Adventurous Calgarians are limbering up for some fairly uncommon coaching this weekend.
They’re making ready to get bent manner out of form at a training session with veteran contortionist Samantha Halas.
Halas is in Calgary to carry out her one-woman present Deep Dish.
It’s based mostly social gathering on her personal experiences working as a server whereas rising up in Winnipeg.
Part of the present includes Halas utilizing her contortionism and juggling expertise to maintain aloft custom-made prop pizzas.
“My mom made them all from felt,” Halas stated.
Along with an opportunity to showcase her expertise, Deep Dish additionally tells a comedic story.
“It’s about a character who’s a waitress — not a very good waitress — (and) her journey of her basically finding herself.” Halas stated.
It’s a scenario Halas can determine with.
“I worked at restaurants to put myself through circus school,” Halas stated. “I went to circus school in China and then I eventually went to Mongolia to train with the best contortionists in the world.”
Halas will now be offering that sort of coaching herself, at a contortionism teaching session at Green Fools Theatre on Sunday June 18.
Members of the crew serving to Halas get set to stage Deep Dish had been amazed by what they noticed throughout a rehearsal.
“It’s absolutely wild!” crew member Maggie MacKenzie stated.
Halas will carry out Deep Dish on Friday June 16 and Saturday June 17 on the Pumphouse Theatre.
