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<DIV><FONT size=3>It's not Ontario, and it's in the past, but several years ago Caravan Farm Theatre in rural BC did a show called The Blue Horse, which featured not only a (coloured) blue horse but also a lead actor who imitated (quite well!) the horse. Check the company's website for pictures.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>------------------------------------------------<BR><FONT color=#800000><EM><FONT size=4>J</FONT>ames <FONT size=4>H</FONT>offman</EM>, Professor, Theatre<BR>Small Cities CURA Research<BR>Thompson Rivers University<BR>P.O. Box 3010, Kamloops<BR>British Columbia, Canada, V2C 5N3<BR>Voice: 250-828-5315 Fax: 250-371-5950</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000><A href="http://www.tru.ca/faculty/jhoffman/home.htm">www.tru.ca/faculty/jhoffman/home.htm</A></FONT></DIV><BR><BR>>>> Tanya Schneider <tanyalschneider@YAHOO.CA> 30/09/2009 9:10 am >>><BR>I would investigate 4th Line Theatre in Cavan. I know that horses have also been used in the past in Dream in High Park. Magicians/circus would be potential avenues... <BR><BR>Tee<BR>Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network.<BR>Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: David Ferry <appledor@SYMPATICO.CA><BR><BR>Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:07:22 <BR>To: <CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA><BR>Subject: Re: interspecies performance<BR><BR><BR>There is the royal winter agricultural Fair in toronto late october--not theatre per se, but performance--horse jumping, clydesdale teams, dog shows etc in a context of audience/community observance of ritualistic performance.<BR><BR>Daf<BR>Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Lynette Hunter <lhunter@UCDAVIS.EDU><BR><BR>Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:47:28 <BR>To: <CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA><BR>Subject: Re: interspecies performance<BR><BR><BR>How about a dog show. There are always several of them going on in the area.<BR>Lynette Hunter<BR><BR><BR><BR>> And there's the dog and pony show at Toronto City Hall coming in the next<BR>> many months as Miller plays out his string..but that won't fit the bill<BR>> either.<BR>> <BR>> Daf<BR>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device<BR>> <BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: "McCaw, Kim" <kim.mccaw@UALBERTA.CA><BR>> <BR>> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:33:21 <BR>> To: <CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA><BR>> Subject: Re: interspecies performance<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I'll admit to having been a couple of shows that were real dogs, but that<BR>> isn't quite what you're looking for, I think...<BR>> <BR>> Kim McCaw<BR>> Professor and Associate Chair<BR>> Department of Drama<BR>> University of Alberta<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: Canadian Theatre Reserach on behalf of Ric Knowles<BR>> Sent: Tue 9/29/2009 11:25 AM<BR>> To: CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA<BR>> Subject: interspecies performance<BR>> <BR>> I have a grduate student who wants to write for an assignment in my course<BR>> about interspecies performance (animal & human). Does anyone know of any<BR>> work that's being done in the next month or so in the Toronto/Southern<BR>> Ontarion area?<BR>> <BR>> Thanks,<BR>> <BR>> Ric<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Professor of Theatre Studies<BR>> University of Guelph<BR>> Guelph, Ontario, Canada<BR>> N1G 2W1<BR>> <BR>> ph: 519-824-4120, x52931 (w)<BR>> FAX: 519-824-0560<BR>> email: rknowles@uoguelph.ca<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR><BR>Dr Lynette Hunter<BR>Professor of the History of Rhetoric and Performance<BR>Director: UC Multicampus Research Group in International<BR> Performance and Culture<BR>Chair of the Graduate Group in Performance Studies<BR>University of California Davis<BR>Department of Theatre and Dance<BR>Room 228 Wright Building<BR>Davis, CA 95616<BR>Tel: 530 752 5658<BR>Fax: 530 752 8818<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>