Violinist Leslie Ting invites you into an intimate performance exploring parallel relationships to her instrument, therapy, and the audience. She will try to play the perfect concert for you, but knows it’s not possible. What emerges instead is something more honest. Based on interview research and lived experiences of talk therapy, hypnotherapy, dreamwork, reiki, sandplay therapy, and somatics, What Brings You In is an exploration of when and where our truest selves emerge. Featuring 5 experimental new music compositions by Rose Bolton, Germaine Liu, Julia Mermelstein, Linda Catlin Smith and Leslie Ting. In this boundary-blurring experience, your listening is the transformative act.
Creative Team
- Concept, Artistic Director, Producer, Performer (Violin and Host)
- Leslie Ting
- Performer (Percussion)
- Germaine Liu
- Composers
- Linda Catlin Smith, Rose Bolton, Julia Mermelstein, Germaine Liu, Leslie Ting
- Sound Designer and Electronics
- Matt Smith
- Blind and Disability Dramaturg
- Jessica Watkin
- Outside Eye and Dramaturgical Consultant
- Lisa Cox
- Lighting Designer
- Theodore Belc
- Producer
- Laura Philipps
- Production Manager
- Erik Richards
- Stage Manager
- Sara Constant
Funders
Canada Council for the Arts
Ontario Arts Council
Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund
Developed with support from Theatre Passe Muraille as part of the Buzz In-Development Series
Developed and presented as part of Why Not Theatre’s RISER collaborative producing model