MADE IN BC - ON TOUR January 29, 2019

ARTIST INFO

RAVEN SPIRIT DANCE EARTHSONG Starr Muranko (Artistic Associate), Heather Lamoureux (Outreach Coordinator) ​ ​

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Earth Song – a mixed program of contemporary Indigenous dance featuring by Starr Muranko & Michelle Olson, two visionary choreographers bring their diverse voices to the act of . Moving from Spirit to form through currents of spatial tension, these are the songs of the land and body, deeply rooted and ever reaching. Starr Muranko’s Spine of the Mother and Michelle Olson’s Northern Journey traverse territories of impulse, memory, and landscape. Additionally, the program includes the solo, Frost Exploding Trees Moon, choreographed by Michelle Olson and Floyd Favel; this piece follows the breath, instinct & impulse of a woman on her northern trap line.

ARTIST PROFILE The artistic vision of Raven Spirit Dance Society is to share stories from an Indigenous worldview. Our medium is ; and, we incorporate other expressions such as traditional dance, theatre, puppetry and multi-media to tell these stories. By sharing this work on local, national and international stages, Raven Spirit Dance reaffirms the vital importance of dance to the expression of human experience and to cultural reclamation. Raven Spirit Dance aims to explore how professional artistic work is responsive and responsible to the community it is a part of and to continue to redefine dance’s place in diverse community settings. Raven Spirit is Vancouver-based yet indelibly tied to the Yukon through its projects and inspirations, as our Artistic Director, Michelle Olson is from the Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation.

OPTIONS – Master Class (either professional or community) – School Visit – Artist Conversation We are open to making this fit with any community scheduled in a manner that suits the presenter.

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) · Length in Minutes: 60 · Is there an intermission: No intermission. We could discuss this if necessary. ​ · Number of Performers on Tour: 5 ​ · Number of Support Staff on Tour: 2 ​ · Per-Performance Fee Range: Mainstage with Outreach Activities: $2500-$5000 ​ · Available to Tour (Season): 2020: winter, spring, fall, 2021: winter, spring, fall (Preferred dates Sept ​ ​ ​ ​ 2020 - March 2021 = we are planning an Ontario and INTL tour during these dates) · Tech Rider available http://www.madeinbc.org/mibcshowcase/earthsong/ ​

CONTACT Phone: 604-646-0010, Email: [email protected], Website: www.ravenspiritdance.com ​ ​ ​ ​

KELLY MCINNES, RIANNE SVELNIS, ARELI MORAN A MENOS QUE QUIERAS BAILAR Kelly McInnes, Rianne Svelnis, Areli Moran, *Sophia Wolfe is performing the role of Areli for this ​ showcase performance

PROJECT DESCRIPTION A MENOS QUE QUIERAS BAILAR is a collaboration between Mexican artist Areli Moran and Canadian artists Kelly McInnes and Rianne Svelnis. The three performers invite 15 guests to participate in a ceremony of movement that investigates the senses through the bizarre, the familiar and the transformative. Each guest chooses a specific instruction, resulting in a unique experience of personal, interpersonal and collective patterning. The last section of the work is a structured conversation with guests and performers based on Liz Lerman’s “critical response” process. The participation of guests is essential as it evolves with every group. A MENOS QUE QUIERAS explores our experiences of gaze, social etiquette, and community.

ARTIST PROFILE Areli Moran, Kelly McInnes and Rianne Svelnis met during their training at Modus Operandi ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Contemporary Dance Program. There are important intersections in the artistic interests of all three artists that brought them together for this collaboration. As choreographers and performers, the three often draw from their experiences and lineage as women, ritual and healing, gaze, empowerment, pleasure and magic. They each have a committed practice and interest in visceral embodiment, focused sensorial experience, collaborative practice and social justice. Areli, from Mexico, is also a cultural manager and is currently based in Monterrey, Mexico and Berlin, Germany. Her choreographic work has been presented in Mexico, Canada and Berlin. In 2015, she founded her company Expectante in Monterrey and in 2017 her studio Espacio Expectante, was founded as a multifunctional platform focused in the research, encounter, dialogue and creation for the contemporary art scene. Kelly McInnes and Rianne Svelnis are both based in Vancouver, B.C. on unceded Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil- Waututh), and xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) territories. Since 2011, Kelly's choreography has seen presentation in both site-specific and theatre events across B.C. as well as in Toronto and Mexico. Often multi-disciplinary, her work explores socio-political themes and invites an attention to sensation. Kelly also facilitates community and youth-engagement projects. Rianne Svelnis has danced in works by Justine Chambers, MACHiNENOiSY, Emmalena Fredriksson, Sasha Kleinplatz, Daisy Thompson, Kelly McInnes and Naomi Brand. Rianne has presented her own choreographic work in collaboration with Kelly McInnes and Areli Moran, Zahra Shahab and Andrea Cownden. Rianne also teaches contemporary dance classes at Harbour Dance Centre and All Bodies Dance, and has had the opportunity to lead dance workshops and perform in Mexico and Ecuador.

TOUR DETAILS

● Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) ● Length in Minutes : 60 ● Is there an intermission: no ​ ● Number of Performers on Tour: 3 ​ ● Number of Support Staff on Tour: 0 ​ ● Per-Performance Fee Range: less than $2500 ​ ● Available to Tour (Season): spring-fall 2019, 2020 year round, 2021 year round ​ ● **As the work is only for 15 audience at a time, we would request a per day fee which could include up to 4 performances / day. ● See tech information: http://www.madeinbc.org/mibcshowcase/a-menos-que-quieras-bailar/ ​ ​

CONTACT Kelly McInnes, Phone: 604-928-0558, Email: [email protected], Website: ​ ​ ​ www.kellymcinnes.com

MOVETHECOMPANY | JOSHUA BEAMISH Lone Wolf Josh Beamish (Director)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Beamish presents an evening of solos created by Noam Gagnon, Ame Henderson and himself, each exploring facets of his persona, both public and private, to remix his own image and to superimpose creative perspectives. radios by Ame Henderson: An experimental work where Beamish reconsiders past understandings of ​ his own identity as a performer and creator through the lens of Henderson’s bold vision for choreographic process. Concerto by Joshua Beamish: A playful, virtuosic solo, set to Bach, exploring themes of ​ ​ attraction, narcissism and desire, as relative to the act of solo performance. Fighting Chance by Noam ​ Gagnon: Gagnon probes toxic masculinity through movement and image-based references to boxing and ​ training to fight, as a metaphor for internal struggles of self.

ARTIST PROFILE Choreographer Joshua Beamish founded Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY in 2005. His works have since extensively toured throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He has created works with The Royal , The National Ballet of Canada, Dutch National Ballet Junior Company, Cape Town Opera, New York City Ballet Principal dancers Wendy Whelan for Restless Creature and Ashley Bouder for The Ashley Bouder Project, Compania Nacional de Danza de Mexico, South Africa’s Cape Dance Company, Toronto Dance Theatre and by Cirque du Soleil for World EXPO Shanghai. The company has been presented by BAM Next Wave Festival, Canada’s National Arts Centre, London’s The Place, The Bangkok & Seoul International Festivals, among others. He is an alumni of the NY Choreographic Institute, a division of the New York City Ballet and an inaugural artist-in-residence at The Joyce Theater’s Choreographic Centre at Gibney Dance and Young Leader’s Circle Committee.

OPTIONS Outreach Activities: In previous tours I have conducted master classes with local high school dance ​ programs or local dance studios. I’ve also done community classes that are more beginner for adults and/or youth. I have sometimes created short community works that act as a show opener to our performances. We often engage in pre or post-show chats with audiences. I have also done choreographic mentorship projects with local professional and or student creators. Creative Residency: I would be most interested in theatre residencies of either 2-3 or 5-7 days. Informal ​ showings with audience talk-backs are great. Classes and workshops are always welcome. I sometimes involve students in the tech process by teaching them my material and having them dance it, so that I can step out and see the lighting. The presented show would be “Lone Wolf”, unless the tour dates are in future seasons and either of these new programs are ready in time.

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) · Length in Minutes (including intermission): 70 min ​ ​

● Is there an intermission: There are 2 5min pauses. One could become an intermission, if ​ needed. ● Number of Performers on Tour: 1 ​ ● Number of Support Staff on Tour: 3 ​ ● Per-Performance Fee Range with Outreach Activities: $2500 – $5000, with Creative ​ ​ ​ ​ Residency: more than $5000 ​ ● Available to Tour (Season): Fall 2019, 2020 winter through fall, 2021 winter through fall ​

CONTACT Joshua Beamish, Phone: 917-757-7874, Email: [email protected], Website: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ www.joshuabeamish.com

ASE | ELDON PULAK Impulse Eldon Pulak (artist), Slava Doval (artist), Adrian Wagner (composer, musician)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Impulse is the collective process of improvisational creation between the artists, audience and the ​ moment in time that we all share together. Initiating from sensory awareness and gut instincts. Impulse ​ seeks to reveal the vulnerable truth of personal movement, sound and our relations to one another through unspoken dialogue. The creative process, at its core essence and raw unedited form, is the performance.

ARTIST PROFILE Slava, Adrian and Eldon met in Nelson BC’s vibrant arts scene in 2017. Eldon’s roots are in and he also studied at Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. He has performed across the world with companies such as Alberta Ballet, Jose Navas/Compagnie Flak and Deutsche Oper Berlin. Adrian’s passion for piano began at a young age with influences of gospel and classical. Adrian studied jazz and improvisation in NYC, Boston, and Zimbabwe, and performed at festivals across Canada. Slava is the Director of DanceFusion, Nelson’s largest dance school. She has trained in Mexico, Canada, Austria, and USA. She was appointed Nelson’s 2018 Cultural Ambassador in recognition of her artistic achievement in dance.

OPTIONS: Improvisation workshops; we all have experience teaching, and specifically teaching children. ​ We would also like to offer workshops for people who have some dance/movement experience and another for those who don’t have any experience but are keen to try. Length of Workshop: 60-90 min.

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) · Length in Minutes (including intermission): 60 minutes ​ · Is there an intermission: No (Our piece has been performed as one act, but we are open to the idea ​ of working with an intermission if it suits the facility and audience members better) · Number of Performers on Tour: 3 ​ · Number of Support Staff on Tour: 0 ​ · Per-Performance Fee Range with Outreach Activities: $3000 ​ · Available to Tour (Season): 2019/20 season, 2020/21 season ​ · Tech Requirements: Dance floor is preferable, but can also be performed on a smooth wood ​ surface. Basic overhead stage lighting and shins.

CONTACT : Eldon Pulak, Tel: 604-716-6847, Email: [email protected] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ STÉPHANIE MORIN-ROBERT PERFORMANCE SOCIETY BUSHEL AND PECK Stephanie Morin-Robert (Artistic Director, Co-Creator, Performer), and Alastair Knowles - (Co-Creator, Performer) ​ ​

PROJECT DESCRIPTION BUSHEL AND PECK is the tale of two creatures discovering humanity and experimenting with the prospect of being human. Together, they encourage, challenge, and resist each other as they navigate a series of transitions between forms. BUSHEL AND PECK is created by critically acclaimed choreographer and storyteller Stéphanie Morin-Robert, and interdisciplinary performance artist Alastair Knowles. Real-life romantic partners, the two strive to create and share work that motivates audiences to acknowledge their personal boundaries and recognize the value in helping one another step beyond their comfort zone. BUSHEL AND PECK visually and verbally articulates and shares the discovery, negotiation and blend of two very different theatrical processes – clown and contemporary dance in order to tell a story of trust ​ and transformation. This collaboration is rich with both literal and abstract theatricality, while adding a contemporary artistic perspective to the delights, struggles and negotiations faced in a romantic relationship.

ARTIST PROFILE Stephanie Morin-Robert is a multi-award winning multidisciplinary artist (and mother) who tours to ​ festivals and venues across the globe. Her solo and collaborative work (BLINDSIDE, THE MERKIN ​ SISTERS, For Body And Light, BUSHEL AND PECK) have captivated and delighted audiences, critics, ​ ​ and producers with their rigorous, yet vulnerable artistry. Her upcoming Canadian, European and American tours underline her sought-out creativity and professionalism, as well as her dedication to presenting Canadian work on the international stage.

“Morin-Robert’s greatest strength is that she makes you, the audience member, fall in love with her. She tells her story in an intoxicating way – bringing the audience to a crescendo of laughter, only to knock the wind out of your emotional sails and have you on the verge of tears.” -- Theatre In London, ​ UK

Alastair Knowles is a creator and performer of comedic theatre that emphasizes impulse, audience ​ engagement, and performance honesty. Since 2013 he has co-created five productions, each of which has toured internationally. BUSHEL AND PECK, 2 for Tea, High Tea, James & Jamesy in the Dark, and ​ ​ O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy, have been performed over 600 times across Canada, the USA, and ​ the UK. Best known as one-half of the Canadian Comedy Award-winning duo, James & Jamesy, who have been produced by Gag Reflex (UK), and Soho Playhouse (NYC), and awarded with a Canadian Comedy Award, underlining his excellence in physical comedy.

“Alastair Knowles has the pitch-perfect ability to express his character’s bittersweet search for human connection through movement, as much and perhaps more so than through words.” – Michael Crabb, Toronto Star ​

OPTIONS We are interested in connecting with the communities we perform in by offering workshops rooted in our performance techniques. Bushel And Peck is a show that showcases how everyday objects can come to life on stage and simple lighting can provide dynamic and effective theatrical environments. Working with household items, object manipulation, abstract and literal imagery, lighting, movement, and voice. Participants will be guided through activities that will foster creativity, imagination, and play. Our workshops are suitable for student groups, adults, or mixed ages, and are suitable for all levels of experience. We also offer talkbacks after our performances.

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) · Length in Minutes (including intermission): 75 minutes ​ · Is there an intermission: There is no intermission – can be discussed with presenters if needed. ​ · Number of Performers on Tour: 2 ​ · Number of Support Staff on Tour: 1 ​ · Per-Performance Fee Range: Mainstage with Outreach Activities: $2500 – $5000 ​ · Available to Tour (Season): 2019: fall, 2020: Mid-September to November; Mid-January to ​ ​ Mid-April, 2021: Mid-September to November; Mid-January to Mid-April · Tech information available : http://www.madeinbc.org/mibcshowcase/bushel-and-peck/ ​

CONTACT Stéphanie Morin-Robert, Phone: 514-688-3969, Email: [email protected], ​ ​ ​ Website: https://www.stephaniemorinrobert.com/ ​

IMMIGRANT LESSONS Immigrant Lessons : 101 Kevin Fraser and Alyssa Amarshi (Artistic Directors)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Immigrant Lessons’ “101” is a piece that integrates fashion, music, and dance to tell the story of a group of first and second generation immigrants from different backgrounds navigating “Canadian” culture. This group of individuals will take the audience on a colorful and emotional journey of the curiosity, love, and at times animosity of being exposed to each other’s different cultures and how they as individuals, and as a group fit into “Western” society. It is the story of the pressure to assimilate while not sacrificing their own cultures and backgrounds. It is the story of added heaviness also of realizing the land that gave them refuge is the same land that was stolen from peoples of many different tribes of rich cultures all of their own. It is story of the ongoing struggle to really learn how to cohabitate and celebrate these different cultures. It is the Immigrant Experience.

ARTIST PROFILE Immigrant Lessons is a dance/art collective created to promote cultural pluralism through: dance, music, fashion, media, and visual design. It is the soul child of the collaborative efforts of two professional artists, Kevin Fraser and Alyssa Amarshi. These two dance professionals have decided to merge their 13 years of combined experience to tackle issues that have been prominent both in their professional, as well as their personal lives. Bringing together member’s Jason Bempong, Sophia Gamboa, Marisa Gold, Sharon Lee, and Joshua Ongcol added further nuance and depth to their artistry. The collective’s work explores themes such as: sexual orientation and gender identity, feminism, racial discrimination, cultural erasure and appropriation, intersectionality, Queerness, shadism, toxic masculinity and gender complexes, as well as mental illness. Immigrant Lessons is a combined front to aid in the creation of more opportunities in: dance, stage performance, film, urban performance, , as well as community development for POC and other marginalized communities. Immigrant Lessons utilizes: , experimental practices, and contemporary process to inform their work and context. Notable performances and collaborations include: Pattern Nation, Sleepless Mindz, Ted Talk, Junofest, Basscoast Music Festival, Shambhala Music Festival, Vines Art Festival, Kimmortal and 333, Vancouver Street Dance Festival, New Works, as well as the Juno award winning A Tribe Called red and Juno nominated SHAD. They are the creators of Vancouver’s first experimental movement battle IMPACT.

OPTIONS We do not have fixed outreach activities, but are open to workshop opportunities if client proposes as a separate entity after or before performance.

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) · Length in Minutes: 60 · Is there an intermission: we do not require an intermission, but we are also open to an intermission ​ · Number of Performers on Tour: 7 ​ · Number of Support Staff on Tour: 1-2 ​ · Per-Performance Fee Range with Outreach Activities: $2500 – $5000 ​ · Available to Tour (Season): 2019 Spring-Fall, 2020 Winter-Fall ​

CONTACT: Phone: 778 988 6864, Email: [email protected] ​ ​ ​

Rohit Chokhani Ensemble Diwali in BC on Tour: A Journey to South Asia Rohit Chokhani (Director)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Diwali in BC on Tour: A Journey to South Asia features a range of South Asian with a roster of ​ artists featuring performances - from traditional Bharatnatyam dance to contemporary works like a Bhangra performance or Bollywood fusion performance of Modern, Jazz and Kathak, such as KatJazz to close with high- energy Bollywood - that can be scaled and customized to your city, festival and budget. Storytelling between the different dance forms explains the performances and offers historical facts and/or introductions to the artists. (Note: Shyama - a dance theatre piece featuring a Bharatanatyam interpretation of Tagore’s epic Bengali ​ ​ dance drama with original choreography by Jai Govinda and English Surtitles - will be available in Fall 2019)

ARTIST PROFILE Rohit Chokhani is an award-winning arts director and cultural leader. As Artistic Director for Diwali In BC, ​ he has produced performances based on customizable needs for six years with over 10 performances in ​ ​ Metro Vancouver. In Rohit’s practice, theatre and dance are not separate disciplines – as his cultural background necessitates – but work together to share something larger. Rohit is the recipient of the Shiamak Vancouver Community award (from Bollywood Star Choreographer Shiamak Davar) in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of Entertainment and Theatre Arts, 2017. Rohit was awarded the prestigious Vancouver Now Representation and Inclusion award in 2018 and was also the recipient of the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Significant Artistic Achievement in 2017. Rohit launched a sector development initiative called Project SAT to create a network for developing, touring, producing and presenting national and international South Asian themed projects in Canada. Rohit grew up in Bombay (Mumbai), home to Bollywood, the centre of the Indian subcontinent’s vibrant performing arts industry.

OPTIONS This presentation offers a roster of artists from advanced superstars to highly skilled maestros – offering presenters options - for ex: smaller budgets we mix and match intermediate artists with emerging artists and include a single, advanced act. During Diwali in BC festival - fees can be split as a part of a tour or as a part of a consultancy / ​ ​ community engagement ongoing in a region. For example: we are already committed to developing and building further in Metro Vancouver, Okanagan and Nanaimo so if more partners / presenter interest develops closer to these locations, then we might be able to work together. Also, if this work is booked in October-November, we can make the presentation part of the Diwali in BC Festival which helps us ​ ​ provide additional, in-kind support for marketing and PR. Marketing, consultancy, outreach, dance workshops, panel discussions/ and spiritual conversations around the history of the dance form and the spirituality embedded in it.

TOUR DETAILS • Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) ​ • Length in Minutes (including intermission): Length is customizable to how much time of ​ ​ programming you want. We have in general performed from 1hour min to 2 hour max. Can be performed with/without intermission. • Number of Performers on Tour: 6-12 ​ ​ • Number of Support Staff on Tour: 1-2 ​ ​ • Per-Performance Fee Range: Mainstage with Outreach Activities: more than $5000 ​ ​ • Available to Tour (Season): 2019, 2020, 2021 ​ ​ • Technical requirements: Lighting tech person and dance floor. ​ ​

CONTACT Rohit Chokhani, Tel: 778-322-5016 Email: [email protected] rohitchokhani.com ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ http://rchokhani1981.wixsite.com/career/videoreel

SAMMY CHIEN AND DONG MEI Flow(er) 蓅 ​ Sammy Chien (Artist), Sophia Wolfe (representative), Dong Mei (Artist)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Flow(er) 蓅 is a contemporary new media dance performance that deals with ​ ​ ​ themes of migration, modernization, ethnic heritage and decolonization. The work seeks to bridge the gap between traditional and contemporary forms of art-making by integrating digital technologies and street dance with Chinese traditional from the disappearing tribe Uyghur in the Xinjiang province of China and Qi Gong. These dances are based on traditional Taoist practices connecting with energies of the body to shift movement and flow. One of our goals in this project is to bridge the new immigrant/Chinese speaking communities with European settler communities by making traditional art more accessible to wider audiences through contemporary framings. Flow(er) 蓅 amplifies voices that ​ ​ often lie outside Euro-centric narratives.

ARTISTS PROFILE: Sammy Chien is a Taipei-born, Vancouver-based interdisciplinary media artist, ​ director, performer, researcher and mentor who works with film, sound art, new media and dance/theatre performance. He studied film (BFA Honours) at Simon Fraser University and developed an expertise in electroacoustic music and digital technology in performance environment. After learning real-time performance softwares from Troika Ranch (NYC/Berlin) he continues his interests with interdisciplinary collaborations and forges deep connections between image, sound, and movement. Dong Mei received her Masters of Fine Arts from Dance Academy, BDA. Especially fond of dances by China’s many minority groups, she has travelled extensively to collect local dance pieces for artistic recreation. She has performed at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, China’s National Center for the Performing Arts, among others. She was awarded the ‘Wenhua Award for Outstanding Artist,’ China’s most prestigious award for performing.

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) ·Length in Minutes: 50 ​ · Is there an intermission: yes required 10-15 minute intermission ​ · Number of Performers on Tour: 6 · Number of Support Staff on Tour: 3 ​ ​ ​ · Per-Performance Fee Range: Mainstage with Outreach Activities: $2500-$5000 ​ · Available to Tour (Season): 2019: summer, fall, 2020: year round, 2021: year round ​ · Tech rider available http://www.madeinbc.org/mibcshowcase/flower/ ​ ​

CONTACT: Sammy Chien, Phone: 7788615560, Email: [email protected], ​ ​ ​ Website: http://sammychien.com/ http://www.dongmeidance.com/ ​ ​ ​ SHAY KUEBLER RADICAL SYSTEM ART Feasting On Famine Shay Kuebler (Artistic Director)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Feasting on Famine is a solo performance work that ​ explores themes on obsession and addiction as well as commodification,corporatization and mediatization. Through the lens of health-fitness and bodybuilding culture, the work explores how corporations have altered, created and monetized the industry of “success” and “health”. This industry perhaps feeds off our weaknesses and insecurities, while also monopolizing on our ability to flip passions into obsessions. As we feed the obsession, it grows and becomes more insatiable. Our compulsion and social pressures push our goals higher and higher to a point where a sense fulfillment is never possible. Within this cycle, we supplement and alter our body and mind to attain what we believe is unattainable on our own.

ARTIST PROFILE Shay Kuebler Radical System Arts Society (SKRSA) was formed in February of 2014, in Vancouver, BC. SKRSA aims to expand the art of physical performance through the lens of Artistic Director Shay Kuebler and a versatile amorphous language of dance, martial arts, theatre, music and other forms – utilizing both film and stage as mediums to promote, disseminate and enhance performance art. Blending multiple genres of art, the company pushes the boundaries of physical performance and is constantly researching and redeveloping its artistic form to reach new audiences. Through continued research, intensive training and discovery, the company focuses strength on education, public appreciation and collaboration with new methodologies and ideologies to discover unique and innovative projects. The goal of the company is to balance visceral, risk-taking physicality with precision, detail and structure. SKRSA focuses numerous art forms with a theatrical sensibility that creates a greater accessibility for the public. The diversity and accessibility of the company’s artistic practice is key in expanding support for the art of physical performance, while discovering the furthest edges of innovation in choreography and performance.

OPTIONS: Master classes, school discussions, school visits, workshops/improvisation jams. ​

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) · Length in Minutes: 70 · Is there an intermission: no ​ ​ ​ · Number of Performers on Tour: 1 · Number of Support Staff on Tour: 4 ​ ​ ​ · Per-Performance Fee Range: Mainstage with Outreach Activities: $2500 – $5000 ​ · Available to Tour (Season): Still planning the 2019/20 season, currently open to all bookings except ​ for the spring of 2020

SHAY KUEBLER RADICAL SYSTEM ART Epilogos Shay Kuebler (Artistic Director)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Epilogos is a dance theatre work that explores the five canons of ​ rhetoric, the “art of persuasion,” and the seven values of Bushido, the honor code of the samurai. Working with these influences of control and persuasion, Epilogos reveals how beliefs alter perceptions of value. While systems only have as much power as the people who agree to support them, individuals can often be vulnerable within these agreements. When pushed to extremes, any value can begin to erase itself.

OPTIONS Master classes, school discussions, school visits, workshops/improvisation jams.

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) ● Length in Minutes: 60 ● Is there an intermission: no ​ ● Number of Performers on Tour: 7 ​ ● Number of Support Staff on Tour: 2-3 ​ ● Per-Performance Fee Range: Mainstage with Outreach Activities: more than $5000 ​ ● Available to Tour (Season): Planning for a spring tour in 2020, so would be looking to attach BC ​ touring with National touring

CONTACT Brent Belsher, Phone: 16046192502, Email(s): [email protected], [email protected] ​ ​ ​ ​ Website: www.shaykuebler.com ​ ​

THE BITING SCHOOL Cain and Abel Arash and Aryo Khakpour (directors)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Cain and Abel explores the idea of jealousy and sibling rivalry, which leads to fratricidal violence, fueled by the patriarchal society we inhabit. The inspiration for this work is the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Here we studied the depiction and sensation of killing one’s brother in different contexts. The first half of the show is highly physical, aggressive in rhythm and stereotypically masculine, which is based on the biblical story of Cain and Abel. The second half of the show is a reaction to the absence of women from the biblical story. Inspired by Jean Genet’s The Maids, the work is a study of Cain and Abel as two sisters. With the support of the Canada Council For the Arts, Cain and Abel is a full-length piece.

ARTIST PROFILE Drawing from histories, myths, and philosophical inquiries, The Biting School explores social dynamics, historical roots, and political issues on a physical and visceral level. The company aims to translate the anxiety, the grotesque, the trauma, and the beautiful of our time into the language of the flesh. The Biting School creates works that are ethically engaging, physically demanding, theatrically bold, and rhythmically humorous.

OPTIONS: Theatre, theatre making, acting, clowning, contemporary dance, contact ​ improvisation/partnering workshops. 15 years and up, all levels.

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) · Length in Minutes: 60 · Is there an intermission: Performance does not require intermission. intermission is possible if ​ necessary. · Number of Performers on Tour: 2 ​ · Number of Support Staff on Tour: 1-2 ​ · Per-Performance Fee Range: Mainstage with Outreach Activities: $2500 – $5000 ​ · Available to Tour (Season): 2019: fall, 2020: year round, 2021: year round ​

CONTACT: Aryo Khakpour, Phone: 778-899-9654, Email: [email protected] ​ ​ ​ ​ Website: http://www.bitingschool.com/ ​ ​ EMMALENA FREDRIKSSON AND ARASH KHAKPOUR UNTITLEdISTANCE(S)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION ​ UNTITLEdISTANCE(S) is a series of three dance/theatre duets about people who grew up far from here and far from each other. Through their encounter they tell stories from the past to illuminate their possible imagined individual and collective futures. They dance, entertain, inquire and provoke as they move through universal themes such as togetherness, aging and love to those more arrestingly contemporary such as our rapidly changing climates and migration. What is it that links this wild range of themes? Us. Through questions, answers and attempts to understand this moment in time, the dancers bring humanness to the foreground in far reaching dances of seriousness and silliness, madness and hope. In 65 minutes, three bilingual pairs will enter the stage to challenge their own relationship to ‘self’ and ‘other’, cultural identity, race and gender. Through each duet, the piece offers insights into the individual dancers craft and the complexities of their multicultural realities.

ARTIST PROFILE UNTITLEdISTANCE(S) is a collaborative project by Vancouver based dance artists Arash Khakpour and Emmalena Fredriksson. Originally from Iran and Sweden, Khakpour and Fredriksson are both known for creating thought provoking work and multidisciplinary approach to performance in their respective practices. Curious about choreography in the expanded field of dance, Khakpour and Fredriksson received the Chrystal Dance Prize from Dance Victoria in 2017 to create UNTITLEdISTANCE(S). The project explores contact and text improvisation as a starting point for a collaborative process on immigration, identity and otherness. The work was developed through two residencies at Dance Victoria (Canada) and Dans i Örebro län (Sweden) and premiered at Dancing On The Edge in Vancouver, in July 2017.

OPTIONS In conjunction to performing UNTITLEdISTANCE(S) we offer a series of master classes working with the creation methods we used and developed with the piece. This includes contemporary dance techniques, contact improvisation/partnering, dance and text improvisation. The workshops could be pitched to professionals, students and open level, preferably after presenting the show. We could also offer talks and roundtables on arts and immigration, multicultural integration and the importance of arts in society today.

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) · Length in Minutes: 65 min. ​ · Is there an intermission: Yes, if an intermission is required we would suggest doing two duets ​ before intermission and two duets after. So the piece would then consist of 4 duets instead of 3. · Number of Performers on Tour: 6-8 ​ · Number of Support Staff on Tour: 1-2 ​ · Per-Performance Fee Range with Outreach Activities: more than $5000 ​ · Available to Tour (Season): Fall 2019, 2020 Winter-Fall, 2021 Winter-Fall ​ ​ · Tech information available http://www.madeinbc.org/mibcshowcase/untitledistances/ ​

CONTACT: Emmalena Fredriksson, Phone: 604-655-8428, Email: [email protected], ​ ​ ​ Website(s): www.emmalena.se, www.bitingschool.com ​ ​ ​ ​

FLAMENCO ROSARIO Ayer Y Hoy (Then & Now) Rosario Ancer (Artistic Director)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Flamenco Ayer Y Hoy (Then & Now) tells the history and evolution of flamenco and the beginnings of ​ flamenco dance to new audiences; an exciting and excellent way to reveal the evolution of flamenco! The concepts remains the same but new choreographies are added into the production with each presentation. AYER “In the Past” : flamenco was performed as family entertainment, after work, at weddings or social gatherings. By the mid 1800’s flamenco started entertaining for commercial purposes in “Café Cantante” where one could find food wine and other types of folk music. Flamenco developed a format which one can still find in Spain today. In the “Tablaos Flamencos” all performers are on a small and smoky stage, seated on a row of chairs, with no sound amplification, and each dancer waiting for their turn to perform.

HOY “Today” : Today with Flamenco front and centre on the world stage, it has become a more sophisticated production. With additional lighting effects, more instrumentation and a larger floor area, theatre producers have increasingly focused on the more visual aspects of presentation. The choreographer’s efforts have become closely tied to the complex musical arrangements. Costumes have also changed and different rhythms are used in a single dance to achieve the choreographic vision. In this modern age of communication, cross-pollination of cultures have resulted in a hybridization of flamenco arts as reflected in the dance and music. The soul of Flamenco is Spirit: that remains unchangeable.

ARTIST PROFILE Flamenco Rosario was founded in 1989 by Rosario Ancer and Victor Kolstee. The Company is graced by local talent and guest artists of the highest caliber from around the globe. Flamenco Rosario toured internationally with its award-winning production Mis Hermanas in Mexico in 2010, for which Artistic Director Rosario Ancer was awarded the Isadora Award for Excellence in Choreography and honored with the “The Mayor’s Arts Award 2012” in Dance for her significant and lasting contribution to the creative life in the city. The Company completed two successful provincial tours with Mis Hermanas in the spring of 2013 with presentations in BC and the Yukon, and La Monarca, in Spring 2018. Flamenco Rosario is known for its spirited, fiery, creative and original performances and collaborations. The company continues to honor both the rich flamenco tradition and producing contemporary presentations that transcends geography and culture. Flamenco Rosario received the prestigious Lola Award in 2016.

OPTIONS As is often the case with our company, a wealth of educational opportunities can be offered along tour dates in presenting venues such as dance and guitar workshops that would be beneficial to amateurs and professionals and a Q+A session after the performance to create a dialogue about cross-cultural influences and reflections in the world of flamenco dance.

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) · Length in Minutes: Full Show: 1.20 min. There are 2 parts (40 min. each) ​ · Is there an intermission: 20 min intermission. ​ · Number of Performers on Tour: 8 · Number of Support Staff on Tour: 2 ​ ​ ​ · Per-Performance Fee Range with Outreach Activities: more than $5000 ​ · Available to Tour (Season): fall 2019, spring 2020 ​ ​ · Tech information available http://www.madeinbc.org/mibcshowcase/flamenco-ayer-y-hoy-then-now/

CONTACT Phone: 604.428.2990, Email: [email protected], Website: https://www.flamencorosario.org ​ ​ ​ ​

FLAMENCO ROSARIO Quadrilogue Affective Rosario Ancer (Artistic Director)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Developed in collaboration with Caroline Planté (Montreal) and Mariano Cruceta (Madrid) through two artistic residencies at The Banff Centre in April 2014 and at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in February 2015 where it also premiered. Quadrilogue Affective, as a four-part dialogue between two highly regarded flamenco couples at opposing stages of their professional careers. Intertwining artistic, relational and personal facets of their respective engagement in flamenco art. Quadrilogue Affective embodies an intergenerational exchange of shifting views in movement, where the four artists will present multiple intercrossing narratives questioning the established roles, attributes and vectors of creation of the form, while setting the stage for an intimate, inspiring and accessible discourse about countless reversals of life: past and future, masculinity and femininity, corporeality and , togetherness and solitude in creating and being.

OPTIONS A wealth of educational opportunities can be offered along tour dates in presenting venues: dance and guitar workshops beneficial to amateurs and professionals and a Q+A session after the performance to create a dialogue about intergenerational differences and gender perceptions. Quadrilogue Affective is an ​ artistic allegory of life whose wide embrace touches grand narratives of history, becoming, youth and age as well as gender identities, altruism, and eventually finding oneself meaning through never-ending dialogues with others. The work embodies universal dialogues and renders them accessible in a popular format to a broad and diverse audience including youth, adults and elders, educated and less educated individuals as well Canadians from different cultural backgrounds.

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) · Length in Minutes: Full Show: 80 min. ​ · Is there an intermission: Can be included upon request ​ · Number of Performers on Tour: 8 · Number of Support Staff on Tour: 3 ​ ​ ​ · Per-Performance Fee Range with Outreach Activities: more than $5000 ​ · Available to Tour (Season): fall 2019, spring 2020 ​ ​ · Tech information available http://www.madeinbc.org/mibcshowcase/flamenco-ayer-y-hoy-then-now/

CONTACT: Phone: 604.428.2990, Email: [email protected], Website: ​ ​ ​ https://www.flamencorosario.org

DANCERS OF DAMELAHAMID Minowin Margaret Grenier (Executive and Artistic Director)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Mînowin illuminates the process of finding direction, and explores understandings of organic moments ​ that arise when we connect with one another. These connections breathe new life into our artistic practices, and offer critical inquiries with performance spaces. Through integrating narrative, movement, song, performance, and new multimedia design, Mînowin connects landscapes and Coastal form line with ​ ​ contemporary perspectives of customary Indigenous dance forms. The Dancers of Damelahamid draw from origin stories and explore ways to translate these perspectives through a contemporary lens. For this work to reach its transformative potential, it is necessary to revolutionize how we have learned to work within and claim space. Accompanied by multimedia elements, this production balances the performance space by adding contemporary reflections of Indigenous identity, immersing audiences in a narrative that illustrates moments of connection, understanding, and renewal.

ARTIST PROFILE Dancers of Damelahamid is an Indigenous, contemporary dance company from the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Their rich history of masked dance inspires a compelling performance, celebrating the diversity and time depth of the many beautiful Indigenous cultures across Canada. Through dramatic dance, captivating narrative, intricately carved masks and elaborate regalia, the Dancers of Damelahamid transform time and space, and bridge the ancient with a living tradition.

OPTIONS: Dancers of Damelahamid are available for a number of outreach and audience engagement ​ activities such as lecture-demonstrations, workshops, dance classes and artist talks. Activities include interactive dance movement as well as background information on Indigenous knowledge and dance history.

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) · Length in Minutes (including intermission): 50-70 minutes ​ · Is there an intermission: We don’t anticipate having an intermission ​ · Number of Performers on Tour: 6 · Number of Support Staff on Tour: 3 ​ ​ ​ · Per-Performance Fee Range with Outreach Activities: more than $5000 ​ · Available to Tour (Season): Spring 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021 ​

CONTACT: Jason Dubois, Phone: 604-683-6552, Email: [email protected], ​ ​ ​ ​ Website: www.damelahamid.ca ​ BALLET KELOWNA Mambo and Other Works: a collection of dance created by BC artists Simone Orlando (Artistic Director and CEO)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION MAMBO and Other Works is a mixed program ​ features three works by BC-based choreographers commissioned by Ballet Kelowna. 1723 – Vivaldi: A dynamic work by Wen Wei ​ Wang, 1723 – Vivaldi, commissioned for Ballet ​ ​ Kelowna’s 15th anniversary season in 201. This, mesmerizing sextet features gorgeous partnering, extreme extensions, and complex pointe work for the women. Cuatro Estaciones: An evocative ​ tango-inspired ensemble piece by Ballet Kelowna’s visionary Artistic Director and CEO Simone Orlando set to virtuoso composer Astor Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. ​ ​ MAMBO: Alysa Pires’ ‘crowd-pleasing MAMBO’ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (The GLobe and Mail), is a colourful joie de vivre set to a vibrant soundtrack of Latin, , and jazz standards by musical legends such as Dean Martin, Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney, Sarah Vaughn, and more. MAMBO gained ​ ​ worldwide acclaim after performances at photo: Emily Cooper Bejing’s China International Performing Arts

Expo and Toronto’s Fall for Dance North

Festival in 2018.

ARTIST PROFILE Founded in 2002, and under the leadership of Artistic Director and CEO Simone Orlando since 2014, Ballet Kelowna brings excellent, inspiring, and memorable dance to British Columbia and beyond. The Company presents numerous styles of dance from Canada’s finest emerging and established choreographers, and embraces the precision and athleticism of ballet technique to create original new works that captivate and engage today’s diverse audiences. Serving as the only professional dance company in BC’s Interior, Ballet Kelowna is committed to its role as a leader in the region through encouraging, promoting, and developing Canadian dancers and choreographers. The Company performs annually for over 12,000 audience members in Kelowna and on tour, while also providing unique dance training opportunities and outreach programs.

OPTIONS Ballet Kelowna offers master classes in ballet and contemporary for dance students 12 years old and up. Master classes are taught by a company member, the Artistic Director, or rehearsal director, and are 90 minutes in length. It is preferable to schedule classes the day prior to the performance day, either in the venue or at a local dance school. Ballet Kelowna offers a Q&A session with the dancers and AD following the performance. The Q&A session is open to all audience members.

TOUR DETAILS · Full Length Work (General Audience, Mainstage) · Length in Minutes (including intermission): 75 minutes ​ · Is there an intermission: Yes, we are open to having an intermission. ​ · Number of Performers on Tour: 9 ​ · Number of Support Staff on Tour: 4 ​ · Per-Performance Fee Range: more than $5000 ​ · Available to Tour (Season): 2019/20 season, 2020/21 season ​ · Tech Rider available: http://www.madeinbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Ballet-Kelowna_General-Technical-Rider_Ja n-2019-Update.pdf

CONTACT : Tel: 250-762-6105, Email: [email protected], Website: www.balletkelowna.ca ​ ​ ​ ​