Shakespeare Unchained Presents: aux.la.more By Kara Nolte Sept 9th-13th

Slow dance with someone, at the Vancouver Fringe

Shakespeare Unchained presents: aux.la.more- a solo performance by dance artist Kara Nolte which investigates the idea of intimacy and how we show ourselves to others. Using elements of poetry, original text, movement, repetition and transformation as tools, the work leans into nostalgia while sharing joyful moments of personal triumph and struggle. Be prepared for part universal lament and part sensual consolation.

“As the performance concludes, the room sighs with happiness. The work is truly touching to those who see it first-hand. Kara has successfully displayed a piece of herself.”
– Jamee Valin // Artistic Director Valence Movement, Toronto ON 2015

aux.la.more has been in development for the past two years. It has toured in BC (most recently in Terrace), Calgary, and Edmonton. It now returns home to Vancouver for the Fringe Festival. In its brief half hour, we are taken into Nolte’s hilarious, whimsical, poignant take on topics such as identity (examining her relationship to her Filipino heritage), addiction, and karaoke. “The subject matters of addiction, dislocation and attraction between people have emerged most recently, as I have delved more into the text,” says Nolte. “It is vulnerable. There isn’t any hiding from the audience, which is kind of the point… I have to be succinct and clear, and there are a couple of moments where I think ‘I can’t believe I am actually going to do that,’ But that is why I love it.” The piece ends with a surprise that involves an element of risk- and some tenderness.

Kara Nolte and Julia Siedlanowska co-run Shakespeare Unchained, a company which blends dance and theatre based on classical literature. Nolte has a background in dance, having worked with choreographers such as Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg and Judith Marcuse, while Siedlanowska brings her background and experience in theatre to form this collaboration.

Artistic Team: Directed by Julia Siedlanowska. Created and Performed by Kara Nolte

aux.la.more takes us on a journey from Walt Whitman to the Backstreet Boys in a search for connection. Dislocation, unrest, addiction and loss can be overcome by simply being together. Playing Sept 9^th 6:45pm, 10^th 2:45pm AND 3:45pm*, 11^th 4:30pm, 13^th 9:30pm at The False Creek Gym, 1440 W 12^thAve. Tickets $14 visit vancouverfringe.com (*3:45 show ½ price)