Event – Laurie-Shawn Borzovoy

July 10, 2017October 26, 2026

Media Design for Lepage/Ex Machina & The National Ballet of Canada

Once again, I have the honour of working with Robert Lepage, and this time around with the wonderful Guillaume Cote, and the usual suspects. So very good to be back in the Caserne in Quebec City.

World Premiere

Frame by Frame

June 1—10, 2018

A ballet based on the work of Norman McLaren
By Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté

About the Ballet

The legendary Canadian filmmaker and animator Norman McLaren set
new standards for his art form throughout his long and illustrious career.
Best-known for his ACADEMY AWARD^® winning film Neighbours (1952), McLaren’s experiments in various forms of animation and his innovative use of sound, music and drawn-on-film techniques saw him create works of unparalleled richness, visual brilliance and beauty, influencing subsequent generations of filmmakers the world over.

Now, the renowned playwright, director, actor and filmmaker Robert Lepage comes to The National Ballet of Canada for the first time to collaborate with the company’s Choreographic Associate Guillaume Côté in a multidisciplinary production that explores Norman McLaren’s life and work. Incorporating and interweaving several different media, the ballet is both an evocation of and inquiry into the world and imagination of one of Canada’s most uncategorizable and accomplished, yet elusive, artists.

February 22, 2015

Q & A with Media Effects Designer Laurie-Shawn Borzovoy at the C.O.C.

THE LAB

– Backstage Tour
– MEDIA EFFECTS Q&A with Media Effects Designer Laurie-Shawn Borzovoy
– Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung working rehearsal

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
5 to 9:30 p.m.

THE DRESS REHEARSAL

Participation in the lab earns you two FREE tickets to the dress rehearsal of Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung.
Monday, May 4, 2015
7:30 p.m.

Registration for the MEDIA EFFECTS & STAGE DESIGN Youth Opera Lab opens Monday, April 6, 2015 at 10 a.m.

June 3, 2011October 26, 2026

Laurie-Shawn named Cultural Champion for City of Toronto

Celebrating Cultural Champions

Laurie-Shawn is one of twelve local cultural champions honoured at the launch of the Celebrate 27 Arts Fest on March 31, 2011 at Brookfield Place, Toronto.

laurie-shawn_borzovoy The Celebrate 27 Arts Festival launched on Thursday, March 31st, 2011

The Celebrate 27 Arts Fest Community Cultural Champions project recognizes the significant contribution that cultural champions make in our communities. There are many people in Toronto’s diverse neighbourhoods and in the community arts sector who have given of themselves to enrich their communities through the arts. Twelve local cultural champions were honoured at the launch of the Celebrate 27 Arts Fest on March 31 at Brookfield Place. Through our partnership with the Toronto-based company Joy Apparel, the images of the community cultural champions were artistically rendered on t-shirts and scarves, in recognition of their efforts. A run of these limited edition t-shirts/scarves will be available by donation in April. Revenue from these donations will go back to the organization that selected the local champion to be used for community arts programming.