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DanceHouse // Welcome WELCOME ALL TO OUR FINAL TWO PRESENTATIONS OF THE 2018/19 SEASON! We are delighted to welcome back Montreal powerhouse Compagnie Marie Chouinard, last seen on the DanceHouse stage in February 2015. Since then, internationally decorated choreographer Marie Chouinard has added Director of Dance for the Venice Biennale (2017–2020), and recipient of a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance, to her impressive resume of titles and awards. Hieronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights deliciously shows off another masterwork by this iconic Canadian artist, and we look forward to welcoming new and returning Chouinard fans to the theatre. Come April, we turn the stage over to American troupe MOMIX as they weave together ballet, acrobatics, and circus technique into a beguiling new world of movement. For almost 40 years MOMIX has been travelling the world with their endlessly inventive works, and have long been on my list to bring to DanceHouse as a pillar of the American modern dance movement. Finally, the timing worked out. I am especially pleased the company is able to share Viva MOMIX with us, distilling more than three decades of work into a compilation of audience and critical favourites. Alongside this stunning performance, it is a pleasure to welcome Zdenka Gomes of Odlum Brown Limited into our circle of supporters as exclusive Production Sponsor of MOMIX. In the wake of the family-friendly Chotto Desh by the Akram Khan Company, we look forward to seeing many returning young faces and families in the crowd as well.
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COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD (MONTREAL)
HIERONYMUS BOSCH: THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS
March 15 & 16, 2019, 8pm Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver BC DURATION: 75 MINUTES
Created at Theaterfestival Boulevard, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, August 4, 2016* CHOREOGRAPHY Marie Chouinard ORIGINAL MUSIC Louis Dufort
SET DESIGN AND VIDEO Marie Chouinard DANCERS
Jossua Collin Dufour, Catherine Dagenais-Savard, Valeria Galluccio, Motrya Kozbur, Morgane Le Tiec, Luigi Luna, Scott McCabe, Sacha Ouellette-Deguire, Carol Prieur, Clémentine Schindler LIGHTS Marie Chouinard
COSTUMES AND PROPS Marie Chouinard VIDEO CONSULTANT Jimmy Lakatos
MAKE-UP Jacques-Lee Pelletier
VIDEO ASSISTANT Sylvain Robert
FILM CREW (ACT 3): SCRIPTWRITER AND DIRECTOR Marie Chouinard
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Jean-François Gratton
DIRECTOR ASSISTANT AND EDITOR Miguel Raymond
PERFORMER Lucie Mongrain
SET DESIGN AND PROPS PRODUCTION Isabelle Gauthier, Cédric Lord
COSTUME PRODUCTION Zdravka Tchakaloff
*Dancers for the world premiere: Sébastien Cossette-Masse, Paige Culley, Valeria Galluccio, Leon Kupferschmid, Morgane Le Tiec, Lucy M. May, Scott McCabe, Sacha Ouellette-Deguire, Carol Prieur, Megan Walbaum A COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD production in coproduction with the Jheronimus Bosch 500 Foundation (Netherlands), commemorating in 2016, the 500 th anniversary of the painter’s death.
The COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD wishes to thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal.
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// ABOUT
MARIE CHOUINARD, CHOREOGRAPHER, is the Executive and Artistic Director of COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD, Founding Chair of the Prix de la Danse de Montréal, an Associate Dance Artist of the Canada’s National Arts Centre and Director of Dance at the Venice Biennale.
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// A NOTE
Here is a choreography in three acts from the famous triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights. ACT 1: The Garden of Delights
(central panel) ACT 2: Hell (right panel) ACT 3: Paradise (left panel) Just as a choreographer can start with a piece of music in order to create, I am starting with the painting by Bosch. And just as a choreographer can choose to “stick” to a musical score (or not), I have chosen to “stick” to Bosch’s painting, its spirit. The joy of bowing before a masterpiece! —Marie Chouinard, February 2016 Hieronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights Post-Show Social Sponsor
Download CANTIQUE, the application for iPad and iPhone created by Marie Chouinard, free from the App Store.
TOURING CREW: Artistic Director on Tour: Annie Gagnon Tour Manager: Martin Coutu Technical Director and Stage Manager: Jérémie Boucher Lighting Manager: Isabelle Garceau Sound Engineer: Jérôme Guilleaume
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Today, COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD enjoys an international reputation. Its trajectory began in 1978, when Marie Chouinard presented her first creation, Cristallisation. This work was followed by thirty solos performed on stages at home and abroad, including Marie Chien Noir (1982), S.T. A.B. (Space, Time and Beyond) (1986), and Afternoon of a Faun (1987), landmarks in contemporary dance of the past 40 years. In 1990, the soloist and choreographer founded her own company. Since that time, COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD has performed all over the world, and coproduces its creations with renowned partners such as the Venice Biennale, the ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival (Vienna), the Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), the Fondazione Musica Per Roma (Rome), Place des Arts (Montreal), Festival TransAmériques (Montreal) and the National Arts Centre (Ottawa). In 2007, the COMPAGNIE moved to its own building, Espace Marie Chouinard, in Montreal. For Marie Chouinard, each creation is an odyssey through the history of humanity that evades the linearity of a narrative. The intimate intelligence of the body, the inexhaustible complexity of its articulations and mutations command constructions that are achieved through form. The choreographer is thoroughly engaged in every aspect of a work, from music to scenography, lighting, costumes, and hairstyles, so they resonate with each other in a whole with great power of evocation. Hailed for their technique, versatility and performance skills, the ten permanent dancers of the COMPAGNIE, trained in different somatic approaches, bring Marie Chouinard’s iconic works to the stage. The award-winning dancer Carol Prieur celebrated her 20th anniversary with the COMPAGNIE in 2015. The COMPAGNIE has a vast repertoire of works, most still performed internationally: The Rite of Spring, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, 24 Preludes by Chopin, Le Cri du monde, Étude no 1, bODY_rEMIX/gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS, HENRI MICHAUX : MOUVEMENTS, Soft virtuosity, still humid, on the edge and HIERONYMUS BOSCH: THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS. The Rite of Spring has been performed for almost 25 years and become a classic in the history of contemporary dance. The choreographer’s works also appear in the repertoires of major ballet companies such as the National Ballet of Canada, the São Paulo Companhia dance, the Ballets de Monte-Carlo, the GöteborgsOperan and the Gulbenkian Ballet †. Moreover, since 2015, Marie Chouinard has created works for other companies, such as the Martha Graham Dance Company and Ballets de Monte-Carlo. In 2009, Marie Chouinard, the dancer, returned to the stage after a 20 year absence with her solo creation morning glories :)-(: and since 2012, has danced IN MUSEUM,
Over the years, COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD has developed her own dance technique, taught by the dancers during workshops or master classes in tour. A true cultural ambassador for Quebec, Marie Chouinard has received several awards and distinctions in recognition
of her contribution to the arts, including the Bessie Award (New York, 2000), the Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montréal (2006), the title of Officer of the Order of Canada (2007), the title of Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France, 2009), the Denise Pelletier Award (Quebec, 2010), the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec Award for best choreography for THE GOLDEN MEAN (LIVE) (2012), the Samuel de Champlain Award (France, 2014), the title of Companion of the Ordre national des arts et des lettres du Québec (2015), the title of Chevalier of the Ordre national du Québec (2015), the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement (Canada, 2016), the Positano “Choreographer of the Year” Award (Italy, 2016) and the Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts (Canada, 2016). The name of Marie Chouinard became a dictionary entry in Le Petit Larousse, illustrated edition, in 2010 and in Le Robert in 2011.
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a three-hour solo performance-installation. An author, set and lighting designer, photographer and film director, her opus includes multimedia works (Cantique no 3, Icônes, and CORPS CÉLESTES) films (bODY_rEMIX/gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS, MARIE CHOUINARD: THE RITE OF SPRING, and the music video Jamais by Serge Fiori), a collection of poems entitled Chantier des extases, the photo-installation Paradisi Gloria, and an art exhibit entitled DRAWINGS. In 2015, Marie Chouinard designed CANTIQUE, a first application for iPad and iPhone, free from the App Store. Whatever the medium (stage, screen, digital, print, etc.), the crux of the work is always the body.
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ASHES FOR BEAUTY May 23-25, 2019 | 8pm Executive and Artistic Director: Marie Chouinard Managing Director: Jérémie Boucher Controller: Monika Gruszka Technical Director: Jimmy Lakatos Production Director: Jérémie Boucher Production Coordinator: Catherine Renaud Communications Coordinator: Caroline Perron Tour Coordinator: Geneviève Lemenu Administrative Assistant: Gabriel Cuny Artistic Coordinator: Jamie Wright Archivist/Notation: Megan Walbaum Rehearsal Directors: Emmanuelle Bourassa-Beaudoin, Isabelle Poirier and Jamie Wright Dancers: Jossua Collin Dufour, Catherine Dagenais-Savard, Valeria Galluccio, Motrya Kozbur, Morgane Le Tiec, Luigi Luna, Scott McCabe, Sacha Ouellette-Deguire, Carol Prieur, Clémentine Schindler Representation: Julie George (Europe), Cathy Pruzan, Cathy Pruzan Artist Representative (United States), Pilar de Yzaguirre, YSARCA S.L. (Spain), Paul Tanguay (Special projects), Stéphanie Hinton (Canada, South America), Asa Edgren (Scandinavia, Baltics) Board of Directors: President: François Taschereau Members: Marie Chouinard, Sophie Banford, André Dufour, Jean-Michel Ghoussoub, Florence Girod, Josette Murdock and Yves Papillon
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// ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
JOSSUA COLLIN DUFOUR first evolved in urban dance
MORGANE LE TIEC started out in dance at the Conservatoire
with Rockwell Family. In 2014 he graduated from the Ecole de danse contemporaine de Montréal. He has danced for Destins Croisés and collaborated with choreographers including Nico Archambault, Andrew Skeels, Sebastien Provencher, Wynn Holmes and Anne Plamondon. He joined the Compagnie Marie Chouinard in January 2019.
de Saint-Maur, entering the École de Danse de l’Opéra de Paris and later the Conservatoire national supérieur de danse de Paris. She performed with La La La Human Steps, the MontalvoHervieu company and the Ballets Jazz de Montreal, joining COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 2015.
CATHERINE DAGENAIS-SAVARD completed her training at l’École de danse contemporaine de Montréal in 2015 and also studied music, singing and musical theatre. She has worked with Mélanie Demers, visual artist Lorraine Albert and the Castel Blast collective. She joined COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 2016.
his interest in contemporary dance, he attended the advanced course of the Compagnia Zappalà Danza and was a member of the company’s young troupe. In 2017, he participated in the Venice Biennale College Dance programme, performing works by William Forsythe and Benoît Lachambre. He joined COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 2018.
VALERIA GALLUCCIO studied ballet with Annalisa
SCOTT MCCABE graduated from The Juilliard School in
Cernese in Italy. For three years, as part of the Venice Biennale, she danced the works of Ismaël Ivo as main performer before joining, in 2011, COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD. In 2015, she is named as best Italian dancer abroad by the magazine Danza&Danza. In 2017, she is awarded the Positano Prize for “Dancer of the Year on the International Scene”.
New York City. He has worked with Andrea Miller and Danielle Agami and was a member of Ate9 Dance Company in Los Angeles before joining COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 2015.
MOTRYA KOZBUR is a graduate in contemporary dance from the Boston Conservatory. She worked as a seamstress for costume designer Naomi Luppescu in New York City, and danced for several years with LeeSaar The Company before joining COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 2017.
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LUIGI LUNA trained at the Balletto di Siena in Italy. Pursuing
SACHA OUELLETTE-DEGUIRE danced with the companies Omnibus and Korimage. A multi-faceted artist he studied mime art at École de mime in Montreal, Paris and London. He joined COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 2012.
CAROL PRIEUR started her career with Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers. She has worked with the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault. Grants permitted her to pursue her studies in New York, Europe and India where she was initiated into
// ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES Kalarypayattu, an Indian martial art form. Since she became a member of COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 1995, three solos have been created for her: Humanitas, Étude Poignante, and Mouvements. She received an Award for Best Performance in Marie Chouinard’s film, Cantique no. 1, at the Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film and Video Award in Toronto. In 2010, Carol was named Dancer of the Year by the magazine TANZ. In 2014, she is the first recipent for the Prix de la Danse de Montréal – INTERPRÈTE.
CLÉMENTINE SCHINDLER trained with l’École supérieure de ballet du Québec and was a member of the Jeune Ballet du Québec. She has danced with Le Carré des Lombes, Sinha Danse, Fleuve Espace Danse and Cas Public. She joined COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 2016.
LOUIS DUFORT is a Montreal composer. His productions are
PHOTO CREDIT: LEFT Photo by Nicolas Ruel. Interprètes/Dancers : Leon Kupferschmid, Lucy M. May. RIGHT Photo by Nicolas Ruel. Interprètes/Dancers: Leon Kupferschmid, Carol Prieur, Morgane Le Tiec, Valeria Galluccio, Paige Culley, Sacha Ouellette-Deguire, Megan Walbaum, Lucy M. May
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numerous and varied: fixed support, mixed with live processing, visual music and installations. He receives commissions from various ensembles and music organizations: ACREQ (Quebec association for electroacoustic creation and research), SMCQ (the Quebec Contemporary Music Society), RÉSEAUX, Chants libres, Codes d’Accès, ECM+ (Ensemble contemporain de Montréal), the Quasar Saxophone Quartet, the Quatuor Bozzini string quartet, The Users, the Pointe-à-Callière Museum, ZKM (Germany), SIXTRUM and ICI Radio-Canada. He has been a regular creative collaborator with COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD since 1996. In parallel with his work as composer, Louis Dufort teaches composing at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and is artistic director of the AKOUSMA festival.
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Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver BC DURATION: 105 MINUTES.
VIVA MOMIX WITH ANTHONY BOCCONI, BEAU CAMPBELL, JENNIFER CHICHEPORTICHE, NATHANIEL DAVIS, GREG DEARMOND, SEAH HAGAN, LAUREN JAEGER, HEATHER MAGEE, and JASON WILLIAMS
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PRODUCTION MANAGER........................................................................................ Woodrow F. Dick III TECHNICAL CREW.............................................. Chris Lubik, Josh Peterson, and Jameson Willey LIGHTING DESIGN..................................................................Howell Binkley (TUU), Bruce Goldstein (Table Talk), Joshua Starbuck (Dream Catcher, Marigolds, Echoes of Narcissus, Pole Dance, Aqua Flora), Woodrow F. Dick, III (Baths of Caracalla, If You Need Some Body, Daddy Long Leg, Light Reigns, Aeria, Paper Trails), Michael Korsch (Pleiades, Spawning) MUSIC COLLAGE............................................................................................................ Moses Pendleton VIDEO DESIGN.......................................................................................................... Woodrow F. Dick, III COSTUME DESIGN...............................................Phoebe Katzin, Moses Pendleton, Cynthia Quinn COSTUME CONSTRUCTION............................................................................................. Phoebe Katzin BALLET MISTRESS.......................................................................................................Victoria Mazzarelli COMPANY MANAGER............................................................................................................. Paula Burns
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PLEIADES (MOMIX IN ORBIT)
ECHOES OF NARCISSUS (BOTANICA)
CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton ASSISTED BY: The Company MUSIC: El Hadra – The Mystik Dance
PERFORMED BY: Jennifer Chicheportiche CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton & Cynthia Quinn MUSIC: Space Weaver by Lisa Gerrard
Courtesy of Aquarius International Music This work was created for the Centennial celebration of FIAT AUTO S.p.A. in Torino, Italy. July 1999
SNOW GEESE (LUNAR SEA)
TUU (CLASSICS) PERFORMED BY: Beau Campbell and Steven Ezra CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton ASSISTED BY: Tim Acito and Solveig Olsen MUSIC: One Thousand Years by TUU written by
CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton ASSISTED BY: The Company MUSIC: Treasure by Elliot Morgan Jones and Nick Woolfson from the Waveform release Terra Firma
BRAINWAVE (CLASSICS) CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton
Martin Franklin, Released by Waveform Records
DREAM CATCHER (OPUS CACTUS)
MARIGOLDS (BOTANICA)
PERFORMED BY: Heather Magee and Jason Williams CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton ASSISTED BY: Craig Berman and Brian Sanders SCULPTURE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION:
CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton ASSISTED BY: The Company MUSIC BY: Suphala, Destination and The Wheel by U-zig Michael Paradinas
POLE DANCE (OPUS CACTUS) CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton ASSISTED BY: The Company MUSIC BY: Adam Plack & Johnny (White Ant) Soames and The Hunt (In Respect for Food). Courtesy of Australian Music International.
BATHS OF CARACALLA (REMIX) CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton ASSISTED BY: The Company MUSIC: Reverence by David and Steve Gordon
DADDY LONG LEG (35TH ANNIVERSARY CREATION) CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton and Tim Latta ASSISTED BY: Jonathan Eden, Steven Ezra, Morgan Hulen, Felicity Jones, Cynthia Quinn, and Brian Simerson MUSIC: Santa Maria by Gotan Project
LIGHT REIGNS (35TH ANNIVERSARY CREATION) CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton ASSISTED BY: Jennifer Chicheportiche, Amanda Hulen, Nicole Loizides, Sarah Nachbauer, Cynthia Quinn, Rebecca Rasmussen, Heather Magee Spilka, and Jocelyn Wallace MUSIC: Alchemy by Deuter
PAPER TRAILS (35TH ANNIVERSARY CREATION) CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton ASSISTED BY: The Company MUSIC: Good Bye Brother by Ramin, Djawadi: Progeny by Yvonne Moriarty, Gavin Greenway and the Lyndhurst; Sorrow by Klaus Badelt and Lisa Gerrard; Wisdom Work by Byron Metcalf.
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Alan Boeding MUSIC: Mountain Walk East by NOMAD. Courtesy of Australian Music International
MAN FAN (BOTANICA) PERFORMED BY: Steven Ezra CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton PROP BY: Michael Curry MUSIC: Azam Ali, Aj Ondas on Portals of Grace
SPAWNING (CLASSICS) CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton ASSISTED BY: Lisa Giobbi, Diana Horvath, and Cynthia Quinn MUSIC: MERCY STREET by Peter Gabriel Used with permission of Cliofine Ltd.(PRS)/ HIDDEN PUN MUSIC, INC. (BMI)
TABLE TALK (CLASSICS) PERFORMED BY: Jason Williams CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton ASSISTED BY: Karl Bauman MUSIC: Safe From Harm R Del Naja, A. Vowles, G. Marshall (KA Massive Attack)
AQUA FLORA (BOTANICA) PERFORMED BY: Jennifer Chicheportiche CHOREOGRAPHY: Moses Pendleton and Cynthia Quinn ASSISTED BY: Nicole Loizides PROP BY: Michael Curry MUSIC: Deva Premal, Gayatri Mantra. Used in this performance with permission of Prabhu Misc. ©1998 Prabhu Music. Music composed by Deva Premal and Miten. All rights reserved. www.prabhumusic.net
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MOMIX // WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY Closing Ceremony of the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid in 1980. In that same year he created MOMIX, which rapidly established an international reputation for inventive and often illusionistic choreography. The troupe has now been creating new work under his direction and touring worldwide for four decades.
MOSES PENDLETON (Artistic Director) has been one of America’s most innovative and widely performed choreographers and directors for almost 50 years. A co-founder of the ground-breaking Pilobolus Dance Theater in 1971, he formed his own company, MOMIX, in 1980. Mr. Pendleton has also worked extensively in film, TV, and opera and as a choreographer for ballet companies and special events. Mr. Pendleton was born and raised on a dairy farm in Northern Vermont. His earliest experiences as a showman came from exhibiting his family’s dairy cows at the Caledonian County Fair. He received his BA in English Literature from Dartmouth College in 1971. Pilobolus began touring immediately, and the group shot to fame in the 1970s, performing on Broadway under the sponsorship of Pierre Cardin, touring internationally, and appearing in PBS’s Dance in America and Great Performances series. By the end of the decade, Mr. Pendleton had begun to work outside of Pilobolus, performing in and serving as principal choreographer for the Paris Opera’s Intégrale Erik Satie in 1979 and choreographing the 14
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Mr. Pendleton has also been active as a performer and choreographer for other companies. He staged Picabia’s Dadaist ballet Relâche for the Paris Opera Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet, and Tutuguri, based on the writings of Artaud, for the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He created the role of the Fool for Yuri Lyubimov’s production of Mussorgsky’s Khovanschina at La Scala, choreographed Rameau’s Platée for the U.S. Spoleto Festival, and contributed choreography to Lina Wertmuller’s production of Carmen at the Munich State Opera. Mr. Pendleton has created new works for the Arizona Ballet and the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and he teamed up with Danny Ezralow and David Parsons, both former MOMIX dancers, to choreograph AEROS with the Romanian National Gymnastics Team. Most recently, Mr. Pendleton choreographed The Doves of Peace, featuring Diana Vishneva and 50 Russian ballerinas, for the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi. Mr. Pendleton’s film and television work includes the feature film F/X2 with Cynthia Quinn, Moses Pendleton Presents Moses Pendleton for ABC ARTS cable (winner of a CINE Golden Eagle award), and Pictures at an Exhibition with Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony, which received an
International Emmy for Best Performing Arts Special in 1991. Mr. Pendleton has also made music videos with Prince, Julian Lennon, and Cathy Dennis, among others. Mr. Pendleton is an avid photographer whose work has been presented in Rome, Milan, Florence, and Aspen. Images of the sunflower plantings at his home in northwestern Connecticut have been featured in numerous books and articles on gardening. He is the subject of Salto di Gravita by Lisavetta Scarbi (1999), and his photographs accompany the sixteen cantos of Phil Holland’s The Dance Must Follow (2015), which takes Mr. Pendleton’s own creative process as its subject. Mr. Pendleton was a recipient of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts Governor’s Award in 1998. He received the Positano Choreographic Award in 1999 and the 2002 American Choreography Award for his contributions to choreography for film and television. In 2010, Mr. Pendleton received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (HDFA) from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and delivered the commencement address to the graduates. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1977.
CYNTHIA QUINN (Associate Director) grew up in Southern California. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Riverside and continued there as an Associate in Dance for five years. In 1988 she received the University’s Alumni Association’s Outstanding Young Graduate Award. As a member of Pilobolus in the 1980s, she performed on Broadway and throughout the United States, Europe,
MOMIX // WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY Canada, Israel and Japan, and she collaborated on the choreography of Day Two, Elegy for the Moment, Mirage, What Grows in Huygens Window and Stabat Mater. Ms. Quinn began performing with MOMIX in 1983 and has toured worldwide with the company. She has appeared in numerous television programs and music videos, and has assisted Moses Pendleton in the choreography of Pulcinella for the Ballet Nancy in France, Tutuguri for the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Platée for the Spoleto Festival USA, Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel in New York, AccorDION for the Zurich-Volksbuhne Theatre, Carmen for the Munich State Opera, as well as Opus Cactus for the Arizona Ballet and Noir Blanc for the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. She has also appeared as a guest artist with the Ballet Théâtre Française de Nancy, the Deutsche Oper Berlin Ballet, and the Munich State Opera, as well as international galas in Italy, France and Japan. Ms. Quinn made her film debut as “Bluey” (a role she shared with Karl Baumann) in F/X2. She was a featured performer in the Emmy Award-winning Pictures at an
Exhibition with the Montreal Symphony and has also appeared in the 3D IMAX film IMAGINE. Ms. Quinn is a board member of the Nutmeg Conservatory in Torrington, Conn., and is on the advisory board of the Torrington’s Susan B. Anthony Project. She was featured with Ru Paul and k.d. lang for M.A.C. Cosmetics’ “Fashion Cares” benefits in Toronto and Vancouver. Ms. Quinn is co-choreographer of “White Widow,” which is featured prominently in the Robert Altman’s The Company. Ms. Quinn was also featured in the film “First Born,” with Elisabeth Shue. Most recently, she co-choreographed The Doves of Peace, featuring Diana Vishneva, for the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Her most rewarding and challenging role, however, has been as a mother to her daughter, Quinn Elisabeth.
ANTHONY BOCCONI (Dancer) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music, Art, and the Performing Arts and it was there he found his niche in modern dance while studying
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Graham and Horton techniques. Anthony continued his dance training in the Ailey/ Fordham BFA program under the direction of Melanie Person while spending his summers at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Nederlands Dans Theatre, and Springboard Dance Montreal. Anthony graduated in 2013 and has since performed with Lydia Johnson Dance, The Metropolitan Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, and Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. Bocconi joined MOMIX in 2015.
BEAU CAMPBELL (Dancer) is a professional dancer, yoga and barre instructor, and photographer from Southern California. Beau trained in classical ballet in Malibu, California with Joanna Jarvis and at the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center. Beau also received extensive training from Zippora Karz, Amanda McKerrow, and John Gardner. She performed with the Malibu Civic Ballet for 6 years, dancing several principal roles. In 2005, Beau was awarded the coveted Solo Seal by London’s
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Wanderlust Studio Montreal, Sutra Midtown, Woodside Health and Tennis Club, Wanderlust Festival, and the Arise Festival. Beau joined MOMIX in 2016.
JENNIFER CHICHEPORTICHE (Dance Captain) was born in Bordeaux, France. She trained at the Academie Besso Ballet de Toulouse and completed her studies in Paris with Dominique Khalfouni. At the age of 19, she joined the Jeune Ballet International de Rosella Hightower in Cannes, where she performed works from Prejlocaj, Balanchine, Renatto Zanella, Jhon Butler, before becoming a member of Balletto Teatro Di Torino. While in the Italian company, she toured Europe and performed at the International Ballet Festival de Miami. In 2004, she moved to Scotland to dance with The Ensemblegroup. Jennifer continued her career in the UK with Opera North, doing the national tour of “One Touch Of Venus.” While in Europe, she worked with internationally renowned choreographers such as Luca Vegetti, Carol Armitage, William Tuckett and Christopher Hampson. After coming
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to NYC, she performed with Chamber Dance Project, International Ballet Theater, Lydia Johnson, New Generation Dance and Adam Miller Dance Company. Jennifer joined Momix in 2007. She has participated in new creations, performed several of their full-length productions, and toured the world with MOMIX. She also assists with choreography for a variety projects as well as teaches Ballet, professional workshops and Pilates both in the U.S and Europe.
NATHANIEL DAVIS (Dancer) was born in Toronto,Canada and started his training at the age of seventeen. He attended the New World School of the Arts college graduating cum laude in 2015 with a BFA in dance. He as previously worked with the Peter London Dance Company in Miami, Florida and Artichoke Dance Company in Brooklyn, New York. He has performed works by Robert Battle, Daniel Ulbricht, George Balanchine, Jose Limon, Kyle Abraham, Bill T. Jones, and Darshan Bueller. Nathaniel joined MOMIX in 2016.
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MOMIX // WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY GREGORY DEARMOND (Dancer) grew up in Southern California and trained at Saddleback Dance Center, Golden State Ballet and Ballet Pacifica. He graduated cum laude from the University of California, Irvine with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on structures. He was honored as a William J. Gillespie Scholar and as a Gregory Osborne Memorial Scholar. He joined the North Carolina Dance Theatre in 2010 and later participated in the National Choreographers Initiative, performing works by Jiri Kylian, William Forsythe, Twyla Tharp, Jiri Bubenicek, Jodie Gates, Dwight Rhoden, Peter Quanz, and George Balanchine. Gregory would like to thank everyone who has helped to make his career in dance possible. Gregory joined MOMIX in 2014.
SEAH HAGAN (Dancer) is a third generation dancer who was born and raised in Tallahassee Florida. She began her training with the Southern Academy of Ballet Arts under the tutelage of Natalia Botha and Charles Hagan. At age fourteen she became an Advanced Company member with the Pas de Vie Ballet where she performed many classical and contemporary soloist and principal roles. Hagan is also currently ranked the number one ballroom dancer in the world in her division. At age 16, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Florida State University School. Seah also holds a part-time position with the State of Florida at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Seah joined MOMIX in 2017.
LAUREN JAEGER (Dancer) graduated magna cum laude from Marymount Manhattan College with a BFA in Dance. Lauren has toured both nationally and internationally as a member of MOMIX, Buglisi Dance Theatre, Michael Mao Dance, and Catapult. Lauren is an Assistant Rehearsal Director for Buglisi’s Table of Silence Project, which is performed each year on September 11th at Lincoln Center. She has also performed with Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, ACB Dance, Ballet Ambassadors, and as a guest artist with Eva Dean Dance. Most recently, Lauren was a guest artist and master teacher for the Fini Dance Festival in Southern Italy. In addition to her performance work, Lauren teaches
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degree he has danced with DanceNow! Momix, Joseé Garant Dance Company, and Miami Contemporary Dance Company. Jason joined MOMIX in 2011.
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(Dancer) began her relationship with MOMIX back in 2002 with the mesmerizing show Opus Cactus. She has participated in new creations, performed several of their full-length productions, and toured the world with LunarSea, The Best of Momix, Viva Momix 35th Anniversary Tour, and Baseball. Since 2011 Heather has also performed as a dancer and principle character actress for Franco Dragone in his water spectacular called The House of Dancing Water located in Macau, China. She is honoured and delighted to be able to return to MOMIX for this current season. Raised in Connecticut, she began her training with Arlene Begelman and Robert Maiorano at the School of Performing Arts and graduated from the School of the Hartford Ballet. She performed with Ballet Arizona, Atlanta Ballet and Madison Ballet Theatre. Under the direction of George Jagatic (Axis Danz), she learned “flagging” and has enjoyed sharing and exploring the craft. After touring internationally with the Phantom of the Opera and dancing in the musical Carousel she found MOMIX… and the rest is history!
(Production Manager & Lighting Supervisor) is MOMIX’s go-to guy for anything and everything productionrelated. He has worked on numerous productions both big and small. Woody joined MOMIX in 2005.
JASON WILLIAMS (Dance Captain) began his dance career and training at Boca Ballet Theater at the age of 16 under the direction of Dan Guin and Jane Tyree. He then decided to further his studies at New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. This is where he became proficient in Graham, Limon, Horton, Classical and Contemporary Ballet techniques. While there he deepened his studies by being exposed to Anatomy, Kinesiology, Labon Movement Analysis, and Pedagogy. Jason Williams is a 2011 summa cum laude B.F.A. Graduate of New World School of the Arts. During his time there he worked with noted choreographers such as Robert Battle, Michael Uthoff, Daniel Lewis, Peter London, Darshan Bhueller, Gerard Ebitz, to name a few. During his summers he has performed in the New Prague Dance Festival in Prague, Czech Republic and Semana de Internacional de Baile in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Since completing his
CHRISTOPHER LUBIK (Production Electrician) is a graduate of the University of Connecticut Construction Campus with a BFA in Technical Theatre. His past lighting design credits include Cloud 9 (CRT), Albert Herring (UConn Music Dept.), and Be a Good Little Widow (UConn Department Series). He also worked as a master electrician for His Girl Friday (CRT), Hound of the Baskervilles, The Fantasticks, and Last of the Red Hot Lovers (New Harmony Theatre). In his spare time he is known for dwelling in trees and aspires to be the next Nikola Tesla. Christopher joined MOMIX in 2015.
JOSH PETERSON (Technician) started his technical theatre career as an apprentice electrician for Goodspeed Musicals before moving up to Light Board Programmer at the Norma Terris Theatre. Josh held the position of Staff Electrician at the Long Wharf Theatre prior to joining the Momix team in 2017.
PHOEBE KATZIN (Costume Designer) After graduating from Endicott College’s fashion design program, Phoebe worked for Kitty Daly, building dance costumes and dressmaking. For several years she lived in New York making costumes for Kitty Leach, Greg Barnes, and Allison Conner, among others. Phoebe has been instrumental in designing and constructing costumes for MOMIX and Pilobolus for more than 20 years.
VICTORIA MAZZARELLI (Ballet Mistress) Following an impressive and extensive professional international ballet career, Mazzarelli returned to her roots at the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory in Torrington, Conn., where she serves as Artistic Director, training the next generation of dancers.
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Each time DanceHouse brings a company into town, it comes with perks for the Vancouver dance community! We engage each visiting company in a series of local masterclasses, reaching beyond the stage to offer local pre-professional and professional community artists a chance to learn from the exceptional artists you see on stage.
If tonight leaves you feeling hungry to dig into the details behind the themes and ideas you see on stage, this is the one for you!
We are proud to work with partners Arts Umbrella, Harbour Dance Centre, Lamondance Training and Performing Company, SFU School for Contemporary Arts, Training Society of Vancouver and others, to bring these noteworthy opportunities to the studio.
POST-SHOW SOCIALS The perfect Friday night opportunity to meet and chat with the artists and members of the company who just performed, get to know the DanceHouse team and board of directors, and chat with fellow audience members. Post-show Socials happen following the performance on Friday night, and everyone is welcome.
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VOLUNTEERING WITH DANCEHOUSE A CONVERSATION WITH JACKIE SHAW Written by Penny Williams, DanceHouse Volunteer Get to know our community…. Jackie Shaw became a DanceHouse volunteer by “happy accident,” she says. “All because of Betroffenheit,” she adds. “It was summer, 2017. I’d seen the show when it was first presented in Vancouver, I knew DanceHouse was bringing it back as part of the new season, and I wanted to see it again. I decided to become a DanceHouse subscriber so I’d be sure of a ticket. While I was on the website, I kept clicking around, I found the volunteer page, and I followed up.” Call it a “happy accident” just waiting to happen: arguably Jackie’s path to DanceHouse began when she was a little girl in the English Midlands. “Thanks to my parents, I’ve always followed the arts. Our family would spend a week in London each year and take in as many cultural events as possible—not dumbed-down children’s shows, but quality productions of every kind. Theatre, ballet, opera, musicals, everything.” Young Jackie didn’t just sit in the audience. “I began taking tap and ballet lessons when I was four, and by the time I stopped, when I was 18, I was helping to teach the little ones.” Not surprisingly, she thought she’d like to become a teacher—though of music, not dance. “By the time I’d qualified, I knew I didn’t want to be a teacher, but I did still love theatre and dance. I applied for various arts admin jobs, but didn’t get one.” She was in Bath at the time. “The Theatre Royal was closed for renovations, so I became a volunteer as a way to get inside. I’d barely started when they offered me a position as box office assistant.” After that, back to Wolverhampton for a job as assistant box office manager, next on to London’s Bloomsbury Theatre (part of University College London) as box office manager—and then a whole new path for her life. Marriage, twin daughters, and life abroad (Cyprus, Zurich) as her husband pursued his career in finance. The next move was to Vancouver, for family rather than career purposes. The girls spent their teens in an arts-oriented school, and Jackie threw her talents into volunteer support for the various school productions. “Then it’s the summer of 2017, the girls are off to university, and I have time on my hands.” See? Betroffenheit was catalyst for Jackie’s involvement with DanceHouse, but not cause. True to her arts-admin background, Jackie was drawn to the DanceHouse office. She’s there one half-day a week, contributing to all the behind-the-scenes activities that ultimately get a performance on stage. Help clean up the database, print tickets, do filing, work on mailings, play proof-reader… Typical of volunteers, Jackie doesn’t think in terms of what she’s doing for the organization. “As far as I’m concerned, DanceHouse is doing me a favour,” she says. “They give me something interesting and useful to do, and keep me connected with the world of the arts.”
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