Info & Box Office: VIDF.CA 604.662.4966 Vancouver International Dance Festival
Compagnie Virginie Brunelle
VIDF 2024 Feb 25 – Mar 9 PROGRAM
photo by Raphaël Ouellet
A MESSAGE FROM PREMIER OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
As Premier of British Columbia, I extend my warmest greetings to everyone attending the 2024 Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF).
Dance is a powerful medium for creative expression, and VIDF spreads the joy and beauty of this art form by providing a platform for accomplished local and international performers to showcase their talents. This festival highlights the incredible diversity of contemporary dance with its wide range of techniques and influences, while focusing on the work of marginalized groups. This year’s festival promises to be even more fun and immersive with the addition of the VIDF Jazz Club, allowing attendees to join in the dancing alongside some of Vancouver’s most popular jazz artists.
Thank you to the dedicated organizers for coordinating this cherished festival, and to the dancers for sharing your passion and artistry with British Columbians. VIDF has become an integral part of our province’s cultural calendar, and I have no doubt that this year’s festival will provide another captivating experience for all attendees.
Enjoy the performances!
Honourable David Eby, KC Premier of British Columbia
Fakeknot photo by Marchel B. Eang
CO-PRODUCERS’ NOTES
Welcome to the 2024 Vancouver International Dance Festival!
We begin by acknowledging that the 2024 VIDF takes place on the unceded ancestral territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including theterritories of the x ʷməθkwəy əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl ílwətaʔ/ Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and we thank them for sharing their land, with us.
When we started the VIDF in 2000, we had ambitious objectives. We wanted to put Vancouver on the international map of dance, we wanted to build audiences for contemporary dance with a focus on artists from marginalized communities, and we wanted to support the development of the art of contemporary dance by giving performance opportunities to local, national, and international dance artists. We started producing the VIDF without any funding support. We were, and still are, artists supporting other artists.
In 2012, we contracted Robert Kerr, former Executive Director of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and 2010 Cultural Olympiad Programmer, to help us articulate strategic objectives for the VIDF. A key objective that he identified was the need to find a way to condense our programming to a 2-week period that incorporated a variety of venues. In 2024, we have finally achieved that objective.
Venues include the Vancouver Playhouse, the Annex, the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall and Performance Centre, KW Production Studio, and the Woodward’s Atrium. Each artist/company will have four performances to further their artistic growth and to reach a wider audience. We are staggering start times so that audiences can see as many as 4 performances in a single day. We are offering a subsidized $25/ticket rate for any patron who cannot afford the regular price of admission. Woodward’s Atrium performances are free and Roundhouse Exhibition Hall performances are included in the ticket price to the Roundhouse Performance Centre shows, $10 online, or pay-what-you-can at the door.
In the following program, you can read about the exciting, provocative, and evocative performances by eight artists/companies from Vancouver, Montreal, Japan, and Hungary. Once again, we are exhibiting art and photography at the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, and you are invited to join free drawing sessions at the same venue. New this year are nightly Jazz Jams at the KW Production Studio where you can join us in improvising moves on the dance floor or just sit back and groove to the music by Vancouver’s finest jazz musicians rotating nightly under the direction of the brilliant guitarist, Tony Wilson.
Welcome to the 2024 VIDF! Enjoy!
Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi VIDF Co-producers
A MESSAGE FROM THE BC ARTS COUNCIL
On behalf of the BC Arts Council, I am thrilled to welcome everyone to the 2024 Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF).
For 24 years, VIDF has provided a space for dance lovers to experience contemporary dance. Their focus on the diversity and breadth of dance lets audiences connect with both local and international artists. I hope you’ll enjoy the festival by exploring a new dance form, revisiting an old favourite, or taking in one of the events or workshops hosted over the two-week festival.
I also want to applaud VIDF on their commitment to making art accessible to all by providing subsidized rates for those who need it. Access to all forms of art is important to fostering creativity and building connections.
Congratulations to the team at VIDF and the many volunteers for putting on another year of inspiring dance that stirs both the heart and soul.
Enjoy the festival!
Sincerely,
Dr. Sae-Hoon Stan Chung, Chair BC Arts Council
A MESSAGE FROM CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
To better understand the human condition, fully experience the world around us and challenge our assumptions, we need art, now more than ever.
More engagement, connection and inspiration are what the arts promise us and what you are bringing to life, collectively, through this unique gathering of the arts and culture in Canada.
The Canada Council for the Arts is a proud supporter of the Vancouver International Dance Festival, and I would like to extend my sincere congratulations to all those involved.
Michelle Chawla Director and CEO Canada Council for the Arts
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A MESSAGE FROM MINISTER OF CANADIAN HERITAGE
The art of dance is an expression of what it means to be human. And these expressions are what make the Vancouver International Dance Festival so special.
Now in its 24th year, this celebration has always attracted a rich diversity of artists and dance companies, giving them a premier showcase for their brilliant originality. This year’s gathering is also a great forum to promote equality, as performers of all cultural communities share their talents and passions.
Our government is proud to support this festival, and events like it across the country, because we know the arts are one of the best ways to unite us as Canadians and celebrate our shared values.
As Minister of Canadian Heritage, I’d like to congratulate everyone involved with this year’s wonderful celebration, which has become a joyous spring tradition in Vancouver.
Enjoy the performances!
The Honourable Pascale St-Onge Minister of Canadian Heritage
A MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
Dear Friends:
I am pleased to extend my warmest greetings to everyone taking part in the 2024 Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF).
For 24 years, the VIDF has offered Canadian and international artists an opportunity to showcase their talents. I am certain that everyone in attendance will be inspired by the creativity on display throughout this festival, and will appreciate the workshops, classes and exhibitions planned for the next two weeks.
I would like to commend all those associated with the VIDF for bringing this event to the community. You can be proud of your commitment to supporting culturally diverse contemporary dance in Canada. Please accept my best wishes for a most enjoyable experience.
Sincerely,
The Rt. Hon. Justin P. J. Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada
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Ticket & Venue Info
Modus Operandi
Ferenc Fehér
FakeKnot
Virginie Brunelle
Catherine Gaudet
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20. Conan Amok
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Jazz Jams
Workshops
Art & Photography Exhibition
Life Drawing Sessions
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Support the
Partners/Staff Listing
Fakeknot
photo by David Cooper
TICKET & VENUE INFO
BOX OFFICE
To reserve your ticket, go to vidf.ca. If you need assistance call our box office at 604-662-4966 or email boxoffice@vidf.ca
The box office is available online 24/7: online ticket sales are available until one hour before the start of the show. Administrative staff are available to take your calls during office hours 12PM – 4PM, Monday to Saturday.
Door sales start at 7PM at the Vancouver Playhouse and Annex. 5:00PM at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. Box Office opens at 9:30PM for all Jazz Jams.
Refunds Policy: Refunds will be made in full in case of a cancelled performance. No other refunds will be made. Missed performances will not be refunded
TICKET PRICES
Vancouver Playhouse: Reserved seating ticket prices are $70 Regular Rate
Annex: $40 Regular Rate
Roundhouse
Performance Centre: $40 Regular Rate
$25 Subsidized Rate: VIDF is excited to offer subsidized tickets at a special rate of $25 for individuals who wish to attend our ticketed shows but may face financial constraints. It is exclusively available online and cannot be purchased at the door.
LOCATIONS
Vancouver Playhouse: 600 Hamilton St @ Dunsmuir St, Vancouver
Annex Theatre: 823 Seymour St @ Robson St, Vancouver
Roundhouse
Performance Centre & Exhibition Hall: 181 Roundhouse Mews, Davie St @ Pacific Blvd, Vancouver
Roundhouse
Exhibition Hall:
$10 Online Ticket. Free if you have a ticket to the Roundhouse show at 6:30 pm. Pay-what-you-can at the door.
Woodwards Atrium: Free
KW Production Studio: By Donation
KW Studios/ Woodward’s Atrium: 111 West Hastings St @ Abbott St, Vancouver
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Credits:
true bluish light
Created by Vanessa Goodman in collaboration with the MO dance artists.
Rehearsal direction: Josh, Kate, Maiko, Tiffany
Music: Heart of Glass by Blondie
Huge thank you to MO, Dave, Tiff, Kate, Josh and Maiko!
ritual for habitable time
Improvised score created by Tiffany Tregarthen & David Raymond
Music: “Crono;” Suckfuell by Kilchhofer
Thank you to VIDF for including MO in the festival and to the MO dancers for their creative contributions and commitment and to Kate and Maiko for their support.
MO Directors: Tiffany Tregarthen, David Raymond, Kate Franklin, and Maiko Miyauchi
MO Artists: Amélie MacDonald, Aya Sato, Brianna Lannard, Alex del Angel, Denae Harpham, Elstana Blair, Emma Galvin, Jada Tang, Jessie Sijie Zhang, Julian Hunt, Kaitlin Cheung, Lamont, Lexi Cairney, Natasa Kong, Nyah Wong Penner, Rachel Lui, Rianna Logan, Ryan Jackson, Satya Mari, Shea Bridgen, Simone Goldsmith, Taylor Menzies, Tristen Oliphant, Yuha Tomita.
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Operandi photos by David Raymond
Feb 25 & Mar 3
@ 2pm & 3pm
Woodwards Atrium Free
Vancouver’s
MODUS OPERANDI
Modus Operandi will share two works-in-progress that are a part of its 2024 post-secondary curriculum. These works are in research and along with additional creations, repertoire and research labs, are part of the student’s creative development this season.
Modus Operandi (MO) was founded in 2007 and offers pivotal post-secondary contemporary dance training. The mission of MO is to nurture unique emergent voices in dance by continuously investigating and investing in a practice-based curriculum that welcomes all the possible ways to dance. MO seeks to remain nimble and responsive to the evolving dance ecology, to
provide meaningful facilitation of dancers’ relationship to the form so it is empowered, long-lasting and uniquely theirs. Alumni are celebrated as some of Canada’s most radical and inspired new artists producing, creating and performing in an enormous range of formats, environments and organizations.
Duration: 25 minutes
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Hungary’s
FERENC FEHÉR
Two guys from the future, back from Planet PZ, just to reminisce a little about the old days: the disco, the partying, the flirting, the success. They’d like to explode again.
Two ridiculous buffoons, wallow in the haze of a borrowed smoke machine on the floor of a small room they think is the stage of the world.
They push themselves, they sing, they spin, they push, they throw everything in until exhaustion.
They’re ridiculous and wimpy, but they always get up, and that’s why we love them. The horses, yes, but the dancers aren’t shot … are they?
Duration: 40 minutes
Credits:
Dancers: Zoltán Pál, Ferenc Fehér
DISCO BOYS
Feb 28 - Mar 2 @ 5:30pm
Roundhouse Exhibition Hall
Free - $10
Music: Ferenc Fehér, Satori – Plato’s Dream
Professional consultant: Katalin Lőrinc
Light designer: Dávid Kovácsovics
Choreographer: Ferenc Fehér
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Disco Boys photos by Molnar Miklós
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Fakeknot
photo by David Cooper
Vancouver’s
FAKEKNOT
whip is a duet performed entirely in leather hoods, leaving performers blind for the duration of the performance. Inspired by the virtuosic head-whip motion found in a multitude of dance forms, the duality of the leather being both soft/hard are revealed through the work. Bodies explore images of
consent through a range of physical touch, with the support of a specialized original sound score and reactive lighting design.
Duration: 60 minutes
Advisory: Partial Nudity
whip
Feb 28 - Mar 2 @ 6:30pm
Roundhouse Performance Centre
$25-40
Credits:
Artistic Direction/Choreography: Ralph Escamillan (FakeKnot)
Dancers: Daria Mikhaylyuk, Ralph Escamillan
Leather Hoods: Five Left Leather (Lincoln Heller)
Costumes: Robyn J. Laxamana
Sound: Stefan Nazarevich
Lighting Designer: Andie Lloyd
Lighting Operator: Gabriel Raminhos
Motion Tracking System & New Media Design: Sammy Chien (Chimerik 似不像)
Lighting Design Mentor: Jonathan Kim (Chimerik 似不像)
Dramaturge: Su-Feh Lee and Josh Martin
Fabric Sponsor: Lululemon
Co-produced by FakeKnot, the National Arts Centre, and Montréal, arts interculturels.
Created with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Special thanks to 45 West, KW Studios, BLOOM (Mascall Dance), and The Dance Centre “Dance Lab.”
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Fakeknot photo by Marchel B. Eang
Montréal’s
COMPAGNIE VIRGINIE BRUNELLE
Springing from an extraordinary union between classical music, performed live by the Molinari Quartet, and contemporary dance, Les corps avalés is a moving human odyssey that reveals Virginie Brunelle’s sensitive intelligence and great
musicality in all their luminous power.
Against a backdrop of resilience and hope, Les corps avalés explores power relations, inequalities and social upheaval. Mastering the delicate balance between expressiveness and the vigorous
physicality of her choreographic language, Brunelle directs seven dancers in a portrayal of a vulnerable humanity in search of gentleness and community. On stage, the Molinari Quartet delivers a radiant performance of selected pieces from the contemporary
Credits:
Choreographer: Virginie Brunelle
Dancers: Isabelle Arcand, Sophie Breton, François Richard, Sabrina Dupuis, Chi Long, Milan Panet-Gigon, Peter Trosztmer
Musicians: Molinari Quartet – in residence at the Montreal Conservatory – Olga Ranzenhofer / Violin, Antoine Bareil / Violin, Frédéric Lambert / Viola, Pierre-Alain Bouvrette / Cello
Light: Alexandre Pilon-Guay
Costume designer: Elen Ewing
Set designer: Marilène Bastien
repertoire. The notes perfuse the smallest parts of the performers’ bodies; they animate, amplify, inspire the movement. Disarray, chaos and torment are thus sublimated. Elegant and intoxicating, Brunelle’s dance is ultimately salutary.
Les corps avalés
Feb 28 - Mar 2 @ 8pm
Vancouver Playhouse $25-70
Duration: 65 minutes
Sound design: Ben Shemie
Dramaturgy advisor: Gabriel Charlebois-Plante
Rehearsal director: Isabelle Poirier
Technical director: François Marceau
Sound engineer: Jean-François Gagnon
Coproducer: Danse Danse
Residencies: Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Danse à la carte, Département de danse de l’UQÀM
Produced with the precious support of: Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal
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Compagnie Virginie Brunelle photos by Raphaël Ouellet
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Marie-Philippe Santerre photos by Mathieu Doyon
Montréal’s
CATHERINE GAUDET
To slowly dissolve. Not disappear but to be added to, to multiply and amalgamate, like sugar in a cup of tea. Where time expands, the consistency of the hours is so light, caught between a bygone past and an uncertain future. Delicately, the dancer Marie-Philippe Santerre follows
an unknown trajectory, finely chiseled, composed of contrasts and modulations, repetitions, and pulsations. Like the stem of a plant that shoots up in spurts, spinning round several times on its way to maturity. The dancer is reconciled to waiting, noting the benefits, cognizant of her own
transformation. Face to face with herself, solidly anchored, once the noise dies down, she contains the essentials. She is raw potential, a wealth of possibilities.
Duration: 50 minutes
Advisory: Partial Nudity
Se dissoudre
Feb 28 - Mar 2 @ 8pm
Annex
$25-40
Credits:
Created by: Catherine Gaudet
Performer: Marie-Philippe Santerre
Music: Antoine Berthiaume
Assistant dramaturge: Sophie Michaud
Rehearsal directors: Lucie Vigneault and Sophie Michaud
Lighting Design: Alexandre Pilon-Guay
Costume Design: Justine Bernier-Blanchette
Production Manager: François Marceau
Production: Compagnie Catherine Gaudet
Executive Producer: Dld – Daniel Léveillé Danse
Stage Manager: Samuel Thrériault
Co-Production: Agora De La Danse (Montreal)
Creative Residencies: Agora De La Danse (Montreal), Maison De La Culture Plateau Mont-Royal (Montreal)
With The Support Of:
Conseil Des Arts Et Des Lettres Du Québec
Development: Dld – Daniel Léveillé Dans
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JENNIFER MCLEISH-LEWIS
Inspired by autoeroticism, New Skin is a dark lullaby. This full-length solo for one male performer is a roller coaster of song, dance, and theatre. Peek into the boudoir where you’ll be serenaded by a crooner so seductive, he can’t keep his hands off himself. Morphing between states of action and
Credits:
Choreographer: Jennifer McLeish-Lewis
Performer/Collaborator: James-Amzin Nahirnick
Lighting Designer: Alexandra Caprara
receptivity, our protagonist is both masculine and feminine. When consensus reality is called into question, the mind’s fantasies are powerful enough to create inversion.
Duration: 35 minutes
Audience advisory: Nudity
New Skin
March 6 - 9 @ 5:30pm
Roundhouse Exhibition Hall
Free - $10
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Jennifer McLeish-Lewis photos by Michael Slobodian
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Tony Chong photos by Sabrina Usher
Credits:
Performer/Choreographer: Tony Chong
Co-director/Rehearsal Director: Carol Prieur
Composer/Sound: Jérôme Guilleaume
Lighting designer: Chantal Labonte
Laser designer: Jimmy Lakatos
TONY CHONG
Invisible无形 is a poem of movement within a powerful and visually stunning multidisciplinary landscape. This 50-minute meditative journey incorporates the magic of lasers and mylar, plunging the viewer into multiple dimensions of fragmentation of the self. This self-reflective voyage takes the viewer into a surrealistic mindset of an
individual’s fight to be seen or represented as a complete being.
Invisible无形 is a solo dealing with the idea of vanishing and not belonging in the society that one lives in. Under-representation in the world of media and arts has created a sense of exclusion in the Asian diaspora. Abstractly inspired by Bruce Lee’s “Hall
of Mirrors” in his film Enter the Dragon, Invisible无形 is Tony Chong’s personal response and reflection to how he continues to navigate within a systemic cultural in-existence.
Duration: 50 minutes
Advisory: Partial nudity and lasers will be used during the performance.
Mar 6 - 9 @ 6:30pm
$25-40
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Invisible
Montréal’s
Roundhouse Performance Centre
CONAN AMOK
The Folds is a 60-minute solo butoh work by Conan Amok that was performed in several theaters in Paris, France and Cluj, Romania in 2023. With the theme of transformation, time, space, and body form layers of consciousness and perspective that fold over each other. They twist, distort, and, sometimes, collapse. With slight convulsions,
Amok’s corpse stands and stares at itself. Sacredness and vulgarity run rampant on all sides of his body. Body and choreography merge as phenomena leaving a blank space around them with an afterimage that lingers on. Amok’s choreography is a reference to the essence of physical expression — the transformation of the human.
Credits:
Performer/Choreographer: Conan Amok
Composer: Hurleyzone Amida
Conan Amok’s dance, developed while understudying his master Akaji Maro during his 11 years as a member of Dairakudakan, is both powerful and delicate. The flow of power toward exhaustion repeatedly ruptures in small pieces within a vacuum state.
Duration: 60 minutes
The Folds
Mar 6 - 9 @ 8pm
Annex $25-40
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Japan’s
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Conan Amok photos by Tamás Márkos
This event takes place on the unceded and occupied homelands of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are immensely grateful for being allowed to continue to live and work on these lands.
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Feb 28-Mar 2 & Mar 6 - 9
@ 10pm
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VIDF JAZZ JAMS
Join VIDF Jazz Jams after the 2024 VIDF dance performances for an evening of improvised dance with leading Vancouver musical improvisers. Hosted by the great guitarist Tony Wilson.
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Tony Wilson photos by Rod Wilson
Jazz Jams
THE LINE UP
Feb. 28
Tony Wilson on Guitar
Russell Sholberg on Bass
Kenton Loewen on Drums
Feb. 29
Tony Wilson on Guitar
Patsy Klein on Voice
Russell Sholberg on Bass
JP Carter on Trumpet
Mar. 1
Tony Wilson on Guitar
Cole Schmidt on Guitar
Jo Hirabayashi on Guitar
Mar. 2
Ron Samworth on Guitar
Tony Wilson on Guitar
James Meger on Bass
Jesus Caballero on Drums
Mar. 6
Daniel Kane on Saxophone, Tony Wilson on Guitar, Russell Sholberg on Bass, Kevin Romain on Drums
Mar. 7
Meredith Bates on Violin, Jessika on Voice, Elisa Thorn on Harp
TONY WILSON
Guitarist and composer Tony Wilson has been a fixture on the West Coast jazz and free improv scene for decades. In addition to releasing numerous albums under his own name such as “Looking Back” and “A Day’s Life”, he has also played and recorded with the Peggy Lee Band, Waxwing and Pugs and Crows.
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Mar. 8
Joe Williamson on Bass
Tony Wilson on Guitar
Cole Schmidt on Guitar
James Meger on Bass
Kai Basanta on Drums
Mar. 9
Tony Wilson on
Solo Guitar
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Tony Wilson photos by Vincent Lim
ART & PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
KEN CLARKE
Ken Clarke is a sculptor living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia. Always amazed by what nature has created through erosion and time, he works with natural materials to explore meaning and process with organic forms.
The 2024 VIDF is proud to present Ken Clarke and Vincent Wong for our Art Exhibition Series.
VINCENT WONG
For more than 25 years, Vancouverbased photographer Vincent Wong has artfully captured the spirit of Kokoro Dance through his lens. Come see Vincent’s striking large-scale photos and take a journey back through the history of Kokoro Dance!
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LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS
Join us in the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall for four noon-hour life drawing sessions on Thursdays and Fridays beginning Thursday, February 29th through Friday, March 8th. 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.
Feb 29, Mar 1, 7 & 8
@ 12:00–1:00PM 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.
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MASTER CLASSES WORKSHOPS &
Immerse yourself in the artistic practices of national and international dance artists performing at the 2024 Vancouver International Dance Festival.
If you want 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. Registration is by donation. Please consider making the suggested donation of $10-25 and help VIDF continue to host master classes.
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Compagnie Virginie Brunelle photo by Raphaël Ouellet
COMPAGNIE VIRGINIE BRUNELLE
Friday, March 1 @ 2pm
KW Production Studio
This workshop will lead participants to explore an excerpt from the company’s repertoire and to experiment with the range of movement dynamics that Virginie is enthusiastic about dissecting. Through the chosen excerpt, participants will work on several qualities, including musicality, attacks, elasticity, ferocity and release. Through rigorous and precise work, Virginie is above all interested in the human being: his vulnerability as well as his strength, his authenticity and his simplicity in his stage presence.
This class is for professional dancers.
KOKORO DANCE
Monday, Feb 26 - Thursday, Feb 29 @ 9:30am-11am and Monday, March 4 - Thursday, March 7 @ 9:30am-11am
KW Production Studio
Kokoro Dance classes build strength, flexibility, and stamina, and develop technical and performance skills. Barbara’s classes focus on technical training and have a consistent structure from warm-up to movement in space. Jay’s classes are more eclectically varied and include more time for improvisational exploration. The two approaches complement each other, and dancers are recommended to take both. Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi are the Co-producers of the VIDF and the Co-directors of Kokoro Dance. Their teaching is strongly influenced by butoh studies over the last 38 years.
This class is for all levels.
FERENC FEHÉR
Saturday, March 2 @ 11 am
KW Production Studio
“I am a dancer-choreographer and teacher and regularly teach at dance academies, festivals, and schools. My teaching method is based on non-standard movements and dynamics. Over the past years, I have participated in various dance training and adapted them to my style. I use a combination of dance styles such as: Contemporary dance, Physical dance, Latin dance, Martial arts, and Animal movements. The combination of these has created for me a creative dance-movement style that I have adapted and can teach to anyone, whether beginner, advanced, or professional dancer. Everyone has their skill and knowledge of movement and dance, it’s just how we can help bring it out in each other. My job is to help bring out the talent, desire, and passion in anyone through dance.” - Ferenc Fehér
This class is for all levels.
MASTER CLASS CAROL PRIEUR
Friday, March 8 @ 2pm
KW Production Studio
A sensory movement workshop focusing on the expressive intelligence and potential of the dancer. Through guided body explorations and vocal work, we will explore the participants’ individuality as their vehicle of communication. Sharing some of the movement principles that were integral to the creation of Invisible无形.
This class is for all levels.
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SUPPORT THE VIDF
HOW TO HELP
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, artistrun, 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.
Learn more about different ways to support the VIDF at vidf.ca/donate Unrestricted donations to the society can be made directly through this link,
over the phone or by mail to the VIDF office. Charitable tax receipts will be issued for contributions over $3.
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Tony Chong photos by Sabrina Usher
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VIDF ENDOWMENT FUND
Supervised by the Vancouver Foundation, the VIDF Endowment Fund is building a long-term legacy for the festival. The VIDF is in its 24th year; if you would like to see the festival continue advancing the art of contemporary dance for years to come, please donate at vidf.ca/endowmentfund. Charitable tax receipts will be issued for contributions over $3 made online.
You can also donate to this fund by writing a cheque payable to the Vancouver Foundation, indicating VIDF in the memo line, and mailing to:
Vancouver Foundation RE: Vancouver International Dance Festival
Suite 200, 475 West Georgia St. Vancouver, BC V6B 4M9
LARISA FAYAD MEMORIAL FUND
In loving memory of Larisa Fayad (1976-2007), her friends and family have established the Larisa Fayad Memorial Fund to carry on Larisa’s work and aspirations in the field of lighting design. From this fund, biennial bursaries of $5,000 are awarded to enable the careers of emerging lighting designers. The 2024 VIDF Larisa Fayad Memorial Lighting Designer Award winner is Jamie Sweeney.
Please help keep Larisa’s memory alive by donating to this fund at vidf.ca/larisafayad.
Jennifer McLeish-Lewis photos by Michael Slobodian
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WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS & PARTNERS, FUNDERS, AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS WHO TOGETHER MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE THE VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL
The Vancouver International Dance Festival is a member of the CanDance Network of Dance Presenters.
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VIDF SUSTAINING BENEFACTORS
Linda Farris
Judith Garay
Barbara Bourget
Jay Hirabayashi
Leslie Stark
Gary Maier and Leslie Poole
Aaron Smith
VIDF CATALYSTS
Rosario Kolstee
David Lach
Anthony Giacinti
Suzann Zimmering
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Kokoro Dance Theatre Society
KW Studios
Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre
Vancouver Civic Theatre
Rosedale on Robson
East Van Graphics
MEDIA PARTNER
Stir Vancouver
FOUNDATIONS & FUNDING AGENCIES
British Columbia Arts Council
Canada Council for the Arts
City of VancouverCultural Services
Government of CanadaDepartment of Canadian Heritage Province of British Columbia
VIDF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Leslie Stark
Vice President: Henry Wong
Secretary/Treasurer: Tuan Luu
Member at Large:
Judith Garay and Tessa Perkins Deneault
VIDF STAFF
Co-producers: Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget
Interim Executive Director: Jo Hirabayashi
Festival/Marketing Manager: Khaliun Altanbadralt
Box Office Manager: Nick Short
Box Office Coordinator: Allison Lang
Production Managers: Terry Podealuk and Ash Shotton
Web & Graphic Designer: Aaron Smith
Photographer/Videographer: Chris Randle
Social Media Coordinator: Misheel Altanbadralt
FRIENDS OF THE VIDF
Olga Akgun
Joyce Alarcon
Emily Alden
Jocelyn Alsaker
Norman Armour
Beth Backman
Anahita Barryman
Joshua Beamish
Kevin Bergsma
Ken Blaschuk
Angela Blumberg
Fran Brafman
Peter Brand
Rene Brar
Nancy Brose
Anthea Browne
Lisa Butel
Jennifer Clement
Nicole Connolly
Jade de Trey
Gabrielle Desgagnés
Carline Dolmazon
Marla Eist
Ron Essex
Nina Ferretti
C Finch-Noyes
Dana Gingras
Lynette Harper
Anne Harvie
Katherine Kiara
Hennessey
Michelle Jackson
Karen Jamieson
Miriam Jurigová
Margo Kane
Leah Kaser
Ken Krech
Shay Kuebler
DD Kugler
Priscilla Lam
Lynda Lawrence
Heather Lawrence
Mi Youn Lee
Misoo Lee
Keith Lim
Jo-Ann Majcher
Faye Mallett
Margaret Mallett
Phillip Malpass
Hajnalka Mandula
Gabrielle Martin
Josh Martin
Lorraine McGregor
Joann McKinlay
Nancy Moh
Laura Munn
Robert Naymie
Georgia Nicols
Salome Nieto
Lisa Ochowycz
Meg Ohsada
Kathleen Orieux
Jean Orr
Amanda Palmer
Floriane
Place-Verghnes-Wood
Yasmine Rabia
Irina Race
Carla Radiuk
Felicity Rafferty
Joan Robertson
Carly Russell
Jayne Saretsky
Tracey Schonfeld
Sandra Shimoda
Jennifer Simons
Kim Sirrs
Rim Slim
Michael Smith
Krista Solheim
John Swanson
Chad Taylor
Liisa Tella
Janice Thompson
Lesley Thomson
Carla van Messel
Kadin Vanden Heuvel
Benoit Villeneuve
Dalia Vukmirovich
Andy Warren
Alison Wesley
Susan Wilds
TC Wong
Janine Woo
Melissa B Woods
Julia Wyncoll
Yanina Yanina
Boki Yoon
Erik Zennstrom
236–111 Hastings St W
Vancouver BC V6B 1H4 Canada
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