| Festival Of Contemporary Dance 2009 | July 9 to 18 | |||
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| FESTIVAL NEWS Dancing on the Edge returns for its 21st festival July 9 through 18th, 2009 with performances by Wen Wei Dance, Fortier Danse Creations, The Plastic Orchid Factory, Dusk Dances, 605 Collective, Suddenly Dance Theatre, Tiger Princess Productions and much more. Leading up to the festival from June 19th and throughout the festival, Paul-Andre Fortier will perform his internationally acclaimed solo site work, 30X30 on an outdoor site in downtown Vancouver. |
EDGE PRESS THIS WEEK Georgia Straight Dancer Paul-André Fortier envelopes the city with Solo 30x30 For those heading home from work at 5:15 p.m., the sight of a man dressed in sleek black moving fluidly within a large taped-off square in the middle of a busy downtown block is enough to draw attention. But the most fascinating thing about veteran choreographer-dancer Paul-André Fortier's free shows-on all month in Library Square-isn't so much the performance itself. Read more >> |
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| FESTIVAL PROFILE: WEN WEI DANCE Friday, July 10, 8pm THREESIXTYFIVE Three Sixty Five pushes the boundaries of choreographer Wen Wei Wang's own cultural traditions in order to reveal the range of human conditions and emotions that occur at any time in any one's own life. Highly kinetic movement expresses joy, passion and sexuality. To this end, rather than following the usual sequence of seasons the work is structured in collaboration with the deconstructed electronic version of Vivaldi's well known score, reworked by Giorgio Magnanensi and featuring cellist Peggy Lee. Three Sixty Five features lighting design by James Proudfoot, and costumes by Kate Burrows |
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| FESTIVAL PROFILE: FORTIER DANSE-CRÉATION INC June 19-July 18 Daily at 5:15pm Solo 30 X 30 Using a daring approach, Solo 30x30, offers an original concept proposed as an event/performance. Designed as a site-specific 30-minute performance, the solo piece is presented outside each day at the same place and at the same time for 30 days. The venue is an unusual place for a show. Although transitory, it is part of the city and its activities and allows for a privileged encounter between the artist, his surroundings and the public. This piece has been performed 270 times since 2006 and has been seen by thousands of people in nine different cities around the world (Ottawa and Montreal in Canada, Yamaguchi in Japan, Nancy and Lyon in France, Newcastle and London in U.K. , Bolzano and Rome in Italy). 900 minutes of intimacy between a man and a city. A unique environmental encounter with a dancing man. Paul-André Fortier proposes a controlled drifting-off into the urban landscape where his dance is part of the street, exposing itself to good or bad weather. This dance plays no tricks and does not compromise; it simply appeals to the gaze of passers-by who then decide if they should stop or carry on. This man is dancing where one least expects it. His impertinent body reveals itself to your gaze and dares your secret desires of transgression and freedom; he is both you and himself redefining his place within the urban fabric. He expects you but is not waiting for you; you will find him without looking for him. A chance meeting with a celestial tramp. |