Be The Bird

Echoed sentiments of scream-dancing your face off with your best friends at a rock concert.

Be the Bird brings together a team of professional and amateur dancers, singing and dancing to an all-new absurdist musical score while they urgently chase levity as a temporary solvent for panicked hearts.

Be the bird

Premiere: August 2025, The Betty Oliphant Theatre. Presented by dance: made in Canada/fait au Canada.

Duration: 20 minutes

Number of Performers: 14

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The ensemble of Be the Bird

Be the Bird (2025) Photo by Fran Chudnoff

L-R: Riley Berger, Brayden Jamil Cairns, Natasha Poon Woo, Drew Berry, Steph Harkness and Chloe Cha

Be the Bird (2025) Photo by Fran Chudnoff

Sam Grist, Natasha Poon Woo, Spencer Hack and Steph Harkness

Be the Bird (2025) Photo by Fran Chudnoff

The ensemble of Be the Bird

Be the Bird (2025) Photo by Fran Chudnoff

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Credits

Be The Bird

Choreographer: Alyssa Martin

Performers: Riley Berger, Drew Berry, Ethan Bracken, Brayden Cairns, Chloe Cha, Reese de Guzman, Dante Green, Sam Grist, Spencer Hack, Steph Harkness, Pony Nicole Herauf, Kate Kolo, Atira, Natasha Poon Woo

Composer: Dante Green

Lighting Designer: Noah Feaver

Creative Associate: Karessann Juteau Mercier

Lyricists: Dante Green, Pony Nicole Herauf and the Collaborators

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Be the bird