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Malgorzata
Nowacka
Vancouver, Canada |
The
Chimera Project
BLOOD:
Blood
has been premiered in Toronto to rave reviews. The common
thread
throughout the piece is that no matter what happens, the dancers keep
going - zeroing in on the perseverance of the human species.
“Blood is as disturbing as it
is mesmerizing, as physically challenging
as it is intellectually provocative.â€
-- The Globe and Mail
"I was working with splicing images,
stories and scenarios to zero in
on an intense state - a moment of aliveness that gives a clue as to
what we are really all about. In the movement creation I was working
with counter-intuitive methods that put dancers in a state of the
unknown - with occasional "cameos" of dance movements we recognize that
create a "home base" that dancers shift in and out of."
-- M. Nowacka
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Photo: David Hou for The Chimera Project
Dancers: Malgorzata Nowacka, Tyler Gledhill
Photo:
David Hou for
The Chimera Project
Dancers:
Brendan Wyatt, Malgorzata Nowacka
Photo: David Hou,
for The Chimera Project
Dancers: Malgorzata Nowacka, Tyler Gledhill
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| | | Justine
A. Chambers
Vancouver, BC | The Contingency Plan
Caesura
This
duet is inspired by the literary term referring to a pause that breaks
up a line of verse in order to convey meaning. Caesura creates an
intricate moving conversation punctuated by the many ways we take pause
in our daily lives.
The Contingency Plan
is a collective of three contemporary dancers, Vanessa Goodman, Jane
Osborne and Leigha Wald, who met while pursuing degrees in dance at
Simon Fraser University. Our mandate is to integrate communities by
creating an opportunity for audiences to fully engage in work that is
honest and sincere. As a collective we are committed to the versatility
required for contemporary performance and as such seek ongoing
opportunities to further develop and diversify our craft. Since our
inception in 2008 our primary focus has been the commissioning of
artists whose work inspires and excites us. Past commissions include
Serge Bennathan, Justine Chambers and Rob Kitsos, and our newest
commission is by James Gnam of The Plastic Orchid Factory. Last year we
were presented by The Society of Yukon Independent Dance Artists,
Dancing on the Edge, Dances for a Small Stage, BLiNK, BC Buds Spring
Arts Fair, Here Be Monsters, MACC Studio Theatre and Restless
Productions. In 2009 we co-produced the first two instalments of Here
to Go, a new contemporary dance series featuring three other emerging
companies in Vancouver. In October 2009 we self-produced SUBMERGED, an
evening of diverse contemporary dance and video, with the assistance of
a partnership from The Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre,
and funding from the British Columbia Arts Council. As individuals we
have also received funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and the
Yukon Advanced Artist Award.
Justine A. Chambers
is a Vancouver-based independent contemporary dance artist. She was a
principal dancer with Desrosiers Dance Theatre, a member of Diavolo
Dance Theatre in Los Angeles and has worked with a number of
independent choreographers both nationally and abroad. Chambers has had
her work presented by New Dance Horizons, Dance Saskatchewan, Dances
for a Small Stage, Series 8:08 Season Finale and DOTE. Chambers and
video artist, Josh Hite, are currently creating "Copy" an
interdisciplinary and participatory installation that explores
duplication, mimicry, degeneration and repetition by allowing dancers
and viewers to simultaneously co-create the piece as a whole.
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Farley
Johansson & Shannon Moreno
Vancouver, BC
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Science Friction
pocket full of diamonds
Science Friction is a contemporary dance
company that was
established in Vancouver in 2003 by Co-Artistic Directors Shannon
Moreno and Farley Johansson.
Science Friction has created
and performed a wide range of works in Germany,Canada and Brazil that
have been seen on stages and screens both big and small.
Science
Friction has collaborated with many artist form varying disciplines and
backgrounds, and has been generously supported by the Canada Council
and the BC Arts Council. Science Friction has been commissioned to
create a new work for the Osnabruck Tanz Theater in June 2011.
Science
Friction's work has appeared in Dances for a Small Stage, the Vancouver
International Dance Festival, Dance in Vancouver, Press Play 2-4,
Chutzpah Festival, Lucky Trimmer(Berlin,D), Tanzarts Festival (Giessen,
Koblenz and Greifswald,D), Vila Danca(Salvador, Brazil), Choreographic
Miniatures Competition in Belgrade, Serbia where Science Friction
received 2nd place and the Audience's Choice Award for their duet, Lie
with me.
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