Fresh off their electrifying performance at WOMADelaide in Australia, Corpus is delighted to announce that our goddesses are hitting the road again! These four celestial beings with voices that blend in perfect harmony offer a unique processional outdoor performance of musicality and movement. Discover where the goddesses will bestow their blessings next

Developed in confinement, this outdoor processional performance is a playful response to the challenges of 2020 and beyond. Five goddesses descend from the heavens and tour the streets of Toronto, having received word that the world is in dire need of their help. Through a suite of new songs by Dora-winning composer Anika Johnson, they offer blessings, prayers, guidance and the occasional rebuke. Choreographer Bonnie Kim creates a movement language that evokes divine wisdom and timeless ritual, while CORPUS’ co-founder and artistic director David Danzon injects the performance with the company’s trademark humour and whimsy alongside long-time company member Matt O’Connor.

Featuring a diverse cast of powerhouse female performers, Divine Interventions is a sincere offering for these chaotic times. Audiences may encounter the piece unexpectedly as the goddesses pass by on their giant bicycle or witness a transformative ritual when the women disembark to sing and bless an urban street corner or a public park. Regardless, it is the intention of the work to offer a sense of magic, beauty, and the reignited hope that perhaps we are indeed being cared for by something divine.

Honours: 3 nominations at the 2022 Dora Awards: Outstanding New Musical, Outstanding Musical Direction, Outstanding Original Choreography.

☞ May 18, 2024

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm / Doors: 1:00 pm

La Maison Verte

7, chemin Girard, Hearst, ON, Canada

☞ May 25, 2024

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Northgate Shopping Centre

1500 rue Fisher, North Bay, ON, Canada P1B 2H3

☞ June 25-27

The Kick and Push Festival

Downtown Kingston

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Divine Interventions

Created by: David Danzon, Anika Johnson, Matthew O’Connor

Choreographer: Bonnie Kim and Matthew O’Connor

Musical Composition: Anika Johnson

Costume Design: Carolin Lindner

Performers: Barbara Fulton, TrudyLee Gayle, Barbara Johnston, Tracy Michailidis and Michelle Yu

Premiered in May 2022 in Toronto.

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Photo: Tracy Michailidis, TrudyLee Gayle and Barbara Fulton. © 2022 Jae Yang.