Digital Dancing

September 30 to October 3 2020

Livestream of BLUSCRN by FAKEKNOT/Ralph Escamillan , an inclusive performance work that plays with the complexities of identity and culture through costume, sound, technology, and movement.

Thursday January 21 , 7pm-8pm (free)

The River Project , an online conversation with artists Tara Cheyenne Friedenburg , Molly Wickham and Miriam Colivin about this large-scale collaborative dance and interdisciplinary performance taking place on the banks of the Widzinkwah (Bulkley) in Witsuwit’en territory.

Saturday Jan 30 , 5-9pm live streaming

The Collective Body (TCB) Dancers, Musicians and Digital Artists play telephone…

How do artists connect and collaborate while living in isolation?

The Collective Body (TCB) is a unique outdoor nightly projection series showcasing dancers, body parts and musicians from across North America.

It's one giant game of telephone as dancers, musicians and digital artists collaborate and explore the constraints and unique possibilities of digital connection while reminding us of the deep importance and irreplaceability of shared physical space. https://fb.me/e/2bS9X7Xd2

Friday, February 5 , 5:30pm

BC/BX: Hip-Hop Performances & Conversation, a series of online workshops in music, dance and spoken word in a virtual Hip-Hop Academy, culminating with performances featuring Indigenous and POC artists from The Bronx and Haida Gwaii

https://www.facebook.com/events/814166345801682/

Tuesday, February 9 , 7:00pm (free)

Body Parts Online

Circle Discussion & Performance

Circle Discussion : A small group of local female-identifying and non-binary people are invited to gather online and/or physically distanced to talk, listen, share our experiences around body image. This discussion is an opportunity to witness and reflect on our lived experiences common and unique.

Performance : Body Parts is a solo performance by veteran artist Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg in which she tries to perform her show but gets comically sidetracked by her own body issues and the absurdity of performing virtually. Something has gone terribly wrong! Part stand-up comedy, part Greek tragedy, part performance art, part contemporary dance, this solo is the result of the ever-changing nature of creating art during a global pandemic and our inability to talk about our bodies.

Credit: Wendy D Photography

Friday, February 12, 7:30 pm

Hiromoto Ida has produced a solo dance work titled Homecoming 2020, a love letter to his mother, an exploration of belonging and a manifestation of the nature of cycle. There will be a live stream of the work, as well as a short documentary film about the making of the piece.

Mother Sound/ Body

Method Dance Society and collaborators will investigate the integration movement-controlled sound technology during weekly workshops (Feb 15 - May 8, 2021) to record new movement exploration, and compose a musical score. Exploring the way form and sound interact through movements that explore conversations of mental health and wellness in times of isolation are the focus. Digital work of the ongoing research will be publicly shown, May 2021 (date TBA).

*Prince George Playhouse (currently in transition due to COVID-19; Method Dance Society offering digital works and community engagement independently in this change)

Credit: Emily Jane Photography

Podcast with Paul Destrooper, Artistic Director of Ballet Victoria and dance video recording with Ballet Victoria and local dance students in various outdoor locations around Cowichan, Spring 2021.

https://anchor.fm/cowichanpacpodcast

Feb-May 2021

Whatever Happened To We : Genevieve Johnson and Samantha Letourneau (Nanaimo) embark on a digital residency, a Local/Global exchange, in pair with two selected artists from the Nordic region, in a project in search of artistic strategies that reshape notions of “we” (cultural, social, political). Output is set aside and practice itself is considered key to the solution.