This Weekend was everything that makes The High Performance Rodeo awesome.

With Freak Show, 10 Minute Play Festival and Woman in Black keeping me busy, I only really got to begin checking out the High Performance Rodeo this week. So this weekend i saw Pajama Men, White Cabin and Snowblower. It was a great weekend of art and community.

Pajama Men were hilarious as always, i swear i could watch those guys every day of my life and not get tired of them. every time i come out with my cheeks hurting from laughing.

Then there was white Cabin a truly HPR show. Russians doing crazy shit on stage. Their performance was extreme and dazzling, totally captivating. I have no clue what it was about. none. i am sure they do but i don’t, and to hazard a guess would be foolhardy. White Cabin is the kind of work the High Performance Rodeo is known for bringing in, work that will blow away, but also challenge, its audiences. It was a show that was engrossing and haunting laced with a feelings of danger and amazement.

Finally snowblower was just an awesome party with great djs and electronic music bands. It was wonderful to see so many people in downtown calgary just hanging out and dancing. It was a great collection of people and a ton of fun. DJs were super talented and there was a great sense of fun and community. I hope they are able to find money to continue and expand ‘snowblower’, i really feel it has the potential to Calgary’s nuit blanche.

The High Performance Rodeo was probably one of the reasons i ended up in Calgary, so it is great to be able  be a patron again and enjoy such a diverse and rocking weekend!