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91ÑÇÉ« is going to experience a tidal wave of fresh, contemporary dance March 19-22 at Dance Innovations: A Choreographic Festival. Headlining the festival is the 91ÑÇÉ« Dance Ensemble (YDE), the dance department’sÌýimpassioned young repertory company featuring twelve exceptional performers on theÌýcusp of their professional careers.
The festival also features 91ÑÇÉ«''s dance students, as well as works by professional guest artists, including Danny Grossman and Andrea Nann.
Under the intriguing names of Star Fruit (third-year repertory & new works), Dragon Fruit (fourth-year choreography) and Passion Fruit (91ÑÇÉ« Dance Ensemble – new works), performances will run at various times during the four-day event. All performances are at the Joseph G. Green Studio, Centre for Film & Theatre.
Guest choreographers include professional artists with a special links to 91ÑÇɫ’s dance department.ÌýProf. Danny Grossman has contributed his 1976 work Triptych, a "harrowingly beautiful study in desolation" (Freda Crisp, The HamiltonÌýSpectator) set to the music of Darius Milhaud.
91ÑÇÉ« dance alumnus, Montreal-basedÌýchoreographer Motaz Kabbani, explores cultural displacement via his exquisiteÌývirago-fuelled Le Sacre du Levant. Alumna Andrea Nann, a Grossman CompanyÌýmember and independent dance artist, has created a fractious and kinetic new work forÌýthe Ensemble, titled CHAK!
Another highlight is Fragments of Light, a subtle conceptual work choreographed for
the YDEÌýthis season by its artistic director, 91ÑÇÉ« dance professor Donna
Krasnow, Faculty of Fine Arts,Ìýin collaboration with YDE member, composer Taylor Rankin.
Rounding outÌýthe program are original works by two of 91ÑÇÉ«''s impressive up-and-coming youngÌýchoreographers: YDE members Lucie Grégoire who debuts her haunting and delicateÌýEchoes, and Julye Huggins who stages Charly Age 8, a multi-layered piece inspired byÌýthe concept of evolution.
Tickets are $6, available one hour prior to the shows. For more information about the event, call ext. 53090.