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2011 CALENDAR
THUNDERBIRD
July 30th, 2011 - this Saturday!
at the Canada Place Exterior Promenade, Downtown Vancouver
8:00 PM
Aeriosa & Eagle Song Dancers Perform at Illuminares Lantern Festival.
If you missed Aeriosa's recent performances of THUNDERBIRD at the Vancouver Public Library (as part of the Dancing on the Edge Festival 2011) you can still catch this very special collaboration with Eagle Song Dancers!
We are thrilled to take part in the annual Illuminares Lantern Festival on Saturday July 30th. THUNDERBIRD will be performed over the water at sunset on the west side of the Canada Place exterior promenade presented by Public Dreams Society. Traditional canoe singer/dancer Bob Baker and Julia Taffe, Artistic Director of Aeriosa, will lead a shared ceremony of Squamish song and vertical dance recalling an ancient Coast Salish ritual of respect for the traditional territories of others. Squamish canoe drum dancing and Aeriosa's signature vertical choreography combine to celebrate 10,000 years of Squamish culture in modern-day Vancouver and Aeriosa's 10th anniversary.
THUNDERBIRD was created with the support of the City of
Vancouver 125th Anniversary Grants Program, the Canada Council for
the Arts and the participation of the Government of Canada. Aeriosa
would also like to acknowledge the BC Arts Council for supporting
the Aeriosa Dance Society Free Performance Program.
AERIOSA WITH EAGLE SONG DANCERS
As part of the Dancing on the Edge Festival 2011
July 12 | 11am performance with Eagle Song, 12pm (noon) performance with
only Aeriosa dancers
July 13 | 12pm (noon) performance
Vancouver Public Library
Central Branch, North Plaza of Library Square
Corner of West Georgia & Homer
Info Line: 604.893.8875
A mixed program of dance featuring a special new collaboration with Eagle Song Dancers, plus an excerpt from Aeriosa’s In Situ, which premiered as part of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
Traditional canoe singer/dancer Bob Baker and Artistic Director of Aeriosa Julia Taffe, will lead a shared ceremony of Squamish song and dance recalling an ancient Coast Salish ritual of respect for the traditional territories of others. Squamish canoe drum dancing combined with Aeriosa’s signature vertical choreography, will truly celebrate 10,000 years of Squamish culture in the 125th anniversary of modern-day Vancouver.
The wildly popular excerpt from In Situ entitled “Business Woman’s Tango” returns to grace the elegant (and highest!) curved wall of the 22-storey Federal Office Tower at 300 West Georgia.
Aeriosa resumes their relationship with architecture, live music and vertical dance with the generous support of the Vancouver Public Library.
Funders: City of Vancouver 125th Anniversary Grants Program, the Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, and the participation of the Government of Canada.
Special thanks: Vancouver Public Library, Public Works and Government Services Canada and SNC-Lavalin ProFac for providing access to the architecture of Library Square.
Each performance is approximately 40 minutes long.
COLD HANDS WARM HEART TOO
As part of Granville Island's Winterruption Festival 2011
February 25 - 27, 2011
5:30pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm showtimes
Location: Under the Granville Street Bridge on Granville Island
Info Line: 604.893.8875
Suspended high above the ground, Aeriosa performers cast a magical spell directly under Granville Bridge, as four women invoke a ritual conjuring warmth and light on a winter night.
Choreographed by Artistic Director Julia Taffe, Cold Hands Warm Heart Too is especially created for the Winterruption Festival 2011.
Each performance is approximately 10 minutes.
POP UP DANCES
Presented by New Works
As part of Granville Island's Winterruption Festival 2011
Granville Island
February 26 & 27, 2011 | 12-4pm
FREE
Info: 604.893.8875
Surprising dances in surprising places.
Aeriosa joins a cast of Vancouver dancers as they pop up in unusual spaces all over Granville Island. Catch these surprising and entertaining short dances in stores, gallery windows and outdoor spaces.
Pop Up Dances is about the celebration of dance, including traditional, classical, and popular forms, showcasing the energy and spontaneous excitement of all types of dance.
Dance is for everyone, it is everywhere, and anyone can enjoy it!
For more information, please visit www.newworks.ca
This project is assisted by the
BC Spirit Initiatives.
Both Cold Hands Warm Hearts Too and Pop Up Dances are supported by:
2010 CALENDAR
REIMAGINE ART FESTIVAL
September 24, 2010
7pm, 8:30pm and 10pm: ReImagine Dance
Penticton Lakeside Resort and Casino, 21 Lakeshore Drive West – Exterior wall
Choreographed exclusively for the ReImagine Art Festival, Aeriosa will use an exterior wall of the hotel as their stage, creating a 3D mid-air dance while rigged to the side of the building. Enjoy a performance while sitting on a patio at the Lakeside or pause and watch the dance while on an evening stroll. Each performance is approximately 12 minutes.
Visit the Penticton ReImagine Art Festival website at
http://downtownpenticton.org/reimagine/
SERENDIPITY
Open Rehearsals: August 30th & 31st - 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Performances: September 1st - 12 pm, 1 pm & 2 pm
FREE
Vancouver Block Building, 736 Granville Street
(at the City Centre Station of the Canada Line)
Next week, for the first time, Aeriosa performers will dance on the Vancouver Block, a designated heritage building near the intersection of Granville and West Georgia.
Built in 1912, this art nouveau high-rise is easily identified by its crowning architecture - a four-sided clock tower illuminated in neon lights at night.
Julia Taffe will be creating new choreography for six dancers suspended from ropes on the north, west and south walls of the building to culminate in three performance presentations of Serendipity on Sept 1, 2010.
All are welcome to this free event.
The production of Serendipity is sponsored by the Downtown Vancouver Business
Association.
Presented with Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad and Aeriosa
In Association with the Vancouver Public Library - Central Branch
In Situ
with Vertical Orchestra
March 17 & 18, 2010 - 10pm
March 19 & 20, 2010 - 8pm
Vancouver Public Library - Library Square
350 Georgia Street
FREE ADMISSION
Info Line: 604.893.8875
Dynamic aerial dance and live music combine in the breathtaking performance In Situ
In Situ starts indoors and unfolds in the seven-story concourse of Vancouver’s Central Library, setting the scene for dynamic interaction between the dancers, musicians and Moshe Safdie's striking architectural design. Artists from Aeriosa and the Vertical Orchestra (Redshift Music Society) work three-dimensionally, presenting suspended spectacular dance and original spatial music throughout the venue at various heights. The audience will be encouraged to flow through the building, led by the artists and guides who will interact with them along the way, eventually ending outdoors in the serene grandeur of Library Square.
Aeriosa has commissioned an outstanding team of diverse artists under the direction of artistic director Julia Taffe to create a full-length interdisciplinary site-specific work: choreographer Amelia Rudolph, founding artistic director of the internationally renowned vertical dance company Project Bandaloop, and BC composers Jocelyn Morlock and Jordan Nobles. In Situ is inspired by physical expression, engagement with the environment and societal contrasts — themes that permeate Vancouver's cultural landscape and shape urban life on the West Coast.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to witness this free, public event combining the celebrated Vertical Orchestra and the breathtaking grace of the dance artists from Aeriosa.
This project is generously supported by:
Partners: New Works, Red Shift Music Society, Vancouver Public Library
Funders: Arts Partners in Creative Development, BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, City of Vancouver
Sponsors: Vancouver Public Library, Downtown Vancouver Business Association, EasyPark
Media Contact: Marcella Galliazzo
marcella@lightspeed.ca ph. 604 880 0527
2009 CALENDAR
Saturday September 19th 2009, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Aeriosa Dance Society Open Rehearsal at the Dance Centre
The eighth annual Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House takes place on Saturday September 19, 11am-5pm. From contemporary and flamenco to hip hop and classical East Indian dance, this event is a great opportunity to see and try a wide range of dance, with free open classes, studio showings and workshops. Highlights this year include an open rehearsal on the outside of the building by Aeriosa Dance Society presented with generous support from the City of Vancouver and The Dance Centre.
Location: Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St, Vancouver
Contact: 604 606 6400
www.thedancecentre.ca
Saturday October 17th 2009, at 3:15 pm
Aeriosa Dance Society Workshop Showing at Vancouver Library Square
Aeriosa is presenting a short excerpt from "In Situ"
a full length site work currently in development and slated to premiere next March during the closing week of the Paralympic Games and the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad. This special sneak peak takes place on the last day of Aeriosa's October residency at Library Square. During this time the company will be holding 10 days of open rehearsals both inside and outside the building. Featuring choreography by Project Bandaloop Artistic Director Amelia Rudolph and music by BC composers Jocelyn Morlock and Jordan Nobles,
"In Situ" has been commissioned with support from Arts Partners in Creative Development, the BC Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia and Vancouver Public Library and sponsored by EasyPark Vancouver.
Location: Library Square North Plaza, corner of Georgia St and Homer St, Vancouver
Contact: New Works Office 604 893 8807 for more information
February 16-27, 2009
A New Work commissioned by the Whistler Arts Council.
Workshop Rehearsals: Feb 16-20 & 23-25
Afternoons & early evenings - weekdays
Open Dress Rehearsal: Feb 26 AT 7 PM
Workshop Performance: Feb 27 AT 7 PM
Location: Mountain Square, Whistler Village
Aeriosa's artists immerse audiences in the splendor of the mountains and openness to adventure which is at the heart of the Whistler community. Dancers and musicians will be testing aerial, visual and sound concepts on location at Mountain Square in preparation for their performance during the 2010 Cultural Olympiad Festival.
Artistic Director/Choreographer: Julia Taffe
Choreographer: Michelle Olson
Composer: Francois Houle
Projection Designer: Tim Matheson
Lighting and Set Designer: John Webber
Costume Designer: Hazel Whitehead
Aboriginal Cultural Workshop Leaders: Bob Baker & Russell Wallace
Dancers: Julia Carr, Meghan Goodman, Alison Payne & Cara Siu
Presented by:
2008 CALENDAR
July 11 and 12, 2008
Presented by the 2008 Dancing on the Edge Festival
Cumulus
Performances: July 11th at 5:30 pm and 8 pm and July 12th at 6:30 pm and 8 pm
Location: South Plaza Colonnades of Library Square (corner Robson & Homer)
Presented by the 2008 Dancing on the Edge Festival
A sky poem for two, danced down the south face of the Vancouver Library Square -- Cumulus explores the territory of daydreams -- humans evoking cloud-forms migrating across the sky, celestial creatures morphing on the wings of the wind. Cumulus draws parallels between sentient passion and atmospheric energy - juxtaposing the crackling electricity of weather systems against the accelerating heartbeats of flying dancers…
For complete details, download this PDF document.
February 23 &24, 2008
Presented by Winterruption at Granville Island, Vancouver
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Cold Hands Warm Heart |
Cold Hands Warm Heart
A new duet danced at dusk underneath the Granville Bridge
Times: 5:45 pm, 6:15 pm, 6:45 pm, 7:15 pm each day
Free Admission
March 1-15, 2008
Presented by the Vancouver Public Library
Co-presented by Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad/Olympiad Culturelle
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One Icy Urban Spire |
One Icy Urban Spire
Times: Open Rehearsals: March 5-9 and 12-14 between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm
Performances: Saturday March 15th at 1 pm, 2 pm and 3:30 pm
Location: Library Square South Plaza Colonnades at the corner of Robson and Homer
Look up, look way up - from March 5th to 15th, seven brave performers inhabit the outdoor ledges and colonnades of Library Square, giving audiences the chance to follow the creation of Aeriosa’s newest site-specific dance work, One Icy Urban Spire. Holding open rehearsals over 10 days choreographer Julia Taffe and her intrepid ensemble embark on an artistic winter expedition, using ropes and harnesses to launch into the air, weaving athletic leaps and floating pendulums into inspired dances of gravity-defying splendor. Aeriosa transforms the Central Library into a vertical stage with free public performances on March 15th. Aeriosa would like to acknowledge the support of City of Vancouver through the Office of Cultural Affairs, and also thank venue sponsor EasyPark. Admission is free. All are welcome.
Cumulus
Performances: July 11th at 5:30 pm and 8 pm and July 12th at 6:30 pm and 8 pm
Location: South Plaza Colonnades of Library Square (corner Robson & Homer)
Presented by the 2008 Dancing on the Edge Festival
A sky poem for two, danced down the south face of the Vancouver Library Square -- Cumulus explores the territory of daydreams -- humans evoking cloud-forms migrating across the sky, celestial creatures morphing on the wings of the wind. Cumulus draws parallels between sentient passion and atmospheric energy - juxtaposing the crackling electricity of weather systems against the accelerating heartbeats of flying dancers…
For complete details, download this PDF document.
THE SPECULATIVE AERIOSAN
(WARNING – any activity listed below is still unconfirmed and may not take place. Please contact Aeriosa or the presenting organization for further information and to express your interest in the event.)
2008
August - Julia Taffe’s choreographic research, Iqaluit and Akshayuk Pass, Baffin Island, Nunavut
2009
February - Cultural Olympiad/Olympiad Culturelle, Vancouver BC
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Photo Credit: Dominic Schaefer |
PAST EVENTS
2007
Stone:drift - Northern Premiere at the Yukon Arts Centre September 8th
2006
Vancouver International Jazz Festival: June 24 & 25
(6 shows on the Hudson House building at the Steamclock Stage in Gastown)
ICA FolkFest Victoria BC: June 30 – July 3
(12 shows at Centennial Square)
Vancouver Art Gallery’s Fuse: art, music, performance - July 28
(2 outdoor shows on the Hornby St. façade and 2 indoor shows in the Rotunda gallery)
STONE:drift (world premiere) A full-length work - September 20-30
(8 performances at the Faris Studio presented by New Works and The Dance Centre)
Vancouver Art Gallery Founder’s Day - October 7
(2 shows outside of the gallery))
2005
High Life - 2nd Life and Arts Festival, Kelowna BC
High Life - Vancouver Island International Children’s Festival, Nanaimo, BC
(3 dancers, 15 min. building performances, 23 shows over 2 weeks in May)
2004
Two on the Fly - Vancouver Arts Awards at Library Square for CBC Television
(2 dancers, 3 min. wall performance, 1 show in March)
Three on the Fly - Life and Arts Festival, Kelowna, BC
(3 dancers, 15 min. building performances, 12 shows in May)
On the Fly - performances at Vancouver Library Square created on location over 4 weeks
(3 dancers 25 min. building performances, 6 shows in July)
Aeriosa Allsorts - a work-in-progress show at the Roundhouse, Vancouver
(5 dancers, 1 hour theatre presentation, 1 show in December
2003
On Earth - Library Square, Vancouver, for Celebration 2010
(2 dancers, 15 min. performances, 6 shows in February/March)
Dragon Boat Festival Opening Ceremonies, Plaza of Nations, Vancouver
(4 dancers, 10 min. performance, 1 show in June)
On Earth - U.S. premiere - The Mountain Institute, Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, CO
(2 dancers, 30 min. multimedia stage performance, 1 show in August)
Traverse On Earth - a full length work set in a climbing gym, Nanaimo, BC
(3 dancers, 1 hour multimedia stage performance, 2 shows in September)
2002
A 2-week Artist in Residence Program in collaboration with Cité des Arts du Cirque (TOHU)
Dimanche au Cirque, at the Cirque du Soleil complex in Montreal.
(3 dancers, 20 min. building performance, 2 shows in July)
On Earth - InFringing Dance Festival on the Port Theatre Building in Nanaimo
(3 dancers, 15 min. building performances, 3 shows in September)
First Birthday Celebrations on the North Wall of the Dance Centre Building in Vancouver
(3 dancers, 15 min. 2 shows in September)
On Earth - World premiere - Eric Harvey Theatre, 2002 Banff Mountain Summit
(A Centre for Mountain Culture Commission for U.N. International Year of the Mountains)
(2 dancers, 30 min. multimedia stage performance October 28)
2-weeks as Artists in Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts
On Earth - at the 5th International Taipei Arts Festival on the City Hall Building
(4 dancers, 20 min. building performance created on location, 4 shows Nov./Dec.
2001
Let’s Dance - commissioned to celebrate the opening of The Dance Centre in Vancouver
(4 dancers, 10 min. building performances, 14 shows in September)
AERIOSA TRIVIA
Highest dance performance: 457 m (1500 ft) on the Squamish Chief Mountain
Highest building performance: 70 m(230 ft) on Taipei City Hall building
Combined years of climbing experience in the company: 150 years
Combined years of dance experience in the company: 150 years
Number of buildings danced on between 2001 and 2006: 14
Total length of all ropes used for dancing and rigging from 2001 to 2007: 2. 2 km
Aeriosa Dance Society was incorporated as a non-profit society in 2005.