to fortune, weren’t mist, regarding power and utility miers, or cabinet ministers with a lot they? What regulatory oversight rates across Canada. to answer for or otherwise. there is exists without teeth, and Jong Huang found that, out of 24 without the desire to possess them, Get up, now tell me Canadian cities, Edmonton was sec- HO HUM: WE GOT SCREWED hence the seemingly constant rate ond only to Grande Prairie in the Alas and alack, the report hasn’t hikes, all the additional ‘extras’ that awhmiocuhn tw awse apbaoyu t fo1r 3 opuerr ucteilnitt iehsi, gher snaeteimone,d ift ot hcea pStuurr'es alentytoernse 'psa giem aigsi a-n y get tagged on to mere consumption. Ppeeoopplle'es inc othmifso rcti.t y Ihfa |vh ea vtee rrtiob lwe atbcuhs eotnieq umetotree amnodt hneor ,c osnesniidoerr,a toiro nc rifpoprl eo thhearv ej g than the national average. It's worth indication, and maybe that shouldn't NO CONSERVATION sroqtuteene zaes sihnotloe thsee lafiisslhel y annedg lfeucmtbelde taor oofufnedr uwpi tht hetihre isr eabta g|s s wjuesatr betoc aguosde |s wiolml ej uy noting that Lethbridge was number come as a surprise. Perhaps Sun INDUCTION EFFECT snap. three, Calgary four. Could it really readers feel Ralph Klein’s “account- But, what about energy deregula- What are these people thinking? “Well, that guy across from me looks youngs be just a shocking coincidence that ability moment” has long since gone tion for someone who wants to help than me, he should get up.” Or, “I’m sure I've had a harder day than that elde. the top 4 cities in the survey are in st. themselves and their community out ly paraplegic.” There are no excuses for this. Believe it or not I've actually sex Alberta, where the greater choice After all, we surrendered this bat- a little? What if you wanted to rig a woman with a carriage ask some kids for a seat and the kids said no. Even and lower power rates the provincial tle a long, long time ago, when we yourself up a little solar energy deal with people around them yelling at the kids to move they never budged. The government promised when they allowed ourselves to believe that a that could supply much of your woman was crying when the kids got off the bus. deregulated the system, didn’t exact- onetime financial windfall from the power on the sunniest days and People, some ground rules: On a crowded bus don't put your bags on the ly materialize? Probably not; and the sale of our public utilities was better maybe even send a little green ener- seats, put them on your lap or on the floor. Standing up for half-an-hour reall jSuusnt -ptahiids -tsriidbeu-teo f-tod atmhnaitn gf acst uwbihteha dt-h e tvihdaend ,t hae nodn gtohaitn gi t winocuolmde bteh ebeyt tperro -t o gisy exbpaecnks itvoe ,t heb ugtr iidn? sTohmee eNqouritphm ent tsdrhuiecv ke6sr sD:w ohwgeenntt oowyffno u.y ouhYrao vuec'e rllte o prwheaostnpceohsn .s siobIlm'eme osfneoeer' iosnu gr bmsaoagrf eeet nyja onaydn da m odnrriiecve i nocgfu tswhhiitysh, smceeoalstlt. lpyhBo unsoen s ! ing, “Deregulation blamed.” have control of those crucial services American jurisdictions, the process is dangerous. This is proven, so stop it! Better still, the story itself featured placed out of our reach, in the hands is streamlined—it’s no problem to And finally, we all know those little priority-seating stickers near the front of the quotes from both Liberal energy crit- of private interests. Energy deregula- set yourself up and get your meter bus! They're there for a reason! ic Hugh MacDonald and his New tion and its quite predicted results spinning backwards, giving you Move yourselves| Democrat counterpart, David Eggen. are just more proof of how much we credit for your contribution. Clear your throat: Was the word “boondoggle” used? really blew it. In Alberta, provincial law pro- Rant Acid, SEE Magazine, 10275 — Jasper Ave., You bet it was. Curiously, the article Hey there, buddy, no need to cry hibits the backwards spinning of Edmonton,T5] 1X8 featured not a word from any about it—it’s a northern climate, power meters, which drives up the [email protected] Fax: 432 - 1102 Progressive Conservative MLA, pre- right? It’s gonna costa lot to heat cost of your setup and prohibits any NAIT Info Week Feb. 7 - 12 Making decisions Monday, Feb. 7 Tuesday, Feb. 8 Wednesday, Feb.9 Thursday, Feb. 10 School of Business Electrical and Applied Building Mechanical and about your future? 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The Keynote Address Women will discuss Achieving the »rnational week has always been Part of the Monday sessions dedi- Millennium Development Goals of seat way of showing those rela- Cated to African issues, Youth Making Poverty Reduction and Gender Equality inships, by including professors Poverty History, a talk by youth ambas- and Women's Empowerment am the U of C, the U of A, and sador on the Millennium Development »mbers of the community.” Goals and Prince of Swaziland, Cedza Wed, Feb 2,5—6 pm Gessions range from “Ts Free Dlamini, co-founder of the non profit International Center ade The Solution to Poverty?” pre- organization America Reads/South In Places of Struggle: Rays of Hope ted by the Department of Africa Reads, which works to promote Meet the Photographers of the week itical Science, to “Hitching a Ride k-12 literacy in South Africa. Diamini's long exhibit: Pietre De Vos, with the om Hell” a presentation by the speech will highlight his hope to create Community Action Project, highlights stitution Awareness and Action global networks of youth working col- poverty in Edmonton through a photo- ™ (Cana d- a’s >L soont gest nation that explores the factors lectively to address current world prob- graphic documentary, and Lyuba t keep women and children in lems. Kirkova, an Art and Design student pstitution. from Bulgaria, presents her photo- ther sessions feature speakers Mon, Jan 31 7:30 - 9:30 pm graphic journal “Small Country Big bm Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Engineering and Teaching Learning Hopes” from her last trip to Bulgaria Running Blues Bar peria, the School of Maoni Pacific Complex d Indigenous Studies in New Making Poverty History Thu, Feb 3, 5 - 6:20 aland and the Edmonton Paul Boothe, the Associate Deputy Humanities Center Lecture Theater 3 ennonite Center for Newcomers. Minister of Finance Canada, and David Sudan in Crisis 7 shows a week 2's more to the week than an Morley, the Executive Director of Kuot Alith, from the Sudanese com- ation of the world’s hard eco- Medecins Sans Frontieres, will pick up munity, will provide comprehensive mic realities. A diverse range of on the responsibility of individual background on the crisis in the Sudan inces, bands and performances nations by discussing Canada’s role in and the life of refugees with the presen- = pm around the world includes The the Millennium Development Goals. tation, Sudan in Crisis. Kapa Haka a Te Temu, 12 men d women on their first trip to Tue, Feb 1, 2-3:20 Fri, Feb 4, 7:30-9:30 mada from the University of Education South 165 Myer Horowitz Stage, Students’ Union ago in New Zealand. They're a Are the Millenium Goals Realistic? Building ghlight on Friday’s final concert, International students from Concert: World Warriors hich also features lion dancing BRIDGES: Student Speakers for Global New Zealand's Te Kapa Haka o Te pm the Borneo Cultural Awareness, will discuss the feasibility Tumu are featured along with Lion sociation of Canada. of implementing the goals in countries Dancers from the Borneo Cultural the week provides a great oppor- as diverse as Armenia and Zimbabwe. Association of Alberta, Irish dancers ty to explore the broader impli- from Latitude, the White Buffalo tions of international politics in Tue, Feb 1, 7:30-9:30 pm Dancers and Drumming Society of r daily lives. Engineering and Teaching Learning Edmonton, and African drumming and SAMANTHA POWER Complex dancing from Isokan Afrika! TOM*eDANCING BUG PRESENTS : FRESH OFF ITS ELECTORAL VICTORY, THE BABY-EATING- Jan-/24=29 ALIENS (EA) PARTY EMPLOYED ITS POLITICAL MARKETING GENIUS TO PUSH FORWARD ITS NEXT BOLD INITIATIVE. Wi iy THERE'S A AND WE WILL REFORM THE COMING CURRENT PROGRAM BY INSERTING CRISIS IN A OUR ALIEN EGGS IN EVERY Baby-Eating- AMERICANS’ 7 AMERI UPPER wy z Aliens Party TORSOS. ‘ to Reform Canada’s next Blues sensation 16 yr. old Chest Cavities Megan Lane Ss OME OPPONENTS UNWISELY FOCUSED] | A SUBTLE, BUT IMPORTANT, TURNING POINT & Deep Set Soul ON THE B.E.A.'s PAST POLICIES. WN THE DEBATE CAME WHEN THE BEAS GOT THE OPPOSITION PARTIES TO USE THEIR - Jan.-31- Feb.5 ALL OUR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR Ji NOMENCLATURE. THAT HAS PASSED. J=4 AMERICA'S “FAILED CHAO'SW “CFAAINL EYDO U EGSGAY- LEASMESR I- EGG-LESS CHEST CHEST POLICY" WORKS?! PoLicy" ISN! Mardi Gras Party Week Trevor Finlay Band Feb.7-12 | THE BEA L-OUT MEDIA BLITZ BUT iT WAS THE FOCUS-GROUP- Every Sunday night WHO 1S THE SOME FOLKS WANT TO TESTED VALUE OF CHOICE THAT Ska Party with TO SAY THAT ITS FANCY OEAL WITH THE UPPER GOT THE PROGRAM ENACTED. BLAWS SHOULD PREVENT TORSO CRISIS LATER! 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VOICE ympeostsy,tc thhosielsn osagipytp iaverev eensrt t utdope onhstat vheou fm lhoivuuemds.a n 4 Shakespeare's Will was created “He's a lynchpin in this commu- marital slight is really only one in when Geoff Brumlik, then artistic nity,” said Smith, and even though dent in a series of biographical director of the Free Will Players, she graduated from the U of A’s details irreconcilable with the loft commissioned “a piece, any piece” acting program 15 years ago, “it still image constructed by Bardolatos about Shakespeare from playwright means something when he's in the to represent Shakespeare. Vern Thiessen to celebrate the com- audience. For example, John Shakespear CORALIE CAIRNS BRIAN DOOLEY = NaTTASCHA GiriS — David Ley pany’s 15 anniversary. Thiessen “If 1 give a performance Tom had to arrange for a special paris IN THE CANADIAN PREMIERE OF delivered a one-woman show in the believes, I know I’ve done some- dispensation to enable his |5-yeat SPEAKING summer of 2003, which was work- thing to be proud of.” old son to marry Anne, eight ye shopped and given a public reading And her appearance in his senior, because she was alrea by Smith. The script caught the Shakespeare's Will represents a spe- pregnant. And Shakespeare had attention of Citadel artistic director cial challenge for Smith. already departed Stratford for “TONGUES Bob Baker, who provided a venue “I’ve never done a one-woman London. Though the details are for the trio to further develop the show before,” she says, defying sketchy—these are referred to as play. Now, two years later, it is expectations. “The original work- Shakespeare's “lost years” —it receiving a full production on the shop was a staged reading at Cité appears he rushed home just bei Citadel's Rice stage, with Brumlik as Francophone, but that’s not the Christmas to make Anne an hor director. same thing. I’m thrilled and scared woman, and then promptly left Peacocke taught Smith, Brumlik, to death all at the same time.” London again, seeking to makelt Thiessen, Baker, and an astounding Shakespeare's Will received a mark in the theatre. anlus,m biencrl uodfi nlgo caFl WtPh eaatrrteis tpirc odfiersescitoonr-s tBhrruemel-iwke eikn 2w0o04r,k slheoapdi nugn duepr to the See Will, pagt Bard to the back Shakespeare mentioned—and “who story revolves around my poetic he doesn't mention.” Much of his license. Shakespeare scholars Wid VERN THIESSEN IS NO STRANGER TO USING important research, though, involved come to see this play will probably® history as the springboard for a flight talking to women, especially mothers, tearing their hair out—you can nev of imagination. and trying to capture what their lives win the historical accuracy—eve'y His Einstein's Gift, the Governor- are like today. thing is open to controversy.” General's award-winner for drama in “| spent a lot of time looking at con- Thiessen mentioned his gratitude 2003, concerns the life of Nobel laure- temporary lives and then back at his- the Free Will Players and the Citadé ate Fritz Haber, who sacrificed his own torical lives and trying to find a place Theatre, who have been shown svt! happiness in the service of scientific where those two things met.” loyalty to the play development research later used by the Nazis to Thiessen is also at pains to clarify _ process, He, Brumlik, Jan Smith, @ murder millions. that the play is not about Shakespeare. sound designer Dave Clarke have® His latest world-premier on the “He doesn’t appear all that much; working together for two years '0 Citadel stage is the story of Anne this is about her. |w anted to avoid cre- develop Shakespeare's Will. Hathaway, Shakespeare’s wife, whose ating a play that was about Anne but When told tthhaat tS mithis filled in life offered as enigmatic a puzzle as her really about Shakespeare, one of those equal measure with excitement até husband's to the playwright. ‘woman behind the man’ things. It has trepidation at Prien te “Geoff [Brumlik] commissioned. a nothing to do with how she influenced one-woman show for the Free Will his work.” Players. | came up with a numbero f Not to mention that any historical different pitches and then, | can't reconstruction is rife with difficulties— leta loonnee inw hich Shakespearei s — an infrequent visitor. “There's a list of maybe eight ort en agreed upon facts, and 7 glo ut geef acts| m ade u _____ ONSTAGE ___ Australia, the US (Continental and left the troop in-1996) moved to Beckett, Woods says he and Haynes Hawaii), New Zealand, and Canada Londonderry, Northern Ireland in aren't consciou of the The company is currently on a west 1994 great Anglo-Fr t em Canadian tour that sees them “The deep-seated hatred can be “These compat 1s and labels playing Vancouve Calgary and understood, but this plastic thing on were given to us after the fact, while Edmonton, having visited Canada the surface, this hypocrisy is dis we just make v vork and see it come four years ago to play a contentious agreeable and we try to puncture out as it comes out. Like us, Beckett series of shows in Montreal that in the play was interested in min itia of life, but we have real places a nd situations in IT’S ALL POLITICAL SAM THEY AREN’T our plays and don’t set our work in “We were invited to play a cele The process by which they create a void like he did. With us, you can bration of Ireland festival, and our their work is a co-operative endeayv make links very quickly and very ‘very critical’ and very ‘northern’ sr, says Woods blatant! play didn’t really fit in, and it made We make our work initially vi Woods says the play uses words many folks very angry improvise. We just go inta rooo m, that are direct references to the According to Woods, keeping pol improavnid sreceor d what wecome decommissioning proce: n itics Out of a show about Ireland is a up with. We then write up the script Northern Ireland), even though the tricky feat, given that everythingo n and re-perform what we've come up _ playwrig! ive ‘ t of their the politically partitioned island has with, and then edit it down. It’s a way t | t a political reality really tedious process, with this tively open as the’ ‘Even saying your name, or ask show taking a year anda t 1 Hl ead thi uncturing the plastic surface ate,” he explains, adding that some work wo peop! conflict of the re-performances he w W J i ot lit Speak t are per ed in front o Say Nothing digs into the hypocrisy of Ireland... live audiences. ur stance that ali th any part While the artistic produofc tthei r We're provocateurs and activists in but it could be anywhere company is oftenc or red to the er work of Dublin-born Samuel GILBERT A. BOUCHARD fy NOTHING reflects itself in the process of how ing what somebody else’s name is ten annde sp erformed by David Woods and awse wewlrli tea s arnedf leicmtpirngo vithsee toeunrs iosnh owyosu, bweayc omteos fi«g au rpeo liotuitc aly oauctr, rbeeclaiugsieo noi rt’ s a STARRING: AJePsRs e GeATVHOAN' sTH AaTs D&. NLTIHONED RAFAGIR NAT SSO F as Jerre Harbor Biculusmus Theatre see in Northern Ireland between the politics. And, if your name doesn’t sented by Catalyst Theatre political and apathetic.” immediately place you, they'll ask an 30,8 pm The two actors comprise the the- you where you are from, and figure Theatre (8529 Gateway Bivd.) atre company Ridiculusmus, and are out your political standing from that. kets: $21, $16 Students/Seniors; 420-1757 currently mounting their acclaimed Ultimately, everything is very [polit- y lixonthesquare.ca. UK production as the first show of ically] loaded.” Catalyst Theatre's Blind Dates with A classic example of this perni- viD WOODS AND JONATHAN Theatre Series, playing the southside cious deep-seated tension, is how ynes don’t quite see eye-to-eye theatre until January 30. the bitter political stand-off has s-’-vis the politics of their show Say Nothing is a bitterly funny, seeped into the tourist industry yy Nothing—a fitting scenario for slightly surreal play that features “The English have great fantasies thespians performing a play two men (including one character about Ireland, and the tourist boards at deconstructs the divisive social who works as a professional conflict really cash in on that fantasy, which d political climate of Northern resolution expert) standing on either means that this act gets put on for and side of an open suitcase filled with visitors. But when you move there, “Jon would say he’s not political turf, willing to talk about anything you see the flipside: the ugliness, the all and Say Nothing is a show except what is really happening passive-aggressive violence towards out people, but I'd say the play is around them. So far, the acclaimed the Brits, the corruption,” says the y political and even they very play has been performed in Uk-raised and trained Woods, who y we act is political,” says Woods. Ireland—North and South—all over along with Haynes and Angus Barr It's a classic tension really, and Britain, Germany, Holland, Finland, (the company’s third member, who ill that, most of the time, he wasn’t doing it,” she said. “But it’s also there, he'd already gone.” important to maintain humility and gratitude in this business Continued from page 8 REASONS TO STAY “I’m really proud of my BFA She Smith returned to Edmonton for classmates—people like James the meantime, Anne stayed good in 2001 after six seasons at the MacDonald, Geoff Brumlik, Julien me to raise the children. Shaw Festival between 1993 and Arnold—who built the Free Will Though Shakespeare maintained 2000, among the best gigs available Players, which led me to this Stratford home, eventually for actors in this country. Being part opportunity, and a chance to show quiring sufficient property and of a Shaw season means 33 weeks a different side of Shakespeare's fliisatli nscttaitousn ttoo ewahrinc ha choiast -foafth-earr ms, witoirnker ainnt ac hyeaasri,n ga s afotpepr orsoeldes ttoh atth e Slhiafek—etshpee arsied'es bewilfoen.g” ing to : Buy hal 2 tle ¢ Successfully aspired, it is clear characterizes the life of most actors. Now, having built a theatrical JANUARY im the extant historical record “| mean, | had regular work and career abroad, Smith has brought the lived primarily in London was well paid,” Smith says. “It’s her talents home, playing the 21 ~ 30,20 03 oughout his marriage. Iti s possi- hard to give that up. But I’m also an widow of the greatest playwright to argue that he only returned to actor, so I’m good at being poor—I in history—for whom home was a tiord when the plague forced just don’t like it.” mailing address—all in celebration closure of the theatres or during Still, Smith wanted to stay in of her teacher, a man arguably le other break in the theatrical Edmonton. She knew the theatre more responsible than anyone for BON scene here created work as good as the outstanding theatre community Mifering the caveat that she that to be seen in any city, and her here in Edmonton. n't want “to impl husband still lived here. She'd In such circumstances, Lear l espeare let the kids starve,” already done Popcorn on the Rice might have said, “This ain’t no ith references 19th century femi- stage in 99. Her portrayal of a hun- thankless child.” Anna Garlin Spencer, who said, gry-for-success actress included a MICHAEL EVANS ) book has yet been written in memorable, if aesthetically carefully se of a woman who left her hus- contained striptease, in which d and children while she invent- Smith’s character made, and won, a even the most useful ee or questionable bet that a woman's te books, or herselfi n pantyhose could be removed sexily. Oerv olved p HieS ys When Shaw asked her to return in 2001, Smith hesitated. “I asked Kk mWaist ha.n i inte resting mtarrriagey; Bob to give me a reason to stay, small-town farm, “teeh usbandf e ONSTAGE_22 22 Latitude>~ Nights of flexibility= Contemporary Visual Culture Presents solos on the same stage, explorin bse ati solation and our desire {,;| , nected, with the dancers sid DEAN SMALE Silence Common theme, varied approaches Side,b ut not necessarily in conta “They never actually touch, the, from Montréal Dance’s latest Big Bang close, they almost do...” explain until February 7th Casey. BIG BANG SERIES #3—D ESIR young choreographers to each create a Montréal musician Alexander Montréal Danse short piece for her company’s dancers to McSween’s composition used rex Tue, Feb 1,8 pm present in one eclectic evening. ings of the dancers’ voices to create ij] with PAUL SMITH Containers & Content ATircdkeetns : Th$e2a2t.r5e0 , (5$ 1St8.. 5A0n nSet udPelnatcse,, S$t.4 0A.l5b0e rt) cessTfhuel rine stuhletiirn gb rperadotghr aomfs crweeartei vsiot ys—u c- omnu stihce fcoorm tphuet peire ces.o “thHaet tthree avtoeidc || e in the ProjEX Room {Dienccildueddelsy LJeasz zB alDlaentsc ejwaozrzk sd)e; Mo4n5t9r-e1a5l4 2a ndor gmeonrtel e lcikoem ainn ge xopulto spivaer tayr—rtivhaalt tthhaen tah ird bwoercdosm e bemcusoimce rsaytlhlearbl etsh.a nI t’wso rreda 451-8000 incamation, Big Bang Series #3—Desir, spiffy,” says Casey. 2nd Floor, 10248-106 Street, Edmonton focuses on “the creation of shorter “And now for something comp) T: 780-423-5353 E: [email protected], rDeEpLuItVaEtiRoInN Gf orO tNa kiMnOgN TriRskEsA, La nd DAreNvSeEl-’ S worCkass—eyp erfeieolsd .t”ha t her devotion to short- ltoy ddiefsfcerriebnet, ”t hle asuegchosn dC aspieeyc,e ,m ovDiesnirg:,is a} ing in the process of seeking out rising er pieces ensures that the public can “This woman is crazy!” exclaims Cad Open Tuesday-Friday 10-6 & Saturday 12-5 dance makers who stand apart from the share in her company’s fascination with: of the Belgian choreographer K.arir, crowd, artistic director Kathy Casey set diversity and discovery. “If you're Ponties. “Even if you don’t kno\ off the first Big Bang program back in watching a full evening-length dance thing about dance, her piece is the CA Foundation 3 Canada Council Conseil des Arts 2000. program and you love it, that’s great, est to get into... it’s about people. th for the AAr ts for the Arts du Canada “The idea was to take some of the but if you don’t love it, you're stuck inner human condition of temptaticy cS stress off of these emerging choreogra- with it,” says Casey. “In an evening of and it's funny. Dark funny. But funy edmonton SEE uLtra vioLet Mr phers, stress that I felt would occur if short works, the dancers are the only A quirky and colourful quartet arts they were asked to present work ina permanent component.” On any given Desimabilis shuffles between two ve council program alongside established choreog- night, the program itself isn’t necessari- or “four people waiting for someting raphers,” says Casey. She asked three ly fixed. to happen... and nothing ever dvxs,} EP DESIRABILIS _ Dark funny... funny “When we're touring through very there’s never a dull moment.” different universes, we have the flexibility to construct very different programs. NOT DROWNING BUT DANCING If we're presenting a program ina city The final piece in the Big Bane * witha developing contemporary dance Désir is by Korean chores audience, we can adapt the program; rapher Ae-Soon Ahn. For Casey, \i play with thingsa bit to make ita dana- was previously not familiar with « er evening, a little funnier, a bit more Korean choreographers, it represen accessible.” total discovery. The creation of the he-r o MMe piece was a cultural discussion 0" ONj es te‘ tim oy B) UndeAr DCUaEsTey ’LsI KlEe aTdWerOs hiSp,O LMOoSn tréal mtraiendy tol elvoeloss.e n“ Auep- Stohoe nw aAyh ns here awlol"y Danse is a very dancer-oriented compa- when she worked with us. She ga\@ a cS 320 / Vesey 406) ny; one of her major commitments is to the dancers a whole lot of freedom | VETEi{> 4° “allh Ster, Foosit Ure: athlewiar ygsr ecahteasltl epnogtee nhteira ld ancers to attain pphlraays eats ,t haenird wihlel rwm iotvhe mheenrt m ovvoecma b and ejfet Olina It was with the hope of providing a lary iis killer—very far-flung—a precious opportunity for one dancer in mix,” explains Casey. “She's very“ particular—company veteran Manon pants butat the same time sh Levac—that Casey commissioned stays true to her cultural heritage Quebec choreographer José Navas to There's a real sense of the Other.” create The Hervens, Burning with Hours, Ae-Soon Ahn’s piece ist itled 0" the first work in the Big Bang Series #3 Second and was inspired by her né# program while onv acation. aal “Manon and José enjoyed a really SC wonderful chemistry when he choreo- LIMITED EDITION graphed for thec ompaa fenw yyea rs yeSji c Oger ago,” explains Casey. “SIw oant ed José toc reate a dance for Manon, but I'm nota big fan of solos, soi nstead I asked him to create a duet for Manon with Frédéric Marier, a new dancer in