If you tend a garden, what new life would emerge

... to dance alongside the delicate and interconnected eco-system of our regional dance landscape?

This week, Mocean Dance had embarked on a new professional development opportunity for emerging dance professionals called Emerge. Despite the snow fall we had this week we are tending the soil of creativity to help contribute and cultivate a rich multi-generational eco-system for professional dance in our region.

The Emerge program offers a three-week paid work period for four young dance professionals and this pilot program is supported by The Nova Scotia Department of Culture, Communities and Heritage and the RBC Emerging Artist Foundation.

The group will have the opportunity to cultivate skill development in choreography, partnering work, interpretive skill, and career management while co-authoring the creation of a new work under the mentorship of Mocean's Artistic Associate, Sara Coffin. The accumulation of the group's studio research and new creation will end in a presentation at the Kinetic Studio's Open Studio Series on February 21 and 22 at DANSpace-on-Grafton.

The inaugural participants this year, selected from a pool of 12 applicants are:

Georgia Skinner                              Olivia Aubrecht

Vivika Ballard                              Sarah Hopkin

Over the next three weeks the Emerge participants will be sharing their thoughts and creative work via the Mocean Blog, so please stay tuned and join us digitally during this exciting creation!

The Emerge Program is supported by: 

the Province of Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture & Heritage,

RBC Emerging Artist Foundation and Kinetic Studio.