CROSSING BORDERS
November 25 - 27 & December 1 - 4, 2004
undertow (premiere November 25, 2004)
Choreography: Julia Sasso in collaboration with the artists
Music: Paul Dresher and Kevin Braheny
Sound Mixing: Cheryl Lalonde
Rehearsal Assistance: Lilia Leon-Tovar
Costume Design: Jennifer Bunt
Dancers: Jaasiel Bean, Corey Crawford, Isabelle Dionne, Mélina Dupuis, Jasmine Ellis, Aubrey Ffitch, Catherine George, Masuyo Higashide, Rénald Jean-Pierre, Sung hee Jhun, Sze-Yang Lam, Emily Law, Jennifer Lécuyer, Geneviève Ménard, Hyun-soo Seo, Romina Soria, Kate Stashko, Brodie Stevenson, Larissa Taurins, Shauna Taylor, Kristina Udegbunam, Kamen Wang
"seize the... possibility the sea around me... The waves... coming in Like Arabian stallions gradually lapping into sea horses... Dip in to the sea of possibilities... In the sea of possibility" - Patti Smith
Enormous thanks to Lilia for your courage, commitment, and invaluable contribution to our process. - J.S.
Jamaican-Chinese (premiere November 25, 2004)
Choreography: Peter Chin
Music: “Anabo Yedeng” (Kromanti), Maroon music from the earliest Free Black Communities of Jamaica; “Fire Man”, Jamaican Nyabingi music; “Inlaid Zither”, Chinese Cheng performed by Liang Tsai-Ping; “Better your Life”, Rankin Toyan
Sound Editing: Garnet Willis and Peter Chin
Rehearsal Assistance: Andrea Roberts
Costume Design: Lori Trez Endes
Dancers: Penny Couchie, Anna Finkel, Marie-France Forcier, Jennifer Fullerton, Amber Kilback, Melissa Lively, Hailey McCloskey, Jasmin McGraw, R. Kathryn Oledzki, Danielle O'Reilly, Elke Schroeder, Brian Solomon, Linnea Wong
Earth dance, wire dance (premiere November 25, 2004)
Choreography: Sasha Ivanochko
Music: Matmos
Rehearsal Direction: Patricia Miner
Costume Design: Lori Trez Endes
Dancers: Arden Metford, Emma-Kate Millar, Megan Moore, Mayuko Morita, Lauren Rankin, Jade Sakamoto, Erika-Leigh Stirton, Catherine Valle, Jessica Wilson, Brendan Wyatt (November 25, 26, December 2, 4); Stéphanie Bernard, Heather Berry, Michael Caldwell, Nicole Dupuis, Lynndsey Larre, Mariana Medellin-Canales, Arden Metford, Emma-Kate Millar, Jade Sakamoto, Jessica Wilson (November 27, December 1, 3).
Thank you to Pat Miner for taking the reins on this one! Thank you to Whitney Hewitt for her contribution to the creative process. - S. I.
Direct Dial Dysfunction? (premiere November 25, 2004)
Choreography: Mitch Kirsch
Music: Ed Hanley
Costume Design: Jennifer Bunt
Dancers: Stéphanie Bernard, Heather Berry, Michael Caldwell, Nicole Dupuis, Whitney Hewitt, Lynndsey Larre, Mariana Medellin-Canales, Arden Metford, Emma-Kate Millar, Megan Moore, Mayuko Morita, Lauren Rankin, Jade Sakamoto, Erika-Leigh Stirton, Catherine Valle, Jessica Wilson, Brendan Wyatt
Direct Dial Dysfunction? is a dance which is spontaneously structured by the dancers. Audience members are requested to help structure the dance by using their cell phones to call the dancers during the performance. During this piece, please turn on your phone and dial the number found on your program insert.
Movement material for Direct Dial Dysfunction? is drawn from Cactus (1986), Lizard (1991), Pasture (1996), Kick Waltz (1998), and Tata Blablabla (2001).
Special thanks to the dancers, for their extraordinary good natures, and to Pat Fraser, Jennifer Bunt, Ed Hanley, and Jane Townsend. - M.K.
LOIN DEVANT (Far ahead) (premiere November 25, 2004)
Choreography: Paul-André Fortier
Music: Plastikman
Rehearsal Direction: Patricia Fraser
Costume Design: Lori Trez Endes
Dancers: Penny Couchie, Anna Finkel, Marie-France Forcier, Jennifer Fullerton, Amber Kilback, Melissa Lively, Hailey McCloskey, Jasmin McGraw, R. Kathryn Oledzki, Danielle O'Reilly, Elke Schroeder, Brian Solomon, Linnea Wong