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The Gardener and the Horse

Canadian dancer/choreographer/interdisciplinary artists Michael Caldwell and Gerry Trentham (Lbs/Sq” Performance) continue the development of their ongoing duet performance The Gardener and The Horse in residence at Espacio Armando in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the month of February 2024. Espacio Armando is led by artist Franz David Toro who produces theater, dance, music and film as part of the company’s multi-disciplinary season.

 

This partnership fosters exciting opportunities for international collaboration and creative cultivation which both parties expect to benefit from with future iterations of The Gardener and The Horse and other respective projects. This residency will include two weeks of pure exploration, experimentation and development along with a scheduled live-streamed event for remote and international viewers. Michael and Gerry will look to turn the camera on for spontaneous YouTube live streams of development sessions, integrating a voyeuristic element into the creation of their wild, rough-around-the-edges piece. Audiences in-person and remote are welcome to join these lively, interactive presentations where the performers have just as many questions as the viewers, resulting in an experience that varies between poignant, ridiculous, intimate, and comical.

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You are invited into a hybrid interactive happening, as performance artists Michael Caldwell and Gerry Trentham grow older with you, in an intimate queer sanctuary of dance, performance, art and life. Questioning all and diving into curiosity, Michael and Gerry explore this unique moment in time while transitioning through various stages of life; there is no telling what might happen or not happen, as all realities become…potential.

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DATES

Thursday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 24:

The event is free to the public who become a reality of audience.

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Saturday, Feb. 24:

7 pm EST (9 pm in Buenos Aires) 

Youtube live-streamed experiment

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See Michael and Gerry's Joint Bio

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About Espacio Armando: ESPACIO ARMANDO – Collaborate & Create

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We move on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, Wendat (Huron-Wendat), Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Métis Nation.

We honor the ancestral homelands of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, which includes the Mohawk (Kanien’kehá:ka), Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora Nations. We also acknowledge the Shinnecock, Munsee Lenape, and other Indigenous peoples who foster deep connections to the land and water.

We acknowledge the ancestral lands of the Querandíes, Puelches, Guaraní, and other Indigenous groups of the Pampas.

The lands and watersheds we share today—including the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, Hudson River, Finger Lakes, Paraná River, and Río de la Plata—are imbued with deep spiritual, cultural, and environmental significance to these nations. 

We acknowledge the ongoing consequences of colonization that disproportionately harm Indigenous, queer, trans and Two-Spirit people. We express our respect and gratitude to the Indigenous peoples in our company and communities who continue to protect these lands, waters, and ecosystems, and who bear the burden of history today. We are grateful to live, work, and learn on this land.

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