Featured Artists
Screaming Goats Collective ·
The Screaming Goats Collective is a non-profit society that creates and presents circus shows that tell stories to provoke social change in Moh'kins'tsis (Calgary, Alberta). Our productions and workshops dismantle disciplinary borders by incorporating the virtuosity of circus and the storytelling power of theatre, evoking a performative experience that is both spell-casting and strange.
Léda Davies ·
Originally from Calgary, AB, Léda has been an active member of Canada's professional theatre, dance, and circus scene for over a decade. Léda has performed across Canada and worldwide with some of Canada’s leading theatrical companies, including touring to Japan with Green Fools Theater, and across Canada and the US with The Old Trout Puppet Workshop and Quest Theatre. Leda spent 6 years in Montreal, QC training in circus with renowned coaches from Cirque du Soleil and the National Circus School. Her aerial skills have been featured in music videos, stage productions and outdoor festivals in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton. Léda is also the co-founder of the Screaming Goats Collective, a company dedicated to using circus to tell stories for social change.
In 2020, Léda completed her MFA in Theatre Practice at the University of Alberta, with a focus on aerial circus movement in theatre. Since then has taught at the University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts and the University of Alberta.
Whether on stage at the National Arts Centre, in a freight elevator for a site-specific performance, or hanging off of a 5-story building, Léda tenaciously blends physicality and storytelling in everything she does. For more information visit: www.ledadavies.com or follow her blog https://circusmonsterleda.wordpress.com/
Fish at the Bottom of the Sea
Fish at the Bottom of the Sea is a solo circus-theatre performance incorporating aerial bungee, poetry, and live composition, taking audiences on a deep dive into the intimacy of grief. A poetic work that will resonate with anyone who has ever loved.
- 36 min with 30-50 min talk back
- Number on stage: 1 person
- Number on the road: 3-4 people
Persephone Bound
Created by Léda Davies and Jed Tomlinson with additional text by Michaela Jeffery
Persephone Bound, a contemporary adaptation of the Greek Myth of Persephone, is a play that uses poetry, percussion and aerial circus work to tell the story of a young woman’s courage and pain as she navigates the complexities of speaking out about surviving sexual assault.
- 50 minutes with 30-50 min talkback
- Number on stage: 3
- Number on the road: 4 - 5