MOMENTUM 2011
May 5 - 7 & 12 - 14, 2011
desert songs
(May 5, 2011)
Choreography: Julia Sasso
Music: Kalimba Sound System
Lighting Design: Gabriel Cropley
Costume Design: Jennifer Dallas
Dancers:
Robyn Breen, Nicole Carr, Amber d’Entremont, Claudine Dubé, Joey Eddy, Juana María Galindo Torres, Mateo Galindo Torres, Christian Camilo Giraldo, Jessica Hall, Greg Harris, C. Alexander Harris-Mungo, Marie Lambin-Gagnon, Brittany LaRusic, Damian Norman, Kassi Scott, Ann Trépanier, Mathieu Trépanier, Brigitte Tsang, Kathia Wittenborn, Michelle Zimmerman
desert songs embodies the intoxicating exuberance of Senegalese diambadong rhythms in an exhilarating ‘rite of spring’. The music creates an envelope of propulsive momentum that ignites and carries the energy of the dance.
- JS
In a condensed State of Bliss
(May 5, 2011)
Choreography: William Yong
Music: Venetian Snares and Amon Tobin
Lighting Design: Gabriel Cropley
Costume Design: Jennifer Dallas
Dancers: Chantal Baudouin, Olivia Citter, Helen Cox, Neesha de Souza, Richie Doyle, Jessie Garon, Amelia Iverson, Megumi Kokuba, Jolyane Langlois, Amanda LaRusic, Sarah Leuschen, Kristine Matthys, Turner Norman, Sarah Reid, Lara Roberts, Anastasia Shivrina, Jarrett Siddall, Boris Vdovine, Jelena Vujičić, Natalie Westerbeek, Angela (Ya Qing) Zhou
I would like to thank this group of very talented young dancers for their collaborative effort and devotion to this complex choreographic work. Their stories formed the kernel of the inspiration. Their enthusiasm and openness brought happiness and excitement to every rehearsal. I am also thankful to the faculty and staff for this opportunity to work with the school again. Big thank you to Jennifer Dallas for taking up a huge challenge and creating the remarkable costumes.
– WY
At winter they fell, like swallows and daisies
(May 5, 2011)
Choreography: Sasha Ivanochko
Rehearsal Direction: Brendan Wyatt
Music: Leoš Janáček
Lighting Design: Gabriel Cropley
Costume Design: Jennifer Dallas
Dancers: Joanie Audet, Alysha Cugini, Kala Fletcher, Ana Groppler, Andrew Hartley, Emma Kerson, Jane Alison McKinney, Toan Nguyen, Erica Oddleifson, Jillian Peever, Brandon Ramsey, Freya Sargent, Alisa Stupak, Juanita Suárez Téllez, Sam Xu
Themes I am currently focused on in my practice surround gravity, space, and mortality. The latter is seemingly an odd subject for a group of dancers just embarking on careers, but the graduating class was eager to work with weight, both physically and metaphorically. I choreograph intuitively and am inspired by the people that surround me. This piece would not exist in this form without each of the 15 dancers.
– SI
This is the inaugural Kathryn Ash Choreographic Commission. The award is given in honour of the late Kathryn Ash, who was a tremendous friend to the School, serving on our Board for 18 years, and as President from 1995-2008. The award will be given annually to a choreographer, ideally a graduate, selected to create a new work for our students.
presdigital variations
(May 5, 2011)
Choreography/Direction:Darryl Tracy
Rehearsal Direction: Megan Nadain
Music: Robert Henke, Emika, Marcel Dettmann, Substance
Video: Megan Nadain, Aaron Yeger
Lighting Design: Gabriel Cropley
Costume Design: Cheryl Lalonde
Interpreters and movement creation: Robyn Breen, Nicole Carr, Amber d’Entremont, Claudine Dubé, Joey Eddy, Juana María Galindo Torres, Mateo Galindo Torres, Christian Camilo Giraldo, Jessica Hall, Greg Harris, C. Alexander Harris-Mungo, Marie Lambin-Gagnon, Brittany LaRusic, Damian Norman, Kassi Scott, Ann Trépanier, Mathieu Trépanier, Brigitte Tsang, Kathia Wittenborn, Michelle Zimmerman
For quite some time, I have been interested in cortical hemispheric specialization (right and left brain function). Additionally, I am curious about our individual preferential sensory dominant traits. How do these preferences affect the way we perceive the world? How do they allow us to communicate or move our bodies? In this process, the dancers created gestures, movement phrases, and partnering while having their dominant hands or dominant eyes restricted. This study is a culmination of some of this research. I wish to thank Megan Nadain for all of her assistance. I dedicate this work to the dancers.
– DT
The Science of Community, Love and Decay
(May 5, 2011)
Choreography: Gerry Trentham
Rehearsal Assistance: Andrea Roberts
Lighting Design: Gabriel Cropley
Costume Design: Jennifer Dallas
Dancers: Chantal Baudouin, Olivia Citter, Helen Cox, Neesha de Souza, Richie Doyle, Jessie Garon, Amelia Iverson, Megumi Kokuba, Jolyane Langlois, Amanda LaRusic, Sarah Leuschen, Kristine Matthys, Turner Norman, Sarah Reid, Lara Roberts, Anastasia Shivrina, Jarrett Siddall, Boris Vdovine, Jelena Vujičić, Natalie Westerbeek, Angela (Ya Qing) Zhou
“The deep structure of change is decay.” Decay, the degradation of localized high quality to chaotic dispersal “is ultimately natural, motiveless and purposeless.” (Peter Atkins); “Thus the device by which an organism maintains itself stationary at a fairly high level of orderliness (a fairly low level of entropy) really consists of continually sucking orderliness from its environment.” (Erwin Schrodinger); from Modern Science Writing - Richard Dawkins.
– CA
Four Towers
(1994)
Choreography: Christopher House
Rehearsal Direction: Rosemary James
Rehearsal Assistance: Patricia Miner
Music: Music from the Towers of the Moon, Robert Moran
Original Lighting Design: Roelef Peter Snippe
Costume Design: Denis Joffre
Dancers
May 5, 6, 14
Alysha Cugini, Ana Groppler, Jane Alison McKinney, Erica Oddleifson, Jillian Peever, Alisa Stupak, Brandon Ramsey, Juanita Suárez Téllez
Solo Kala Fletcher
Trio Joanie Audet, Emma Kerson, Toan Nguyen
Solo Sam Xu
May 7, 12, 13
Joanie Audet, Alysha Cugini, Emma Kerson, Jane Alison McKinney, Toan Nguyen, Erica Oddleifson, Juanita Suárez Téllez, Sam Xu
Solo Freya Sargent
Trio Ana Groppler, Jillian Peever, Brandon Ramsey
Solo Alisa Stupak
Four Towers was inspired by House’s first hearing of Robert Moran’s exquisite Music from the Towers of the Moon. This dance was created for TDT’s twenty-fifth anniversary season. The first solo was performed by Laurence Lemieux, the trio by Naoko Murakoshi, Miriane Braaf, and Bill Coleman, and the second solo by Coralee McLaren.
A special thank you to Christopher House, Cheryl Lalonde, and Toronto Dance Theatre. The original creation of this work was produced by Toronto Dance Theatre with the generous assistance of the Laidlaw Foundation.