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“Off Kilter,” produced by CBC Arts in Canada, came as a refreshing surprise when it was released this past summer.
December 31st, 2018
Episode 8 - The Disappearance
Milton is gone, unreachable. Gary becomes a one-man search-party. BB and Anna quietly rebel with a five-minute hiatus from cleaning up Milton's messes - before promptly returning to saving the day.
Episode 7 - The Deconstruction
Alarm bells go off as Milton takes the choreographic process of deconstruction a little too literally. Anna's deconstruction occurs mainly in the knee, as Milton's demands exacerbate an old injury.

Canadian viewers can stream the entire series now on CBC.ca

Congratulations to Alejandro who won Best Actor at Stareable Fest this weekend!
July 23rd, 2018
Hammers and knives and pliers and destruction and oh my god do they really do this?
July 19th, 2018
Episode 6 - The Prescription
Pas-de-deux quickly becomes foot-in-mouth when Milton meets - then promptly forgets - BB's partner, Casey, over and over. Until Milton, consumed in a hypochondriac fever, learns Casey is a physician.

Canadian viewers can stream the entire series now on CBC.ca

The stars of Off Kilter explain exactly why dancers are obsessed with bananas
July 12th, 2018
Episode 5 - The Comparison
Two new, young dancers arrive full of drive and talent. Milton transforms into a choreographic master, fully inspired... until he realizes he isn't a 21-year-old prodigy anymore.

Canadian viewers can stream the entire series now on CBC.ca

When you picture ballerina, how do you imagine their hair? In a bun, right? It's iconic. For Off Kilter star Sarah Murphy-Dyson getting her hair in a bun is both practical — it keeps your hair off your face — and freeing. "I can do anything now," she says after getting her hair up in a bun...
July 5th, 2018
Episode 4 - The Accounting
Despite Milton’s protests, it’s time to bring in more dancers. BB is alarmed to find out that the gender wage gap is embedded in the ballet world as much as anywhere else.

Canadian viewers can stream the entire series now on CBC.ca

"The more experienced I've become in partnering, the more I've realized that the less you do the better..."
June 29th, 2018
Off Kilter is part of the 2018 Stareable Festival's Official Selections for Short Form Comedy.
June 28th, 2018
Episode 3 - The Relapse
BB uses spin to coax Milton out of a familiar sort of meltdown, and Anna receives a surprise visit from her ex-husband and his new partner.

Canadian viewers can stream the entire series now on CBC.ca

"In preparation for her character, dancer turned actress Murphy-Dyson had to revisit the wounds of her past..."
June 20th, 2018
"Onstage, you see the beginning, middle and end. On the screen, little glimpses need to tell the story..."
June 18th, 2018
"Márquez's masterpiece has been one of my go-tos since I was 17. It narrates the founding of the town of Macondo by José Arcadio Buendía and his wife Ursula and the five generations of descendants that followed. Marquez entwines fantasy, magic and adventure, love and heartbreak, brutality and corruption from the first page until the final remarkable sentence..."
June 14th, 2018
"The funniest scenarios come straight from the context of the dancing. If you’ve spent any time in a ballet studio, you’ll be familiar with the bizarre metaphors and analogies that teachers and choreographers come up with in order to put movement into words."
June 12th, 2018
Episode 2 - The Distraction
Gary, the venue manager, inflicts a series of absurd safety drills on the team. BB, Luke and Anna debate the fine points of the scandal that sent Milton into hiding 20 years earlier.

Canadian viewers can stream the entire series now on CBC.ca

"Milton keeps meaning to make a triumphant return to ballet. It's been next on his to-do list for 25 years"
June 12th, 2018
S11 E24 - Joe Crawford talks with Alejandro Cadilla, creator of a new CBC web series Off Kilter.
June 12th, 2018
"In the course of its eight-episode season, "Off Kilter" nods to some big issues in the dance world. Ageism, the gender pay-gap and sexual harassment are all addressed on some level, in the midst of hijinks caused by an uptight building manager and an enterprising public relations guru."
June 12th, 2018
"I was a ballet dancer for years and then retired to study acting full-time, so to get to do them together is fantastic."
June 12th, 2018
Episode 1 - The Denial
Milton Frank has come back to the studio after a twenty-year absence, but under no circumstance is anyone to call it a "comeback." This is just for fun. A lark. A whimsical experiment.

Canadian viewers can stream the entire series now on CBC.ca

"With acting, I can’t get enough. I want to read about it, I want to talk about it, I want to study more. I’m much more of an acting nerd."
June 10th, 2018
"CBC increases investment in digital content with new slate of 17 original titles and 250 new hours of programming streaming exclusively on the CBC TV App and cbc.ca/watch..."
May 24th, 2018
"CBC Arts is hitting the stage with a new digital original production."
May 10th, 2018
Off Kilter, an eight-part digital series is streaming this spring in Canada via CBC.ca as well as on the CBC TV app, and worldwide on June 12 via YouTube.
May 10th, 2018