2009 / 2010 CPW Series
New Dances Unveiled
At 8:08pm on the last Saturday of (almost) every month, is the oppurtunity to check out the emerging Toronto dance scene promoted by Series 8:08's Choreographic Performance Workshops!
For $10.00 comes not only a chance to see, but also to provide written feedback on the artists' works.
The houses are consistently good with a range of works from newcomers to those who tour internationally creating a guaranteed worthwhile experience.
NEW LOCATION!
Come to the new location at the Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement located at:
6 Noble Street, west of dufferin and off Queen Street W.
The map: http://www.piaboumanschool.org/contact-us.html.
Schedule:
2009
September 26
October 31
November 28
2010
January 30
February 27
March 27
April 24
May 15
If you are a dance artist who would like to participate in the CPWs, please visit the Call to Artists page.
NEW INITATIVES
Series 8:08 is excited to introduce our new Resident Outside Eye (ROE) for all our CPW choreographers. This is an opportunity for you/choreographer to receive a more in-depth written response from an established dance artist to your works-in-progress.
Our ROE for the 2009/10 year are Susan Cash, Sylvie Bouchard and Heidi Strauss.
This pilot project has been created to deepen the experience gained from this CPW series for choreographers (and their dancers). In each CPW programme, a Resident Outside Eye (ROE) (an established and/or elder dance artist from our community) will be present to the CPW choreographers. The ROE is present to offer other insights to the choreographer's (your) craft. This additional layer will also give artists (paid) time (no cost to the choreographers) to seek advice on their presented works-in-progress. There will be personal one-on-one time with the Resident Outside Eye (ROE) for each choreographer both before and after each CPW.
How this works:
- There will be one ROE per CPW.
- ROE attends your tech run and the CPW evening.
- ROE will receive your description of works-in-progress to be presented at CPW from our CPW Manager, Tanya Crowder
- During your tech, you, the artist and the ROE will have a brief chat about what your goals or choreographic objectives; e.g what do you want to get out of showing your work in progress at the CPW?
- ROE will give you a more comprehensive written feedback.
- If additional questions arise, the ROE would be made available for a short telephone conversation.
- This opportunity is of no charge to the participating choreographer.
Resident Outside Eye (ROE) Biographies
Susan Cash is a dancer and choreographer, who has performed and presented her work across Canada and Internationally. She is an Assistant Professor at York University in theDepartment of Dance, and a Certified Movement Analyst who teaches in the international Laban Certification Program in Canada. Active as a Dance Dramaturge, Susan works as a creative facilitator for many choreographers and performers.
Sylvie Bouchard is originally from Montréal. She moved to Toronto to study at the School of the Toronto Dance Theatre and subsequently joined the Company in 1985. She has performed with Kaeja d'Dance, Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers and Dancemakers, has worked with many independent choreographers, has toured with Manaka Thakkar, performing a Robert Desrosiers co-creation, and has been a guest artist with the Danny Grossman Company. In 1999, Sylvie presented her Dora Mavor Moore nominated solo Cassiopeia in Toronto and at the Canada Dance Festival. In 1997, Ms. Bouchard formed the Company CORPUS with artistic partner David Danzon. Between 1997 and 2007 she co-created 8 works with Mr. Danzon, and toured these works extensively. In 1993, Bouchard created Dusk Dances. The festival grew under the artistic direction of Bouchard and Danzon, and through the Company CORPUS until Ms. Bouchard was made sole Festival Director in 2008. Sylvie Bouchard is the recipient of the 2009 KM Hunter Artist Award in Dance, and is also the Artistic Director of BoucharDanse, a Company that serves as an umbrella for Ms. Bouchard’s artistic endeavors.
Heidi Strauss, an independent dance artist since 1994, has worked with numerous choreographers and companies including Sylvain Émard Danse, Fujiwara Dance Inventions and Tribal Crackling Wind. She has taught and performed in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. Her own solo works AtLast (2005) and adelheid solos (2008) were nominated for Dora Awards for outstanding choreography and production. She has worked as a movement coach (Necessary Angel Theatre Company), choreographer for opera (the Frankfurt Opera and the Canadian Opera Company) and rehearsal director (Chartier Danse and OVertigo), and is presently dance-artist-in-residence at the Factory Theatre. www.adelheid.ca