I Can’t Remember the Word for I Can’t Remember

Artistic Director Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg's continues her ongoing exploration of characters and the effects of culture and the dance world on women. This solo show is a wrought blend of gesture and spoken word that reveals and provokes assumptions about memory and identity. Through comedy, awareness and struggle, Tara examines her own experience as a woman, a homo sapiens and a mother.

Created and performed by Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg

Director: John Murphy

Movement Direction: Justine A. Chambers

Original Music: Marc Stewart (‘21’ by Dean)

Lighting Design: James Proudfoot

Lighting Associate and TD: Taylor Janzen

Costume Design: Alice Mansell

Apprentice: Jamie Robinson

Intern: Chelsea Goddard

Performances/Touring:

  • Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (Burnaby, BC): Oct 17-20, 2018

  • B.C. Tour 2018: Oct 26 (Nelson), Oct 28 (Vernon), Nov 12 (Terrace), Nov 16 (Smithers), Nov 23 (Kitimat)

  • Art Spring (Salt Spring Island, BC): April 2018

  • Full show and premiere - Firehall Arts Centre - Vancouver, BC, Feb 2018

  • Work-in-progress showing - Victoria, BC, Dance Days, January 2017

  • Excerpt for Dance Victoria's Donor Event - Victoria, BC, October 2016

  • Work-in-progress/excerpt showing - Dancing on the Edge, Vancouver, BC, July 2016

“I went to see your performance in Smithers last week and loved it - about every minute, quite literally, there was a profound, hilarious, heartbreaking insight - and such kindness in the midst of the barbs. Thank you for a wonderful performance. I’d love my kids to see it”
— Sheila, audience member