I Can’t Go On

A dance film by Donna Greenberg,

Artistic Director of Ballet Espressivo

at Eros, Thanatos & the Avant-Garde ~ The Cabaret Series at the Rivoli!

Background: In 1939, hundreds of thousands of Polish Jews were rounded up and put into a segregated area that became known as the Warsaw Ghetto. From April 19 to May 16, 1943, leader Mordecai Anielewicz led his guerrilla warriors, the Jewish Fighting Organization in a valiant uprising and fought back against Nazi brutality at the cost of many lives and in the face of impossible odds. Uprising, the ballet by choreographer, Donna Greenberg, is inspired by this darkly heroic story.

I Can’t Go On, an excerpt from Uprising, evokes the terror experienced by Anielewicz, and one of his sister fighters as they are chased by their enemies in their search for refuge. In this poignant and heart-wrenching pas de deux, Anielewicz helps the exhausted and demoralized girl to find the courage and strength needed to go on. Performed with great eloquence and beauty, Ballet Espressivo dancers, Anton Pasquarella and Kalie Hunter, portray the nobility of these fighters’ struggle.

Music: Devil’s Candy Shop by Nigel Simmons. Cello Concerto, Op. 85, E minor by Edward Elgar Performed by Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, Eri Klas, conductor and Steven Isslerlis, violoncello. Recorded licensed by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Date: Wednesday June 18

Doors: 8:30pm

Show: 9pm

Tickets: $10 at the Door

Venue: The Rivoli, Backroom (332 Queen St. W)

The Eros Cabaret series presents work in the disciplines of dance, film, music, theatre, spoken word and interdisciplinary media created and performed by both emerging and established artists.

All works are connected by the epic themes of sex, love, death, passion and the avant-garde.

THE CALRIZIANS! / DANCE / DRINKS / FILM / FUN

~ June Cabaret Lineup ~

Performances by:

Marnie Cooke

Olivia Davies

Eric MacKenzie Hall

Zita Nyarady

Jannine Saarinen

Meaghan Shields

Films by:

Elizabeth Baskin

Alex Bateman

Ballet Espressivo/Donna Greenberg

Mike Juno