{"id":6117,"date":"2020-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/art-apart-zephyr-who-swallowed-four-moons\/"},"modified":"2020-04-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T04:00:00","slug":"art-apart-zephyr-who-swallowed-four-moons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/art-apart-zephyr-who-swallowed-four-moons\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Apart: Zephyr who Swallowed Four Moons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"o-section-gutenberg -classic o-text\">\n<h5>This project has been presented live on Firday, May 1st on Instagram. You can watch a recording below. <\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UJAv--cLta8\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>About the project<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Zephyr who Swallowed Four Moons<\/em> is a physical, poetic solo show that follows a teenage girl over one night as she wrestles with her mixed-race identity, unreliable sources of guidance, and problematic sexual attention. Anime, K-pop and magical realism influences are used to create her fantastical world as she fights to hold onto her imagination, sense of self, and power. <br \/><span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This project received financial support from the National Theatre School of Canada via the <a href=\"\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/art-apart-artistic-works\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Art Apart program<\/a>, an emergency fund for emerging artists who are affected by physical distancing due to coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the artist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ShayV_vignette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" data-w=\"318\" data-h=\"262\" data-r=\"1.2137404580153\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"fig_bnk_i_4311\" contenteditable=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Julia-Weisser_Vignette.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" alt=\"\" data-w=\"318\" data-h=\"262\" data-r=\"1.2137404580153\" \/> <\/figure>\n<p><span><strong>Shay <\/strong><\/span><span><strong>Virginillo<\/strong><\/span><span> <\/span><span>is<\/span><span> a <\/span><span>writer<\/span><span>, <\/span><span>actor<\/span><span> and <\/span><span>theatre<\/span><span> <\/span><span>artist<\/span><span> <\/span><span>based<\/span><span> in Vancouver. <\/span><span>She<\/span><span> loves to <\/span><span>create<\/span><span> <\/span><span>collaboratively<\/span><span>, <\/span><span>physically<\/span><span> and <\/span><span>experiment<\/span><span> <\/span><span>with<\/span><span> <\/span><span>form<\/span><span>. Her show <\/span><span><em>Zephyr<\/em><\/span><span><em> <\/em><\/span><span><em>who<\/em><\/span><span><em> <\/em><\/span><span><em>Swallowed<\/em><\/span><span><em> Four <\/em><\/span><span><em>Moons<\/em><\/span><span> <\/span><span>was<\/span><span> <\/span><span>developed<\/span><span> at the <\/span><span>Assembly<\/span><span> <\/span><span>Theatre<\/span><span> in Toronto and <\/span><span>was<\/span><span> <\/span><span>inspired<\/span><span> by <\/span><span>teens<\/span><span> <\/span><span>she<\/span><span> met <\/span><span>while<\/span><span> <\/span><span>co-creating<\/span><span> <\/span><span>various<\/span><span> shows for <\/span><span>young<\/span><span> audiences, as <\/span><span>well<\/span><span> as <\/span><span>her<\/span><span> <\/span><span>own<\/span><span> <\/span><span>experiences<\/span><span>. <\/span><span>She<\/span><span> <\/span><span>is<\/span><span> a <\/span><span>graduate<\/span><span> of the National <\/span><span>Theatre<\/span><span> <\/span><span>School&#8217;s Acting program<\/span><span> and <\/span><span>most<\/span><span> <\/span><span>recently<\/span><span> <\/span><span>was<\/span><span> an <\/span><span>actor<\/span><span> and <\/span><span>co-creator<\/span><span> of <em>Brain Storm<\/em> (<\/span><span>Lucid<\/span><span> <\/span><span>Ludic<\/span><span> in association <\/span><span>with<\/span><span> <\/span><span>Why<\/span><span> Not <\/span><span>Theatre<\/span><span>). <\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Zephyr who Swallowed Four Moons<\/em> is a physical, poetic solo show that follows a teenage girl over one night as she wrestles with her mixed-race identity, unreliable sources of guidance, and problematic sexual attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-apart"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}