A world premiere, Big Time Miss is a surrealist dance epic that invites the real-life biographies of its dancers into a charged arena of reckoning, wherein funny people have to face unfunny feelings. With Rock Bottom’s signature clash of hyper-physicality and theatrical confrontation, Big Time Miss rediscovers what it means to be ambitious, soft, terrified and in love.
Big Time Miss features an original score collaboratively composed by indie superstars, Semiah and Jacob Vanderham. Semiah is a trailblazing Kanien’kehà:ka (Mohawk) pop electro-RnB artist, known for her honeyed vocals that draw inspiration from RnB, Electronic, Hip-Hop, Post-Punk, Dreampop, and Indigenous Vocal Techniques. Jacob is a producer, songwriter, and performance artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal who creates music for film, theatre, and dance, as well as his alt-pop solo project, Telehorn.

The full-evening work stars the dancers of Rock Bottom Movement, united by their near-decade-long collaborative bond, and is choreographed by company’s Artistic Director Alyssa Martin. Bold, funny, and surprisingly touching, Martin makes dance that demands that you not look away, despite feeling unsure of what it is you are looking at. Forget what you think you know. Open your mind to the world of Rock Bottom Movement which Intermission Magazine calls, “as outrageous as it is intelligent”.

FUN FACTS
• Big Time Miss is creatively inspired by the movie E.T. and the musical, Cabaret.
• In creating fantasy worlds from the dancers’ memories, Martin says she “seeks to create fantasy worlds for yours to blossom as you watch.”
• The work is having preview performances in summer 2024 at Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal & Fredericton Playhouse before the world premiere at FFDN.
• Rock Bottom Movement won 3 Dora Mavor Moore Awards in 2023: Outstanding Original Choreography, Outstanding Production, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble.

Event Timings
Oct 2,2024 @7:30pm
Oct 3,2024 @7:30pm
Oct 4,2024 @7:30pm
Oct 5,2024 @2:00pm