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Kate Story is a multi-disciplinary
performance artist. A dancer, actor, singer
and choreographer who creates works
characterized by elements of dance,
theatre and performance art. She often
collaborates with artists from other
disciplines - musicians, choreographers,
designers, visual artists, writers...
What follows are photos, descriptions and
video clips from selected performance
pieces. To see Kate's complete resume,
click here.
performance artist. A dancer, actor, singer
and choreographer who creates works
characterized by elements of dance,
theatre and performance art. She often
collaborates with artists from other
disciplines - musicians, choreographers,
designers, visual artists, writers...
What follows are photos, descriptions and
video clips from selected performance
pieces. To see Kate's complete resume,
click here.
The Cure For Sexual Jealousy
A multi-disciplinary collaboration with designer Martha Cockshutt, musician Susan Newman, writer/director Susan Spicer.
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, Peterborough
Photos by Wayne Eardley
" this confluence... produces a fresh language built out of invocations, laments, rituals, choral speech, soliliquies, cat fights and prayers.
It is hypnotic in its repetition and revelatory in its universality."
Bea Quarrie, Peterborough Examiner
A multi-disciplinary collaboration with designer Martha Cockshutt, musician Susan Newman, writer/director Susan Spicer.
Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, Peterborough
Photos by Wayne Eardley
" this confluence... produces a fresh language built out of invocations, laments, rituals, choral speech, soliliquies, cat fights and prayers.
It is hypnotic in its repetition and revelatory in its universality."
Bea Quarrie, Peterborough Examiner
| Kate Story, Anne Ryan |
| Kate Story, Anne Ryan |
| Kate Story, Ryan Kerr |
| Susan Newman, Kate Story |
Tonight The Bottle - Part 1 of "Trigger Mortis, The Dying Cowboy Trilogy" WATCH VIDEO BELOW
Created by Curtis Driedger & Kate Story with Kate as "the saloon vivante"
For the EMERGENCY Dance Series Curtis as "the piano man"
Market Hall, Peterborough and featuring "the Juanita O'Dang Singers"
Created by Curtis Driedger & Kate Story with Kate as "the saloon vivante"
For the EMERGENCY Dance Series Curtis as "the piano man"
Market Hall, Peterborough and featuring "the Juanita O'Dang Singers"
| Kate Story, Curtis Driedger |
Streets of Laredo - Part 2 of "Trigger Mortis, The Dying Cowboy Trilogy"
Created by Curtis Driedger & Kate Story
For the EMERGENCY Dance Series
Market Hall, Peterborough
Created by Curtis Driedger & Kate Story
For the EMERGENCY Dance Series
Market Hall, Peterborough
| Curtis & Kate with the Juanita O'Dang Singers |
Joy of Blood - Part 3 of
"Trigger Mortis, The Dying Cowboy Trilogy"
Created by Curtis Driedger & Kate Story
For the EMERGENCY Dance Series
Market Hall, Peterborough
"Trigger Mortis, The Dying Cowboy Trilogy"
Created by Curtis Driedger & Kate Story
For the EMERGENCY Dance Series
Market Hall, Peterborough
Elemental: Water
Choreographed by Anne Ryan
From EMERGENCY #12
Market Hall, Peterborough
Choreographed by Anne Ryan
From EMERGENCY #12
Market Hall, Peterborough
| Kate Story, Anne Ryan |
"she sits silent, sketching
circles in her skirt"
Choreographed by Wes Ryan
From EMERGENCY #14
Market Hall, Peterborough
circles in her skirt"
Choreographed by Wes Ryan
From EMERGENCY #14
Market Hall, Peterborough
| Wes Ryan, Kate Story |
| Estrogems Kate rocks the house as "Pearly Gates", lead singer of the girl-punk-band, The Estrogems |
| Jeena Jade, Emerald City & Pearly Gates |
| Jeena Jade, Pearly Gates & Precious Stone |
| Molten Lavarock & Pearly Gates |
Kate works extensively as a choreographer.
Click PLAY button below to watch a video clip from one of her most innovative pieces:
...and again, until we get it.
A duet performed by Ryan Kerr/Kevin Fitzmaurice and Melissa Webster, music by Charlie Glasspool.
Video shot and edited by Michael Morritt.
fFIDA (Toronto, 2005); From the Floor with the Peterborough Dance Collective (March 2005)
"... a fascinating duet for a disabled woman and an able-bodied man
where the power between the two keeps shifting."
Paula Citron, "The Best of the Rest," The Globe and Mail
Click PLAY button below to watch a video clip from one of her most innovative pieces:
...and again, until we get it.
A duet performed by Ryan Kerr/Kevin Fitzmaurice and Melissa Webster, music by Charlie Glasspool.
Video shot and edited by Michael Morritt.
fFIDA (Toronto, 2005); From the Floor with the Peterborough Dance Collective (March 2005)
"... a fascinating duet for a disabled woman and an able-bodied man
where the power between the two keeps shifting."
Paula Citron, "The Best of the Rest," The Globe and Mail
Skirting the Edge
A collection of six original monologues on the issue of women and
mental health (Kate contributed Green Spaces, set in a Victorian
asylum). The work was sponsored by Peterborough New Dance/Public
Energy, in association with the Behind the Mind's Eye Film Festival, and
in partnership with the Peterborough Regional Health Care Centre, the
Canadian Mental Health Association, the Schizophrenia Society of
Ontario, and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
Mysterious Entity Theatre - Peterborough 2005, 2006, 2007
Riverrun Centre - Guelph (fall 2007)
Writer/Performers: Susan Spicer, Susan Newman, Esther Vincent,
Nauni Parkinson, Kate Story
Writer/Director: Em Glasspool
Writer/Designer: Martha Cockshutt
A collection of six original monologues on the issue of women and
mental health (Kate contributed Green Spaces, set in a Victorian
asylum). The work was sponsored by Peterborough New Dance/Public
Energy, in association with the Behind the Mind's Eye Film Festival, and
in partnership with the Peterborough Regional Health Care Centre, the
Canadian Mental Health Association, the Schizophrenia Society of
Ontario, and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
Mysterious Entity Theatre - Peterborough 2005, 2006, 2007
Riverrun Centre - Guelph (fall 2007)
Writer/Performers: Susan Spicer, Susan Newman, Esther Vincent,
Nauni Parkinson, Kate Story
Writer/Director: Em Glasspool
Writer/Designer: Martha Cockshutt
(Click PLAY button to watch clip)
Number 13
Kate appears with Ryan Kerr in Brian
Mitolo's short film "Number 13". Dave
Tough provides the banjo score. The film
was shot by Esther Vincent. (Click PLAY
button to watch)
Kate appears with Ryan Kerr in Brian
Mitolo's short film "Number 13". Dave
Tough provides the banjo score. The film
was shot by Esther Vincent. (Click PLAY
button to watch)
Biology as Peepshow
A work in collaboration with installation artist Caroline Langill.
Neighbourhood Dance Works, St. John's, 2007; Hysteria festival opening night gala, Toronto, 2003; David Bierk Studio, Peterborough, 2003 & 2005;
Shared Habitat 2: Festival of Art and Science, Toronto, 2003.
Adaptation of symposium talk published in Feb-March '03 issue of The Dance Current magazine.
A work in collaboration with installation artist Caroline Langill.
Neighbourhood Dance Works, St. John's, 2007; Hysteria festival opening night gala, Toronto, 2003; David Bierk Studio, Peterborough, 2003 & 2005;
Shared Habitat 2: Festival of Art and Science, Toronto, 2003.
Adaptation of symposium talk published in Feb-March '03 issue of The Dance Current magazine.
| Michael Morritt, Kate Story, the Juanita O'Dang Singers, Curtis Driedger and Jim Gleason |
Macbeth for Six with Seven at Eight
Mysterious Entity Theatre - Peterborough 2001
Starring: Jim Gleason & Kate Story
Script adaption: Christopher Wilton
Directed by: Em Glasspool
" ...an extraordinarily well-executed show."
Mary Helen Moes, Peterborough Examiner
Mysterious Entity Theatre - Peterborough 2001
Starring: Jim Gleason & Kate Story
Script adaption: Christopher Wilton
Directed by: Em Glasspool
" ...an extraordinarily well-executed show."
Mary Helen Moes, Peterborough Examiner
The Vagina Monologues
Mysterious Entity Theatre - Showplace Peterborough 2002
Directed by: Em Glasspool
Designed by: Martha Cockshutt & Caroline Langill
Produced as part of the World V-Day 2002 Campaign, this production assisted in
raising $17,000 for local organizations working to eliminate violence against women.
During production Mysterious Entity forged links with the Kawartha Sexual Assault
Centre, the YWCA, the Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabe-Kwewag Services Circle, Trent
University's Women's Centre and the Peterborough New Canadians' Centre.
Mysterious Entity Theatre - Showplace Peterborough 2002
Directed by: Em Glasspool
Designed by: Martha Cockshutt & Caroline Langill
Produced as part of the World V-Day 2002 Campaign, this production assisted in
raising $17,000 for local organizations working to eliminate violence against women.
During production Mysterious Entity forged links with the Kawartha Sexual Assault
Centre, the YWCA, the Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabe-Kwewag Services Circle, Trent
University's Women's Centre and the Peterborough New Canadians' Centre.
top row:
Susan Spicer
Susan Newman
Esther Vincent
Susan Spicer
Susan Newman
Esther Vincent
| bottom row: Nauni Parkinson Kate Story |
| Jim Gleason, Kate Story |
Motion8
Kate choreographs and appears in
director Lester Alfonso's short film
"Motion8". Music by Off The International
Radar. Sponsored by Peterborough New
Dance and the Peterborough Arts
Umbrella.
A table, a chair, a telephone and a dancer.
15 minutes to plan and shoot.
5 minutes of tape each.
8 films were made.
A dance film collective is born.
Motion8.
Kate choreographs and appears in
director Lester Alfonso's short film
"Motion8". Music by Off The International
Radar. Sponsored by Peterborough New
Dance and the Peterborough Arts
Umbrella.
A table, a chair, a telephone and a dancer.
15 minutes to plan and shoot.
5 minutes of tape each.
8 films were made.
A dance film collective is born.
Motion8.
Sadleir Movement
A dance film by Michael Morritt. Choreographed by Kate Story.
Premiere Screening: August 1, 2008 at Sadleir House, Peterborough
Featuring performers: Kate Story, Ryan Kerr, Brad Brackenridge, Keelia Quinn Delaunay, Curtis Driedger, Matt Gilbert, Phillip J. Oakley
The film tells the story of an historical home in Peterborough using a movement-based narrative in lieu of a more conventional verbal narrative.
"Sadleir Movement" is Peterborough's first full-length dance film.
A dance film by Michael Morritt. Choreographed by Kate Story.
Premiere Screening: August 1, 2008 at Sadleir House, Peterborough
Featuring performers: Kate Story, Ryan Kerr, Brad Brackenridge, Keelia Quinn Delaunay, Curtis Driedger, Matt Gilbert, Phillip J. Oakley
The film tells the story of an historical home in Peterborough using a movement-based narrative in lieu of a more conventional verbal narrative.
"Sadleir Movement" is Peterborough's first full-length dance film.
The Black Diamond
Mysterious Entity Theatre
Market Hall Performance Centre
Peterborough 2008
Written & Directed by: Em Glasspool
Set Design by: Martha Cockshutt
Featuring: Kate Story
Karyn Drane
Phillip J. Oakley
"A courageous and admirable
dive into an alcoholic cesspool
of a character by veteran
performer Kate Story... "
Anne Etherington
Peterborough Examiner
Mysterious Entity Theatre
Market Hall Performance Centre
Peterborough 2008
Written & Directed by: Em Glasspool
Set Design by: Martha Cockshutt
Featuring: Kate Story
Karyn Drane
Phillip J. Oakley
"A courageous and admirable
dive into an alcoholic cesspool
of a character by veteran
performer Kate Story... "
Anne Etherington
Peterborough Examiner
| Kate Story, Karyn Drane |
| Karyn Drane Phillip J. Oakley Kate Story |
Cast Photo
by Miranda Hume
Back row:
Renee Castro
anya gwynne
Michelle Ramdhanie
Kate Story
Charmaine Eddy
Amy Terrill
Centre row:
Susan Newman
Dy Gallagher
Patti Shaughnessy
Front:
Nauni Parkinson
by Miranda Hume
Back row:
Renee Castro
anya gwynne
Michelle Ramdhanie
Kate Story
Charmaine Eddy
Amy Terrill
Centre row:
Susan Newman
Dy Gallagher
Patti Shaughnessy
Front:
Nauni Parkinson
King Lear
Shakespeare By The Sea Festival
Logy Bay, St. John's, Newfoundland 1994
Directed by: Chuck Herriott
Featuring as The Sisters:
Damhnait Doyle - Cordelia
Petrina Bromley - Goneril
Kate Story - Regan
Shakespeare By The Sea Festival
Logy Bay, St. John's, Newfoundland 1994
Directed by: Chuck Herriott
Featuring as The Sisters:
Damhnait Doyle - Cordelia
Petrina Bromley - Goneril
Kate Story - Regan
| Damhnait Doyle, Petrina Bromley, Kate Story |
Hamlet In A Hurry
Mysterious Entity Theatre
Market Hall Performance Centre
Peterborough 2009
Adapted from Shakespeare by: Alan Orenstein
Directed by: Em Glasspool
Designed by: Martha Cockshutt
Featuring: Andrew Little, Amy Fort, Kate Story,
Beau Dixon, Rob Fortin, Josh Fewings
Mysterious Entity Theatre
Market Hall Performance Centre
Peterborough 2009
Adapted from Shakespeare by: Alan Orenstein
Directed by: Em Glasspool
Designed by: Martha Cockshutt
Featuring: Andrew Little, Amy Fort, Kate Story,
Beau Dixon, Rob Fortin, Josh Fewings
Kate Story,
Amy Fort
Amy Fort
| Amy Fort, Kate Story |
| Kate Story, Andrew Little |
| Andrew Little, Kate Story |
| Kate fronts the 'Gems as they open for Carole Pope - what a night! Montreal House, Peterborough November 28, 2009 |
