Dedicated to the late Lisa Sazama
I was shocked to hear about Lisa's passing Sandy Scofield informed me, and I am sadden by this news. I met Lisa around 1991 - 92 through my former artistic partner. Jimy Sidlar. Jimy is a great singer songer writer performer and actor. I first saw Jimy as an actor in Peter Barnes Noon Day Demon and hired him for the role of Danny Dog in the Experimental multi-media work NDNs and DOGs. NDNs and DOGs was a chaotic and intense performance script adapted from the poems and writings of Neil Benson and Donald Morin after Donald Ghostkeeper asked me to do a performance event based on the indigenous issues of the day (1989-onward) After dialogue with Neil and studying all my writings and plays, the script was re-written numerous times till the first 1990 performance event at the International Pitt Gallery in Vancouver, then at the Earth Voice Festival 1992, and then at the 1994 National Native Youth and Multicultural conference at The Hotel Vancouver. As an inter-disciplinary artist, I directed the first two events of which both were learning experiences in accordance to the Aesthetics of Performance, It was with the 1994 event that Lisa was the theatrical director of the Hotel Vancouver Show, while I constructed the multimedia around the direction of her two actors, Jimy and Donald.
She was an extraordinary artist who had a strong and clear methodology regarding her directing and her involvement in the rehearsals and her direction created in my humble opinion, the best performance of the three produced shows of my work as a writer/producer/director.
You can see and hear her briefly at my NDNs and DOGS web-documentary of this unique period of my life. My condolensces to her loved ones at this sad time of all of us, who were touched by her grace, her artistic geniosity, and her kind and caring nature.
NDNs and DOGs Hi-Res Digital Release-May09
Donald_Morin | Myspace Video
2 comments:
I only heard about Lisa dying this morning. I'm so sorry. I'm in London. I worked with Lisa in 1991-92 with One World Theatre. Jimy approached me in the bar in Vancouver at the '92 Fringe and asked me if it was true we let anyone open our play. I said yes. He asked if he could open our play that night and I said yes. I'd never heard him play or sing and...well you know how great he is. That's how Lisa and Jimy met. I'm so sorry for her loss, such a lovely person. My prayers go out to Lisa and all those who knew and loved her. God bless you Lisa!
Hi Donald, I only heard about Lisa dying this morning and I'm so sorry. I worked with Lisa in '91-'92 with One World Theatre. Jimy approached me in the bar in 92 in Vancouver and asked me if it was true we let people play before our show, I said sure, and he asked if he could play that night. I'd never heard him play or sing a note but said sure, and then he played...and you know how great he is. That's when Jimy & Lisa met. It's been many, many years andnid lost track of me let alone Lisa or Jimy. I'm so sorry. I'll say a prayer for Lisa and all her loved ones.
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