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Workshop test from day 2 of this week’s production design workshop for Cells of Wind, in association with 💕

Workshop Team:
- Stage Director & Co-Dramaturge: Amanda Smith
- Set Designer: Shannon Lea Doyle
- Lighting Designer: Noah Feaver
- Projection Design Team: potatoCake_Digital (Emily Soussana & Andrew Scriver)
- Choreographer: Alyssa Martinjpeg - Costume Designer: Joyce Padua
Co-Dramaturg: Graham Cozzubbo
- Rebecca Cuddy, playing L, an incarcerated woman (mezzo-soprano)
- Gwenna Fairchild-Tayler (soprano)
- Sam Grist
- Nuha Yousuf
- Philipp Samutin



About Ilana Waniuk, playing violin in Cells of Wind:⁠
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Ilana Waniuk is a versatile violinist with interests ranging from improvisation to visual arts. She is a founding member and co-artistic director of Tkarón:to (Toronto) - based ensemble Thin Edge New Music Collective, Balancing on the Edge (multidisciplinary production company merging contemporary music and circus arts) and in^set (flexible chamber ensemble dedicated to improvisation, creation and experimentation. Ilana has performed on concert stages across Canada, Italy, Argentina, Poland, Japan, Iceland, Mexico, the U.S and Germany. She received a doctorate in contemporary performance from the University of California, San Diego where her research explored crossmodal perception in collaborative audiovisual practices.
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Co-presented by Numus Concerts & FAWN Chamber Creative, the opera-in-concert debut of Cells of Wind will be performed in concert on January 29, 2025 at The Registry Theatre.⁠
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At its core, Cells of Wind is a highly impactful meditation on survival, systemic control, and the fundamental need for human connection.⁠
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The Cells of Wind project is supported by the & the .council.⁠
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⁠Graphic design by Andre Edwards-Roderique