performing arts

I went for the first time to see the Ministry of Science, it was a work related trip and I did not know what to expect: But I was positively delighted to see that it was a Science Show with cooks experiments. The theatre was jam packed with parents and kids from 4 year old to teens, the...

Thai Dancers

Not at all sure whether this will upload, but here's an attempt! Shot last night of Jason Barnard doing an impressive juggling routine as part of Zip Zap Circus' VOOMA! production Shot on the Nikon Z6ii with Z70-180 f/2.8 Too bad; didn't work! Here's a still from it meanwhile Mods - welcome...

Because the boundaries of the Musical Universe are so vast, I'm starting a thread for images of what society calls today Classical musicians - aka musicians who play what is called 'Classical music' - which admittedly is an imprecise term which covers a vast range of musical styles and...

I'll be posting quite a few different performers and try to cluster the same ones together in each post

three-day event music from Noon-11 pm this was in Helena Arkansas, The first pic is the Backbone Blues Band from England the second pic was a great mix of wonderful cats, this is just a super small sample, will try and post more I have 80 gig to go thru

This troupe was fun to photograph, and I tried to both freeze and blur the action.

This evening dancers from a great local Halau Hula (literally a school of Hula dancing) and some excellent Hawaiian musicians staged a benefit & fundraiser for the victims and survivors of the fire in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. There was dance, music, song, superb food and most of all, a sense of...

Last time I went for this event was in 2021. It was a lot of fun, and yielded some great photos. This year didn’t disappoint either.

Some 1977 images from the Alberta Ballet production of Alice in Wonderland created by Bryden Paige. If memory serves, this was the world's first production of this theme. It was shot with high speed Kodak colour and B&W fllm on Leica and Canon cameras and processed in my darkroom. Low...

An enjoyable production.

My Brother was a friend of this Rockabilly band, and asked me to take some pictures when they performed in Georgetown. I moved away shortly after to finish school. Found the prints, looked up the Band. I just missed a reunion show a couple of months ago. Then, Nikon F2a, Nikkor 105/2.5, and...

A Russian academic dancer, teacher and choreographer came to the UofC in 2002 while studying the nature of Eskimo dance and music north of the arctic circle. He became acquainted with dancers, singers and musicians from Northern Canada who provided significant guidance for his study. A few of...

Sharon Polluck wrote the play "Walsh" for presentation in 1973, about the Souix migration to Canada lead by Sitting Bull after the defeat of General Custer at the 1876 battle of the Little Big Horn. Sitting Bull was met by Colonel Walsh of the North West Mounted Police at the Canadian border...

I saw Elvis. He was alive, I was too. I bought a Vivitar 283 for the event, used a 200/3.5 Vivitar lens and my Argus/Cosina STL-1000. High-Speed Ektachrome, push-processed. I took my High-School Girl-Friend and her Mom to the concert at the Capital Center. Elvis, 1976 Capital Center by...

Robes de Papier - Alice-Anne Augustin by David Wong, on Flickr

Ctrl:N - Audrey Gaussiran by David Wong, on Flickr RE_Imagine - Kolarova Danse by David Wong, on Flickr Journée danse dans la rue - Longueuil est culture - Tentacle Tribe by David Wong, on Flickr

These 'Boys from Brazil' tread the streets of the Old Town in Nice entertaining the tourists with traditional music and displays of strength & gymnastic prowess. I wonder how they put food on their tables every winter but especially under the current Lockdown.

BJM x Sarah Pacini au Festival Mode et Design by David Wong, on Flickr BJM x Sarah Pacini au Festival Mode et Design by David Wong, on Flickr

Space Within Us - Yuichiro Inoue / Pulga Muchochoma / Naishi Wang by David Wong, on Flickr Fall - Hanna Kiel by David Wong, on Flickr Moving Parts - Denise Fujiwara by David Wong, on Flickr