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Show # 1
Saturday, July 3rd

Show # 1

Featuring: Anastasia Evsigneeva, Anna Protsiou, Bill Coleman, Johanna Bundon, Joseph Ashong, Jonah Ashong, Kwanita Ashong, Kathryn Ricketts, Marcus Merasty, Mac Findlay, I-Ying Wu,
Tara Solheim and VibesYQR (Tessa Rae Kuz, Edwardo Alvaro, Roddire John Creer,
Mohitdeep Khatra, Renz Rivero).

Tickets:
Adult: $20.00
Child: $10.00
Free for children 6 years and under

Show Times:
7:30 PM (CST)

Show Dates:
Saturday, July 3, 2021

Show Location:
New Dance Horizons’ Secret Garden Summer Stage
New Dance Horizons Backyard, ​2207 Harvey St, Regina, SK

Please note all shows are limited to 35 guests, and are planned to be held outside weather permitting. If weather conditions are challenging the shows will be moved inside to New Dance Horizons studio where we have a limited capacity per show.

A confirmation email will be sent to you for your tickets. Please bring this confirmation to the Show.
For more information email info@newdancehorizons.ca or call us at (306) 525-5393.

About Artists

Photo credit: Robert Wilson

Anastasia Evsigneeva is a dance and circus artist. She graduated from The Professional Program of The School of Contemporary Dancers, Winnipeg, in 2019 with BA Hons in Dance. In summer 2020 Anastasia founded her performance arts company Moving Roots with the goal to build the body of work of her own and in collaboration with other artists. Since July 2020 Anastasia has started The Artistic Residency at New Dance Horizons under mentorship with Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras.

Photo credit: Robert Wilson

Anna Protsiou, originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, Anna graduated with a Bachelor Honours Degree in Dance from the School of Contemporary Dancers’ Professional Program. Anna practices and performs as a dancer and as a contortionist and loves to integrate the two genres. Anna is currently under a mentorship with Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras as part of New Dance Horizons’ 2020-2021 35th season.

Bill Coleman is a choreographer and performer His choreographic work has been presented at the Tramway in Glasgow, New York’s Dance Theatre Workshop, Place Des Arts, Montreal, Alexandrinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Bill collaborated with the legendary jazz band the Sun Ra Arkestra to create Hymn To The Universe in 2008, and is featured in OutSideIn, a 40-minute 3D film that premiered at the 2015 Venice Biennale.

Photo credit: Lee Henderson

Johanna Bundon is an independent artist whose practice includes dance and theatre performance, choreography, and teaching. She has been working in the field of movement arts for over 15 years.
 
A 2005 graduate of LADMMI (Les Ateliers de Danse Moderne de Montréal), a 2008 graduate of the Globe Theatre’s Actor Conservatory, and holds a BA in Arts & Culture from the University of Regina.
 
As a choreographer, Johanna’s work has been presented across Western Canada through the Prairie Dance Circuit and as a part of the National Arts Centre’s Prairie Scene.

Johanna has been instructing Yoga and Somatic studies since 2006. She is recently sharing her work in Feldenkrais since graduating from San Diego 4 Feldenkrais Professional Training Program (2020). Johanna is an Authorized Trainee Awareness Through Movement® teacher. She loves this work and is enthusiastic about sharing this dynamic practice with other movers / thinkers / feelers.

From Anansi (Dancing & Wild Tales)

Joseph Ashong has recorded and performed with Peter Gabriel, Angelique Kidjoe, Papa Wimba, Farafina, Annax Bickie, Alpha YaYa Diallo, Four the Moment, Prophet Organs and Juno Award winner Bill Usher. He is often called upon to share his knowledge of traditional Ghanaian culture, music and dance in educational settings.  He taught West African percussion and dance at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music for three years, and has conducted classes and workshop with the National Ballet, “Creating Dance in the Schools” program.  The Toronto Symphony’s ‘Adopt a Musician; program and the Art Gallery of Ontario’s “Spring into Art” programs as well as many, many classroom workshops and presentations.
Ashong now resides in Saskatoon, where he continues his involvement in the music and art scene.  In the summers of 2005 and 2007 he taught at the University of Saskatchewan during summer Session.  He continues to teach and give school presentations at all levels. He joined with two long time Saskatchewan friends from Boomtown Drums as “The Ghanadians”, playing sets at Festivals and special events such as Engineers without borders. He is lead percussionist with Oral Fuentes Reggae Band.

Photo credit: Arne Eigenfeldt

Kathryn Ricketts, is an Associate Professor and Chair of Dance, University of Regina. For 35 years Ricketts has been researching and practicing dance and visual arts and has articulated the methodology Embodied Poetic Narrative. Her work is focused on developing ‘voice’ through performance with vulnerable populations using artifacts and personal narratives. She runs The Listening Lab, a visual and performing arts ‘incubator’ and presents exhibitions and performances in her loft in the John Deere Tractor Building. She is chair of the dance area of the Arts Ed program and Director of Professional Development and Field Experience in the Faculty of Education.

Photo credit: Neil Sawatzky

Marcus Merasty is a dance artist from Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan and is of Cree descent, Assin’skowitiniwak meaning “People of the rocky area”. His interest in dance began with learning traditional Métis jigging in 2013. A year later, following the invitation to perform in a contemporary dance work by Edward Poitras and Robin Poitras he began to pursue a life in dance. This was also the beginning of an on-going mentorship with artists Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras. Since then Marcus has received training in theatre from the Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre and participated in the Indigenous Dance Residency (2016) and the Indigenous Choreographers Creation Lab (2019) at The Banff Centre, and has toured across eastern Canada with The Dancers of Damelahamid. Marcus recently completed the 4 year Professional Program at The School of Contemporary Dancers and is working toward his BA. (Hons) in Contemporary Dance from the University of Winnipeg. He is currently employed with New Dance Horizons with a major focus on archiving the organization’s 35 year history.

Photo credit: Joe Zhanghi

Tara Dawn Solheim works across genres, her original creations integrate poetry and melody in a cappella performance. Tara Dawn spent a year in the UK and later five years in Japan where she performed extensively and wrote for a number of music groups. Since returning to Saskatchewan, Tara Dawn has continued to create new work through residencies at The Banff Centre, St. Peter’s Abbey and Wallace Stegner House. Her experiences have led her to explore the physicality of the voice. 

VibesYQR was created with the intention to grow the dance community here in Regina. It was our love of dance brought us together. Through different workshops, street cyphers and battles, we were able to strengthen that bond. Versifying a range of styles like bboy, urban, afro, animation, locking, old styles and new, we look to continue the movement of dance.