VIDF 2015 Program

2015 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL DANCE

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

MARCH 8-28, 2015

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Idan Sharabi & Artistsback with a new full length work“unforgettable moments & inspiration”

Vanessa Goodman opens with a world premiere “thrilling visual magic”February 25 - February 28 NRT

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Shay Kuebler Radical System Art World premiere of GLORY“hip, highly entertaining dance”February 21 - 23 NRT

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Serge BennathanMonsieur Arbututin

“kinetic tour de force”March 26 - 28

Scotiabank Dance Centrepresented with The Dance Centre

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‘Namgis T’sasala Cultural Group

sacred dances of the Kwakwaka’wakw March 8 NRT

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PRODUCERS’ NOTES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

02. Event Calendar

03. Ticket and Venue Information

04. Letters of Greeting

08. Dairakudakan

12. Par B.L.Eux

14. Benjamin Kamino

16. Out Innerspace / 605 Collective

19. Ferenc Fehér

20. Manuel Roque

22. The Response

24. Kokoro Dance

26. Master Classes

28. Exhibition & Life Drawing

32. Supporting the VIDF

36. Community Partners

Welcome to the 15th edition of the Vancouver International Dance Festival.

We are excited to start the 2015 season by

announcing that we have a new home in the

Woodward’s Heritage Building where we

will share office and studio space with our

friends Kokoro Dance, Vancouver Moving

Theatre and Raven Spirit Dance.

Please come to our opening night reception

in the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall on

Wednesday, March 11th at 6:30pm featuring

the artwork of Thomas Anfield and the

photography of Peter Eastwood. We will

be awarding the 2015 VIDF Choreographic

Award to a deserving emerging

choreographer and we will be showing the

Edin Velez film entitled Dance of Darkness

about the history of butoh. To be put on

our guest list, please send a free ticket

request to [email protected] and let us know

whether you are coming by yourself or with

a guest. Tickets are limited to no more than

200 people.

The 2015 VIDF includes nine companies

from Canada, Japan, and Hungary. New this

year is an All Shows Pass for only $98 that

gives you entry to all seven Roundhouse

and Vancouver Playhouse shows. Only 400

passes are available so take advantage of

this most affordable opportunity to see all

of our exciting shows!

Our Roundhouse shows include new work

by three of Vancouver’s most exciting young

dance companies: Out Innerspace, the 605

Collective, and the response. After having to

postpone his 2014 VIDF engagement when

he broke his arm swimming with dolphins

in Hawaii, Montreal’s Benoît Lachambre,

now fully recovered, brings his highly

acclaimed Snakeskins to the Roundhouse

stage. We also introduce to our VIDF

audiences, three other highly physical

and audacious choreographers: Benjamin

Kamino (Toronto), Ferenc Fehér (Hungary),

and Manuel Roque (Montreal).

At the Vancouver Playhouse, we are excited

to present Dairakudakan, a 22 dancer

company that is Japan’s oldest and most

theatrical butoh company. You do not want

to miss this spectacular company on their

first visit to Canada.

We invite you to take part in weekday life

drawing sessions or join a class by one of

our visiting artists.

And, please come to see us in our free

performances in our new home at the

Woodward’s Atrium.

Come and enjoy the VIDF and celebrate

dance in the month of March!

— BARBARA BOURGET &

JAY HIRABAYASHI

Photograph by Katie Huisman

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2015 EVENT CALENDAR

SUN, MARCH 8

KOKORO DANCE Site Specific Works2PM, 4PM @ Woodward’s Atrium

WED, MARCH 11

2015 VIDF OPENING NIGHT RECEPTIONIntroducing the artwork of Thomas Anfield and the photography of Peter Eastwood; 2015 VIDF Choreographic Award to a deserving emerging choreographer; showing of Edin Velez film Dance of Darkness about the history of butoh.6:30PM @ Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

THURS, MARCH 12

BENJAMIN KAMINO Nudity. Desire 7PM @ Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

PAR B.L.EUX Snakeskins8PM @ Roundhouse Performance Centre

FRI, MARCH 13

BENOÎT LACHAMBRE MASTER CLASS9:30AM @ Harbour Dance Centre



SAT, MARCH 14



SUN, MARCH 15

KOKORO DANCE Site Specific Works2PM, 4PM @ Woodward’s Atrium

TUE, MARCH 17

DAIRAKUDAKAN MASTER CLASS9:30AM @ Harbour Dance Centre

THURS, MARCH 19

FERENC FEHÉR Tao Te 7PM @ Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

605 COLLECTIVE/OUT INNERSPACE Vital Few/New Work 8PM @ Roundhouse Performance Centre

FRI, MARCH 20

FERENC FEHÉR MASTER CLASS9:30AM @ Harbour Dance Centre

DAIRAKUDAKAN Mushi no Hoshi – Space Insect 8PM @ Vancouver Playhouse



SAT, MARCH 21

DAIRAKUDAKAN Mushi no Hoshi – Space Insect 8PM @ Vancouver Playhouse



SUN, MARCH 22

KOKORO DANCE New Work-in-Progress2PM, 4PM @ Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

THURS, MARCH 26

THE RESPONSE Orbits: a movement study7PM @ Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

MANUEL ROQUE Ne meurs pas tout de suite, on nous regarde(Don’t you die right now, we are being watched) 8PM @ Roundhouse Performance Centre

FRI, MARCH 27

MANUEL ROQUE MASTER CLASS9:30AM @ Harbour Dance Centre



SAT, MARCH 28



OTHER ACTIVITIES

MARCH 16 – 27LIFE DRAWING SESSIONSWeek Days at Noon @ Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

MARCH 11-28ART & PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION@ Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

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2015 TICKET AND VENUE INFO

VANCOUVER PLAYHOUSE TICKETS(Reserved Seating)

Section A: $50.00Section B: $40.00Group of 10 or more: $35.00

All Show Pass: $98.00Includes 3 roundhouse shows + 1 Playhouse show (and free entry to 7pm Roundhouse Exhibition Hall shows).

ROUNDHOUSE TICKETS(General Admission)

Adult: $30.00Senior: $25.00Student: $25.00Non-profit Arts Employee: $25.00Group of 10 or More: $20.00

All Show Pass: $98.00Includes 3 roundhouse shows + 1 Playhouse show (and free entry to 7pm Roundhouse Exhibition Hall shows).

ROUNDHOUSE EXHIBITION HALL SHOWS(Free with VIDF Membership)

VIDF Membership is included in the purchase of tickets to Vancouver Playhouse and Roundhouse 8pm shows or can be purchased separately for a one-time $3 fee at the VIDF Roundhouse Membership Table. If you experience any difficulties in purchasing tickets online, please call the VIDF Box Office at (604) 662-4966 and we will be happy to assist you.

VIDF BOX OFFICE VIDF.CA: The VIDF Box Office is available online 24/7; online ticket sales available until 4PM on the day of the show.

604.662.4966: Administrative staff are available to take your calls during office hours throughout the year, and from 12PM – 5PM, Monday through Saturday beginning February 2, 2015.

DOOR SALES: 60 minutes prior to show time at the Vancouver Playhouse (7PM), and 90 minutes prior to show time at the Roundhouse Performance Centre (6:30PM).

All prices for tickets and festival passes are in Canadian funds and include the annual VIDF Membership fee, VIDF Endowment Fund contribution and applicable GST.

PERFORMANCE STAGESVancouver Playhouse: 600 Hamilton St @ Dunsmuir St, Vancouver

Roundhouse Performance Centre & Exhibition Hall: 181 Roundhouse Mews, Davie St @ Pacific Blvd, Vancouver

The Atrium at Woodwards: West Hastings St @ Abbott St, Vancouver

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Notre gouvernement sait que les arts et la culture sont essentiels au bien-être et à l’essor économique des communautés de partout au pays. Voilà pourquoi nous appuyons des rencontres comme le Festival international de danse de Vancouver. Cette année encore, ce festival met en vedette des danseurs d’ici et d’ailleurs dans des spectacles où tous les styles sont à l’honneur. En plus d’encourager l’excellence, il contribue au dynamisme de la scène culturelle de la région et donne la chance au public de mieux connaître le vaste univers de la danse.

Au nom du premier ministre Stephen Harper et du gouvernement du Canada, je remercie la Société du Festival international de danse de Vancouver, les artistes et les bénévoles qui font de cette grande fête de la danse un rendez-vous à ne pas manquer. J’en profite pour offrir mes meilleurs vœux au Festival à l’occasion de son 15e anniversaire.

Our Government knows that arts and culture are essential to the well-being and economic growth of communities across the country. This is why we support events like the Vancouver International Dance Festival. Once again this year, this festival features dancers from the region and beyond in shows that highlight all styles of dance. In addition to encouraging excellence, it contributes to the vitality of the area’s cultural scene and gives audiences the chance to get to know the vast universe of dance.

On behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Government of Canada, I thank the Vancouver International Dance Festival Society and the artists and volunteers who make this celebration of dance an event not to be missed. I would also like to express my best wishes to the festival on the occasion of its 15th anniversary.

A Message from Premier Christy Clark

As Premier of the Province of British Columbia, I am very pleased to welcome you to the 2015 Vancouver International Dance Festival, March 10th to 28th – three wonderful weeks of dance performances, workshops and other activities. With featured artists from Japan, Hungary, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, the audiences will be sure to enjoy the array of dance techniques and styles such as butoh, hip hop, flamenco, ballet and contemporary dance. This will be one of those wonderful cultural experiences that will inspire and impress dance enthusiasts. Thank you to everyone involved in putting this impressive 15th Anniversary programme together and thank you to the audiences for your support of the artists and this Festival. Sincerely,

Christy Clark Premier

March, 2015

A Message from the Mayor On behalf of the citizens of Vancouver, and my colleagues on City Council, I want to extend my warmest greetings to the 2015 Vancouver International Dance Festival. Vancouver’s strong multicultural fabric showcases the vibrancy of our city and provides citizens with the opportunity to engage in a variety of cultural and artistic events. The Vancouver International Dance Festival has always provided a showcase for local, national and international dance artists and we are proud of our reputation as a major centre for the performing arts. I hope everyone enjoys the Festival!

Yours truly,

Gregor Robertson MAYOR

The Canada Council for the Arts salutes the Vancouver International Dance Festival

At the Canada Council for the Arts, we believe that the arts expand horizons and strengthen society. That’s why we strive to give the public greater access to outstanding performances, in part by supporting events like the Vancouver International Dance Festival.

Since 2000, the Festival has been bringing the world’s finest culturally diverse contemporary dance artists to venues across Vancouver. With its dynamic presentations, workshops and panel discussions the Festival is an occasion for the public and dancers alike to discover and celebrate contemporary dance from around the world.

We are pleased to support the Vancouver International Dance Festival and wish everyone involved a rewarding experience.

Simon Brault Director and CEO, O.C, Q.C. Canada Council for the Arts

Le Conseil des arts du Canada salue le Vancouver International Dance Festival

Au Conseil des arts du Canada, nous sommes convaincus que l’art élargit les horizons individuels et enrichit notre société. C’est pourquoi nous nous efforçons de donner au public un accès accru à de grandes performances en appuyant des événements comme le Vancouver International Dance Festival.

Depuis 2000, le Festival prend place dans divers lieux de Vancouver pour présenter les meilleurs artistes de danse contemporaine provenant de diverses cultures. Avec ses prestations, ateliers et tables rondes dynamiques, le festival donne au public et aux danseurs l’occasion de découvrir et de célébrer diverses formes de danse contemporaine du monde entier.

Nous sommes heureux d’appuyer le Vancouver International Dance Festival et souhaitons à tous ceux qui y participent une expérience enrichissante.

Simon Brault, O.C., O.Q. Directeur et chef de la direction Conseil des arts du Canada

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MARCH 20 & 21, 8PM The Vancouver Playhouse

Section A: $50.00 Section B: $40.00 Group of 10 or more: $25.00

All Show Pass: $98.00 Includes 3 Roundhouse shows + 1 Playhouse show (and free entry to 7pm Roundhouse Exhibition Hall shows).

For tickets visit VIDF.CA or phone 604.662.4966

DAIRAKUDAKAN

MUSHI NO HOSHI – SPACE INSECT

With 22 surreal, shape-shifting dancers, other-worldly costumes and body-paint, and a spectacular set, Dairakudakan exemplifies the transformative power of butoh through its imaginative blend of theatre and dance. Mushi no Hoshi – Space Insect was choreographed by artistic director, Akaji Maro, an accomplished film actor who has appeared in 77 films including Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Vol I. Maro worked with butoh founder Tatsumi Hijikata prior to forming Dairakudan in 1972.

Mushi ho Hoshi – Space Insect is Maro’s response to a message from space:

For over seven million years, since your birth, we have kepton trying to establish contact with you,

But until this day, you were not able to understand our signals.And this, despite your having the capacity to do so.

Finally, we have decided to abandon you.We have already started communicating with other organisms on Earth.

They excel in the understanding of our signals, in their execution.From now on, your existence will be of no concern to us.

You’re in danger!

Photograph by Hiroyuki Kawashima

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DAIRAKUDAKAN COMPANY

Choreography and Direction: Akaji MaroMusic: Keisuke Doi, Jeff MillsCostumes: Kyoko DomotoLighting Designer: Noriyuki Mori

Cast: Akaji Maro, Takuya Muramatsu, Emiko Agastuma, Ikko Tamura, Atsushi Matsuda, Tomoshi Shioya, Barabbas Okuyama, Daiichiro Yuyama, Kohei Wakaba, Naoya Oda, Yuta Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Kim, Seiya Miyamoto, Akiko Takakuwa, Naomi Muku, Azusa Fujimoto, Jongye Yang, Oran Ito, Yuna Saimon, Aya Okamoto, Yuka Mita, Sakura Kashiwamura

Stage Manager: Kazuhiko NakaharaStage Hand: Tsubasa TanakaLighting Operator: Mami TabataSound Operator: Satoshi OikawaWardrobe: Mika TominagaGeneral Manager: Yoko ShinfuneManager: Ryo Yamamoto

“ We are very excited to present the legendary Dairakudakan,

Japan’s oldest and largest butoh company in their premiere

Canadian performances of Mushi no Hoshi – Space Insect!!!”

— BARBARA BOURGET AND JAY HIRABAYASHI

ABOUT AKAJI MARO (麿赤兒)

Akaji Maro was born in Nara in 1943. In 1965, he co-founded Jokyo-Gekijo with renowned Japanese actor/director Juro Kara under the strong influence of Tatsumi Hijikata. In their productions, Maro was acknowledged as an actor who embodied Kara’s “privileged physical theory” with his own spectacular acting approach. He inspired many performing artists during the 1960’s and 70’s.

In 1966, he studied under Tatsumi Hijikata, one of the pioneers of butoh.

In 1972, Maro founded Dairakudakan with Ushio Amagatsu and Ko Murobushi, but

became its sole artistic director when the others left soon after its founding. Maro brought his spectacular performing technique into butoh dance pieces. One of his basic teachings, Tempu-tenshiki, was controversial not only in Japan but also in other countries after its shocking debut at numerous dance festivals in France and U.S. Since the 1980’s, butoh has profoundly influenced the international dance scene.

Maro’s approach to dance embodies Ichinin ippa (“one dancer, one school” - the idea that each individual should be able to express create her/his own movement vocabularies).

He has fostered many new butoh companies and dancers through this philosophy.

Maro has challenged himself to cross the borders of different art forms as an actor, dancer and director/choreographer. He has also starred in spectacular hit movies including Kikujiro no Natsu, Pacchigi, Love & Peace, KILL BILL, as well as in TV series. Dairakudakan will celebrate its 43rd anniversary in 2015 by performing in Vancouver and France. Maro was awarded the Commissioner’s Award of the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2006.

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ABOUT DAIRAKUDAKANO (大駱駝艦)

Dairakudakan has presented many works by Akaji Maro where he collects and reconstructs forgotten Miburi-teburi (human gestures) through the principle of Tempu-tenshiki (literal translation: being born in this world is a great talent itself). The company has performed in many cities and countries. Dairakudakan is a driving force that is making butoh known internationally.

Dairakudakan has also fostered other butoh artists and companies. Founding members Ushio Amagatsu went on to form Sankai Juku while Ko Murobushi also has become an

internationally renowned butoh artist. At the Kochuten studio of Dairakudakan in Kichijoji, Tokyo, Dairakudakan members perform in various groupings.

In 2012, Dairakudakan performed at the Maison de la culture du Japon in Paris, France and UNAM in Mexico. In 2013, Dairakudakan performed two productions at the Montpellier International Dance Festival in France, at the Maison de la culture du Japon in Paris, and at the Normandy Autumn Festival in France.

Dairakudakan produced its newest piece, Mushi no Hoshi-Space Insect, in Tokyo in 2014 to mark the company’s 42nd anniversary. The company also initiated a butoh workshop class for the public, Mujin-juku. Dairakudakan received the Japan Critics Association’s Award in 1974, 1987, 1996, 1999 and 2007.

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MARCH 12-14, 8PM Roundhouse Performance Centre

Adult: $30.00 Senior: $25.00 Student: $25.00 Group of 10+: $20.00 All Show Pass: $98.00

Opening Performance by Benjamin Kamino at 7pm See following page for details.


SNAKESKINS

This solo (actually a ‘fake’ solo, because he is accompanied on stage by dancer Daniele Albanese and musician / multi-instrumentalist Hahn Rowe), offers the choreographer the opportunity to point sharpen the strong lines of his work and reposition his approach in the present. To update this very inside inner process, this very organic process, the choreographer imagines a structure with perspective dispersions that create a leak point of emanation in space. He clings on to it and plays with the distribution of his weight. The body undulates, surrenders, and is transformed by minute alterations of symmetry and balance. There are multiple variations and multiple amplitudes of movement. With Snakeskins, Benoît Lachambre opens himself up as never before, making his own skin a surface of resistance to any formatted ideas.

Concept, Choreography and Performance: Benoît LachambreWith the participation of: Daniele AlbaneseMusic Composed and Performed Live: Hahn RoweArtistic Collaboration: Daniele Albanese, Hanna HedmanCostumes and Props: Alexandra BertautPhotography: Christine Rose DivitoLighting: Yves GodinScenography: Yves Godin, Benoît Lachambre, Philippe DupeyrouxTechnical Direction: Johannes SundrupProduction: Par B.L.eux (Montreal)

Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), PACT Zollverein – Choreographisches Zentrum NRW (Essen), Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson et CDC Paris Réseau/centre de développement chorégraphique (Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson, L’étoile du nord, micadanses-ADDP, studio Le regard du Cygne-AMD XXe), SNDO (Amsterdam), La Bâtie – Festival de Genève, Musée de La Danse / Centre Chorégraphique National de Rennes et de Bretagne (Rennes). With the support of Théâtre de la Bastille (Paris), and the City of Paris in the framework of its residence program at Cité internationale des Arts and the special participation of Compagnie Stalk (Parma).

Photograph by Christine Rose Divito

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BENJAMIN KAMINO

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NUDITY. DESIRE

Curator, choreographer, dancer, and performer, Benjamin Kamino is a generous and deep artist who floats in the creative space. Easily floating between platforms, his works are found both in theatres and galleries. Through the embodiment of philosophical theories and criticisms, dance becomes a place where ethical positions can be questioned.

Nudity. Desire is a dance/performance that undertakes as subject an origin of language through the appropriation of the theological concept of nudity. Building from the work of Giorgio Agamben, Kamino examines the moment of the fall in Genesis where the first nude would be the time when humanity would first acquire a capacity for knowledge, language, and desire. This creation of extreme sensitivity presents a body hanging grace and leads us into the deep roots of desire and vanity.

Photograph by Jamie Kronick

MARCH 12-14, 7PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

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OUT INNERSPACE / 605 COLLECTIVE

NEW WORK by Out Innerspace

Out Innerspace’s new creation is a yet-to-be-titled ensemble work for 7 dancers. With this new work they have brought together a fervent mini crowd of lawless, quicksilver and elaborate personalities. Dancers are Chaplin-esque players in a world conflict cinema fighting over the territory of the theatre, for power over their own domain, both physically and psychologically. The driving content of this battle takes into account today’s most relevant conflicts and challenges—the oversimplification of good and evil. This work employs character as metaphor and the group as an otherworldly population at odds with themselves. They are at the mercy of

anonymity, taboos, surveillance, and celebrity in a “technetronic” era of obscurity, while the others are looking to dismantle and disrupt these unproductive narratives. They are both the protagonists and antagonists, loveable and lethal, egos and ids, in a performance language seeking equal parts of fantasy and everyday, primitive and futuristic, mirth and uncompromising honesty.

Choreographed and Performed by: David Raymond and Tiffany Tregarthenin collaboration with Laura Avery, Ralph Escamillan, Elissa Hanson, Arash Khakpour and Renée SigouinProject Mentor: Crystal Pite

Public Research Mentor: Vanessa KwanRehearsal Director: Justine Chambers; Apprentices: Elya Grant, Sophia WolfeLighting Design: James Proudfoot; Music Composition: TBCVideo Design and Manipulation: David Raymond and Craig AlfredsonCostume Design: Tiffany Tregarthen and Darryl Milot

Created with the support of CanDance Network of Presenters Commission Fund, City of Vancouver, British Columbia Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, ArtSpring Theatre, Dance in Victoria, VIDF, The Dance Centre

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“ Out Innerspace and the 605 Collective are two

of Vancouver’s hottest dance companies. In this

shared evening program, they give an initial

look at new works that will receive their full

premieres in 2016!”

— BARBARA BOURGET AND JAY HIRABAYASHI

VITAL FEW by 605 Collective

605 Collective is developing a brand-new work with and for six unique performers, a collaborative undertaking utilizing mechanisms of constant codependence and interrelation between the dancers. Each performer’s own distinct expression, movement, and choice making weaves together to collectively build the moving sculpture of the group body, the whole greater than the sum of its parts. Acknowledging both an autonomy and responsibility to the group, the struggle of coexistence within the set parameters and finite space continuously informs the content of this hyper connected dance. The

work pushes the company into new physical territory to further explore the essence of unison and togetherness, the negotiation of group dynamics, and the preservation of self inside the collective consciousness.

Choreographed and Performed by: Lisa Gelley and Josh Martin in collaboration with Hayden Fong, Jane Osborne, Odile-Amélie Peters, Jessica Wilkie, Sophia Wolfe (apprentice)Lighting Design: Robert Sondergaard

Created with the support of City of Vancouver, BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, The Dance Centre, Dance Victoria, VIDF

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MARCH 19 -21, 8PM Roundhouse Performance Centre


Opening Performance by Ferenc Fehér at 7pm See following page for details.


Photograph by David Cooper

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MARCH 19-21, 7PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall


Opening for 605 / Out Innerspace See previous page for details.


TAO TE

I have left an earlier standpoint, not in order to exchange it for another one, but because even the former standpoint was merely a way-station along a way. The lasting element in thinking is the way. And ways of thinking hold within them that mysterious quality that we can walk them forward and backward, and that indeed only the way back will lead us forward.

(M. Heidegger: On The Way To Language – A Dialogue On Language between a Japanese and an Inquirer).

That quotation, although from the pen of a philosopher and related to thinking, corresponds exactly to the structural device of the

dance theatre piece created by Ferenc Fehér. Relying solely on the non-verbal elements of dance, he manifests the experience of being by making tangible the momentum we encounter as we travel on a beaten or an unbeaten path.

Creators: Ferenc Fehér, Ákos DózsaDancers: Balázs Szitás, Ferenc FehérMusic: Ferenc FehérLight and Sound: Dávid KovácsovicsChoreography: Ferenc Fehér

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MANUEL ROQUE

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MARCH 26 & 28, 8PM Roundhouse Performance Centre


Opening Performance by The Response at 7pm See following page for details.


NE MEURS PAS TOUT DE SUITE, ON NOUS REGARDE (DON’T YOU DIE RIGHT NOW, WE ARE BEING WATCHED)

Ne meurs pas tout de suite, on nous regarde (Don’t you die right now, we are being watched) seeks a balance between a specific choreographic language and an obvious theatrical presence—the piece gives priority to the search for expressing a kinetic sense/moment. Choreographer Manuel Roque defines the human condition in this work through the way the characters express themselves, their relationships to their environment, to each other, and to the poetic/metaphysical value of their movements/pulses.

The choreography puts the movement upfront, giving the dancers a large range of freedom connected to primal impulses. This freedom is balanced by sharp dramatic text. The performers are playfully urged into virtuosity, energetic contrast, surprising connections, and a deep level of sensitive awareness. Sometimes the characters act like zombies; other times they are empty, hysterical, or fully present.

Choreography: Manuel Roque (in collaboration with the following creative team) Performers: Lucie Vigneault, Manuel Roque, Judith Allen.Rehearsal Director: Indiana Escach Dramaturge: Peter JamesLighting and Technical Direction: Judith AllenCostumes/Set: Marilène Bastien Sound Score: Manuel Roque (with excerpts of interviews with Stephen Hawking, an excerpt from the film score of Happiness by Todd Haynes, an anonymous organist, some Toronto passers-by, a Chihuahua on rue Dorion, an anonymous skipping rope jumper, an extract from the Ave Verum Corpus K 618 by Mozart, a French kettle, a Parisian street singer…)

Photography by Sandra Lynn Belanger

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THE RESPONSE

VANCOUVER’S

ORBITS: A MOVEMENT STUDY

Orbits: a movement study is part of a series of work-in-progress performance experiments geared towards the movement research and creation of the company’s next full

length work. This installment, a duet, finds two atomic beings moving through space in relentless unison with moments of irregularity and reaction, the bodies of the dancers striving to portray the sense of chemical reactions we find internally and externally in our universe.

the response is a project based contemporary dance company dedicated to challenging how contemporary dance can be made, shown and perceived. It is a home for its founder and director, Amber Funk Barton, to create new work that balances artistic resonance and physical spectacle. Inspired by the ability of the human body, its physical potential and

its emotional make-up the response, Amber aims to go beyond the focus of form to create cinematic experiences using the body to create pictures, images and shapes to evoke reaction. It is a company distinguishable by the vulnerability and sensitivity portrayed in its works. Work is inspired by imperfection, mistakes, regret. the response. aims to tell stories. It presents ordinary, recognizable characters and emotions in imaginary landscapes. It is a reaction: to what we see, feel and hear.

Choreography: Amber Funk BartonPerformers: Amber Funk Barton and Alexa Mardon

Photography by Chris Barton

MARCH 26 & 28, 7PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall


Opening for Manuel Rogue See previous page for details.


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KOKORO DANCE

Kokoro Dance performs free shows at 2:00pm and 4:00pm on March 8th and 15th at the Woodward’s Atrium and at 2:00pm and 4:00pm on March 22nd at the Roundhouse. Choreographers Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi perform new work-in-progress chapters of their upcoming new work, The Book of Love, with dancers Molly McDermott and Billy Marchenski.

The Book of Love will premiere at the Roundhouse November 25 – December 5, 2015 and will feature music by composer Jeffrey Ryan performed live by the Standing Wave music ensemble, set and costumes by British artist Jonathan Baldock, and lighting by Gerald King.

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Photography by Chris Randle

KOKORO DANCE: MARCH 8 & 15, 2PM & 4PM Woodward’s Atrium

MARCH 22, 2PM & 4PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall


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FERENC FEHÉR

March 20, 2015 from 9:30am to 11:30am at Harbour Dance Centre

Physical Dance

In his dances Ferenc Fehér uses his personal movement vocabulary which has developed over the years and is still constantly changing. His style is very close to physical dance and contemporary dance.

He focuses on creative work for advanced and professional dancers. You will use your imagination in tandem with your physical body to generate new movement ideas and to work fluidly in an ensemble.

You will practice these skills in guided improvisations that focus on variations of craft, group work, and individual movement invention. This will require heavy physical work.

Cost: $25.00

MASTER CLASSES

Immerse yourself in the artistic practices of national and international dance artists performing at the 2015 VIDF. If you want to get direct insight into the art of our visiting guest artists, there is no better way than by taking a master class or workshop. Class size is limited, so we strongly recommend advance registration for all workshops.

20% Discount available for members of CADA/West, Kokoro Dance, and Simon Fraser University SCA Dance Students.

All workshops and master classes are located at Harbour Dance Centre, 927 Granville St, 3rd Floor. To register, please visit VIDF.ca or phone 604.662.4966

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BENOÎT LACHAMBRE


Master Class

Teaching internationally across Europe, Asia, and North America, Benoît Lachambre’s workshops communicate his knowledge of kinaesthetics and somatics, the experimental techniques that have provided the structure of his works, and in which he is a renowned expert. Based on the distribution of weight and the forces of gravity informed by Amelia Itcush, Benoit will work on the alignment and imagination of participants, aiming for a heightened awareness of the senses.

Cost: $25.00

DAIRAKUDAKAN


Master Class with Takuya Muramatsu with Daiichiro Yuyama

Takuya Muramatsu is a principal dancer and choreographer with Dairakudakan since 1994, and head of the Dairakudakan school. Dairakudakan has been guided by Artistic Director Akaji Maro’s butoh concepts including tempu-tenshiki (“being born into the world is a great talent in itself”) and ichinin-ippa (“one dancer, one school”), which stresses the importance of individuals developing unique movement vocabularies.

This master class is a rare opportunity to be introduced to the teaching of Japan’s oldest butoh company and a great introduction to their performances at the Vancouver Playhouse on March 20th and 21st.

Cost: $25.00

MANUAL ROQUE


Master Class

After receiving a Diplôme d’études collégiales for theatre studies in France, followed by further studies at the Ecole Nationale De Cirque In Montréal, Manuel began his career as an acrobat with Cirque Eloïze before turning to dance. Several choreographers have called on his talent, including Dominique Porte, Hélène Langevin, Peter James and his psychotic cabarets, Paul-André Fortier And Sylvain Emard. In addition, he danced for Compagnie Marie Chouinard for three years, performing the company’s repertoire, as well as participating on the creation of Orphée Et Eurydice.

As evidenced by his background in acrobatic circus training, Manuel is interested in the physicality of the body and its extension as an instrument for the language of movement.

Cost: $25.00

THOMAS ANFIELD

Thomas Anfield is an artist who works primarily in painting but also crosses boundaries creating work in dance, performance and music. He has presented his work Internationally in North America, Europe, Russia and Africa including the Vancouver Art Gallery, The National Galley of Senegal and Jardin Borda Mexico. He has co-created and presented three full performances in Moscow presented by the Moscow Ballet. His work has been featured in Modern Painters, Elle, Macleans, Vancouver Magazine and Preview Magazine.

Artist’s Statement

As a figurative painter who has also been fortunate to have worked as a dancer I began to see the figures in my work as performers, both object and subject, as vehicles or triggers designed to conjure a profound human psychological presence through an interior mimesis. Butoh with its internalization of worldly forces, a sense of being moved from within and a modern expressionist sense of posture echoes this feeling for me. One projects ones’ own emotions onto a

good Butoh performer, or more precisely, a union between performer and watcher takes place during a successful performance. In my newest paintings I seek an integration of object and environment, a reference to the cognitive history of images and a visual trace of our perpetual becoming, our perpetual unfolding.

Ultimately both are arts of designing figures in space and time and both are dependant on creating that sense of Yungen a Japanese word meaning an awareness of the universe that triggers an emotional response too deep and mysterious for words. I believe this is what visual artists have been struggling with throughout history. The history of painting has been as much about this search for meaning through a meditation on form, and its attendant colour, as it has been about image or narrative.

Like dance, painting can be enjoyed on the internet but it is ultimately a corporeal and physical experience that can really only be experience in the flesh, in real time and space.

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ART EXHIBITION & LIFE DRAWING

The 2015 VIDF features the visual

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LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS March 16 – 27 @ Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

Join us in the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall for noon hour life drawing sessions every weekday beginning Monday, March 16 through Friday March 27. Practice your drawing skills and let your creativity be inspired by dancers and life models posing in either costumes or plain clothes in the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall.

These public sessions, presented in partnership with the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, are open to all skill levels, are free, and require no pre-registration. Sketching paper, pencils, and other supplies are available for participants to borrow courtesy of a generous donation by Opus Art Supplies.

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PETER EASTWOOD

Peter Eastwood is a Vancouver based travel photographer whose philanthropic works include projects in both Sri Lanka and Uganda. He is currently working on a multi layered Sri Lankan exhibition, ‘Sri Lanka after the Tsunami’ which covers the stories of the terrible disaster ten years ago using still and video portraiture and the written word. The exhibition will run in Vancouver April 9th – 21st, 2015 at Visualspace Gallery, 3352 Dunbar Street.

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You can support the festival’s programming and the continued growth of contemporary dance through donations to the Vancouver International Dance Festival. The VIDF is a non-profit, artist-run, registered charitable society (CRA# 892858614RR0001) that needs your support. Your donation will help to ensure ongoing opportunities for local dancers, and touring opportunities for international artists to bring their works to the stage in Vancouver.

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Supervised by the Vancouver Foundation, the VIDF Endowment Fund is building a long term legacy for the festival. Interest from this fund supports the programming of the society, and nurtures the development of dance and theatre by supporting the Larisa Fayad bursary award for emerging lighting designers, and the VIDF choreographic award, issued in alternating years.

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