The Sanitastics by kloetzel&co. is a sci‐fi dance spoof on the security system of the Calgary Skyway system, The Sanitastics follows four surveillance superheroes as they attempt to eradicate the ‘contamination’ that has been mysteriously introduced to the Plus 15 system. Starring dance company kloetzel&co., the film ironically skewers the underbelly of Skyway culture by highlighting ridiculous disinfecting feats and authoritative regulation. With fantastic creatures and hygienic superheroes, The Sanitastics offers a site‐specific adventure of the endlessly electrifying non‐place.
Artist Biography
Melanie Kloetzel is the artistic director of the contemporary dance company kloetzel&co. Kloetzel’s film works have been presented at internationally acclaimed dance film festivals in Brazil, Belgium and the US and her anthology on site‐specific performance, Site Dance: Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces, is in its third printing from the University Press of Florida. Kloetzel is an Associate Professor of Dance at the University of Calgary.
