This brief teaser is a glimpse into the highly physical work that Mocean Danse will showcase at its winter mainstage event January 21-23 at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax.
Emily Gualtieri and David Albert-Toth of Montréal’s Parts+Labour_Danse visit the East Coast to premiere a new work by Gualtieri and share a critically acclaimed piece from their repertoire. Mocean Dance company members Jacinte Armstrong, Rhonda Baker and Gillian Seaward-Boone dance in Stealing Fire by Gualtieri while Albert-Toth performs in Parts+Labour_Danse’s La Chute, a solo that won the 2015 Audience Choice Award at Toronto’s dance: made in canada festival.
In addition, Mocean Dance Co-Artistic Director Sara Coffin premieres standing alone facing you – a duet looking at external reality versus personal perception.
Learn more >> thedancecurrent.com/event-listing/ordinary-rebels
Most dance artists and presenters must negotiate the tension between creating work that meets their artistic goals, that is accessible to their community and that provides the fiscal support required to live as an artist and to run a company. Emma Doran speaks with artists, organizations and presenters across the country to discuss how they envision their audience, how they are seeking to reach those individuals and what constitutes meaningful engagement with them.
Check out this video of Mocean Dance performing Our Unfortunate Deaths, choreographed by Sharon B. Moore. Our Unfortunate Deaths premiere…
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March 26-21 mai 2021
Catch on demand performances from Fall for Dance North’s 2019 event at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), celebrating the legacy of Merce Cunningham (Available until May 21)
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