Pittsburgh-based group Squonk has already hosted multiple shows at Olympic Plaza on Monday and Tuesday, and have their final set of performances on Wednesday at 12 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. There is no spoken word, but the artistic hands are accompanied by music.
The group has been performing for 30 years all over North America, Europe and Asia. It started out as Squonk Opera because Dempsey says the members were looking for a fun word to go with opera. Now they're just Squonk. "We get older people, we get young families, we get kids, we get teens," said Ohren. "It's really mixed, and that's part of the joy of it – it doesn't fit in any kind of generational archetype of the arts, it's very open and we love that."
Joshua Dalledonne is the associate director of social impact at Arts Commons and says Squonk was in Calgary 15 years ago as part of the Children's Festival. He says he is glad to have the performers back.