Episode 52 Interview with Amanda Sum (Performer and Creator)

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About Amanda:

Amanda Sum (she/her) is a performer and creator who dances between theatre and music. Amanda has collaborated on many interdisciplinary theatre based works which have brought her to perform and present works at the Smush Gallery (Jersey City) at On The Boards (Seattle) Fury Factory Festival of Ensemble and Devised Theatre (San Francisco) and Summerworks (Toronto). As an actor Amanda’s recent credits include 4 seasons of the East Van Panto (Theatre Replacement) and Sense and Sensibility (The Arts Club). Amanda's debut indie-pop album New Age Attitudes was released in the fall of 2022. Her music video Different Than Before (directed by Mayumi Yoshida) was JUNO-Nominated for Music Video of the Year and won the SXSW Music Video Jury Award (2023). As Theatre Replacement’s COLLIDER Artist Amanda created New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert. Part pop-up book part performance this experimental theatre piece premiered in the spring of 2023 and is touring this year. She is releasing a new EP in the summer of 2024. Amanda holds a BFA from SFU. 

 

About Tara:

 

Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, is an award winning creator, performer, choreographer, director, writer, and artistic director of Tara Cheyenne Performance, working across disciplines in film, dance, theatre, and experimental performance. She is renowned as a trailblazer in interdisciplinary performance and as a mighty performer "who defies categorization on any level". Along with her own creations Tara has collaborated with many theatre companies and artists including; Zee Zee Theatre, Bard on the Beach, ItsaZoo Theatre, The Arts Club, Boca De Lupo, Ruby Slippers, The Firehall Arts Centre, Vertigo Theatre (Calgary). 

With a string of celebrated solo shows to her credit (including bANGER, Goggles, Porno Death Cult, I can’t remember the word for I can’t remember, Body Parts, Pants), multidisciplinary collaborations, commissions and boundary bending ensemble creations Tara's work is celebrated both nationally and internationally.  Tara is known for her unique and dynamic hybrid of dance, comedy and theatre. She is sought after for creating innovative movement for theatre and has performed her full length solos and ensemble works around the world (highlights: DanceBase/Edinburgh, South Bank Centre/London, On the Boards/Seattle USA, High Performance Rodeo/Calgary etc.). Recent works include a collaboration with Italian dance/performance artist Silvia Gribaudi, empty.swimming.pool, (Castiglioncello, Bassano, Victoria and Vancouver), ensemble creation, how to be,  which premiered at The Cultch, and her solo I can’t remember the word for I can’t remember, toured widely, and her newest solo Body Parts has been made into a stunning film which is currently touring virtually. Tara lives on the unceded Coast Salish territories with her partner composer Marc Stewart and their child.