The Suites
Projects by House creators
Suite 1
2nd printing of A Handbook for Ecstatic Survival
Images and texts by world-renowned Canadian choreographer and teacher, David Earle
MEDIA
Suite 4
1st Monologue now online
A series of portraits in sound by Gilles Goyette, taken from unscripted monologues recorded in the intimacy of a noise-insulated bathroom
MEDIA
Suite 7
Preview online
A NOW Magazine “Must See” of the Toronto Contact Festival!
Film by Gilles Goyette, with his original score
Suite 10
In development
Subtitled Why Boxing Can Tell Us More About Who We Are Than Any Other Human Activity on the Planet – by celebrated dancer Bill Coleman
PERFORMANCE
Suite 13
In development
A theatre-in-education and literacy resource exploring works by “zooming in” on single pages, devised by House of ShAkE
MUSIC
Suite 2
Michael Caplan’s downhome music – classic country, folk, blues, standards – from the Porch of ShAkE and other porches around town and beyond
MEDIA
Suite 5
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Four galleries of original works by Gilles Goyette: The Conceptual Works, My Life in 23 Paintings, Journal Pages and Notebooks, and Paintings
MEDIA
Suite 8
Coming soon
A series of downloadable Short Books for Busy Times on art, music, film and literature by Donald Brackett, author of Yoko Ono: An Artful Life
PERFORMANCE
Suite 11
In development
A serialized apartment-performance by Michael R Caplan using Euripides’ tragedy and original “Unsung Songs,” streamed live
PERFORMANCE
Suite 14
In development
A “Tempest” in a Box, with Instructions – out of which the performance is “unpacked” live by small, gently-rehearsed groups – devised by House of ShAkE
PERFORMANCE
Suite 3
July 24: 2nd annual event
Livestreamed dramatic reading by Michael R Caplan, an annual commemoration of the composer’s 1933 “Re-entry into the Community of Israel”
MEDIA
Suite 6
1st four now online
Gilles Goyette paints in sound, as well as in oils. The Dora Mavor Moore Award-nominated composer for contemporary dance
PERFORMANCE
Suite 9
In development
The first House of ShAkE commission!
An original dance work by David Earle,
to a score by Gilles Goyette
PRINT/MEDIA
Suite 12
In development
Theorizing and discussing "meaning, now" – by Michael R Caplan, author of numerous papers and an essay for an upcoming book