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Accidents or Fate? A comparative interview by Lucy Rupert with Susie Burpee and Jenn Goodwin

An interview for the DanceWorks Mainstage Event coming up April 29-May 2 at Enwave Theatre. Accident 1. an event that is without apparent cause 4. occurrence of things by chance Fate 1. a power regarded as predetermining events unalterably 2. an individual’s appointed lot (source Canadian Oxford Dictionary) Both artists have been asked the same questions: Consider the similarities and differences in their answers, and if the “how” of their answers as well as the “what” is evident in their choreography. Susie Burpee choreographer and performer of Mischance and Fair Fortune1. What was the initial spark to create your work for this show? Ovid's myth of Pyramus and Thisbe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramus_and_Thisbe#Ovid.27s_version 2. Do you believe in accidents or fate? Accidents. 3. What made you want to start choreographing? I imagined things that didn't exist yet in the world, and I wanted to realize those ideas. 4. What would you want an audience to take away from seeing