Mainspring
November 30, December 1, 2 & 7 - 9, 2006
Not Another One…Two…Three… (November 30, 2006)
Choreography: Tedd Robinson
Rehearsal Direction: Andrea Roberts
Costume Design: Lori Endes after concept of Normand Vandal
Dancers: Jaasiel Bean, Byron Beckford, Jasmine Ellis, Tera Hawes, Masuyo Higashide, Rénald Jean-Pierre, Sung hee Jhun, Sze-Yang Lam, Emily Law, Jennifer Lécuyer, Lilia Leon-Tovar, Catherine McLaughlin, Geneviève Ménard, Kate Stashko, Brodie Stevenson, Shauna Taylor, Kristina Udegbunam
like one memory (November 30, 2006)
Choreography and Direction: Darryl Tracy
Original Score: Jeremy Mimnagh
Rehearsal Direction: Erika-Leigh Stirton
Interpreters and collaborators: Irit Amichai, Rhonda Baker, Christine Birch, Sarah Curts, Cassie Derr, Tara Gaucher, Christina Greiner, Syreeta Hector, Peter Hessel, David Houle, Emily MacNeil, Nichol Magagna, Sarah McQueston, Pulga Muchochoma, Megan Nadain, Eroca Nicols, Matt Owen, Erin Shand, Christy Stoeten, Kalene Ticknor, Corey Wournell
Beginning this piece, I knew I had 21 dancers. The number 21 is found in the Fibonacci sequence. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21.... In 1202, Leonardo Fibonacci revealed this sequence to the world thus affecting how we see mathematics, science, and philosophy. The sequence appears in many places on our bodies - length of our fingers, our DNA, the electrical signals sent to our heart, etc. While the piece developed a life of its own, this is how we started.
I would like to thank the beautiful dancers for their generosity and bravery and Jeremy Mimnagh for his artistry. - D.T.
Give Me One…Money (November 30, 2006)
Choreography: Conrad Alexandrowicz
Music: Ellen Allien & Apparat
Rehearsal Direction: Patricia Fraser
Dancers: Amanda Acorn, Mor Bar-Zakai, Jelani Douglas, Christina Giannelia, Jasmine Graham, Savannah Hoag, Timna Kohl, Shannon Leibgott, Christina Lilley, Whitney Mah, Emily Poirier, Krista Posyniak, Laurence Ramsay, Janine Sicotte, Debra Su, Andrew Taylor, Rose-Marie Thériault
Thanks to the dancers for their invaluable contribution to the process. Thanks to Francisco Alvarez. - C.A.
(Can’t) say (November 30, 2006)
Choreography: Marc Boivin
Music: “9m14s Over Vietnam,” Atau Tanaka; “Open” and “A Promise To Return,” Bob Holroyd
Rehearsal Direction: Andrea Roberts
Video: Nico Stagias (from images by Alex Hutte and Andres Serrano)
Dancers: Amanda Acorn, Mor Bar-Zakai, Jelani Douglas, Christina Giannelia, Jasmine Graham, Savannah Hoag, Timna Kohl, Shannon Leibgott, Christina Lilley, Whitney Mah, Emily Poirier, Krista Posyniak, Laurence Ramsay, Janine Sicotte, Debra Su, Andrew Taylor, Rose-Marie Thériault
It happened.
(Can’t) Say it didn’t.
What it happened to say,
I can’t.
Thanks to Tedd Robinson. - M.B.
neatlyfolded (November 30, 2006)
Choreography: Julia Sasso
Music: Richie Hawtin
Additional Rehearsal Direction: Erika-Leigh Stirton
Created in collaboration with and performed by: Jaasiel Bean, Byron Beckford, Jasmine Ellis, Tera Hawes, Masuyo Higashide, Rénald Jean-Pierre, Sung hee Jhun, Sze-Yang Lam, Emily Law, Jennifer Lécuyer, Lilia Leon-Tovar, Catherine McLaughlin, Geneviève Ménard, Kate Stashko, Brodie Stevenson, Shauna Taylor, Kristina Udegbunam
neatlyfolded features artists I met as first-year students. Well done! Thank you for the journey. - J.S.