ARTISTS IN THIS VIDEO
Michelle Olson, Indigenous Contemporary Dance
Canada
“In Raven Spirit Dance’s Gathering Light, choreographer Michelle Olson and her dancers have created a work that is uncomplicated and beautiful. An intimate and connected work, Gathering Light provides a sense of communal transformation that you want to take home with you.”- By Andrea Loewen from Vancouver Presents. March 14th, 2019.
Elle Sofe Sara, Choreographer and director
Norway
”Elle Sofes choreography is raw, sensational, liberating, rude and completely independent”.
Inger Margrethe Lunde, Norwegian evening post
Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse (Wonder Fools), Theatre-makers
Scotland
Wonder Fools’ fiercely impressive 2018 touring show The 549: Scots Of The Spanish Civil War (****), filmed live in a community hall in Kirkmichael, Ayrshire. Written by Wonder Fools co-founder Robbie Gordon, the play emerged, in Nurse’s production, as a formidable piece of popular small-scale touring theatre in the 7:84 tradition, educating working class audiences across Scotland about their own history, while providing a superb night out. (On Wonder Fools 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War)
Grace Passô, Theatre/Cinema
Brazil
“Passô tem criações autorais no teatro e cinema, além de criar em parceria com artistas multidisciplinares. Foi inúmeras vezes premiada como atriz, dramaturga e diretora, seu trabalho circula em eventos de linguagens diversas. Um de seus últimos trabalhos, a peça de teatro e média-metragem Vaga Carne, inaugura o projeto Grãos da Imagem, que tem como uma de suas pesquisas o mergulho em dimensões sonoras da palavra. De griot a vocalista de textos teatrais, experimenta invenções que desafiem noções estáveis da linguagem”
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Holly Treddenick, Contemporary Circus
Canada
“Holly brings a wealth of physical and emotional understanding… She is a riveting and robust performer full of tenderness, strength and grace”.- Sara Porte
Katherin Jiseth García Gil, Urban Dance
Colombia
“Me sorprendía mucho que pese a las complejas situaciones que sucedían en entornos cercanos de muchos jóvenes, ellos no le apostaban a eso. Me preguntaba yo ¿qué les mueve? Y creo que es el deseo natural de vivir y no repetir las historias difíciles” dice Katherin.
Andrew Tay, Dance / Performance / Curation
Canada
“We need more of these kinds of performances as we aim to move away from stereotypes to create art that embodies the complexity of defining and claiming identity in a multicultural contemporary western society.” – Helen Simard, The Dance Current writing about Tay’s Make Banana Cry
PRESENTERS IN THIS VIDEO
Natalie Lue, Executive Director, Vancouver Civic Theatres
Canada
Juan Carlos Adrianzén, Programing Director, Teatro Mayor
Columbia
Cui Yin Mok, Independent Producer, Producers SG
Singapore