Culture pick: A high-wire rivalry in The Great Farini Project

The Great Farini Project (until September 25, Enwave Threatre, harbourfrontcentre.com) is “a harrowing dance of one-upmanship” that chronicles the real life, decades long rivalry between high-wire walkers The Great Farini and The Great Blondin. Inspired by the life of Canadian William Hunt, or “The Great Farini, this is the first full-length work by choreographer and 2010 Dora Award nominee Sharon B. Moore and promises to be a vivid, exciting look the no-holds-barred competition between the two men.