DESCRIPTION:
A new creation by Wai Liu and Alex St-Onge that is part of REAson d'etre dance' Contact Improvisation Commission Concert Series.
Childhood and adulthood come together in a mish mash of conversation, imagination, and contact. When did we lose the ability to connect and how do we find our way back?
This showing is a work-in-progree studio performance without theatre lights
DATE: Tuesday March 31
TIME: 8:45 pm
PERFORMANCE LENGTH: 20 minutes
LOCATION:
NUUC's Rafos Hall
310 Danforth Avenue (Jackman ramp entrance)
COME EARLY AND ENJOY THE DANCE JAM
6:00 PM - Free Beginner Contact Improvisation class taught by Bryn Bamber and Emily Goulet.
6:15 - Advanced Contact Improvisation taught by Kathleen Rea and Milan Horvay.
7:15 Dance jam with music by Jim Gelcer
ARTIST BIOGRPAHIES:
Wai Liu is a Hong Kong born movement artist based in Tkaronto. Wai’s practice mixes imagery, sensation, and a knack for turning little stumbles into choreography. Drawing from contact improvisation and contemporary, modern, and Asian movement forms, they create work that’s joyful, grounded, and deeply responsive to the environment. Proud York Dance Ensemble member, she’s collaborated with Syreeta Hector and Jessica Runge. As community builder, performer, or curiosity rambler, Wai creates magic where bodies and tales meet. She’s all about sharing connections through spontaneous dances or chats. Choreographed and performed at Edinburgh Fringe; performed at Toronto Fringe and PorchView Dances.
Alex St-Onge (she/they) is a movement artist passionate about arts-based community outreach and genderless, partnered dance. Originally from Northeast TX, they now reside in Toronto, ON but continue to do work in the U.S., entering their second year of collaboration with NYC-based dance company Lawton Dance Collective. This semester, they are investing in various choreographic interests including prop-focused, mutli-disciplinary work and partnering rooted in contact improvisation (CI). This school year as a whole, she is prioritizing immersing herself in the CI community, recently completing a beginner CI teacher-training course with REAson d’etre dance.
FUNDED BY:
Toronto Arts Council
Ontario Arts Council
Ontario Government
Canadian Heritage Foundation
