Outreach and Main Stage
NDH International Dance Day Special
featuring: Johanna Bundon, Yvonne Chartrand, Tanya Dahms, Ashley Johnson, Roxanne Korpan, Dallas Montpetit, Jeanne Pelletier, Robin Poitras, Tessa Rae, Alex McNabb-Sinclair, Krista Solheim, Tara Solheim, Dr. Renatta Varma, and Jeannine Whitehouse. Time/Date: Friday, April 29 at 1:30PM Duration: 100 minutes Location: Shu-Box, University of Regina (3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina) Price: $30 for adults; $20 for children and seniors NOTE: Masks are required at all NDH events |
Honouring Menaka Thakkar with dance performance by Dr. Renatta Varma
Duration: 2-3 min
Duration: 2-3 min
Conversations with a Faltering Heart
A congenital heart defect is my inheritance. Through my father I inherit my heart and with it a fallible valve. Through speaking and dancing I examine the timeline of my own heart. Musical score created by Jeff Morton using augmented steel guitar, piano and sound recording of my heart beat during an echocardiogram. In collaboration with Karlie King this work is part of The Moving Heart an interactive exhibition of sculptural hearts that asks us to slowly bring the internal external. Special thanks to Traci Foster and Deanna Peters as outside/inside eyes, Tom Perron for anatomy expertise, my ever patient cardiologist Dr. Colin Yeung, the Canada Council for the Arts, and SK Arts for funding this project. Duration: 14 minutes Artist
Ashley Johnson is a dance artist and Registered Somatic Movement Educator trained in group facilitation and hands on bodywork as a teacher of the Mitzvah Technique/Itcush Method and Continuum Movement. Upon completing a diploma in Dance from Grant MacEwan College and a BA in Dance from University of Calgary Ashley spent ten years apprenticing with movement pioneers from around North America. She trained extensively with her two primary mentors Amelia Itcush and Emilie Conrad until their passing in 2011 and 2014. As a dance artist and educator, Ashley creates interdisciplinary site specific creations that blend embodiment practice with creative process. She is currently based out of Regina, SK where she teaches and performs independently and with New Dance Horizons.
www.constantlyseekingsoftness.ca |
Photo by Kana Nemoto
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Traditional Red River Jig
Traditional Métis jigging preserves the historical dances of generations ago; such dances include: The Red River Jig (up to 100 steps), Drops of Brandy, Reel of Eight, Duck Dance, Rabbit Dance, The Métis Square Dance and Reels with calls (usually 8 people).
www.vnidansi.ca/
Duration: 4 min
Traditional Métis jigging preserves the historical dances of generations ago; such dances include: The Red River Jig (up to 100 steps), Drops of Brandy, Reel of Eight, Duck Dance, Rabbit Dance, The Métis Square Dance and Reels with calls (usually 8 people).
www.vnidansi.ca/
Duration: 4 min
Artists
Yvonne Chartrand is a contemporary choreographer and dancer as well as a national award-winning master Métis jigger. Her ancestors come from the Métis community of St. Laurent, Manitoba.
She began performing with a traditional Métis dance group called The Gabriel Dumont Dancers in Winnipeg in 1986. She started work in contemporary dance in the same year, while attending the University of Manitoba Fine Arts Program. She has since trained in Winnipeg, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, New York, and Banff. She graduated from the Main Dance Place apprenticeship program in Vancouver in 1998, where she apprenticed with the Karen Jamieson Dance Company. She has worked with choreographers Paula Ross, Katherine Labelle, Ania Storoscszuk Georgina Martinez, Helen Walkley, Michelle Olson and Robin Poitras. She is a co-founder of Raven Spirit Dance Company. Yvonne attended the Aboriginal Dance Project at The Banff Centre in 2001, 2002, and 2010. She trained with Margo Kane’s Full Circle Ensemble, which produced The River Home for the Talking Stick Festival in 2005. Yvonne is the Artistic Director of V’ni Dansi (founded in 2000 with Mariko Kage), whose name translates as “Come and Dance” in Michif. Dancers perform traditional Métis dance under the name of the Louis Riel Métis Dancers and contemporary dance works as V'ni Dansi. The Louis Riel Métis Dancers have had the pleasure of performing for events locally and nationally and internationally such as the Vancouver International Children's Festival, Talking Stick Festival, Back to Batoche Days Festival, the International Métis Festival and The Debajehmujig Theatre. www.vnidansi.ca/company/yvonne-chartrand |
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
by Robin Poitras with Johanna Bundon, Tanya Dahms, Roxanne Korpan, Ashley Johnson, Tessa Rae, Krista Solheim, and Tara Solheim.
Duration: 3 min
by Robin Poitras with Johanna Bundon, Tanya Dahms, Roxanne Korpan, Ashley Johnson, Tessa Rae, Krista Solheim, and Tara Solheim.
Duration: 3 min
Flowers
Solo dance by Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras, performed by Krista Solheim. Duration: 20 min Artist
Krista Solheim is an independent dance artist and movement teacher based in Regina, SK. She received her early dance training at the Youth Ballet Company of Saskatchewan, then completed a BFA in Contemporary Dance from Concordia University in 1998.
Over the past 24 years, Krista has pursued an independent creative and performative dance practice. As choreographer, Krista has been active in developing her voice as a soloist. As performer, she has worked with a range of choreographers from across Canada. Since 2017, Krista has been working with New Dance Horizons Creation Base, NDH/ Rouge-gorge; dancing in the creations of Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras. Krista is a STOTT PILATES® certified instructor and certified Franklin Method Level One Educator. She is currently in training for and will complete Franklin Method Level Two in May 2022. Krista has dedicated her life to research of movement in the body through dance, creation, teaching and a range of somatic practices. |
Red River Special with orange blossom special
by Yvonne Chartrand (Artistic Director of V'ini D'ansi)
by Yvonne Chartrand (Artistic Director of V'ini D'ansi)
Lonesome
This dance is excerpted from Untitled Peter Tripp Project and was created in collaboration with Lee Henderson & Jayden Pfeifer. Performer: Johanna Bundon Song recording: Elvis Presley Sound design: Lee Henderson Special Thanks to Krista Solheim for rehearsal direction Spring 2021 & Misty Wensel for holding space. Thank you Dana Rempel at Artesian, Michael Wanless for the research, and NDH Secret Garden Summer Stage for the garden, support, and deadline. Duration 8.30 min Artist
Johanna Bundon is an independent artist whose practice includes dance, theatre, independent production, curation, and arts advocacy. She is currently an Artistic Associate with Curtain Razors (Regina).
Johanna is a graduate of LADMMI: Les Ateliers de Danse Moderne de Montréal (2005), Globe Theatre’s Actor Conservatory (2008), University of Regina - BA in Arts & Culture (2013), San Diego 4 Feldenkrais Professional Training Program (2020). Her performance work has been presented by New Dance Horizons, Globe Theatre Sandbox Series, through Western Canada on the Prairie Dance Circuit, and as a part of the National Arts Centre’s Prairie Scene. Her most recent work is Untitled Peter Tripp Project (August 2021) created alongside Lee Henderson & Jayden Pfeifer, presented by Curtain Razors. Photo credit: Michael Bell
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Photo Credit: Lee Henderson 2022
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Eclipse (film)
Dance Creation & Performance: Robin Poitras
Music Composition & Performance: Lhasa de Sela
Art Direction & Cinematography: Edward Poitras
Video Design & Realization: Larry Bauman
Duration: 6 min
Dance Creation & Performance: Robin Poitras
Music Composition & Performance: Lhasa de Sela
Art Direction & Cinematography: Edward Poitras
Video Design & Realization: Larry Bauman
Duration: 6 min
Honouring Métis Elder Jeanne Pelletier: The Rabbit Dance
Live dance and story telling presentation of Jeanne Pelletier's book The Story of The Rabbit Dance.
Performed by Yvonne Chartrand, Dallas Montpetit, Krista Solheim, Johanna Bundon, Alex McNabb-Sinclair, Tara Solheim
Duration: 10 min
Live dance and story telling presentation of Jeanne Pelletier's book The Story of The Rabbit Dance.
Performed by Yvonne Chartrand, Dallas Montpetit, Krista Solheim, Johanna Bundon, Alex McNabb-Sinclair, Tara Solheim
Duration: 10 min