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High Performance Rodeo Addition #33: Wow. How time flies when you’re having fun! This year’s banquet of performances run an interesting track. Expect some thrills, some humour and all the feels in between.

We’re focusing on the joy of expression in this go ‘round. We have exhilaration and physical humour virtuosity from France in the form of Cow Love, all the way to Canadian superstar Shane Koyczans’s high performance spoken word.

Collaborations with Alberta Theatre Projects, Alberta Ballet, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and DJD, as always, bring elements of our performing arts community together to provide some heat in the depth of January’s deep freeze.  Our aim is to keep Calgary hot in mid-winter and to light up the dark nights with the best undeniable works from Calgary, Canada and beyond.

If this is your 33rd Rodeo, welcome back; and if it’s your first Rodeo, hold on tight, it’s going to be a wild ride! Whether you want to come to one show or buy a flex pass to multiple shows, come and say “Hi” at the Laycraft Lounge before or after the performance.

The Rodeo Team is always happy to raise a glass and share the fun with you.

Blake Brooker C.M.
Artistic Director
 

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ULTIMATE HOST!

Proud to be recognized by Tourism Calgary and join the ranks of Calgary’s top community builders, city contributors and destination influencers as an Ultimate Host City Designate!

What's Next?

We're busy searching the globe for the world's best in art, theatre, dance, music, and much more.

The Line-Up is shaping up to be the wildest and craziest #HPRodeo in history!  Just wait, Calgary. We're going to bring you the festival you've always wanted. 

Stay tuned for sneak peaks into the 33rd Annual High Performance Rodeo – Calgary's International Festival of the Arts.

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SNEAK PEEK INTO THE 33RD #HPRODEO
COMING THIS JANUARY 2019  

photo courtesy Meghan Baxter and Vue Weekly

We are pleased to co-present with Alberta Theatre Projects, Café Daughter, January 15 – 27, 2019. 

Based on the true story of Senator Lillian Eva Quan Dyck, Café Daughter is the powerful, funny and touching tale of one woman’s journey to reclaim her heritage.

In 1950’s small-town Saskatchewan, nine-year-old half-Chinese, half-Cree Yvette Wong struggles to find her in place in a small-minded community until an unexpected ally helps set her on a path that’s destined for greatness.

 Coming this January 2019 to the 33rd Annual High Performance Rodeo, Sansei: The Storyteller. Co-Presented with Lunchbox Theatre, Calgary’s Mark Ikeda explores that dark period in Canada’s history when Japanese Canadians were forced to live in labour and internment camps. This light-hearted examination uses dance, theatre & humour to weave this enduring tale.

THAT'S A WRAP ON THE 32ND ANNUAL HIGH PERFORMANCE RODEO!

We hope you enjoyed this year’s High Performance Rodeo! We brought you artistic works to entertain, inspire, challenge, and shock your wild side, and you took up the challenge.  

Use #HPRodeo and let us know what your favourite moments were.  Your feedback is invaluable to us.  We put this Rodeo on for you, Calgary!  

What's Next?

We're busy searching the globe for the world's best in art, theatre, dance, music, and much more.
 

Stay tuned for sneak peaks into the 33rd Annual High Performance Rodeo – Calgary's International Festival of the Arts.

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Michelle Thrush Returns to the High Performance Rodeo in Inner Elder

One Yellow Rabbit and Lunchbox Theatre are thrilled to announce:

Inner Elder
Michelle Thrush
January 15 – 27, 2018

As part of the 32nd annual High Performance Rodeo, Calgary's International Festival of the Arts

A new one-woman show created and performed by award winning Calgary actress, Michelle Thrush. A show that will take audiences on a journey of discovery using real moments remembered through the eyes of Michelle and the impact her Grandmother had on her life. Through her stories you will see the transformation from a child to an elder, showing us that for everyone laughter is the best healing medicine.

Tickets available Summer 2017

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