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Jordan Tannahill is a Canadian playwright, filmmaker, and theatre director described by the The Globe and Mail as "the poster child of a new generation of artists for whom 'interdisciplinary' is not a buzzword, but a way of life".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 date =December 24, 2014 )〕 Originally from Ottawa, Ontario, he is currently based in Toronto. Tannahill writes and directs performances for theatres, galleries, and found spaces. His work often contains elements of magic realism and explores themes of queer identity, youth subculture, and suburbia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 date = January 10, 2013 )〕 For instance, in his play ''Concord Floral'', a loose adaptation of Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th century allegory The Decameron, ten adolescents flee to an abandoned greenhouse when a mysterious plague is visited upon their suburban neighbourhood.〔("Former Thornhill greenhouse inspires Toronto play" ). ''Vaughan Citizen via MSN News'', November 14, 2012.〕 Tannahill's play ''rihannaboi95'', on the other hand, follows the dramatic fallout of a queer teenager's lip-synching video going viral, and was staged via live streaming.〔("Artistic Fusion: Suburban Beast and ‘rihannaboi95′" ). ''Canada Arts Connect'', July 3, 2013.〕 A number of Tannahill's early theatrical works were created with, and sometimes featured performances by, non-traditional collaborators including night-shift workers (''The Art of Catching Pigeons by Torchlight'', 2009),〔("SummerWorks 2009: The Graveyard Shift" ). ''Torontoist'', August 8, 2009.〕 frat boys (''Takes Two Men To Make A Brother'', 2009),〔("Takes Two Men To Make a Brother at The Harbourfront Centre" ). ''The Harbourfront Centre'', February 6, 2009.〕 preteens (''Insurgency'', 2010),〔("Biting Into Rhubarb: Part Two" ). ''Torontoist'', February 19, 2010.〕 and employees of Toronto's famed discount emporium Honest Ed's (''Honesty'', 2012).〔("Honesty" ). ''NOW Toronto Magazine'', October 22, 2012.〕 Tannahill's production of Sheila Heti's play ''All Our Happy Days Are Stupid,'' which he directed and produced with frequent collaborator Erin Brubacher, premiered in 2014 at his storefront theatre Videofag, more than a decade after Heti first began the script. Heti's struggle to write the play is one of the central plot-lines in her bestselling novel ''How Should a Person Be?''. The production, nominated for four 2014 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, was remounted at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre and The Kitchen in New York City in 2015. As a filmmaker, Tannahill's work has been presented in galleries and festivals across Canada and internationally, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Inside Out Film and Video Festival, Uppsala International Short Film Festival, and the British Film Institute〔("Festival History" ). Inside Out Film and Video Festival.〕 In the field of dance, Tannahill choreographed ''Rough House'', a solo featuring Christopher House for the Toronto Dance Theatre in 2014,〔("Toronto Dance Theatre's On Display" ). Toronto Dance Theatre.〕 and wrote the text for The Dietrich Group's ''This Is a Costume Drama'', which premiered at Harbourfront Centre's World Stage in April 2015.〔("The Dietrich Group's This Is a Costume Drama" ). Harbourfront Centre.〕 Tannahill runs Videofag with William Christopher Ellis, an alternative arts space operated out of a defunct barbershop in Toronto's Kensington Market.〔("Videofags: A new queer art space in Kensington - ready to blow your mind" ). ''fab'', October 17, 2012.〕〔("Video fags: Couple creates queer Kensington salon" ). ''Xtra!'', October 16, 2012.〕 His non-fiction book ''Theatre of the Unimpressed: In Search of Vital Drama'', was published in 2015 by Coach House Books〔("The 50 most anticipated books of 2015 (the first half, anyway)" ). ''The Globe and Mail'', January 2, 2015.〕 and was called "essential reading for anybody interested in the state of contemporary theatre and performance" by The Globe and Mail〔("Jordan Tannahill’s Theatre of the Unimpressed is essential reading for anybody interested in contemporary theatre" ). ''The Globe and Mail'', June 12, 2015.〕 == Plays == *''Botticelli in the Fire'' (2016) *''Sunday in Sodom'' (2016) *''Total Liquidation'' (2015) *''Concord Floral'' (2014) *''Late Company'' (2013) *''rihannaboi95'' (2013) *''Peter Fechter: 59 Minutes'' (2013) *''Feral Child'' (2012) *''Bravislovia'' (2011) *''Post Eden'' (2010) *''Get Yourself Home Skyler James'' (2010) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jordan Tannahill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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