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Chad

it never hurts to give (everyday, always)

About Me

Born and raised in Waterloo, Ontario. Studied at Studio 58 theatre school in Vancouver, B.C. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I have been creating (writing, Performing, co-producing) original experimental performance pieces with various companies (The OOmph!! group, DNA theatre, Bluemouth INc., Small Wooden Shoe, and Public recordings) since 1997. I have been directing theatre shows since I was 17 yrs. old (K-W Little theatre) at various venues in Toronto, Montreal and New York City. I also work in visual art (had a t-shirt show at a gallery earlier this year), dance (with Public Recordings), d.j.ing (mostly small events), music (small wooden shoe.org), and design (lighting, sound).

My Interests

experimental theatre, contemporary art, performance art, art books, music, contemporary fiction, sports (all kinds), dance, radio, philosophy, documentaries, travelling, political discussion, music (+sound), history, fashion, the environment, cycling, people watching, dreamsplease - The Cameron House - 2006 - in association with VideoCabaret theatre - Workshop presentation/Dance/Songs/ - Public Recordings - 2006 - The Theatre Centre

I'd like to meet:

International presenters of performance, theatre, creation based festivals.People interested in talking about film, music, theatre, performance art (always a big one), books and contemporary art. People from any and all parts of the world (or North America) interested in touring (their work, band, etc.) and discussing idea's, concepts, processes.

Music:

Polmo Polpo, Hanged Up, Think About Life, Islands, Broken Social Scene, Animal Collective, Final Fantasy, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Prefuse 73, Victor Vaugan, Sea and Cake, Mogwai, Stereolab, Fisherspooner, Arcade Fire, Co Co Rosie, Antony + the Johnsons, Erland Oye, Xiu Xiu, M.I.A, LCD Soundsystem, The Juan McLean, Black Dice, GSYBE!,the Books, Sunset Rubdown, Block Party, Belle and Sebastian, The Flaming Lips, Boards of Canada, Yo la Tango, Broadcast, Radiohead, The Pixies, New Order, Morrissey, Fourtet, Crystal Castles, Girl Talk, Rock Plaza CentralNUIT BLANCHE 2007 - Toronto - September 29th - Zone C - Trinity Bellwoods Park - GazeboNUIT BLANCHE 2007 - Toronto - Trinity Bellwoods Park - Chad Dembski, Dave Clarke, and the Woodchoppers Assoc.

Movies:

DOCUMENTARIES (Devil's Playground, HELL HOUSE, Scared Sacred, RiZe, Lessons of Darkness, Lost in La Mancha, Manufactured Landscapes, Capturing the Friedman's, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Jesus Camp) David Lynch (Mullhuland Dr., Blue Velvet, Lost Highway), Hal Hartley (Trust, Unbelievable Truth,Amatuer), Donnie Darko, Old Boy, Gummo, Kids, Julien Donkey Boy, Last Days, Elephant, Blow Up, Peter Greenaway (A Zed + 2 Noughts, The Cook, the Theif, His Wife and her Lover), Tarnation, Devil's Playground, Songs from the Second Floor, Dogville, The Idiots, Le Confessional, Leolo, C.R.A.Z.Y, Thumbsucker, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, The Cremaster Cycle (Mathew Barney), The Beaver Trilogy, Cache

Television:

Hereos, Weeds, Twin Peaks, Extra's, The Office (U.K. version) , World Cup Soccer, Family Guy, My Name is Alan Partridge (BBC), WKRP in Cincinnati, Mork and Mindy, Three's Company, The Kingdom (Lars Von Trier), Degrassi Jr. High, Lost.

Books:

"Eat the Document" by Dana Spiota, "The Laws of Simplicity" by John Maeda SENSATION (Catalogue 1999), Beautiful Losers (d.a.p.), ECSTASY (MOCA/M.I.T), "One Place After Another" Miwon Kwan (M.I.T press), "decoys and disruptions" by Martha Rosler (M.I.T press) House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski), "Cloud Atlas" by David Mtichell, "Ground Zero" by Paul Virilio, "Oh the Glory of it all" by Sean Wisley, "Relational Aesthetics" by Nicolas Bourriand, "Certain Fragments" by Tim Etchells, "Sex, Drugs and Coco Puffs" by Chuck Klosterman, "I am not Jackson Pollack" by John Haskell, "Headless" by Benjamin Weismann, "Ticknor" by Sheila Heti, "Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing" Helene Cixous, "The Pyrotechnic insanitarium" /Mark Dery, "Certain Fragments" Tim Etchells, "The Art of Travel" Alain De Bottom, "Your Secrets Sleep with Me" Darren O'Donnell, "Homeland" Sam Lipsyte.

Heroes:

Tomson Highway, Elizabeth LeCompte, Tom Joyce, Jonathan Meese, Dorthy Day, Mike "Pinball" Clemons, Richard Foreman, Reza Abdoh, Antonin Artaud, Robert LePage, Stephen O'Connell, David Lynch.

My Blog

save me

recently finished a show that I wrote/created (some borrowed/stolen material) called "save us" but had a second title named "Hamletown". It was a creation based project that sourced Shakespeare&rsquo...
Posted by Chad on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:44:00 PST

Top 10 of 2007

Top 10 of 2007 1.  Amsterdam/Paris Cycling in a city where there are as many (if not more) bikes then cars/a great dance festival in Utrect (Springdance)/relaxed atmostphere/and then of course P...
Posted by Chad on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:46:00 PST

Save us!!

Have recently been writing a new performance piece entitled "Save Us!! [Hamletown] v.1 (the first time we met).  It had a first read at a local bar The Cameron House on Saturday night.  I on...
Posted by Chad on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:16:00 PST

Rejection

Recently received two massive rejections for a possible residency at a local theatre company here in Toronto.  The rejections came in the form of letters and even the process of opening the envel...
Posted by Chad on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:16:00 PST

Paris and Amsterdam

Paris A city that neither wakes up too early or feels a need to stay up all night.  Interesting that it is called "The city of Light" when it seems to try and save energy whenever it can except f...
Posted by Chad on Sun, 13 May 2007 12:53:00 PST

Cycling in Toronto

I have cycling the entire winter here in Toronto, which was pretty global warmy until mid-January when the cold cam in and slapped us around awhile.  Still the freezing weather, slushy roads, and...
Posted by Chad on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:00:00 PST

Best of Film (and t.v.?) 2006

o.k. first off missed both Final Fantasy "He poos Clouds" (Blocks recordings) and Sandro Perri (Constellation) in the music list, big mistake both were incredible works that deserved the awards or rev...
Posted by Chad on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:55:00 PST

LIST 1 [TOP 10 MUSIC of 2006]

So for a long time I've made little lists of my top 10 of the year. Well going to expand out and offer my 10 tens of the year.  Starting with music, then film, and then a variety of books/pe...
Posted by Chad on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:44:00 PST

/dance/songs/ (forever!)

Just finished my 2nd dance show /dance/songs/ at The Great Hall with Public Recordings (Ame Henderson) that had a total of nine shows.  It was a major show for me that has proven it really is nev...
Posted by Chad on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:41:00 PST

3:00 a.m.

Woke up last night at 3:00 a.m. and couldn't get back to sleep.  Seems like an esspecially hard time of night to be worrying about life's problem's.  Strange to wake up (after falling asleep...
Posted by Chad on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:42:00 PST