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the response. /Amber Funk Barton
Vancouver, B.C. |
Hero & Heroine
“Our heroes are people and
people are flawed. Don’t let that taint the thing
you love.” - Randy K. Milholland
Falling in and out of sleep, a man and woman
find themselves in a surreal landscape
battli batteling unknown
forces...sometimes alone, other times together, but mostly with
the unsaid between them. This intimate duet,
featuring the unique athletic hybrid movement of Amber Funk Barton,
balances raw energy and precise physicality with the
sensit sensitivity of touch as the
performers, working as both allies and enemies investigate
each other and the space that surrounds them. Hero & Heroine
accepts the obvious yet challenges the emotional and physical
dynamics of a relationship between a man and woman, eventually leading
them to discover that their actions, whether as a regular human being
or the alter ego of their dreams, has consequences.
the
response.
Artistic Director l Amber Funk Barton
Dedicated to pushing the physical and
emotional boundaries of dance, the
response. is a new Vancouver-based contemporary
dance company founded in 2008 by its Artistic Director, Amber
Funk Barton. The inspiration for this company lies in the
ability of the human body, its capacity, its physical potential and its
emotional make-up while invest
investigating the possibilities of fusing together the articulation and
sophistication of contemporary and classical technique with
the athleticism, dynamics and energy of urban dance and
culture. the
response. aims to go beyond the focus of form to
create cinematic experiences by using the body to create
pictures, images and shapes to evoke reaction. It is a
company also distinguishable by the vulnerability and sensitivity
portrayed in its works. the response. is
also concerned with bridging the gap between art and
entertainment, challenging the
perception of how contemporary dance can be
perce perceived and interpreted.
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Sinha Danse/
Roger Sinha
Vancouver, B.C.
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A Matter
of Life and Breath
With a hybrid vocabulary, the movements, words, sounds and
technologies facilitate the creation of a poetic body language. Remote
Wii’s attached each part of the body supported by interactive
software.
Each movement of the dancers thentrigger sound fragments making the
dancers musicians as well as movers.
The piece A Matter of
Life
and Breath will explore not only the
choreographer’s relationship with
the breath but also the dancers relationship with the breath.
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  Roger Sinha
Sinha Danse
A Matter of Life and
BreathPhoto credits: Tony
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Sinha Danse/
Roger Sinha
Vancouver, B.C.
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Zeros & Ones
Developed
in the Winter 2008 in Bangalore, India's "Silicon Valley", the piece
highlights the digital division of the e-haves and the e-have
nots. Using a hybrid vocabulary where spoken word, video, and
new
technologies allow the emergence of a poetic language of the body. The
solo examines how close East and West can come together before they
collide. Wired up with sensors, one on each limb, and attached to the
special metallic bells and using the interactive software (max/msp),
each movement triggers fragments of sound and poetry turning Sinha into
a "physical spoken word DJ". 
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Zeros and Ones Photo credits: Michael
Siobodian
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