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| Week 1 March 17-20 at MainLine (3997 St-Laurent) |
NEON NIGHTZ
The Scandelles (Toronto)
A provocative evening revealing the insights of the strip clubs of Montreal in the ‘90s. With Sasha Van Bon Bon, Kitty Neptune, and Countess Christsmasher.
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EDGY BOUM
MCs: Nathalie Claude & Dayna McLeod
8pm Edgy Challenge
Quickies created from a sound effect, a prop, and a quote.
Funny hosts, quiz, and prizes to win!
10pm Edgy Party
Nano-theatre for solo spectator, interactive installations, DJ
Saturday, March 20th from 8pm to 3am > BIOS
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| Week 2 March 24-28 at Tangente (840 Cherrier) |
EVERYTHING I'VE GOT
Jess Dobkin (Toronto)
A raw and intimate exploration of creativity and mortality tainted by the artist's urgency, vulnerability and humour.
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EN ON
Yumiko Yoshioka (Berlin)
Lise Vigneault (Montréal)
Karen Sherman
(Minneapolis)
Three singular artistes drawn from butoh, cabaret, and performance present their solos during this captiving evening.
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PRIMORDIAL VAUDEVILLE
Krin Haglund (Montréal)
Shannon Cochrane (Toronto)
La Zampa (Marseille)
An evening where feminity, desire and anger's known archetypes meet.
March 27th at 7:30pm
March 28th at 4pm> BIOS
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Edgy Women 2010
T. L. Cowan Edgy Women explores the complexity of contemporary feminism, through fun, experimental, and community-building artistic events.
The 17th edition of Edgy Women is now over.
The festival will be back from March 19th to April 2nd 2011.
To see photos and videos, click here.
NEON NIGHTZ
Party d'ouverture
 The Scandelles A provocative and wildly entertaining evening with The Scandelles revealing the insights of the strip clubs of Montreal in the '90s. The Scandelles are dancer and choreographer Kitty Neptune and nationally published sex columnist Sasha Van Bon Bon. They have been seen everywhere from seedy sex clubs to international film festivals and they were award the Dora in 2007 for best production.
March 17, 18, 19 2010
Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm
$20 ($15 with MainLine's Four-play pass)
Duration: 1h45 including intermission
Wednesday: Talk back with the artists after the show
EDGY BOUM
 Nikol Mikus For the Challenge at 8pm, 7 artists present short works created fast and furiously, and spectators are invited to become part of the entertainment! As of 10pm, the evening features a DJ and installations including participatory photography, interative choreography via web cam and a chilling performance featuring ice slippers.
Edgy Challenge: Leslie Baker, Sophie Castonguay, T.L. Cowan,
Jackie Gallant, Suzanne Miller, Helen Simard & Jennifer Casimir, Mariko Tamaki
Installations & Interactive Performances: Soufia Bensaïd,
Caroline Boileau, Geneviève Caron-Ferron, Johnny Forever,
Catherine Lalonde, Nikol Mikus & Alyson Wishnousky,
Jaqueline Van de Geer, Coral Short & Lamathilde
DJ Noisy Nora
March 20th 2010
Doors 7:30pm, Challenge 8pm
Party 10pm to 3am
$15 for all
EVERYTHING I'VE GOT
 Jess Dobkin Jess' newest performance art piece is a raw and intimate exploration of creativity and mortality in which she offers up the entirety of her collection of artistic ideas.
With the urgency, vulnerability and humour that marks her work, she focuses attention on her own performance practice and confronts her own temporality. This is Jess's 4th invitation to show work at Edgy Women.
March 24th at 7:30pm
$17 ($14 students)
Duration: 60 minutes
Co-presented with Out Productions
Talk back with the artist after the show
EN ON
 Yumiko Yoshioka Born in Tokyo, Yumiko Yoshioka is a reknowned butoh artist based in Germany since 1988. Lise Vigneault is a regular on the Montreal cabaret circuit and has created a following of fans with her unusual brand of female empowerment. Karen Sherman is a dance and performance artist who works out of Minneapolis and NYC. Her work has been presented throughout the U.S. and was last seen at Edgy Women in 2007.
March 25th & 26th at 7:30pm
$17 ($14 students)
Duration: 1h15
Friday: Talk back with the artists after the show
Artist talk w/Karen Sherman March 26 3pm
PRIMORDIAL VAUDEVILLE
 La Zampa Multi-disciplinary performer, Krin Maren Haglund, works with many of today’s most exciting circus troupes, including Les 7 Doigts de la main, La Clique and Cirque du Soleil. The work of the Toronto based artist Shannon Cochrane has been presented in galleries, theatre festivals and performance art events for all kinds of audiences across Canada and internationally. With Dream On Track 1, Magali Milian exposes her qualities as an establish dancer and her talent as a choreographer with La Zampa, the company that she is co-directing with Romuald Luydlin.
March 27th & 28th at 7:30pm
$17 ($14 students)
Duration: 1h15
Sat.: Talk back with the artists after the show
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