TICKETS:
Single Ticket Adult $20 / Children & Seniors $15 Double Show Special $30 / Triple Show Special $45 VENUE: University Theatre, UofR 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina |
Dorrie Deutschendorf, Lighting Designer
Dorrie is a rarity in the world of theatre and dance. For over 25 years she has been a Lighting Designer, Dancer, Choreographer, Dance Teacher, Stage Manager and Theatre Technician. Having worked on productions from both sides of the stage has allowed her to produce unique and supportive visions for over 30 dance artists and directors in the Edmonton area including Usha Gupta and Kate Ryan. This upcoming season, Dorrie will continue to support live performance as Technical Director/Lighting Designer and Stage Manager for the Brian Webb Dance Company and Ballet Edmonton. |
Jolene Bailie is a choreographer, director and producer of contemporary dance. Her work reflects on humanness, soul and identity to express a deeply human experience that is honest, complex and thorough.
Read more on www.winnipegscontemporarydancers.ca. |
Bryn Besse is a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, singer, producer, and composer from Regina, SK. An experienced songwriter accompanist, Bryn offers a unique style that draws blues, rock, country, roots, and jazz language together to complement and enhance each song on its own terms. His comfort with many genres and instruments has carried him across Canada, Scotland, and England, from festival stages in Haida Gwaii to backyards in St. John’s, NL, with bars, clubs, cafés, living rooms, and concert halls in between. In addition to his performing experience, Bryn produced Danielle Knibbe’s 2019 album The Ribcage & The Heart, co-produced The Marwills’ 2018 album A Mother’s Worry, and has a long list of recording session credits. He has performed with Jeffery Straker, Danielle Knibbe, The Marwills, Colleen Brown, Major Love, Jenie Thai, David Newberry, Skye Wallace, and VISSIA. He is a graduate of Grant MacEwan University and Humber College, where he received the Ted Quinlan Guitar Award in 2015 and the Sennheiser Music Scholarship in 2016.
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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. |
Caitlin Coflin is a dancer, dance teacher, and Somatic Movement Educator (SME) in Regina, SK. Caitlin completed her post-secondary training in Winnipeg, MB and received her BA Honours in Dance from the University of Winnipeg in affiliation with the Professional Program of the School of Contemporary Dancers. Since returning to Regina in 2010 she has been a member of the teaching staff at Youth Ballet of Saskatchewan and teaches through New Dance Horizons’ Dance Core classes. In 2020, Caitlin completed her training to become a Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst and Somatic Practitioner (CMA-SP). Caitlin was introduced to the Itcush Method as a child while taking modern classes at Youth Ballet with Elaine Hanson. She continued her studies with Amelia Itcush, Ashley Johnson, and Kana Nemoto and since 2018, has immersed herself in all aspects of the training, having regular private Mitzvah sessions as well as taking classes and workshops in the Itcush Method and Itcush into Dance. Caitlin has danced professionally with Robin Poitras' company Rouge-Gorge and with Connie Moker Wernikowski, and has been giving many opportunities to present her own work through New Dance Horizons.
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Katrina Currie graduated from Canada’s National Ballet School in 1997. She went on to apprentice with the National Ballet of Canada in 1997/1998. With Guillaume Cote, Katrina performed the Swan Lake Pas De Deux at Canada’s Governor General Awards in honour of Karen Kain in November 1997. After a decision to move into the world of contemporary dance, Katrina attended the School of Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers and was named an honorary graduate of their professional program in spring 1999. She went on to dance with Ruth Cansfield Dance, which was a renowned Winnipeg contemporary dance company. Katrina has danced the work of several renowned choreographers including John Neumeier, Rudy Van Dantzig, Ruth Cansfield and Brent Lott. She studied dance in Germany and Vienna. Katrina now lives in Regina with her husband and four young children and works as an Occupational Therapist for Prairie Valley Schools.
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Anastasia Evsigneeva is a contemporary dance and circus artist of Russian origin. In 2019 she graduated from the School of Contemporary Dancers and University of Winnipeg with a BA Honors in Dance. Her dance training is enhanced by somatic practices, intense contortion, hand balancing and partner acrobatics. Anastasia is currently in the Artistic Residency with New Dance Horizons and under mentorship with Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras.
In August 2019 she started learning a silk dance technique under Robin Poitras’ guidance. Being inspired by working with Robin, she created a choreographic duet titled TANGLED in collaboration with Anna Protsiou which has developed into the idea of creating a short dance film in Summer/Fall 2020. Anastasia is currently in a creation process for her first self-produced show co-directed with Anna. The production got support from Canada Council for the Arts and will take place in Winnipeg, on June 3 & 4, 2022. Read more about the artist-in-residence Anastasia. |
Margie Gillis has been at the forefront of modern dance for more than 47 years. Internationally acclaimed, Margie is one of the most influential Canadian choreographers/dancers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Read more on margiegillis.org |
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 |
Brooke Hess (she/her) is a contemporary dancer, choreographer, and teacher based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brooke has a close relationship with the School of Contemporary Dancers, and began classes in their general program, followed by in the Junior Professional Program, which was followed by the Senior Professional Program. Brooke is a 2021 Graduate of the School of Contemporary dancers. She has worked professionally with dance artists such as Robin Poitras, Casmiro Nhussi, Paula Blair, and Stephanie Ballard. Brooke has also worked as a choreographer for Juno award winning producer Danny Schur.
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Mohitdeep Khatra
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Michelle Korpan is a contemporary dance artist from Regina, Saskatchewan. She studied with Youth Ballet of Saskatchewan for over a decade, was a member of the Youth Ballet Company of Saskatchewan from 2002 to 2012, and was part of the Youth Ballet teaching staff from 2011 to 2014 and 2019 to 2020. Michelle was first introduced to Itcush Method/Mitzvah Technique and other somatic work through her dance training as a youth. She has been actively training with Itcush Method/Mitzvah Technique teachers and practitioners Ashley Johnson, Kana Nemoto, and Kathy Morgan since 2014. Michelle’s somatic practice has also included study of Fitzmaurice Voicework and Feldenkrais Method. As a performer and student Michelle has worked with many dance, performance, voice, and visual artists, and has performed in numerous dance festivals, community events, and performances throughout Saskatchewan. In recent years Michelle has performed with Robin Poitras’ Rouge-gorge company, in works by Connie Moker Wernikowski and by Caitlin Coflin, and in a collaborative project with Caitlin Coflin and Roxanne Korpan as part of New Dance Horizons’ House of Dance and Blueprint series. Michelle is also a practicing lawyer and academic enthusiast. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Regina, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Saskatchewan, and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Cambridge.
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Roxanne Korpan is a dance artist from Regina, Saskatchewan. Formerly based in Toronto, she has been an artistic collaborator with Body Stories (Candice Irwin) for the past five years, with which she has performed in Art is Hard’s Crapshoot (Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto), the Alberta Dance Festival (Calgary), Dancefest at Nextfest (Edmonton), and Dance Matters’ Into the Fire (Toronto). With The Garage (Toronto), she has performed at Ontario Dance Weekend and studio showings. Roxanne also performed and co-choreographed the film Blade & Silk with Corynne Bisson and Raine Kearns, screened at New Blue Festival (Toronto), FORM (Vancouver), and 40 NORTH Dance Film Festival (San Diego). In Regina, Roxanne has performed with New Dance Horizons, Rouge-gorge (Robin Poitras), Regina’s Globe Theatre, and the Creative City Centre’s Killjoy Club. Roxanne’s artistic practice is grounded in her background in classical and contemporary dance; body-based voicework; and Mitzvah Technique and Itcush Method somatic movement, which she has trained in since she was a youth with teachers Elaine Hanson, Ashley Johnson, and Kana Nemoto.
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Connie Moker Wernikowski holds an Honours BA in Dance from York University and an M.Ed from the University of Regina. She was Artistic Director of Youth Ballet and Contemporary Dance of Saskatchewan (YBCS) from 1994 to 2009. Her long career, centred in Regina, has included work as a professional dancer, teacher and choreographer. She moved to Regina in 1975 to be a company member of Regina Modern Dance Works. She has also toured through Canada as an independent soloist. She has been guest choreographer for several dance and theatre companies including Corps Bara Dance Theatre in Calgary. Her work, A Secret Society, was performed at the Aberdeen International Youth Festival Gala in Aberdeen Scotland, August 2013. In recent years Connie has produced several new works often presented by New Dance Horizons. Connie has diversified into teaching yoga as well as dance, and owns Big Fish Yoga in Regina.
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Anna Protsiou is a contemporary dance artist and circus artist specializing in contortion based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She graduated from the School of Contemporary Dancers’ Professional Program in 2018 and has since been performing as a dancer and a contortionist. Some of her performing highlights as a dancer include works by Odette Heyn, Stephanie Ballard, Peter Quanz, Harold Rhéaume and Le fils d'Adrien danse as well as, in Ilse Torres and Roberto Mosqueda in Mexico. Anna’s recently created TANGLED, in collaboration with Anastasia Evsigneeva. Together they have created two versions; a live performance piece as well as TANGLED the film. She is extremely excited to be under the direction and mentorship of Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras and an artist in residence with New Dance Horizons since July 2020; and she looks forward to all the opportunities to arise in the future. Anna is currently working on co-directing and creating for the show Moving Roots that will take place in Winnipeg in June 2022.
Read more about artist-in-residence Anna. |
Hailing from Regina, Saskatchewan Tessa Kuz is a dance artist and teacher. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Ryerson University majoring in Performance Dance. Throughout her time in Toronto, she performed in work by Canadian choreographers James Kudelka, Heidi Strauss, Kate Hilliard, Marie-Josée Chartier and Louis Laberge-Cote.
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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. In 2014, she became STOTT PILATES® certified instructor. Over the past 20 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 (NDH) Creation Base, NDH/ Rouge-gorge; dancing in the creations of Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras.
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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.
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I-Ying Wu is an improvisation practitioner and researcher. She was awarded her PhD from the University of Northampton, UK in 2014 and completed her postdoctoral research at the Improvisation Studies Centre based in the Faculty of Media, Art and Performance, University of Regina during 2016-2017. Her PhD practice-led research employed a Daoist understanding of qi to develop a system of improvisational movement. Informed by ancient texts on Chinese traditional qigong and Daoist philosophy, her improvisation practice focuses on subtle awareness of the very moment when an improvisational phenomenon emerges.
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