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The Edgy Women Festival (also referred to as Edgy Redux, Femmes Au-delà or Women from the Edge) was an annual festival of "short, highly physical works by women, often characterized by a transdisciplinary approach and politicized content."…
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Origins & HistoryEdgy originated in 1994 when dancer, choreographer, and Performance Mix-producer Karen Bernard from New York City came to Studio 303 with 2 other artists to present a shared program.
Early years1994 - 2005: 1 night event, expanded to 4 nights.
2005 - 20122005: featured (among others) Nathalie Claude, Dayna McLeod and Alexis O'Hara, expanded to three venues to accommodate visiting all-woman art band, Les Reines Prochaines from Switzerland.
2013: 20th Anniversary - Theme: Art / Sport / GenderSource: Cassils - Becoming An Image Edgy Lucha featuring professional female wrestlers
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The Edgy Women Festival (also referred to as Edgy Redux, Femmes Au-delà or Women from the Edge) was an annual festival of "short, highly physical works by women, often characterized by a transdisciplinary approach and politicized content." which ran for 23 years from 1994 to 2016. Presented by Studio 303, a dance and interdisciplinary-arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Edgy Women focuses on feminist perspectives with workshops and forums, performance events, and socializing. Studio 303's artistic and general manager Miriam Ginestier programmed Edgy Women from 1995 to 2014. 1
Origins & History
Edgy originated in 1994 when dancer, choreographer, and Performance Mix-producer Karen Bernard from New York City came to Studio 303 with 2 other artists to present a shared program. Bernard called this first program "Women from the Edge' but Ginestier changed the name to 'Edgy Women' for the next iteration. 1
Early years
1994 - 2005: 1 night event, expanded to 4 nights.
2001: 10 pieces, 2 days. Artists from NYC and Montreal included Alexis O’Hara, Women With Kitchen Appliances (Veg-Omatic) and Marie Brassard (Jimmy, Creature De Reve) 1
2005 - 2012
2005: featured (among others) Nathalie Claude, Dayna McLeod and Alexis O'Hara, expanded to three venues to accommodate visiting all-woman art band, Les Reines Prochaines from Switzerland. Canadian Heritage provided the funding that helped Edgy grow to a 1 week event as well as add performers from outside of Quebec.
2006: Edgy officially became a festival of 10 days to three weeks after Canada Council, Inter-Arts office provided festival funding for 2 years.
2009: Jess Dobkin - Being Green
2011: Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens - Adventures of the Love Art Lab. 1
2013: 20th Anniversary - Theme: Art / Sport / Gender
Source:
Cassils - Becoming An Image
Edgy Lucha featuring professional female wrestlers 1
2014 - 2016: Edgy Redux
2016: Edgy: The End (final edition)“Edgy: The End included an obituary (honouring the 500+ artists involved), a memorial service (where I selected video archives to screen and offered live commentary during Montreal’s Nuit Blanche), and a funeral cabaret-wake where the co-hosts Nathalie Claude and Dayna McLeod took the audience through the five stages of grief. It was an amazing finale.” - Miriam Ginestier, former artistic director 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Edgy Women”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
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