tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85787355862552932632024-03-18T23:58:11.461-03:00Mocean DanceInside the StudioMocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-47139785853515988342019-05-23T16:41:00.003-03:002019-05-23T16:54:46.407-03:00Seven Years and the Crop Still Keeps on Giving (thankfully!)<br />
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I’ve just returned from Mocean’s annual choreographic lab -
CLEaR Forum, it is one of my favorite programs that Mocean offers in the
company’s season mix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I process this
year’s unfoldings I decide to write a few words. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I don't even know if "blogging" is still a thing/relevant? ..... Who knows, I do know I care about CLEaR Forum and archiving the program's existence is important to me. So I write, I write a few words from my perspective, as really
this is the only true statements that I have in relationship to this program
and my work with the company.<br />
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season overall for Mocean has been a development year, we started the creation
of a new work, we offered two professional development programs; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">CLEaR Forum</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Next Wave</i> in which process was the focus and not outcome, we dove
into the construction of new three-year strategic plan, and we hired two new
contract staff and three new dancers this season. She is a garden in a flow of germination,
a series of catalysts in action with fruition yet to come. Having time in the
country by the ocean during the lab I finally have had a chance to feel all the
potential that is at work. I am in awe, exhausted, and full of gratitude and anticipation
of what’s to come.<br />
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Each year Mocean invites six artists and one guest creative
facilitator to the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts in Canning, NS for an artist
residency experience. This year we welcomed guest facilitator Lee Su-Feh (Vancouver)
and dance artists Justin De Luna (Montreal), Sarah Joy Stoker (St. John’s), Nyd
Kwasowsky (Toronto), with Anastasia Wansbrough, Lydia Zimmer, and Anastasia
Wiebe (Halifax). During the lab, we live together in an old farm house that has
extreme amounts of character, we eat together via meals provided by the centre’s
resident chef, and we work together in the studios which is an old dairy farm
that has been converted into a new art centre… that is now close to twenty
years old amazingly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cows once
grazed, slept and shat in now what is called the studios.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One could argue that energetically the weight
of these animals is still felt in the studio today – the heat of their bodies
and excrement, the slow chew of their cud, etc. there is a certain rhythm at
the centre that one cannot deny and I wonder if it is from the energy of the centre’s
previous life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I say this because at
CLEaR Forum artists and the group body have time to stand still together, eat
together, reflect on our personal and group shit, and move at a pace that is refreshingly
slow but very profound and state changing.<br />
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This year was the lab’s seven year. To date we have welcomed
42 dance artists and seven guest facilitators to this gem of a spot in rural
Nova Scotia at the edge of the sea. Thinking about impact of the week, my reflections
also take me to the longitudinal impact of the program. I smile. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just last week I received an email from a past
participant who started research at the lab in 2016 and continues a revival of her
project today with showing of her research hosted by Older and Reckless in Toronto
the same week of our lab in 2019. </div>
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As program director and part of the facilitation team I simultaneously
feel empowered and am scared shitless for the duration of the week. Each year, I
feel empowered or inspired as I am reminded how the lab is in service of dance as
a whole. The lab provides resources, networks, and calculated and happenstance
outcomes that is all directed to the betterment of the artist. I am also scared
shitless as I never know what is going to happen. Through a selection process co-created
annually with the guest facilitator six artists who know very little about each
other are invited to the middle of nowhere in Nova Scotia to unpack their
creative practice and habits. I am responsible for the group’s well-being in a
quirky and destabilizing context. I always hold my breath a little until I feel
where the group and questions will land and what paths present themselves that
may need following or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without fail,
once the group lands and the desire paths reveal themselves, I can exhale a
little and only worry about tick checks and firewood supply after that.<br />
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I am grateful for the fiery support offered by Lee Su-Feh
this year, I could really lean into her as a facilitator as I trust her
instincts and deeply respect the value of her perspective. Su-Feh brought an
ease and playfulness to the group as well as rigour and no shit excuses
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Su-Feh told me that she could also lean into me, which was
really nice to hear and to know that my instinct and expertise is felt by my
peers and those more established then me. I really enjoyed the mix of our two
playful spirits and serious research nerd habits colliding together easefully.</div>
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In the studio, year seven of the program, a shedding of the
skin happened across the board. Unravel, re-birth, new skin it all happened in both
research groups. The focal point of one group was grief and loss (Sarah Joy
Stoker) and the other was joy and sanctuary (Justin De Luna). Complimentary research
from the opposite end of the spectrums. The common thread that both groups
shared was courage and patience. It revealed itself in different forms, but their
persistence and presence were steady to allow for new unfoldings to occur. We
practiced listening, not knowing, formulating and refining questions but not rushing
to answer them, releasing tears without judgement, wands and fires were made,
drawings were practiced, and a spontaneous polar bear swim erupted. It was a
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A special thank you to Kathleen who cooked for us all week,
Buddy the dog and the resident porcupine who brought us smiles, and to Executive
Director Chris O’Niell for our longstanding relationship and hosting the lab in
the magical place known as Ross Creek.<br />
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~Sara Coffin<br />
Photos by Anastasia Wansbrough<br />
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</style>Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-29845043734457766732019-05-23T16:02:00.000-03:002019-05-23T16:02:13.800-03:00Thoughts from a Ross Creek Virgin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<i>a sea of Fundy and fuchsia</i></div>
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<i>in the grass</i></div>
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<i>a minefield of ticks</i></div>
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<i>each step stepped </i></div>
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<i>energy and creation </i></div>
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Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-13913516878152039402018-12-19T12:57:00.001-04:002018-12-19T13:01:11.285-04:00Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Susanne and I just returned from Reykjavik attending the I<a href="http://www.icehotnordicdance.com/" target="_blank">ce Hot Nordic Dance Platform</a>.<br />
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It is so invigorating to be on the road together to see new work, take in new dance communities, and let our ideas flow about our own context, both for the company and the Halifax dance community that we are a part of. <br />
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Iceland had lots to offer us. Her beauty is outstanding, even despite only having sunlight from 11am-3pm! I definitely want to go back in the summer months to experience the landscape in the daylight and 24hrs of sun. <br />
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The Nordic Dance Platform is a four day festival featuring artists and companies from Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway. Iceland sits at the 65' parallel.. Nova Scotia sits at 45' parallel. Strangely enough, we were traveling during a winter heat wave and it was colder back in Halifax than in Iceland.<br />
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During the festival we met many new artists, producers, and presenters, eyeing new ways to open our networks in new ways and create new conversations for exchange and artistic development. We also ran into old friends Paul Caskey and Andrew Tay from CCOV (<a href="https://ccov.org/en/" target="_blank">Centre de Création O Vertigo</a>) with Elise Vanderborght! Elise and I were star Canadian students and took part in every dance class that was offered over the festival. </div>
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Also in our traveling Canadian pack was Heidi Strauss (<a href="http://www.adelheid.ca/" target="_blank">Adelheid</a>) and Michelle Olsen (<a href="https://ravenspiritdance.com/" target="_blank">Raven Spirit Dance</a>). The three of us were hosted by Canadian arts consultants Judy Harquail and Jim Smith. At the festival, with their help, we were able to do an informal presentation about our work and the company with four Nordic artists and a mix of Canadian and Nordic platform presenters. Later in the week we also took part in the official <b>Meet the Canadians Party.</b>.. which was a jammed pack house, complete with all the wine we could carry from every duty free location as we made our way north. It was a group Canadian effort to supply 25 bottles of wine for free flow schmoozing and networking. </div>
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Time, Humour and Darkness....<br />
The work we experienced really related to the sense of time and space that the Nordic landscape offers. Most of the work took place in a suspended time flow space, required patience from the audience and had a slow unfolding. Humour was also a strong influence in many of the works that we saw. In this context the humour was very cerebral, dry, or academic. Another common theme was how the rich history of the 'dark and twisted Sagas from Iceland' embeds it's influences into the artistic psyches and art making practices of Iceland.<br />
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It is interesting to view new works outside of our own context to see what is the driving nature of making from this place and where our work sits in reference to this. On a whole it was a rich experience, however we were slightly disappointed in the lack of deep embodiment or that the physical self/body knowledge wasn't at the same level as the cerebral pulse driving most of the works.<br />
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Before I returned home I escaped to the wilderness and hiked the glacier mountain Esja. Here the land moved me. The sight of the mountains and the flow of the glacier waterfalls continually feed me artistically and as a humble human. Thank you Iceland. <br />
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Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-19101967963866679612018-11-30T11:12:00.000-04:002018-12-22T11:36:33.545-04:00Next Wave - a digital archive<span lang="EN">For the past three weeks we have gathered as a
collective to find new ground and question many things about the act of making,
identity, and community. Sharing practice and the practice of sharing have been
a common thread, the glue in our daily rituals and emergent forms. Sticky notes
as a key organizing structure with a steady stream of chocolate and coffee
surfaced as the shared comfort tool. Listening, propositioning, finding
direction through many different compasses, pushing boundaries, the collective
expansion of ideas, and challenging relational fields led us to confront
vulnerability and gave us the courage and the will to follow the unknown
together. Research is the act of posing a question and seeing what happens,
conclusions are the attempt to find comfortable ground. Here the ground is
unsteady, the research field is open and the desire to continue into the
unknown, together is strong.</span><br />
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used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and
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repair that broken dignity ... When we reject the single story, when we realize
that there is never a single story about any place, we regain a kind of
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Next Wave 2019 Participants: Susanne Chui, Sara Coffin, Jessica Lowe, Julie Robert, Liliona Quarmyne, Anastasia Wiebe, Lydia Zimmer </div>
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Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-63268780548418931672018-05-17T12:30:00.002-03:002018-05-17T12:39:36.379-03:00Our group content is found in the sediment of our cells<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Tools speaking, content forming.<br />
Encroaching, circling, transmitting and a contagion. <br />
Knitting and unraveling simultaneously with a logic expressing through three bodies.<br />
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The trap of the triangle eventually dissolves.<br />
Effort, grounded, hands doing something real<br />
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A vocabulary in action with the action outcome unknown, a journey of discovery unfolds.<br />
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Pleasurable delights of synchronicity. Bulking, Poetic images of a work at play.<br />
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A base rhythm – trance and steady, surprises still present.<br />
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Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-3552464665402043102018-05-14T23:34:00.000-03:002018-05-14T23:34:50.459-03:00SpikePigWalks<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">CLEaR Monday waking up to the bright, open, quiet grounds. fresh air, coffee. fresh mind.</span></span><br />
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copycat into the movement, the body knows.</div>
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warm bodies spilling into and out of</div>
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spike pig walks</div>
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we sand the obstacles until round</div>
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playing this dance, patiently waiting in time</div>
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this is ross creek time</div>
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our distracted attention invites an enfolding world, it dances us</div>
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this, do we feel</div>
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the movement, the moment?</div>
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we try to smell the colours.</div>
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this belongs to us</div>
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autonomy of attention</div>
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vs. facebook </div>
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Only150Characters, 150(+1) years since confederation </div>
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the history of the land we practice on, the land we breathe here </div>
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it's face topography</div>
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my funny cheeks joyful</div>
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Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-16739356971080138662017-05-03T23:19:00.000-03:002017-05-04T15:40:22.037-03:00Finding the Antidote<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> How lucky are we? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To carry our canvas with us everyday making it always accessible. To have working bods, motor skills, and are overall well enough to get out of our bed and move. To have found the confidence and softness somewhere to realize that this is something that must be fled and pursued to make you feel whole (or something...). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To have ultimately, above anything else, found the antidote. When I feel happy, I dance. When I feel sad, I dance. When I don't feel good about myself, I dance. When I feel a burst of confidence, I dance. When I don't feel anything at all, I dance. </span></span><br />
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<span class="TextRun SCX161877218" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">My focus is wide as I am acutely aware with the people I am sharing the space with. I am waiting and ready as their actions propel my body into a responsive action. </span><span class="EOP SCX161877218" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCX161877218" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">My focus is lost as </span><span class="TextRun SCX161877218" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">my body races the one's beside me. Bouncing from place to place as my body rolls and twists along the floor. My hands are quick and nimble as they </span><span class="TextRun SCX161877218" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">maneuver</span><span class="TextRun SCX161877218" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> my body and limbs through space</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">-Jessica Lowe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Emerge 2017 Dancer</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;">Gravity finds it’s way in.</span><span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;">My bones slide through spatial planes
gaining momentum as they go. </span></div>
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<br />
<span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;"><span class="">Like a tumbleweed in an old western
movie I gather similar limbs to roll with me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;">My focus contextualizes the space,
seeking new initiation points to draw parallels between imagination and
reality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;">Wringing you in with the obvious
point of a finger, I create a retraceable path. </span><span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;">My lungs listen to the pulse of the
room. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;">Expanding and deflating dynamics splash the suspension in between.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;">My rhythm palpitates from the soles
of my feet right through the roof of my mouth.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;">Shaking hands search my exterior to
gather a better understanding of what’s happening inside. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;">My innards reminds me I am human, a
collecting device of memories and moments.</span><span style="color: #353535; font-family: "times"; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-18863710855608034352017-04-07T20:00:00.003-03:002017-05-04T15:41:01.201-03:00<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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<i>Creating a dance is like making Craft Beer. We Nova Scotians love Craft Beer.</i></h3>
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Like a fine craft beer the process of creating a dance takes time, patience, expertise and a love of the art form. To me, it is a craft honed by many years of trial and tribulation; and when you know it's good, you just know. The Emerge program has offered me the unique opportunity to take this time to learn new skills and experiment with various tools while a mentor guides myself and the chosen dancers through an exciting three weeks of crafting choreography.<br />
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First. Mashing<br />
The barley is mashed to release the sugars which will turn into alcohol. <br />
In my case the barley is some old habits I hang on to. From the top of the week I've been mashing out my common tendencies to derive movement that can become the base ingredient of the piece.<br />
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Second. Sparging<br />
Rinse the barley to really sift out the sugar.<br />
I know this is not always the most exciting part of creating dance, but sometimes that last bit of sweetness can make all the difference, so I sort through the material diligently; searching for the gold nuggets in all of the chaos of going on creative tangents to create movement.<br />
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Third. Boil<br />
Boil the Wort (The liquid created from the first two steps) to kill any remaining micro-organisms. Hops can be added for a unique characteristic.<br />
Is there any trace of my old habits? Is there any material I can let go of? Is there a phrase that contains traces that don't belong? I've hopefully fine tuned my eye and gut instinct so I can extract the unnecessary from the effective. Once I've determined the purity of the material I can now begin to mold it around my stylistic preference, eyeing the aesthetic to really hone in on the piece. In my case a thematic taste will be implemented into the mixture to add its unique flavour. <br />
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Fourth. Cool the Wort.<br />
The wort needs to cool so it doesn't kill the yeast when added.<br />
Let the dancers work through phrases so they can grasp them physically. It often takes a few runs through the same phrase for the physicality to settle into the movers' bodies. The dancers are after all, the piece and to care for the dancers so they too can connect to the material is of upmost importance to me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josh Moore, Jessica Lowe and Olivia Aubrecht in the studio Friday <br />
during the first week of Emerge.</td></tr>
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Fifth. Fermentation.<br />
Add the yeast to release the carbon dioxide and turn the mixture into alcohol.<br />
This is a lengthy process which is particularly important where the structure of the piece is created. Parts are assembled, material starts to make sense and becomes something more recognizable, where you can see that, in fact it will serve a purpose of communication through movement.<br />
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Sixth. Carbonation.<br />
This is a very important part of the process where the flat beer is given bubbly life and taste. <br />
This is my favourite part, where once a theme has revealed itself in the material I will breathe life into the material with minute details and compliment it with props, set design and make some final design choices, adding buoyancy to the piece in its entirety.<br />
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Seventh. Packaging.<br />
Once the beer is finished it's ready to be packaged and shipped.<br />
The piece becomes a show and the technicalities are put in order, marketing is done to draw an audience and tickets are sold. Time to sit back and simply enjoy.<br />
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-Kara Friesen. Emerge 2017 Choreographer<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Thanks to: </span><a href="http://homebrewacademy.com/how-beer-is-made/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Home Brew Academy "How Beer is Made"</span></a>Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-7239335712166160642016-11-05T16:14:00.001-03:002016-11-07T11:12:16.462-04:00Reflecting on Canvas 5 x 5<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-86365e15-35de-1dca-bbc6-a872e237b658" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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a dancer in Canvas 5 x 5 I am honored to be a finalist for the
Masterworks Award. Canvas 5 x 5 is a very special piece to dance and to
witness. Through performing it I feel a deep connection to my Maritime
roots -- It has an extraordinary ability to evoke images, stir
feelings, and rouse memories for me as a performer and for many who
witness it, like a ‘canvas’ onto which we experience our shared
humanity. From performing it in many places it is clear that Canvas 5 x 5
is a work that is deeply moving and inspiring to audiences, so I’m
pleased that it is being celebrated through this nomination. I am also
very proud that Mocean Dance and its artists and collaborators are being
recognized for our artistic work and contribution to professional dance
in Nova Scotia.”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Being a finalist for the Masterworks award is a great honour. I am very proud, not only for my individual role in the piece, but for recognition of the collective achievement of the performers, the choreographer, and the company. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Dance is an artistic collaboration between the choreographer and the dancer. It is the dancers job to embody the choreographer’s vision and artistic pursuit. The dancer then uses their skill, talent, and artistry to interpret that vision into performance. To be recognized as a masterwork in performance is one of the highest honors. The title comes with mastering the artistry and subtle nuance of the choreography. Recognition of this sort is truly an artists/dancer/performers career highlight.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Canvas 5 x 5 was my first contract with Mocean Dance. I am almost without words left to harvest from that time, that might allude to how being recognized as a performer in a masterwork makes me feel. Although I am much further from the realities that gave event to what is called Canvas 5 x 5, I am left with a reminder of beginnings and homecomings.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I encountered Tedd Robinson’s work (and the man himself), albeit briefly, while in Nova Scotia just before departing for my professional dance training. While at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre I watched my peers dance his work, and subsequently, travel to Ottawa for the Canada Dance Festival to perform in tandem with schools from around the country. I witnessed him perform his own work onstage in Toronto, and finally in 2012, through happenstance, I was offered a contract from Mocean Dance to work with Tedd Robinson, a Canadian dance icon. “A master, teaches essence” …when this essence is perceived, the master then teaches what is necessary to expand perception. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">During the creation of Canvas 5 x 5 I was interim Artistic Director for the company, a creative consultant to Tedd Robinson in the studio, and I have also been the main rehearsal director for the piece since the premiere in 2012. It was an honour to work with Tedd and to support the Mocean dance artists and the creative team in bringing Canvas 5 x 5 to fruition.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is an honour to be a finalist for the Nova Scotia Masterworks Award, both for the
company and for the recognition of the individual Mocean dance artists who have
contributed to the creation and performance of Canvas 5 x 5 over the years. All of these
creators contribute to the continued vitality living within the piece. It is particularly fitting
that a nomination celebrating Mocean’s artistic work comes this season, as the company
celebrates its 15th Anniversary in 2016-2017. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mocean has work tirelessly, fueled by
our passion for performance and the potential of the creative gesture to spark the
imagination, to craft and hone our skills as dance artists, and to become a sustainable
anchor organization for the region for dance. Most importantly, we strive to bring
contemporary dance, the power and delights of embodiment and imagination, to many
Atlantic Canadian communities. Canvas 5 x 5, with all of its delightful and moving
images, has been a key vehicle for this exchange, and we are pleased to honour the
strength of this work and the company. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Sara Coffin, Rehearsal Director for Canvas 5 x 5 and Co-Artistic Director</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">During the CLEAR Forum 2015 in which I participated as a dancer, we were discussing the future of dance in Halifax. I was gracefully invited into the community when Sara turned to me saying “You are the future of dance in Halifax” This statement inspired in me a new responsibility to carry on the tradition of contemporary dance in Atlantic Canada. Now I view the community with a much larger lens, understanding that Mocean Dance stands for surviving as a dancer through this gritty and unforgiving Environment, not for individual glory but for the importance of representing our culture through dance. <i>- Kara Friesen</i></span><br />
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Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-22984013122410189592016-05-31T21:51:00.000-03:002016-05-31T21:51:44.061-03:00Our lungs push - I am still here, we survive and thrive<div class="MsoNormal">
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my first big foray back into the studio since having my son. It would be
my first time working with both Mocean and Serge. I was nervous and
excited all at once about putting myself back into such a physically
demanding role. As expected/hoped, the work was intensely physical, the
creation process was inspiring, demanding and rewarding, the finished product
was truly something to be proud of. </span></span></div>
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opening night, lining up alongside the other dancers and thinking "I am
still here. I still get to do this." And in that way, I find Sable Island
so beautifully relatable. In the same way those wild horses keep surviving and
thriving, so does our dance community and its artists, and so do I, even within
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We all are. There is no doubting the physical demand of Serge's work. Our lungs
push hard and our bodies sweat. In the final image of the piece, in the moment
before the lights fade to black, when I am standing alongside the other four
dancers, there is always a sense of accomplishment and gratification. Our
bodies can do this. We can push them this hard, ask this much of them, and they
respond. We are so incredibly fortunate to be allowed to work in these dancing
bodies. I am grateful for this work, with its complex imagery and its steady
drive, and I could not be more excited to share Sable Island with our friends
and colleagues from across Canada at CDF this year.</span></span></div>
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Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-50602110958695927742016-05-31T01:00:00.000-03:002016-05-30T22:48:50.697-03:00Immersive and Demanding: where is my weight and the internal landscape of imagery<style>
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to prepare for CDF I have been reminded over and over again how this is the
hardest piece I have ever done. So physical, and always demanding more- more
weight, more risk, more lunge, more cells involved in the action, more power,
more sensitivity, more pushing, more letting go. You have to dig into it. Peel
away the layers of yourself, and face it, as Serge says. We have been
rehearsing for about 3 hours a day, but it takes me another 7 to warm-up and
cool down (a constant process), and I'm still sore everyday. The muscles are
working, pushing, digging. I am thankful for being involved in this piece
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Credits: Michelle Doucette</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What a beautiful
thing to be completely wrapped up in, together with an ensemble of wonderful,
complex, dedicated dancers, and Serge. But it also frustrates me, because being
in this piece is so demanding of me that I have little capability for attention
to anything else while we are working on it.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Credit: Michelle Doucette </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span> My favourite part of dancing the
piece is actually the internal landscape of imagery that gets created by doing
it. I like when my body is dancing, and my mind, like a bird flying over a
canyon, is free to see and feel around me. I love when the imagination of where
I am, where <i>we</i> are, what elements are driving us, just appears through
the words, sounds, movements of the piece. I have an elaborate and colourful
inner narrative that is my own. But we're also a herd, a pack, an ensemble.
Every flinch, shift, flicker felt by all. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Credit Holly Crooks</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Right now it's the morning. I'm
about to have a coffee and begin the warm-up process for today. I've already
started filtering through- how are my shoulders, back, hips? Where is my weight
today? How are the feet? the mind? I will wake-up the core, attend to my
neck, put on some rain gear and walk to the studio. Happy <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Monday</span>.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Credit Holly Crooks</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">~Jacinte </span></span></div>
Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-38409939667369001002016-05-23T20:06:00.001-03:002016-05-23T20:06:27.677-03:00To keep living, to keep pushing - to have courage<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Before an event
occurs, there is a unearthly quiet. A deep vibrational hum can be felt
as forces press upon once seemingly unrelated elements; thrusting a new
existence into the front of consciousness. <span>Sable Island is a t</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Seravek Light;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ranscendence,
a survival from one moment to the next. It is a place where the vast
intensities that dwell inside of me can speak. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Michelle Doucette, Rhonda Baker in rehearsal with Mocean Dance</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Seravek Light;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sable Island lives in a
mythical place and time. It is a harsh reality of elemental and
undeniable forces, that reminds me of how our existing realities play
upon and affect each other. That we can be hard or we can be kind, but
eventually we all compile into something much larger than I can speak
of. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Michelle Doucette, Rhonda Baker in rehearsal with Mocean Dance</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Seravek Light;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Seravek Light;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Seravek Light;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Seravek Light;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sable Island gives me hope. To keep living, to keep pushing, to keep
resisting, to concede, to continue breathing, to have courage. To erase
myself, until nothing but the purest of form is left. It is continually
humbling to have this body, this life, and this dance. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Seravek Light;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Seravek Light;">~Rhonda Baker</span> </span></span></span></span>Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-80098695119085356702016-05-19T22:27:00.000-03:002016-05-19T22:48:42.739-03:00The time is here, being present where you are exactly neededAbout 18 years ago I saw a piece of Serge Bennathan at Maison de la
culture du Plateau Mont-Royal, and I wanted to do that work, the room
was small but the dancer transcended the space.<br />
<br />
Then time pass by, life got busy, and I did not pursue that idea.<br />
<br />
Then about 5 years ago, Sheilagh Hunt brought Serge to Halifax to do a
workshop with Kinetic Studio. I enjoy to be in the studio with him, he gives 200% no
concessions, he is very generous, his movement are full nervous system and
elastic.<br />
<br />
Then I was suppose to dance in a creation that Serge did a couple years later, I was very excited, finally! But I got pregnant with Camille (4 now), then I was suppose to be
part of the creation of Sable Island, but I had a schedule conflict with
my work with Danièle Desnoyer... It is like if I was never going to
collaborate with Serge.<br />
<br />
But at last Oscar saved me, and I am replacing Susanne, because he wants her fully to himself.<br />
<br />
So I am very looking forward to put all of those moves in my body,
and mostly sharing the studio and work with Serge and (almost) all of my
Haligonians friends. Also I do love the Canada Dance Festival and Ottawa, and we are going
to rock the stage over there with a powerful work, danced by the cream
of Halifax!<br />
<br />
~Elise<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elise and her Haligonian friends in the studio!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In studio prep before the arrival of Serge!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Oscar, Mocean Baby #12 taking Susanne aside for Elise to dance with Sable Island</td></tr>
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Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-67771023794408051632016-05-18T22:58:00.000-03:002016-05-18T23:00:23.875-03:00waves beating my heart like a drumRe-Visiting Sable Island:<br />
<br />
a year later, aging cells that still hold together, tenacity persists, a deeper understanding.<br />
<br />
I remember the poetry of images that floated through the studio, the rhythm of vocal love, the question of hanging on, and the feeling of being a part of something that is larger than me. These are gifts, and gifts that return to me. <br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">The timing of working with Serge initially within my personal path was very transformative.<br /> <br />
I had just returned home to Halifax after being away for two years
doing my masters. In that time I had never challenged myself so much
mentally, physically and creatively, but<span class="text_exposed_show">
I was also always in my front brain, driving the search forward.
Within Sable Island I had to transform myself into an energetic and
spiritual vessel that was larger than myself. I was in my back brain,
earth body, a place of deep visceral necessity and beauty. This is the
magic of the piece and its gift for me as an artist.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show">What is the now? Well its still fresh and the door opening.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show">But I feel a sense of groupness that is one breathing lung versus five individual s.o.s signals occurring at the same time. This excites me, I want to feel more of this. Time and distance - yields wonders for perspective. </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Holly Crooks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Holly Crooks</td></tr>
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~ Sara C. <br />
<br />Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-321038003082637522016-05-17T15:19:00.002-03:002016-05-17T15:19:47.864-03:00a little honesty<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We made something bigger than the
work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was about the about. </span>Thoughts and discussions. One thread revealing a hundred new
thoughts. Placing the last puzzle piece
only to realize the finished puzzle in its totality was but a piece in a much larger scrambled
yet happy mess that may never be solved.
Different pieces/ideas when placed in tandem will certainly reveal something
unique. Endless possibilities and
configurations. Everything speaks more
when placed somewhere new and with someone new. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><i>Photo: Rhonda Baker</i></td></tr>
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“Phrases came, visions came. Beautiful pictures, beautiful phrases.” </div>
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Virginia Woolf</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It was a beautiful, shared experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without divulging all, keeping part of our
gem hidden, I will share my want/believe/wish/love statement from our final
improvisation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week, this place,
these people helped me find this truth so very clearly.<br />
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“I believe dance requires a generosity and an honesty.”<br /><br />To you all, I am very grateful.<br /></span></div>
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Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-80663821818085732212016-05-15T09:23:00.000-03:002016-05-15T09:23:19.055-03:00CLEaR Forum: Generative Dialogue Circle<style>
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<span lang="EN-CA">How do you feel connected to your peers,
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<span lang="EN-CA">How do you make room for yourself in the
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<span lang="EN-CA">Who (or what) inspires you the most and
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<span lang="EN-CA">What makes a great dance?, What is Dance? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">If you had the luxury of unlimited time
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<span lang="EN-CA">What are people’s desires in preserving or
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<span lang="EN-CA">Do you have image of place (theatre,
site-specific, etc.) in mind before you go into creation or does it come after?
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<span lang="EN-CA">When does the role of audience become part
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<span lang="EN-CA">When/how do you consider the audience?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">How do we allow work to be seen more when
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<span lang="EN-CA">What is, in your opinion, an old way of
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<span lang="EN-CA">What is the role of tradition in
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<span lang="EN-CA">If you could design a training program,
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<span lang="EN-CA">What influences does (specific) training
have on a dancers ability to adapt to change?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN-CA">How do you start?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">What is the value in the
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<span lang="EN-CA">How do you make structure and content
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<span lang="EN-CA">What is the main obstacle you face when
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<span lang="EN-CA">What (if any) are your tools to overcome
obstacles or what are such tools you admire in others that you can identify? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">What structures/organization does dancers
need to make their work or to be more efficient in making of dance?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">How do you approach working
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<span lang="EN-CA">How much information of your creation you
like to share with your collaborators, at what point, and why/why not? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">How do you negotiate the truth in the room
vs. original choreographic concepts?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">How do you know or recognize ego
influencing the work and how do you reflect and redirect this? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">How do you dive deeply into a
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<span lang="EN-CA">What is the value of having a “movement
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<span lang="EN-CA">How do you feel in rubbing or uncomfortable
situations? Stay or Go? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">How do you take your place and leave room
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<span lang="EN-CA">How to remain autonomous?</span></div>
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Imagery<br />
Clear Choices<br />
Feeling / Emotion<br />
Sub-text<br />
Play with extreme specificity of body<br />
Reveal something<br />
Dynamic relationship awareness<br />
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Space <br />
Intuition<br />
Simplifying<br />
Clarity<br />
Raw Energy<br />
Sense of rhythm or pace<br />
Proximity<br />
Failure<br />
Relationship Development<br />
Listening<br />
Texture/quality<br />
Space: use of space, craft of space <br />
Presence<br />
Humanness Realness<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #232323; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rhonda Liane
Baker</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #232323; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1983. She is an
alumna of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, and has worked on an independent
basis, for a vast range of companies and artists in both Halifax and Toronto
since her graduation in 2009. When she is not working with Mocean Dance, Rhonda
dedicates her time to creating and teaching dance to youth in the city of
Halifax, while also collaborating on dance projects with Christine Birch
(Toronto), and Votive Dance (Halifax).</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Marie-France</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
graduated from</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> the Montreal School of Contemporary Dance in 2012. As a dancer, she
worked for maribé – sors de ce corps and Audrey Rochette. aSPIRE, her first
solo piece, was presented at the Festival Vue sur la Relève<span style="color: black;"> in 2015 and was awarded the Coup de Pouce of the Studio
303. Marie-France’s main inspiration is the human reality and how we adapt
physically and emotionally to our environment.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">choreographer, teacher, and writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She formed Common People with Andrew Hartley in 2014.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Together they have commissioned duets by
Simon Renaud and Tedd Robinson.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Georgia Skinner</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">, originally
from Halifax NS, danced with Coastal Dance until attending The School of
Toronto Dance Theatre. Upon graduation in 2014, she dances professionally with
The Woods Hip Hop Company, Nostos Collectives, and as an independent artist in
her home town.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Geneviève Boulet</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> is a
contemporary dance artist based in Montréal, QC. She received her training from
L’École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal and since finishing in 2006 has gone
on to work professionally with choreographers Ismaël Mouraraki, Roger Sinha,
Lina Cruz, and for the company O Vertigo. Recently, she collaborated with the
Israeli choreographer Roy Assaf on the solo, <i>A Girl.</i> She is also
an emerging choreographer who created in collaboration with two other dancers
the collective LA TRESSE. Their first work <i>Beauté Brute</i> will be
presented at this years OFFTA festival.</span><br />
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<br /><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Born in Tokyo, Japan, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sahara
Morimoto</b> is an independent dance artist, based in Toronto. She has been
dancer with Peggy Baker Dance Projects and was Artistic Associate of the
company between 2008-2015.</span></div>
Mocean Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766825861265779574noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578735586255293263.post-74197717644960180822016-03-01T11:43:00.000-04:002016-04-25T14:05:02.436-03:00In Flight Pop Quiz and Story Writing <style>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA">When you only have 12hrs to remember 40
sets of instructions…. Make a storyline to help you remember. Some clever
creative memory aids; but not necessarily the physical order that will appear. </span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Below is the outcome of our in-flight study session!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Rhonda and I are starting work today in the big apple, well Princeton University to be exact, on the <a href="http://www.newyorklivearts.org/event/rebecca_lazier_there_might_be_others" target="_blank"><i><b>There Might be Others</b></i> project with Rebecca Lazier.</a> This is an large ensemble open score composition directed by Choreographer Rebecca Lazier and Musical Director Dan Trueman. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">For the next three weeks we will be rehearsing with the cast of 24 and posting our updates and discoveries. Check out this article about the project on <a href="http://classicaltv.com/the-informer/there-might-be-others" target="_blank">Classical TV. </a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><b>In the meantime.... here is the beginning of many odd stories. </b></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA">Blue:
The water story</span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">I get in my boat and use my <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">OAR, </b>there is a few <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BUMPER VARIATIONS</b> in my steering
capacity, I get distracted by a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FLAMINGO.
</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I take a rest on the beach <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FLAZEDA, CHRIS </b>entertains us and does a
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CHRISTIAN DIOR </b>fashion show. I have
to refrain from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DON’T HIT</b>, I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CRAWL AND SING</b> to keep up with the
shenanigans. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TRIGGER, ZOMBIE </b>outbreak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA">Red: Matrix Meltdown and the Bear Supper</span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">We enter the matrix to complete the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GRID</b>, but we get caught on a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CHAIN</b>, that throws us into a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JENEFAY</b> repeat, our <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ARMS</b> pull us out #pulluptheanchor, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BRAVO</b> we survived! A <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BEAR</b>/ or<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>GIRAFFE comes and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CARRIES</b>
us away, to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LAYDOWN</b> in their cave, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TRACING</b> out our meaty portions, but a super
swift <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NIKITA NINJA</b> saves us. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA">Yellow:
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA">SINAN
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and DRAG</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FIST and TONE</b>, end
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA">Green:
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA">WHIP
IT</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"> (cut the grass), <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TWITCH AND SWITCH</b> (I’m covered in bugs), stretch it out with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CHORD</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LEAN LINE UP</b> with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NATALIE</b>, hoary <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">JUMPING GREEN BEANS</b> – lets <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CLAP</b>. She clenches her heart for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HEART ATTACK</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DROP and ROLL</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">HUMAN PILE</b>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">~Sara C. </span></div>
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