21-22 Re-Centering/Margins
3rd Annual Creative Residency
Re-Centering / Margins Creative Residency aims to increase opportunities and professional development for emerging dance artists of colour to create contemporary works with mentoring support that helps more fully realize their artistic visions.
This project also supports Dance West Network’s mission by strengthening emerging contemporary dance artists in Vancouver for future engagements locally and provincially.
Produced by Jane Gabriels, Ph.D. , Executive Director, and supported by current project coordinator, Juolin Lee, and by previous coordinator Zahra Shahab.
Thank you to funders: RBC Foundation, City of Vancouver’s Art, Culture and Community Services Department, BC Arts Council and BC Touring Council.
Artists
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JENNIFER AOKI (she/her)
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NICK MIAMI BENZ (they/them)
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Sophie Dow
RE-CENTERING / MARGINS, 3rd ANNUAL CREATIVE RESIDENCY 2021-2022
Edited by Elysse Cloma, the three writers - Carolyn Nakagawa (writer for Jennifer Aoki), Jeanette Kotowich (writer for Nick Miami Benz) and Robyn Grant-Moran (writer for Sophie Dow) - crafted these beautiful responses to the dance artists' works.
Writers were asked to connect with the artists' creative processes, while keeping their own voice, to create essays that support different kinds of reflection, creative engagement and documentation of these new dance works.
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Project Editor
Elysse Cloma (she/her) is a second generation Filipino-Canadian settler based on unceded Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh territories. Her art practice involves music, sound, and writing. As a DJ, she has made mixes for electronic music collectives s.M.i.L.e. and Eternal Dragonz. In 2022, Elysse is working on releasing ambient music under the moniker desire process, and folk and country music as clara sanchez.
photo credit: Jana Josue
April 20, 2022 @ 7:30PM, SFUs Wong Theatre
Dance West Network announces the culminating showings of the 3rd annual Re-Centering/Margins creative residency.
Dance artists include: Jennifer Aoki, Nick Miami Benz, Sophie Dow.
Hosts and post-performance conversation moderators: Alyssa Amarshi, Angela Cooper.
Re-Centering / Margins Creative Residency increases opportunities and professional development for emerging dance artists of colour to create contemporary works with mentoring support that helps more fully realize their artistic visions.
Program
Dance in Vancouver, DiV
Hosted by Alyssa Amarshi and Angela Cooper
Nick Miami Benz, Sophie Dow, Jennifer Aoki
Mentors and Writers
MENTOR: Mariko Tanabe (Jennifer Aoki)
WRITER: Carolyn Nakagawa (Jennifer Aoki)
MENTOR: Sparkle Plenty (Nick Miami Benz)
WRITER: Jeanette Kotowich (Nick Miami Benz)
MENTOR: Olivia C. Davies (Sophie Dow)
MENTOR: Cole Alvis (Sophie Dow)
WRITER: Robyn Grant-Moran (Sophie Dow)
Ancillary Project, 21-22
Ariane Custodio
Isaac Gasangwa
Juan Imperial
Antonio Somera
Kaya Tsurumi
Marissa Wong
Tomoyo Yamada