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SUMMARY:Mile Zero Dance: The Spine Folds\, Far Away (eryn tempest)
DESCRIPTION:The Spine Folds\, Far Away\, reimagines the body as a multitudinous structure of strange matter and alien organisms: a vessel in constant transformation always on the brink of collapse. It attempts to situate the human experience in terms of its relation to dreams\, sensation\, and the cosmos\, using space and time travel to unpack the uncanny nature of an ever-evolving embodiment. \nArtist Biography\neryn tempest is a choreographer and movement artist currently based out of Montreal with roots in Edmonton\, Alberta. She is compelled by the exploration of movement and physicality within the context of emotion and affect. Her interest in subtle energies and vibrations in the body allow her to delve deeply into a research around state\, and to question the transformative and propulsive capacities of imagination and emotion. She investigates the body as a conduit\, a revealing zone wherein external forces and alien intelligences are activated and given reign to express themselves. eryn’s work has been presented by Nextfest\, Expanse\, Vous Êtes Ici/You Are Here\, and Tangente Danse. She has received support from the Edmonton Arts Council\, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec\, as well as the Canada Council for the Arts. \nProgram Credits\neryn tempest: choreography\, performance\, sound\, editing\nRico Moran: cinematography\nThea Patterson: dramaturgical consultation\nTechnical Director: Trent Crosby\nDigital Front of House: Elise Jason \nSpecial thanks to:\nHal Annett\, Deb Tempest\, Jesse Tempest\, Chris Bateman\, Stephanie Bailey \neryn would like to acknowledge the generous support of \nMile Zero Dance\nFAVA- Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta\nCanada Council for the Arts
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/mile-zero-dance-the-spine-folds-far-away-eryn-tempest/2020-10-24/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Online/Streaming Event,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200815T190000
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SUMMARY:MZD: IN LIEU: Ben Gorodetsky & Larissa Poho
DESCRIPTION:photo Joanne Gervais\nIN LIEU: Ben Gorodetsky & Larissa Poho\nAugust 15th | 7:00 PM Mountain Time\nOn Zoom\nFree\, or Pay What You Will \nIn lieu of their cancelled dance-theatre performance Biblioteka (march 2020) at Mile Zero Dance\, Ben Gorodetsky and Larissa Poho present IN LIEU. \nFEATURING:\nDolik’s Clothes – 12 minutes\, 2020\nA video-dance-eulogy by Ben Gorodetsky.\n“My grandfather Dolik Lutsky died on April 3\, 2020. We were unable to gather for his funeral\, left to sort through our grief alone. One small relief was my grandmother mailing me a box of his clothes. Using these garments as performance artifacts I’ve created a digital video piece reimagining grieving rituals in the age of COVID. I explore the ceremony of wearing Dolik’s clothes and reactivating the narrative\, cultural\, and physical threads of his life. Soviet oral histories provide textual counterpoint to the dance video created through aerial drone photography. Country roads and lakes frame this physical score exploring grief and memory.”\nCommissioned by Dancing on the Edge Festival \nLarissa Poho plays a solo set of songs and stories from her deep well of Ukrainian folkloric tradition. \nAN IMPROVISED DUET WITH A SWAMP\nLarissa will play violin and accordion. Ben will broadcast live from the swamp near his house. A site-specific\, movement and music improvisation for a digital audience of people and a live audience of frogs.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/mzd-in-lieu-ben-gorodetsky-larissa-poho/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mile Zero Dance":MAILTO:info@milezerodance.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200813T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200813T203000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202011
CREATED:20200810T202515Z
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SUMMARY:MZD: Devising Digital Performance:
DESCRIPTION:Actors\, dancers\, writers\, artists and creative folk of all variety welcome! All levels of experience welcome.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nDEVISING DIGITAL PERFORMANCE \nTaught by Ben Gorodetsky \nThursday August 13th | 6-8:30 PM Mountain Time \nOn Zoom \nBy donation \nThis 2.5 hour\, practical workshop will explore tools for creating digital performance work: \n-A crash course on video production and editing from your phone \n-Collaborative writing across platforms (exquisite corpse meets digital pen pals) \n-Site specific movement for digital video \n-Zoom “screen sharing” as creative and narrative technique \nActors\, dancers\, writers\, artists and creative folk of all variety welcome! All levels of experience welcome. \nAbout the instructor: \nBen Gorodetsky is a theatre maker\, writer\, and producer based in Waterloo\, ON. He’s made two new digital performances during the pandemic: Dolik’s Clothes for Dancing on the Edge and Yard Dances for Joy and Healing for e-Volver Festival. His (live) performance work has been presented by Movement Research at Judson Church\, The Tank NYC\, Mile Zero Dance\, Brian Webb Dance Company\, Expanse Festival of Movement Arts\, Rubaboo Festival\, SpringWorks\, and the Gas Station Arts Centre. He is the former Associate Artistic Director of Rapid Fire Theatre and has performed\, taught\, and directed improvisation in Atlanta\, Detroit\, Austin\, Philadelphia\, NYC\, LA\, Reunion Island\, Vienna\, Ljubljana\, Montreal\, Toronto\, Yellowknife\, Calgary\, and Vancouver. He is co-creator of political satire comedy duo Folk Lordz (VICE)\, and creator and former host of experimental variety show Dirt Buffet Cabaret. Ben is the winner of the 2016 Emerging Artist Award at the Mayor’s Celebration for the Arts and a nominee for a Canadian Comedy Award. He has taught at UBC Okanagan\, and holds a BFA from the University of Alberta and an MFA from Brooklyn College-CUNY. \nIf you wish to send a donation to Mile Zero Dance and receive a tax receipt you can do this through our Canada Helps page. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/mile-zero-dance-society/
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/mzd-devising-digital-performance/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200429T200000
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SUMMARY:Dance Blitz
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate International Dance Day with Mile Zero Dance! \nDance Blitz is an event that exalts the short dance piece. Originally the event was planned as a live event in Edmonton’s historic Chez Pierre Cabaret. In spite of the mass self-isolation happening across the world\, dancers will continue to perform live from their own spaces. We invite audiences to join us on Zoom and witness dance artists playing with short format works (3 minutes or less) in a virtual environment. The event will be hosted by Sue Goberdhan\, and includes DJ Joses Martin\, with performances by Justin Calvadores\, Ivan Ngandjui Touko\, Lakota Tootoosis\, Ainsley Hillyard and many more. \nThe event is free but audience members will need to register to have access to the login details.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/dance-blitz/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Online/Streaming Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200306T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200308T153000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202011
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SUMMARY:Improvisation with Andrew Harwood
DESCRIPTION:March 6-8\nFriday 7 pm – 10 pm\, Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 5:30 pm \n$175 for all three classes\n$50/ for Friday\n$75 each day for Saturday and Sunday \nAndrew de Lotbinière Harwood has been dedicated to improvisation as a performing art for nearly 40 years and is recognized worldwide as a specialist in instantaneous choreography and contact improvisation. Since 1976\, his work has evolved through ongoing collaborations with several artists from various disciplines and through exploration into performance\, composition\, spatial design and various movement techniques. His improvisation work is influenced by the practice of gymnastics\, athletics\, yoga\, modern dance\, Alexander technique\, Aikido\, Release Technique\, and a variety of somatic approaches.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/improvisation-with-andrew-harwood/2020-03-06/2/
LOCATION:Spazio Performativo\, 10816 95 ST NW\, Edmonton\, AB\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200306T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200306T204500
DTSTAMP:20260423T202011
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SUMMARY:Cunningham at Metro Cinema
DESCRIPTION:Part of The Female Gaze\, our celebration of women in film! \nCunningham traces Merce’s artistic evolution over three decades of risk and discovery (1944–1972)\, from his early years as a struggling dancer in postwar New York to his emergence as one of the world’s most visionary choreographers. The 3D technology weaves together Merce’s philosophies and stories\, creating a visceral journey into his innovative work. Co-presented by Mile Zero Dance. Featuring a live dance performance before the screening. \nGermany/France/USA 2019\, 93 min\, Dir: Alla Kovgan \nScreening\nMarch 6 at 7:00 pm
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/cunningham-at-metro-cinema/
LOCATION:Metro Cinema\, 8712 109 ST NW\, Edmonton\, Alberta\, T6G 1E9\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200229T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20200229T213000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202011
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SUMMARY:Place/Is a city written on this body?
DESCRIPTION:Mile Zero Dance welcomes Rosanna Terracciano to Edmonton for a solo performance as part of our Dance Crush Series. See the recent writeup in the Edmonton Journal (Feb. 11)  \nPLACE/Is a city written on this body? is a solo trilogy of cities — Napoli\, Calgary\, Madrid/Sevilla/Barcelona. It explores each city’s respective story of significant professional\, personal and bodily impact. Interpreted by Rosanna Terracciano\, it includes choreography by Terracciano\, Montreal’s Myriam Allard and Barcelona’s Juan Carlos Lérida. Creation and development is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts\, ReLoCate collective (Calgary)\, Studio Pleamar (Montréal) Artist-in-Residence program and the DJD Dance Centre Creative Residency Program. \nFor more info on Rosanna Terracciano visit http://www.rosannaflamenco.com/ \n 
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/place-is-a-city-written-on-this-body/2020-02-29/
LOCATION:Spazio Performativo\, 10816 95 ST NW\, Edmonton\, AB\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20191222T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20191223T131500
DTSTAMP:20260423T202011
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SUMMARY:Gaga with James Viveiros
DESCRIPTION:Our favourite Gaga instructor\, James Viveiros is back in December offering three days of classes. \nGaga Dancers;\nFriday December 20th from 10:00 am – 11:15 am\nSaturday December 21 from 12:00pm – 1:15 pm \nGaga People\nSunday December 22 from 12:00pm- 1:15 pm \n$30 per drop in | Available online or at the door \nPlease arrive 15 minutes before class. \nREGISTER HERE \n————————————- \nAbout Gaga \nGaga/dancers classes are open to professional dancers or advanced dance students ages 16+. Gaga/dancers classes are built on the same principles as Gaga/people classes but also employ the specific vocabulary and skills that are part and parcel of a dancer’s knowledge. The layering of familiar movements with Gaga tasks presents dancers with fresh challenges\, and throughout the class\, teachers prompt the dancers to visit more unfamiliar places and ways of moving as well. Gaga/dancers deepens dancers’ awareness of physical sensations\, expands their palette of available movement options\, enhances their ability to modulate their energy and engage their explosive power\, and enriches their movement quality with a wide range of textures. \nGaga is a movement language\, which Ohad Naharin developed over the course of many years and which is applied in daily practice and exercises by the Batsheva Dance Company members. The language of Gaga originated from the belief in the healing\, dynamic\, ever-changing power of movement\, and it continues to evolve today. \nGaga is a new way of gaining knowledge and self-awareness through your body. Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening your body and adding flexibility\, stamina\, and agility while lightening the senses and imagination. Gaga raises awareness of physical weaknesses\, awakens numb areas\, exposes physical fixations\, and offers ways for their elimination. The work improves instinctive movement and connects conscious and unconscious movement\, and it allows for an experience of freedom and pleasure in a simple way\, in a pleasant space\, in comfortable clothes\, accompanied by music\, each person with himself and others.\n_______________________________________________________\nAbout James Viveiros \nJames is a contemporary dance artist whose performance career spans over 20 years\, most notably with Montreal’s acclaimed Compagnie Marie Chouinard. Since graduating from Grant MacEwan University’s Musical Theatre and Dance Programs in Alberta\, Canada in 1998\, James has enjoyed performing for international audiences at renowned festivals and theatres all over the world. \nJames has also danced for Canadian choreographers and companies including Martha Carter/Marta Marta Productions\, Suzanne Miller and Alvin Paivio Productions\, Tania Alvarado\, Tony Chong\, Dominique Porte\, Movement 7\, Brian Webb\, NDH Robin Poitras\, 7 doigts de la main\, Lucie Grégoire Danse\, Caroline Laurin-Beaucage\, MAYDAY Melanie Demers and Lune Rouge PY1 Project. In 2009\, James was a recipient of a Gemini Film and Television award for the Chouinard company’s ‘Best Performance’ in the film version of bODY_rEMIX/ les_vARIATIONS_gOLDBErg. He was awarded funding from the Conseil Des Arts et Lettres de Quebec (CALQ) to become a certified Gaga teacher and to study with Batsheva under the direction of Bosmat Nossan and Ohad Naharin in Tel Aviv\, Israel. He completed his training in June 2017 and travels regularly to Tel Aviv to study and update his certification. \nCurrently\, James is choreographing his own work\, and often collaborates with composer Line Katcho\, with whom he will premier a new work in September 2019 in Montreal. As well as performing\, collaborating and rehearsal directing for other artists across Canada\, he travels frequently to share his passion of Gaga as a guest teacher at festivals\, dance institutions\, and universities\, both nationally and internationally.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/gaga-with-james-viveiros/2019-12-22/
LOCATION:Spazio Performativo\, 10816 95 ST NW\, Edmonton\, AB\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Class
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mile Zero Dance":MAILTO:info@milezerodance.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20191214T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20191214T213000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202011
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SUMMARY:Sara does a Solo
DESCRIPTION:DANCE CRUSH\nSARA DOES A SOLO\nSARA PORTER (TORONTO)\nDECEMBER 13 & 14 | 8 P.M. \n$15 MEMBERS $20 NON MEMBERS \nthree decades as a dancer and a writer\, Sara Porter stands at the collision of the two in her multi-disciplinary work Sara does a Solo. Turning her writing on herself in a fearless account of what we all face – an aging body and a reflective mind – Porter creates a world where intimacy and pathos\, hilarity and beauty co-exist in the physical stories she tells about life as an artist and a parent. Part memoir\, part stand-up comedy\, part dance performance\, Sara does a Solo is unlike anything else. A bold and beautiful account of mid-life. \n“Funny\, irreverent\, soulful … Sara Porter is magnificent. I’m awestruck!”\nNiegel Smith\, director\, \,The Flea Theatre\, NYC \n“Perfect mix of whimsy\, shenanigans\, bravado\, intellect and breathtaking talent.”\nJane Eaton Hamilton\, writer\, Vancouver \n“Brilliant! A stunning visual feast.”\nSusan Gorbet\, Gorbet Design\, Amsterdam \nBUY TICKETS
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/sara-does-a-solo/2019-12-14/
LOCATION:Spazio Performativo\, 10816 95 ST NW\, Edmonton\, AB\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20191213T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20191213T123000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202011
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SUMMARY:Sara Porter: Memoir and Movement- Building material towards performance (Mile Zero Dance)
DESCRIPTION:WINTER Movement Workshop  \nDecember 9-13 | 10 am- 12:30 pm \n$175 for all four classes or $50/day \n“Memoir and Movement- Building material towards performance.” with Sara Porter \nEach class\, Sara guides participants through a variety of improvisational movement work to warm up the body and awaken the senses. Followed by creative writing: gathering images\, recording sensation and story\, to expand imaginative scope. Voice work brings text into action\, and each participant begins to craft that day’s story\, building multi-disciplinary modes of delivery to integrate these forms into performance. Choreographic structures – blended with improvisation – supports presenting material at the end of each class. \nFor artists of all experience levels. \nBRING comfortable clothes\, pen & paper\, water bottle \nThis workshop is possible through the generous assistance of the Alberta Dance Alliance
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/sara-porter-noguchi-taiso-workshop-mile-zero-dance/2019-12-13/
LOCATION:Spazio Performativo\, 10816 95 ST NW\, Edmonton\, AB\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20191101T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20191101T220000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202011
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SUMMARY:Running Piece by Grand Poney presented by Mile Zero Dance
DESCRIPTION:Running Piece from Montreal’s Jacques Poulin-Denis AKA Grand Poney is a bold work for dancer and treadmill. On this confined yet infinite space\, a man travels without leaving\, constantly forced to go forward. He moves through the situations and moments that define us. On the path of humanity and civilization\, or on the transit to work\, we are the high hope joggers\, the overly capable multi-taskers\, and the compulsive lateness sufferers. \n“Running Piece’s endless belt reminds me of the ouroboros\, the cyclical symbol of a snake eating its own tail. This paradox\, where life and death mutually feed on each\, reminds me of our perverse desire to somehow master time\,” says Poulin-Denis. \nPoulin-Denis is a composer\, choreographer\, director and performer. Undertaking projects that blur the boundaries between dance\, music and theater\, he creates humanistic and uncanny works that are both sensorial and thought provoking. \nBased in Montreal\, Grand Poney was established by Jacques Poulin-Denis\, and has performed Running Piece recently in France\, Germany\, and Italy. Originally from Saskatoon\, this will be Poulin-Denis’ first time performing in Edmonton\, while taking Running Piece on a prairie Canadian tour. He will perform in Edmonton for one night only!
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/running-piece-by-grand-poney-presented-by-mile-zero-dance/
LOCATION:Westbury Theatre\, 10330 84 Avenue\, Edmonton\, Alberta\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20191030T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20191030T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202011
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SUMMARY:Mari Osanai: Noguchi Taiso Workshop (Mile Zero Dance)
DESCRIPTION:MZD MOVEMENT INTENSIVES \nAccessible movement workshops taught by world-renowned instructors. For beginners and professional dancers. \nFALL  October 27-30 | Sunday 11am -4pm\, Monday-Wednesday 10am – 1pm \nNoguchi Taiso Workshop with Mari Osanai \n$175 for all four classes or $50/day \n Mari Osanai will be traveling from Japan to perform and teach at Mile Zero Dance. Noguchi Taiso (Water Body movement) has been widely appreciated and incorporated/integrated into Butoh movement practice. \nMari Osanai’s workshop focuses on Noguchi Taiso combined with the influences of her early training in Tai Chi\, western dance methods\, traditional folk dance in Aomori\, Japan (her birthplace)\, and the connection between one’s thoughts and sensation of weight. Osanai’s approach to movement research and exploration begins with a heightened awareness of gravity’s influence on the body and the body’s connection with the center of the earth. Exercises in the workshop train the body to embrace its weight and heighten its sensitivity to move from its most relaxed and receptive state. Starting with images\, such as washing the body with water\, air\, sunlight\, workshop participants will discover the body’s vital energies rooted in its inherent hydrodynamics. Movement and form result as participants ingest imagery inside their bodies and allow the changes to shift the body’s interior. \nRegistration closes Friday\, October 25. Phone 780 424 1573/ admin@milezerodance.com \nThis workshop is made possible through the generous of Alberta Dance Alliance
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/mari-osanai-noguchi-taiso-workshop-mile-zero-dance/2019-10-30/
LOCATION:Spazio Performativo\, 10816 95 ST NW\, Edmonton\, AB\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20191026T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20191026T213000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202011
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191001T181617Z
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SUMMARY:Oblivion by Mari Osanai presented by Mile Zero Dance
DESCRIPTION:This season\, Mile Zero Dance (MZD) is harnessing the power and creativity of the human body in the fight against climate change. Virtuoso Japanese dancer and choreographer\, Mari Osanai\, will open our Dance Crush series with her body-mind movement piece Oblivion. \nOsanai’s post-butoh dance transforms space and time in a deep ritual of embodiment. She has been touring North America and performing this piece as a solo production featuring masks\, doll stage art\, and lighting design created with visual artist Shohei Yamashita who will be traveling to Edmonton from Japan exclusively for this show. \n“Mari’s movement is fluid like water\, and her effect on viewers is incredibly positive and emotional\,” says Gerry Morita\, Artistic Director of MZD.  “We are thrilled to have her and Shohei in Edmonton next month. Edmontonians are in for a treat.” \nOsanai’s heightened awareness of gravity’s influence on the body and her deep connection with the natural world is based on her technique of Noguchi Taiso—a form of physical training that supports new ways of movement to improve efficiency while letting go of unnecessary tensions. The performance also interweaves dance styles such as ballet\, modern dance\, jazz\, Tai Chi\, and traditional folk dance. \nTickets are $20 for members and $25 for non-members. For tickets\, visit: https://oblivion-mari-osanai.eventbrite.ca. For more information\, visit: http://milezerodance.com/2017/2019-international-dance-crush/ \nAbout Mile Zero Dance
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/oblivion-by-mari-osanai-presented-by-mile-zero-dance/2019-10-26/
LOCATION:Spazio Performativo\, 10816 95 ST NW\, Edmonton\, AB\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mile Zero Dance":MAILTO:info@milezerodance.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190826T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190830T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202011
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SUMMARY:Mile Zero Dance presents: Rewriting Distance Performance Intensive
DESCRIPTION:What is Rewriting Distance? Rewriting Distance is a performance/workshop practice\, created by Lin Snelling and Guy Cools with photographer Michael Reinhart that allows participants to tell stories\, dance\, and write.  \nHistory | Rewriting Distance received a SSHRC Dissemination Grant and in 2012/13 and toured to Limerick and Dublin in Ireland\, Antwerp in Belgium\, and Montreal\, Toronto and Edmonton in Canada. It was performed at Tanzfabrik in Berlin\, and toured to Vienna\, Antwerp\, Gent and Halifax in 2013/14. In 2019 Snelling received a SSHRC partnership Grant in collaboration with Mile Zero Dance and a Canada Council grant and will present Rewriting Distance in Edmonton and Halifax  \nThis new period of Rewriting Distance is about revisiting Rewriting Distance continues a new phase with this proposed residency. We are interested in returning to places we feel particularly connected to because of the people we have met there and the community we discovered. What does it mean to return? We would very much like to explore this with the residency\, performances\, symposium and workshops in Edmonton.  \n—————————————————————- \nPerformance Intensive – Mile Zero Dance \n10 am-3 pm each day (lunch 12-1pm) \nMonday August 26 \nGUY COOLS – Dance and Dramaturgy \nThis seminar/workshop will offer practical tools and exercises to reflect upon\, evaluate and eventually transform and improve the participants’ creative process. \nTuesday August 27 \nSTEPHANIE CUMMING – Lecture/performance \nRedneck to Cyborg: A Shared Transformation. \n This performance/lecture will focus on how this story of ‘transformations’ might be relevant to artists\, academics and Edmonton community members. \nWednesday August 28 \nPIET DEFRAEYE – Provocation and Performance \nThis workshop will stage a provocation for the McCauley neighbourhood where Mile Zero \nDance is located. \nThursday August 29 \nGERRY MORITA – Radical Risk \nImprovisation as Immediate and Communicative  \nThis workshop will create a participatory context for improvisation as a powerful act that can be shared with anybody in any location. \nFriday August 30 \nLIN SNELLING – MICHAEL REINHART – Draw to Perform \nThis workshop will explore alternative ways to make marks\, draw and express\, while presenting various strategies for forming a dialogue between drawing\, sound\, movement\, process and performance. \n$150 – Full Workshop / $50 per day \nFor more information: snelling@ualberta.ca or info@milezerodance.com \n 
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/mile-zero-dance-presents-rewriting-distance-performance-intensive/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mile Zero Dance":MAILTO:info@milezerodance.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190824T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190824T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202011
CREATED:20190731T043021Z
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SUMMARY:Rewriting Distance
DESCRIPTION:Mile Zero Dance (MZD) presents: Rewriting Distance \nPerformances of Rewriting Distance\nAugust 21\, 22\, 23 at 8 pm\nAugust 24 matinée at 2 pm \nMile Zero Dance\n10816 – 95 Street\, Edmonton AB\, T5H 2E3 \n$15 MZD members\n$20 non-members \nWhat is Rewriting Distance?\nRewriting Distance is a performance/workshop practice\, created by Lin Snelling and Guy Cools with photographer Michael Reinhart that allows participants to tell stories\, dance\, and write. \nThis period of Rewriting Distance continues to be about returning … going back to places we have been/and collaborating with artists we have worked with before\, but in a new site-specific location. This performance is also accompanied by a Symposium at the Timms Centre for the Arts\, and a Performance Intensive at Mile Zero Dance. \nThe performances of Rewriting Distance investigate what it means to revisit a place through cycles of dancing\, speaking\, reading\, writing\, and watching that recreates a live history of the places and communities in which the performance takes place. Cools and Snelling initiated this artistic project originally based on walking through cities after meeting in 2003 during the Vooruit Danse en Avant event presented by Agora de la danse in Montreal. \n“This performance cycle of Rewriting Distance is based on returning to places where we have been and continuing to collaborate with artists in the community\,” says Snelling. “What are we telling each other now? What are the various and multiple narratives of a group of people that come together?” \nPerformers:\nGuy Cools\, Stephanie Cumming\, Piet Defraeye\, Gerry Morita\, Lin Snelling. \nFor tickets\, visit: https://rewritingdistance-performance.eventbrite.ca
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/rewriting-distance/2019-08-24/
LOCATION:Spazio Performativo\, 10816 95 ST NW\, Edmonton\, AB\, T5H 2E3\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mile Zero Dance":MAILTO:info@milezerodance.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190819T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20190819T180000
DTSTAMP:20260423T202011
CREATED:20190731T041854Z
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SUMMARY:Interactive Symposium – Ecologies of Together
DESCRIPTION:Mile Zero Dance presents: Interactive Symposium with Thea Patterson and Jeremy Gordaneer as part of the Rewriting Distance Residency \nMonday August 19\, 9 am-6 pm\nUniversity of Alberta/Timms Rehearsal Hall\nFree \nFeaturing speaker and performers:\nCindy Baker\nGuy Cools\nTyson Frencheater and Camille Renarhd\nRebecca John\nXavia Publius\n_______________________________ \nEcologies of Together: An Interactive Symposium proposes a “gathering” where academics and artists come together to heighten dialogue and practice around experiential learning and embodied performance practice. \nThe day will be divided into two parts. The morning will be devised as a working performative action and participatory event. The second part of the day will turn from participation to reception through performances\, lectures and hybrid forms of each. \nMorning session: Choreographies of Togethering (9:30 am-1:00 pm)\nTogethering proposes a space where participant practitioners and researchers move through a scored series of activations and tasks that create a performative relational frame where many actions co-exist to create an ecology of shared space\, which becomes a choreography of multiple voices and actions overlapping and resonating in the spaces between them. Participants will be invited to join a simple performance score that includes dancing\, writing\, assisting each other\, reading\, drawing\, listening\, looking\, talking\, gazing\, spectating\, and potential others. This event\, open to anyone with an interest in the intersection of performance\, theory and community agency\, will allow participants to engage with the proposition in the manner and degree they want\, and to maintain agency over their experience. ParticIpants are encouraged to wear comfy clothes and bring writing and reading material. \n1:00 pm-2:30 pm – lunch \nAfternoon session: Together in reception (2:30 pm-6:00 pm) \nThe second part of the day will turn from participation to reception as six invited guests share their artistic research\, theoretical work\, and performative practices as sites for affective and alternative reception. This event will follow a dramaturgy of the senses that will traverse horizontality and verticality\, seeing and not seeing\, and sound and silence. The invited speakers will be asked to define the terms of their own presentations based on how to engage the audience reception of the work through multi-sensorial access points. \nThe presenters will be:\nCindy Baker\nGuy Cools\nTyson Frencheater and Camille Renharhd\nRebecca John\nXavia Publius\n___________________________________\nThe TIMMS CENTRE for the ARTS is located on the northeast corner of 112 Street and 87 Ave. We are readily accessible by automobile or transit. The underground parking entrance is located on the east side of 112th Street. \nPart of Rewriting Distance 2019 – Edmonton \nWhat is Rewriting Distance?\nRewriting Distance is a performance/workshop practice\, created by Lin Snelling and Guy Cools with photographer Michael Reinhart that allows participants to tell stories\, dance\, and write. \nThis period of Rewriting Distance continues to be about returning … going back to places we have been/and collaborating with artists we have worked with before\, but in a new site-specific location. This performance is also accompanied by a Symposium at the Timms Centre for the Arts\, and a Performance Intensive at Mile Zero Dance.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/interactive-symposium-ecologies-of-together/
LOCATION:University of Alberta\, 1-047 Lister Centre\, Edmonton\, Alberta\, T6G 2H6\, Canada
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