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| EDGE One EDGE Two EDGE Three EDGE Four Gathering Light Michelle Olson/ Raven Spirit Dance Ihtsi-pai-tapi-yopa: Essence of Life Byron Chief Moon/Coyote Arts Percussive Performance Le Retour au foret Davida Monk/M-body Prairie Davida Monk/M-body Mountain Serge Bennathan, Davida Monk/M-body MoveIt and Dusk Joe Laughlin/Joe INK Music meets Dance Co. Erasga and Ion Zoo Music Ensemble Quell Lin Snelling Remembering Room Roundtable Lin Snelling & participating artists Room Lin Snelling Schreibstuck Thomas Lehmen Sold Doubt Josh Beamish/ Move: the company Status Quo Amber Funk Barton/ Shay Kuebler The Vision Impure Noam Gagnon/ Co.Vision Selective |
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DUSK DANCES AT DANCING ON THE
EDGE Dusk Dances is Free!! Host: Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg Dusk Dances is an outdoor dance event that brings an array of high quality contemporary and traditional dance to public parks. As dusk descends, a theatrical host ushers the audience - which invariably includes children, dog walkers and local residents - to four eclectic dance pieces that unfold in different areas of the park. Audiences are invited on a pay-what-you-can basis to an innovative site-specific festival, which is not only an artistic event, but a social and cultural one as well. With a bold vision to bring dance into the lap of an urban community, our mandate as producers is to make dance accessible physically (our venue is a public space), financially (admission is pay what you can), and artistically (our programming is diverse, for all tastes and ages). As presenters, our mandate is to give choreographers a unique opportunity to create a site-specific dance piece, and to showcase their work in a non-traditional dance venue, in front of a large and mostly new audience. This year, The Carnival Band will open each evening's festivities. The Carnival Band is a community music project with ten years of history, based out of Commercial Drive’s Britannia Community Centre. Musical direction is provided by Ross Barrett and Tim Sars. Instrumentation for the band includes all range of brass, woodwinds, drums, percussion, accordions, and of course voice. Stage shows also allow us the opportunity to join our bass, guitar, fiddle, banjo, piano, and keyboard playing friends.Many of our favourite tunes are originals by band members. The remainder of our monstrous repertoire includes samba, calypso, swing, afrobeat, jazz, funk, disco, and traditional music from around the globe. They believe that community music is grounded in collaboration, with the aim of empowering the individuals involved. Songs and performances are a means to creative expression and community cohesiveness, rather than an end in themselves. |
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| The Contingency Plan | Strathcona High, Class of ‘56 Strathcona High Class of ’56 explores the sexual repression of the 1950‘s, taking the audience on an emotionally tumultuous journey. This quirky piece introduces you to three teenage girls, clad in perfect pastel dresses and giddy with excitement as they arrive at their high school prom. These three characters are emotionally enthusiastic, vulnerable and volatile. As the piece unfolds, the young women abandon their aspirations of love, embracing a fierce independence with reckless abandon. 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. more information >> |
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Keith and Ed Keith and Ed is an 80’s inspired rock’n’roll duet that is sure to get you back in touch with your inner rock star.Choreographer Bio Meredith Kalaman is a Vancouver based dancer, teacher and choreographer. Meredith has performed and toured with Movent, the Karen Jamieson Dance Company, Judith Marcuse Projects and Cori Caulfield, as well as understudied with Dancers Dancing. Meredith's own work has been presented at Dancing on the Edge 2009, the Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival 2008 & 2009, BC Buds 2008 & 2010, Dances for a Small Stage 14 & 20, Winterfest, 12 Minutes Max both in Vancouver and at On the Boards in Seattle and the In the House Festival. Meredith is a graduate of the Ballet BC Mentor Program. Meredith would like to thank Julie and Sarah for their courage and to Donna and Dancing on the Edge for giving this piece a life!  |
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| Zhenya Cerneacov | One
Couch Finding themselves in the confined area of a small couch, three strangers work together to negotiate life in their close quarters. As the trio reinvents their common space, the couch turns, shifts, and transforms into a world in which these three individuals learn to coexist. “…high-energy fun all the way.” -Michael Crabb, CBC Radio. This piece premiered at Dusk Dances Withrow Park in 2009, and was made possible with the generous support of Dusk Dances and the Toronto Arts Council.  |
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| Sylvie Bouchard & David Danzon | Carousel With its meticulous choreography and irresistible charm, Carousel is a complete harmony of movement and color, an unforgettable encounter danced to the sound of French accordion music. bouchardanse.wordpress.com Carousel was originally created by Sylvie Bouchard and David Danzon through the Company CORPUS, and premiered at Dusk Dances 1997. |
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