Body Parts (DIGITAL)
Body Parts is an interdisciplinary project exploring and challenging how we feel about, how we process, and how we live in our bodies. It is the virtual and Covid-friendly iteration of The Body Project.
Written, choreographer and performed by Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg. Creative Collaborators: Kate Franklin (outside eye), Josh Martin (outside eye), Melanie Yeats (dramaturge), Justine A. Chambers, Jamie Robinson, Zahra Shahab, Caroline Liffman and Lisa Gelley.
Directed by Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg with Josh Martin, Kate Franklin, and David Cooper
Director of photography David Cooper
Composer and Sound Designer/Editor/Recordist: Marc Stewart
Lighting Design: James Proudfoot assisted by Taylor Janzen
Production Manager and Script Supervisor: Mily Mumford
Film Editor: Cande Andrade
Still Photography: Wendy D. Photography and David Cooper
General Manager: Alen Dominguez
Original Cast Ensemble: Kim Stevenson, Bevin Poole, Kate Franklin, Caroline Liffmann
Filmed at PL 1422 on Coast Salish Territory
Thank you to:
Original cast members of The Body Project (Kim Stevenson, Bevin Poole, Kate Franklin, Caroline Liffman)
Donna Spencer/Firehall Arts Centre
Progress Lab 1422
Alice Mansell (my mom)
The dozens of amazing folks who agreed to be interviewed for this project
All the beautiful people who donated clothes for the set.
“It was moving and powerful, without feeling sad. Thank you for sharing your soul with us!”
“I would love to see it live! So many layers. It was amazing! I was surprised by how much I was laughing. It was hilarious and so clever! ”
Digital Tour
The digital tour of Body Parts inhabits online space through virtual installations, circle discussions, interdisciplinary workshops, and performances. The tour is designed to be shared in series and in a variety of configurations:
Online Workshop: explore the relationship between our bodies and voices through improvised movement and text/talking. Intended for women, female-identifying and non-binary people with the desire to move!
Circle Discussion: women, female-identifying and non-binary people are invited to gather online to talk, listen, share our experiences around body image.
Performance Film (1 hr)
Q&A live
We don’t use Zoom and TCP handles all tech aspects. Contact us for fees, availability and to build a tour that suits your needs.
Credit: David Cooper
Credit: David Cooper
“Thank you so much for the laughs and connectedness.”
Digital Installation
Check out our digital installation of Body Parts. A journey through the interviews, circle discussions and conversations we’ve had for the past three years as part of the research for this project.