Twisted Metal and Mermaid's Tears (2000)
This project, involving hundreds of participants, was a central componant of South Riverdale Lives and Legends - a two-year community arts project. The play wove together a Chinese Folk-tale, oral histories and local imagery, using music, dance, storytelling, masks, puppets and text in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. It was performed in the Jimmie Simpson Park: the former site of the Dundas Tire Factory.
Winner of a City of Toronto "Our Millennium" Award in the Art and Culture division.
Writer/Designer: Ruth Howard Composer/Musical Director: Martin van de Ven
Directors: Loree Lawrence and Varrick Grimes Choreographers: Lisa Sandlos and Dahlia Obadia
Co-Designers: Chris Brydon and Chris Clifford
Funders: Laidlaw Foundation, Canada 2000, Ontario Trillium Foundation, Toronto Millennium, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Riverdale Hospital
