supporting artist development in contemporary dance and performance
It’s that time again!!!
YLDE’s ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING!
Come to OLD MARKET SQUARE on Sunday SEPTEMBER 27th at 4:30pm to talk about all things YLDE!
The BOARD will be there!
(Natasha, Sarah, Zorya, Johanna & Ali)
Throw in your 2 cents about dance in Winnipeg and YLDE and hear about what’s coming up for 2016-17!
There will be a vote, too!
Hope to see you there!
NAfro Dance Productions offers a morning dance class open to the professional community when our company is in session.
WE ARE BACK IN SESSION starting this Monday, Sept 14th!!!
Class is from 9:30-10:30am at our studio (109 Pulford in the Village) -Monday to Friday.
Except for the odd time – class will be taught by Casimiro & will run until the end of October. It is a highly physical & dynamic class incorporating Modern & African dance … a good sweat is guaranteed. We love having guests join us & there is no cost for the class.
Feel free to drop by & pass along to others who may be interested!
https://www.facebook.com/events/105902183092678/
September 18 – September 19
Gas Station Arts Centre – 445 River Avenue
Isadora Duncan: The Muse of Modernism
Community Workshop
Sunday, October 18th, 2:00pm
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Please join us for a moving exploration of art and ideas and a celebration of the Isadora Legacy with Jeanne Bresciani, Artistic Director of the International Isadora Duncan Institute in New York City.
Suitable for all levels of movers, ages 16 and above.
Stemming from primordial, ancient and classical inspiration, Isadora as the Mother of Modern Dance, a revolutionary in art and life and, arguably, the first ‘citizen’ of the world’, laid claim on behalf of all humanity to the birthright of beauty, freedom and strength at the threshold of the 20th century. In Isadora’s ‘Divine Philosphy’ she conjoined ideals for ‘the highest intelligence of the freest body’ while merging the energies of art, life and love as the great guides and guardians to creativity.
2:00-4:00 Movement Workshop
Workshop with Jeanne Bresciani, Artistic Director of The International Isadora Duncan Institute in New York City.
Pianist: Shirley Grierson
The movement workshop will be followed by an Artist Talk with Jeanne Bresciani and conversation on mythic and historical elements. Anticipated end time is approximately 5:00pm.
Cost: $15/dancer
Payable by cash, in person at the workshop, or in advance to Jolene Bailie
If you do not cross paths with Jolene Bailie, you may reserve your spot in the workshop by emailing Jolene at: [email protected]
If you wish to experience the afternoon as an observer, and do not wish to participate as a dancer, we would appreciate a donation at the door to help cover costs. Suggested donation: $5-10.
This workshop is possible with the generous financial subsidy from a private donor, in conjunction with the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s fundraiser, The Gallery Ball, and the volunteer efforts of Jolene Bailie.
The Professional Program of The School of Contemporary Dancers has generously donated studio space for this event. The School of Contemporary Dancers is located at Suite 104-211 Bannatyne Ave., in Winnipeg’s Exchange District.
About Jeanne Bresciani:
Jeanne Bresciani, M.A., M.A., I.M.A., Ph.D., the main protégée of Maria Theresa Duncan, adopted daughter of Isadora Duncan, serves as Artistic Director for the Isadora Duncan International Institute, Inc. (IDII), founded by Maria-Theresa Duncan, ‘the last dancing Isadorable’ and Kay Bardsley in 1977. Jeanne is recognized nationally and internationally as a solo performer, choreographer, educator and scholar of unparalleled authority on Isadora Duncan’s life, works and performance repertoire. Her lineage encompasses years of intensive study and performance with Hortense Kooluris and Julia Levien of the Anna and Irma Duncan heritage, as well as childhood dance training and young adulthood internship with Anita Zahn of the Elizabeth Duncan School.
She has performed as soloist within the United States at many renowned venues, including Lincoln Center, The Joyce Theater, Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, The Bardavon Opera House, The Woodstock Playhouse, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The National Museum for Women in the Arts, The National Museum of Dance, The Egg, The Landsburgh Theater, The Atlas Theater, before the United Nations General Assembly and at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival; in Canada at Massey Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts and the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain; in Europe at the British Museum, the Teatro Carcano (Milano), at Vignaledanza (Torino), Opera Terni, Teatro Sociale (Bergamo), Centro Teatrale di Ricerca & Palazzo Pisani Moretta (Venice), Theatre Regard du Cynge (Paris), at a Rhineland Castles and Throne Rooms Tour with Wausau Dance Theater, including the Darmstadt Orangerie and Fulda Castle (Germany), Smolny Cathedral and the Pushkin Library (St. Petersburg), The National Dance Theater (Budapest), The Delphi Museum and numerous archaeological sites in Greece; in Asia at the TAMA New Parthenon, the Akasaka Theater and the Asahi Theater(Tokyo), MODAFE (Seoul); throughout Taiwan in The Soul of Nature Tour; and in Brazil at Artur Rubinstein Hall, the National Theater, Pallas Athena and Teatro SESC Pompeia.
Awards and Honors:
– Kress Fellowship, Williams College in collaboration with The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Graduate Program in the History of Art
– Maria-Theresa Duncan Award presented at Lincoln Center by Colleen Dewhurst
– Fulbright Fellowship for research, reconstruction and performance in dance throughout Brazil
– Skidmore College Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Award
– Key to the City of Wausau, Wisconsin
Jeanne directs the first professional programs in Isadora Studies: The Certificate Program I : The Training in Technique and Choreography originally founded under Maria-Theresa Duncan’s guidance with Dr. Patricia A. Rowe and Kay Bardsley at New York University; The Certificate Program II: The Advanced Diploma in Performance and Choreography; The Certificate Program in Myth, Movement and Metaphor: specializing in choreographic research – based at three – sites Tempio di danza, the Hudson Valley home of the IDII in High Falls, NY, Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY and The 92Y Harkness Dance Center in NYC. Since 1991 she directs performance study tours abroad, entitled, Sacred Topographies: The Body and the Land. At the 92Y, an historic home of Modern Dance, she directs the Isadora Programs in education and the Jeanne Bresciani and the Isadora Duncan International Institute Dancers, the 92Y Isadora Youth Ensemble and the ‘Isadora for Children’ Performing Group. Jeanne founded the first Isadora Duncan Certificate Program in Beijing, China this year under the auspices of The Apollo Institute, dedicated to the training and development of the first M.A. and Ph.D. candidates in Expressive Arts Therapies in China and will launch The IDII European Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies officially in May, 2016, adjacent sacred sites of early modernism in southern France. Jeanne is the subject of feature articles in Dance Magazine, Dancer Universe and Conscious Dancer Magazine.
IDII Programs under the direction of Jeanne Bresciani have been funded by The National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council for the Arts, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Hearst Foundation, The Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, the Trust for Mutual Understanding, The American Embassy in Athens, the International House in Tokyo, The Korean Olympic Committee, The Japanese Olympic Committee, The Worldwide Pioneer Foundation, Hewlitt-Packard, Phillips-Electric, and numerous colleges, universities and private donors in the U.S. and abroad.
Jeanne Bresciani has been hailed by the international press as:
“The foremost interpreter of Duncan’s dance in North America”
“The Divine in Motion”
“The keeper of the Duncan Flame”
“The standard bearer of the Duncan tradition”
“A force to be reckoned with”
“Dynamo of the Dance”
“The essence of the reincarnation of Isadora Duncan”
“The true heiress of Isadora Duncan’s intuitions and revolutionary ideas”
“In Isadora Duncan’s “Marche Slav” from ca. 1917 – subtlety wasn’t the point. Power was! Jeanne Bresciani was a figure larger than life. Weight seemed a burden, tension threatened to tear this body apart, resistance became a revolution and liberation from bondage the ultimate transfiguration. Bresciani, moving like those tubular Picasso women must if set free in time, brought “The Art of the Solo” to a rousing close.”
An exciting event for the Winnipeg dance community!
Jeanne Bresciani will be in Winnipeg to perform at The Gallery Ball on October 17, 2015. The Gallery Ball is The Winnipeg Art Gallery’s annual fundraiser for their Youth Outreach and Education programs.
Please note: If the workshop appears to be filling up, advance payment may be requested.
AND THAT’S NOT ALL!
TIMES ARE A-CHANGIN’!
1. call for new ADMIN!
https://younglungs.ca/whats-new/2015/8/31/ylde-call-for-interest-admin
2. Call for submission: The Research Series 2015
https://younglungs.ca/whats-new/2015/8/20/ylde-research-series-2015-call-for-submissions
3. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: LATE SEPT. (tba)
and, last but not least …
4. THE PRODUCTION SERIES 2015 (see above)
PLUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TALK-BACK
On FRIDAY, Sep 11
moderated by Johanna Riley
https://younglungs.ca/whats-new/2015/8/28/ylde-production-series-2015-info
CALL for INTEREST
ADMINISTRATOR for Young Lungs Dance Exchange
(DEADLINE: October 2nd)
YLDE is seeking a new (paid) Administrator!
Think you’ve got the energy, time and enthusiasm to orchestrate a number of annual events, write grants, organize + attend meetings, connect with other organizations, plan for the future, and do “a little bit of this & little bit of that”?
If you think you do — YLDE wants to hear from you!
YLDE is NOW accepting letters of interest (PDF doc) which outline why you would like to lead the paid administration of a now nearly 12-year old network of dance artists and their collaborators.
In composing your letter of interest, please indicate that you:
1) can guarantee at least TWO YEARS to the position (July 1st 2016 to July 1st 2018)
2) can fit this intermittent & fluctuating job into your present working life
3) have a history of successful grant writing
4) have a history of coordinating events
5) can assure no conflicts of interest
6) can embrace the internet (and have access to reliable technology required to execute many “tech” tasks)
7) can begin assuming aspects of the position shifting from late 2015 into 2016 — taking full responsibility of the position by July 1st, 2016
BONUS: Being passionate about dance. 🙂
NOTE: there will be a $1000 fee relative for some “warm-up” tasks leading up to July 1st, 2016 — and then full annual pay of $5,000 per year following (This fee is, of course, dependent upon the success of future grant applications).
Selected letters of interest will have a follow-up interview by the YLDE Board. YLDE is currently in the process of changing the nature of its programming and would discuss these ideas in a meeting to determine if position is a good fit for both parties.
No CV required. Please outline all pertinent work experience in your letter (2 pages).
Also please note any other skills you think could be beneficial (ie. do you design? are you proficient at public speaking? are you connected to another organization with resources pertinent to dance? etc.)
Any questions? Please ask the outgoing ADMIN – Ian Mozdzen (info below). He’s happy to communicate.
Thanks for your consideration!
YLDE ADMIN (Ian Mozdzen) – [email protected]
SUBMIT TO [email protected] /// Enter “ADMIN CALL LETTER” in subject field
COMPANY LINK: Alternative Classes
Company Link is an organization dedicated to the Experimental Theatre and Dance artist living and working in Winnipeg. Through training, presentation, and forums we support the development of work that is driven by artistic vision and work that resists definition within traditional categories.
COMPANY LINK is offering Alternative Classes every Sunday from
October 4th to December 6th, 2015.
CLASS #1
Contact Improvisation with Ali Robson
11:30am – 1:30 pm ($100 for 10 Weeks)
Contact Improvisation is a partner dance form based on the physical principles of touch, momentum, shared weight, and most quintessentially – following a shared point of contact. Through an honoring of every moment one learns to recognize and differentiate subtle impulses in our movement choices and our partner’s choices. We begin to decipher the cues that we give and receive which tell us when to lead or follow, when to go up, when to go down, where to touch, how to lift, when to slow down, and when to be still. In this form one learns to stay in integrity with each choice, never forcing, never rushing.
Who Should Take The Class? Actors, dancers, and/or anyone interested in expanding physical range and skill. All levels are welcome.
CLASS #2
Crossing Boundaries: Image Based Improvisation with Tom Stroud
Level I – 2:00pm-4:00pm ($ 40 for 4 Weeks, Oct 4 – 25)
Level II – 2:00pm-4:00pm ($ 60 for 6 Weeks, Nov 1 – Dec 6)
Today performers are expected to participate in the creation of work that crosses the boundaries of theatre and dance. Yet the performers may not have the necessary training to contribute to their full potential. Through understanding the principles of performance, the development of shared language, vocal and physical exercise and improvised scores participants in this class will explore the potential of the intuitive impulse within spontaneous collective creation.
Level I will focus on remedial exercises to develop skills and to familiarize participants with the approach to improvisation. It is designed for those participants who have no experience in working with Tom or those who may wish to review and strengthen basic skills.
Level II is for those participants who have experience with Tom and wish to practice their improvisational skills or for those participants who have completed Level I.
A special discount is available for those who have experience working with Tom in the past.
Please contact Brittany for details.
Who Should Take This Class? Actors and dancers, performers who have completed their basic training and are interested in interdisciplinary creation, devised theatre, and/or expanding their expressive range.
PACKAGE DEAL (Contact & Crossing Boundaries): $175
Classes will be held at The University of Winnipeg’s Asper Centre for
Theatre & Film, studio 2T15.
PLEASE BE ADVISED: CLASS SIZES ARE LIMITED
TO REGISTER
Please contact Brittany Thiessen at [email protected]
by September 15th, 2015.
Bios
Tom Stroud has been working with text-based creation for over 30 years. He is currently the Artistic Director of Company Link and an Associate Professor at the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg where he teaches movement and acting in the Honours BA and General BA Program.
He has an extensive background in Dance and has performed and choreographed for major companies and festivals across Canada. As an Actor he has trained in Meisner Technique, and studied at the Strasberg Institute in New York. He has also trained in Linklater Voice Technique, Roy Hart Vocal Technique, The Alba Method, and Viewpoints.
In 1986 Tom was the resident choreographer at Le Groupe de la Place Royale, the first company in Canada to structure itself as a choreographic laboratory. Tom also was the Artistic Director of the Dance Umbrella of Ontario’s Choreographic Lab which ran in Toronto from 1989 -1991.
In 1991 he was appointed as the Artistic Director of Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers. During his fourteen-year tenure he created numerous full-evening works and initiated a number of significant and innovative co-productions for the company. In 2001 Tom was awarded the prestigious Choo-San Goh Award for Choreography.
Since joining the Faculty at the U of W in 2005 his creation and performance credits include Othello (2005), The Glass Menagerie, (2006), Jealous/Pervert (2006), Witches, (2007), Picnic (2008), Obscene, (2008), Duck Variation (2008), The God Box (2008), A Doll’s House (2009), Juliet and Romeo, (2010) and The Rite, (2010).
In 2014 Tom was awarded a Major Arts Grant from the Manitoba Arts Council for the creation of a full-evening work based on Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit, which was presented as a work-in progress September 6, 2014 at the Asper Centre for Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg.
Ali Robson
Ali Robson is a dancer, choreographer and teacher based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since graduating from the School of Contemporary Dancers in 2004 she has worked in both Vancouver and Winnipeg. In Vancouver she studied and performed contact improvisation with EDAM under the direction of Peter Bingham and in 2012 performed in Serge Bennathanʼs Elles. Ali worked for three seasons with Winnipegʼs TRIP Dance Company under the artistic direction of Karen Kuzak performing in Herding Instinct and The Art of Displacement. In early 2013, she performed with Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers in Toward Light: A Tribute to Rachel Browne and continues to work with the company.
Ali has worked as a dancer, rehearsal director, and movement coach with many artists including Tom Stroud (Company Link), Natasha Torres-Garner, Treasure Waddell, Alexandra Elliott, Claire Marshall, Coral Aiken, Delia Brett (MACHiNENOiSY), Melanie Kuxdorf, Susie Burpee, and Debbie Patterson. Her own choreographic work has been presented by Young Lungs Dance Exchange and at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival.
Ali holds a BA Honours in Theatre majoring in dance from the University of Winnipeg. She teaches creative movement and modern dance to children and adults and has taught contact improvisation and modern technique to students at the University of Winnipeg, to the public through community classes and to the professional dance communities in Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Regina.
Gearshifting Performance Works
Studio Showing, new work in progress
Choreography: Jolene Bailie
Dancers: Krista Nicholson, Jill Groening, Elise Page, LeeLee Davis, Ian Mozdzen, Camila Schujman
We are working on new work. We are concluding our research session with an open studio showing on August 27th at 7:00pm.
We will dance with vigor, we will sweat with droplets, and we will see what it all means in the glory of the moment.
…the glory of the intangible moment…
…the moment where presence, hope, fear and one’s inner fire collide to transport us to an otherness, an otherness that is simultaneously very far and very near.
With the generous support of the Winnipeg Arts Council and The Manitoba Arts Council/ Le conseil des arts du Manitoba.
This is a free event. Approximately 30 minutes of dance.
We would be delighted to have you join us.