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…! (The Balloon Show)

…! (The Balloon Show) is an exploration of life — told through balloons. A series of vignettes, rituals, dances, and scenes, waiting to explode!!

This show is presented with Lead Support from Tarragon Theatre.

CONTENT AND SENSORY ADVISORIES: bright, rapidly changing lights, loud noises and popping sounds.

ACCESS NOTE: earplugs will be available on site for all patrons

ALL PERFORMANCES ARE MASK MANDATORY

RUN TIME:
Tuesday May 13 7:00 PM – 90 minute Double-Bill, 15 minute intermission (paired with Forget Me Not)
Friday May 16 7:00 PM – 120 minute Double-Bill, 15 Minute intermission (paired with Pigs Fly – The GalASStic Musical)
Saturday May 17 2:00 PM – 120 Minute Double Bill, 15 Minute intermission (paired with Neptune’s With a Fish)

…! (The Balloon Show)

  • Co-Creator/Performer : Chloe Cha (she/her)
  • Co-Creator/Performer : Macarena Coronado (she/her)
  • Co-Creator/Performer : Osvaldo Barreda “Ova” Buschmann (he/him)
  • Co-Creator/Performer : Emma Cuzzocrea (she/they/he)
  • Facilitator: STARLIGHT

Schedule

Part of the 2025 Festival

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LOCATION

Native Earth Performing Art’s Aki Studio

250-585 Dundas Street East
Toronto, ON M5A 2B7
https://www.nativeearth.ca/akistudio/

Accessibility

Native Earth Performing Arts and Artscape strive to provide equal treatment to and equitable benefits of its services, programs and facilities in a manner that respects the dignity and independence of people with disabilities.

  • The Dundas Street entrance provides barrier-free access to the building
  • Two elevators are located in the South Lobby
  • All floors have accessible washrooms and stalls, as well as accessible drinking fountains
  • Signage throughout the building is written in Braille
  • A hearing enhancement system is available in Aki Studio and the Ada Slaight Hall

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Chloe Cha

Chloe Cha 차승은 (she/her) is a performer and artist entrenched in vivid multidisciplinary embodiment and expression. Ephemeral feelings, moment to moment, and oversaturated meanings, their creative practice merges performance, sound, experimental filmmaking, graffiti, and poetry. Chloe is currently in their second year of Performance: Acting at TMU; recent credits include Hermes in Manic Theatre’s upcoming production of Fire and Frost: Prometheus, Pandora and the Birth of Humankind (2025), Sheep’s Clothing Theatre’s Bard Luck does Macbeth (2024), and co-creator/performer of There Is So Much More To Say (2024), a multigenerational gathering of sharing and weaving that has been performed through various iterations around the country.

Macarena Coronado Harman

Macarena Coronado Harman (She/Her) is a multidisciplinary artist from Lima, Peru who utilizes and combines multiple mediums and art forms to tell stories. As a neurodivergent artist Macarena is dominantly guided by her emotion and senses in her creative process, and aims to recreate the intensity of emotion that she experiences through her art on the stage. Additionally through a deep passion for social justice, accessibility, and equity, Macarena is adamant in including her political, cultural, and social awareness in her work, aspiring to make art and performance that are expressive and revealing in all senses, while being accessible and inviting to all.

Emma Cuzzocrea

Emma Cuzzocrea (she/they/he) is a performing artist currently pursuing a BFA in Acting from TMU. Most recently, Emma was a contributor and performer with Guilty By Association’s production of 2021: Mechanisms to Hold in 2024. Emma thanks Mum, Pop, Sarah, Kathleen, Ruth, Gilly, and all of the POPs (People of Paprika).

Osvaldo Barreda Buschmann (Ova)

Osvaldo Barreda Buschmann (Ova) (he/him) is a dancer and arts educator from Santiago, Chile, currently based in Toronto, Canada (since March 2023). A graduate of art school, he began his career as a high school art teacher while contributing to the Chilean art collective Plantar Memoria, with whom he participated in community arts projects, workshops and exhibitions, and won an art residency in Medellín, Colombia.
After moving to Canada, he participated in another international community arts residency in Ubuntu Learning Village (Gutu, Zimbabwe), led by Muse Arts (Toronto), which further broadened his artistic and social perspective. Back in Toronto, Osvaldo focused his creative interest on dance; his passion since the age of 12. Nowadays he is part of 2.0 Dance Company, Raíces de Chile Cultural Group and works as a community arts facilitator, creating dynamic and participatory experiences that foster cultural connection and expression.