Blueprint Series #2
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Photo Credit: Orange Slice Photography
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Anastasia Evsigneeva is a contemporary dancer, contortionist, circus performer, and graduate (2019) of the Professional Program of the School of Contemporary Dancers, with a BA Honours in Dance. She was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Anastasia is from a very artistic family. Her mother is a former dancer and choreographer, and her father was a mime with the circus when he was younger. Anastasia is a combination of dance and circus with her own vision of contemporary art. Starting to dance early on in her childhood, she became a soloist in a Modern Dance Theatre “Camertone” in her home city. To enrich her dancing, she decided to learn some “cool tricks” without plans of pursuing a circus career. She visited a circus studio called “Search”, and fell in love with the circus art form. Since then, circus has become her second passion in life. Her dance training is enhanced by the intense contortion, hand balancing, aerial hoop and partner acrobatics training, helping her broaden the opportunities in her artistic career.
After moving to Canada, Anastasia has successfully established professional connections in Winnipeg. Throughout her post-secondary program, she has had the chance to work with different choreographers from across the country, among those are: Jennifer Mascall, Davida Monk, Marc Boivin and others. In February 2019 during the last year in the program, Anastasia was commissioned as a dancer to perform original work by Paula Blair 11 DAYS…24.75 hrs. In June 2019, Anastasia had a chance to perform with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra with Odette Heyn projects. In July 2019, she took part in a choreographic process with Roberto Mosqueda and Ilse Torres, performing in Leon and Guanojuato in Mexico. Among other recent shows, Anastasia took part in the Emerging Artist Initiative with Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers, choreographed by Jolene Bailie. Since 2015, Anastasia has continued her training in contortion and hand balancing under the guidance of Samantha Halas, Anna Ivaseva, Kimberley Craig and Liz Cooper. |
Anna Protsiou is a dancer and circus artist who is currently residing in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She immigrated to Canada from Thessaloniki, Greece in 2014. Anna graduated with a Bachelor Honors Degree in Contemporary Dance from the School of Contemporary Dancers’ Professional Program, an affiliated program with the University of Winnipeg. Anna started dance at age of seven training in ballet, but her love for contemporary dance took over when she became a teenager. Since then, she has participated in many workshops and intensives, and has performed in multiple shows. Some of her recent performances include works by: Odette Heyn and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Stephanie Ballard and the Winnipeg Preservation Initiative, Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers and Peter Quanz. She has also worked with out of province choreographers such as Harold Rhéaume and Le fils d'Adrien danse in Quebec City, and in Toronto for the New Blue Dance Festival. In the summer 2019 she participated in Creando Lazos a Traves De La Danza with Ilse Torres and Roberto Mosqueda in Mexico.
Circus has always been a fascinating genre for Anna. She began her circus journey by training in contortion and hand balancing with her coach Samantha Halas. Anna was fortunate to have such amazing guidance and support that allowed her to develop contortion and hand balancing skills. She recently started practicing and performing aerial hoop under the guidance of Liz Cooper and Kimberly Craig, as well as pole. Some highlights of her performances as a circus artist include Heartache Hotel with Frostbite Circus, Stage Frights with One Trunk Theatre, Legends of Horrors with Hit and Run Dance Productions in Toronto, as well as multiple public and private events. Anna finds the limitless possibilities of a moving human body powerful and mesmerizing. She enjoys improving her skills and spends most of her days training. She would love to pursue a more multidisciplinary career gearing towards dance and circus arts. |
Photo Credit: Dania AboAoun
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Where: University of Regina Shu-Box Theatre | Riddell Centre | 3737 Wascana Pkwy
When: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 8:00 PM Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 1:30 PM Ticketing:
La courroie cyclique de Running Piece me fait penser à l’ouroboros, ce symbole circulaire qui présente un serpent mangeant sa propre queue. Ce paradoxe, où la vie et la mort se nourrissent l’une l’autre, m’évoque cette idée perverse qui veut que nous arrivions à maitriser le temps. Dans le petit circuit fermé de nos drames quotidiens, cette quête de rendement ultime nous y aura plutôt assujettis. À vouloir profiter de chaque instant, cette denrée si abondante qu’est le temps nous file pourtant entre les doigts. |
CRÉDITS
Idée originale Jacques Poulin-Denis Interprète James Gnam Chorégraphie Jacques Poulin-Denis avec Manuel Roque Musique originale Jacques Poulin-Denis Dramaturgie Gabriel Charlebois Plante Costumes Marilène Bastien Électronique Samuel Saint Aubin Vidéo Joel Morin Ben Abdallah Œil extérieur Sophie Corriveau Lumière Erwann Bernard Direction technique Liam Lett Running Piece est une coproduction de l’Agora de la danse qui a été réalisée grâce au soutien financier du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, du Conseil des arts du Canada, du Conseil des arts de Montréal et de Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique. Résidences de création : Centre de Création O Vertigo, Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique, Recto Verso, Danse Danse, Arsenal art contemporain Montréal, Musée d’art de Joliette, Théâtre Hector-Charland, Agora de la danse. |
CREDITS
Created by Jacques Poulin-Denis Dancer James Gnam Choreography Jacques Poulin-Denis with Manuel Roque Original music Jacques Poulin-Denis Dramaturgy Gabriel Charlebois Plante Costumes Marilène Bastien Electronics Samuel Saint Aubin Video Joel Morin Ben Abdallah Outside eye Sophie Corriveau Lights Erwann Bernard Technical direction Liam Lett Running Piece was coproduced by the Agora de la danse and made possible thanks to the financial support of the Canada Arts Council, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Montreal Arts Council and Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique. Creative residences: Centre de Création O Vertigo, Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique, Recto Verso, Danse Danse, Arsenal art contemporain Montréal, Musée d’art de Joliette, Théâtre Hector-Charland, Agora de la danse. |
Jacques Poulin-Denis
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Jacques Poulin-Denis is a composer, choreographer, director and performer. Undertaking projects that blur the boundaries between dance, music and theater, he creates humanistic and uncanny works that are both sensorial and thought provoking. To gently knock the spectator off center, he puts forth the strength within the vulnerability of the characters he brings to life.Counting over twelve different productions, Jacques Poulin-Denis’ work has been seen in over twenty cities across Canada, as well as in the United States, Europe and Asia. He is an artist in residence of l’Agora de la danse in Montreal, and was awarded a two month residency in Berlin during the Tanz Im August Festival, as well as several choreographic research periods in Montreal, Victoria, Vancouver, Bassano and Seoul.
He develops an interdisciplinary approach to creation, which he regularly teaches through workshops and master classes. He is a close collaborator of choreographer Mélanie Demers and has been active with her company, Mayday, as a composer and performer since 2006. Jacques Poulin-Denis is the winner of an Isadora Duncan Dance Awards, San Francisco in 2004 and a Saskatoon Area Theater Award in 2009. |
James Gnam
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James Gnam is an award winning dance artist based in Vancouver and Montreal. He is the artistic director of plastic orchid factory, a founding member of Left of Main as well as an associate artist with MAYDAY and Grand Poney. He trained at the National Ballet School of Canada and from 1998 to the present, has performed in the works of Crystal Pite, Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, Jiri Kylian, Barak Marshall and collaborated in the creation of new work with Lee Su-Feh, Jacques Poulin-Denis, Melanie Demers, Vanessa Goodman, Peter Bingham and Tedd Robinson. With plastic orchid, James collaboratively devises interdisciplinary work that has been supported by Opera Estate in Bassano Italy; Circuit-Est in Montreal; Centre Q and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa; Mile Zero Dance in Edmonton; The New Forms Festival, The Vancouver Art gallery and SFU Woodwards in Vancouver.
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Where: University of Regina Shu-Box Theatre | Riddell Centre | 3737 Wascana Pkwy
When: Thursday, October 24, 2019 - 1:30 PM Friday, October 25, 2019 - 8:00 PM There will be a talk back reception in the CRUSH space following the Friday evening performance. Ticketing:
Purchase of a HINKYPUNK ticket will allow patrons 19 years of age an older to attend the Wigs on Fire Kiki Vogue Ball following the Talk Back and reception on Friday, October 25. |
Ralph Escamillan is a queer, Canadian-Filipinx performance artist/choreographer/teacher and community leader based in Vancouver, BC. His arsenal of performance skills include a variety of street dance styles, ballroom, contemporary, circus, and drag. He graduated after 4 years in Modus Operandi, Vancouver’s contemporary dance training program, in 2015. He’s apprenticed with Kidd Pivot and worked with Vancouver companies: Company 605, Co.Erasga Dance, Kinesis Dance Somatheatro, Out Innerspace Theatre and is currently on contract with Wen Wei Dance. In the commercial industry, hes worked with choreographers including AJ Aakomon, Luther Brown, Paul Becker and Tucker Barkely, as well as artists Victoria Duffield and Zendaya Coleman, and was a guest dancer for Janet Jackson’s “Unbreakable” tour in 2015. With his company FAKEKNOT he creates work that strives to understand the complexities of identity using sound, costume and technology. The founder of VanVogueJam, Ralph shares his passion for Vogue/Ballroom culture at his weekly by-donation class and vogue balls, acting as a beacon for the queer dance form in Western Canada.
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