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Fondation De Danse Margie Gill- Listes Des Oeuvres Title Created Choreographer Composer/Musician Costume Lighting Time dancers First performed WILLIE (Shango in Concert) 1973 Margie Gillis Joni Mitchell Rose 1 Montreal Poems & songs by Margie WORDS 1974 Margie Gillis Gillis Jack Udashkin 1 Vancouver MEDITATION 1974 Margie Gillis Silence Jack Udashkin 1 Vancouver GOING BACK 1974 Margie Gillis Chard Jack Udashkin 1 Vancouver REFLECTIONS 1974 Margie Gillis Chard Jack Udashkin 1 Vancouver ENTRANCE 1974 Margie Gillis Chard Jack Udashkin 1 Vancouver WILLIE (This Part of the Circle) 1974 Margie Gillis Narrator: Yvette Rose 3 LOVE SONG 1974 Margie Gillis Elton John Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Montreal PRISON BLUES 1975 Margie Gillis Chard Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Vancouver SOMBRERO SUNDAY 1975 Margie Gillis Chris Sherlock Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Victoria THE DREAM 1975 Margie Gillis In silence Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Vancouver WOMAN LA LUNE 1975 Margie Gillis John Renbourn Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Vancouver WORDS WORDS 1975 Margie Gillis Chris Sherlock Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Victoria OVERSPILL 1976 Martha Icaress Joe Schwartz Appleby Studio Concert New York SISTERS OF MERCY 1976 Margie Gillis Leonard Cohen Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Wyoming THE WHITE GODDESS 1977 Linda Rabin group work Montreal HEARAFTER 1977 Leslie Dillingham Church music group New York Loggins & Messina, MERCY 1977 Margie Gillis Leonard Cohen Rose Jack Udashkin 8 mins 1 Winnipeg CLOWN 1978 Margie Gillis Miriam Charney Jack Udashkin 1 New York ESTUARIES 1978 John Goodwin Chic Corea John Goodwin Jack Udashkin 1 New York GLACIER 1978 Margie Gillis Poem by Jack Udashkin Rose Jack Udashkin 1 New York LEARNING HOW TO DIE 1978 Margie Gillis Louis Furey Rose Jack Udashkin Montreal WALTZING MATILDA 1978 Margie Gillis Tom Waits Sylvain Labelle Jack Udashkin 6:40 mins 1 Edmonton LULLABY 1979 Margie Gillis J.S. Bach Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Montreal Musée des Beaux ONE 1979 Margie Gillis In silence Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Arts PREMONITION 1979 Linda Rabin Phillip Werren Linda Rabin Jack Udashkin 1 Montreal ON THE NICKLE 1980 Margie Gillis Tom Waits Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Montreal ONCE UPON A TIME RIGHT NOW 1980 Margie Gillis John Menegon Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Montreal THE WINDOW 1980 Margie Gillis Leonard Cohen Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Montreal BROKEN ENGLISH 1980 Margie Gillis Marianne Faithfull Rose ad. Nick Cernovitch 4:30 mins 1 Toronto UNTITLED 1980 Margie Gillis In silence Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Nancy, France JERSEY GIRL 1981 Margie Gillis Tom Waits Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Montreal LUSH LIFE 1981 Margie Gillis Michel Therrien Rose Jack Udashkin Montreal DUET 1982 Paul Taylor Joseph Haydn George Tacet Jennifer Tipton 7:06 mins 2 Montreal MGillis, L.Guillemette, LE X SUR L'ENDROIT 1982 J.Udashkin Jon & Vangelis Rose Jack Udashkin Montreal MOI, KING KONG 1982 Paul-André Fortier Charles Mingus Paul-André Fortier Jack Udashkin 1 Montreal Patrick Elliot & Kazuo SECRETS 1982 Margie Gillis Michel Therrien Ohno Jack Udashkin 8 mins 1 Montreal THIN ICE 1982 Christopher Gillis Yoko Ono Christopher Gillis Jack Udashkin 2 Montreal Title Created Choreographer Composer/Musician Costume Lighting Time dancers First performed GIVE ME YOUR HEART TONIGHT 1983 Margie Gillis Shakin' Stevens Rose Jack Udashkin 3:05 mins 2 Montreal HOW THE ROSEHIPS QUIVER 1983 Margie Gillis Dalglish & Larsen George Lévesque Jack Udashkin 19 mins 1 Montreal THIRD WORLD DREAM 1983 Margie Gillis Talking Heads Michel Robidas Jack Udashkin 4:56 mins 1 Montreal WHO GETS TO FLY ANYMORE ANYWAY 1983 Margie Gillis Talking Heads Rose Jack Udashkin 1 Montreal Martha Clarke & GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS 1984 Margie Gillis Dick Peaslee New York LITHIUM FOR MEDEA 1984 Stephanie Ballard Kitaro Phew Stephanie Ballard Jack Udashkin 9 minutes 1 Toronto NOCTURNE 1984 Martha Clarke Felix Mendelssohn Kitty Daly Peggy Stegenga 8 mins 1 Toronto Quebec Symphony, UNTITLED 1984 Margie Gillis Pachelbel Rose Jack Udashkin 15 mins 1 Québec SLIPSTREAM 1985 Margie Gillis J.S. Bach Rose Jack Udashkin 2:25 mins 1 Montreal SOMEONE MISSING 1985 Margie Gillis Eugene Friesen Rose Jack Udashkin 9 minutes 1 Montreal MAGRITTE 1986 Margie Gillis Paul Simon Rose Jack Udashkin 4 mins 1 Montreal THE HABIT 1986 John Butler Dafos John Butler Jack Udashkin 15 mins 1 Montreal THE LITTLE ANIMAL 1986 Margie Gillis Eugene Friesen Rose ad. Nick Cernovitch 3:35 mins 1 Montreal MG, CG, James Eugene Friesen w. David VERS LA GLACE 1986 Kudelka Rothenberg Rose ad. Pierre Lavoie 8:56 mins 2 Montreal N.Cernovitch/Jennifer PAEAN 1987 Christopher Gillis W.A. Mozart Ginger Blake Tipton 5:45 mins 2 City Centre, NY 1987 PRAYER 1987 Stephanie Ballard Eugene Friesen Stephanie Ballard Hugh Conacher 3 mins 1 New York ANNA 1987 Margie Gillis Poetry Patrick Friesen Winnipeg TESTIMONY OF THE ROSE 1987 Margie Gillis Eugene Friesen George Lévesque Jack Udashkin 20 mins 1 Montreal FROM GRACE'S GARDEN 1988 Margie Gillis English Madrigals Rose Pierre Lavoie 12 mins 1 Montreal 1988 Calgary LIKE THE MOON PULLS THE TIDE 1988 Margie Gillis J-F Fabiano Sylvain Labelle Nicholas Cernovitch 5 mins 1 Olympics 1988 Calgary ROOTS OF THE RHYTHM REMAIN 1988 Margie Gillis J-F Fabiano Sylvain Labelle Nick Cernovitch 9 mins 1 Olympics SPELL IT OUT 1988 Christopher Gillis Burt Bacharach Christopher Gillis Nicholas Cernovitch 4 mins Montreal TWILIGHT 1988 Stephanie Ballard Franz Schubert Stephanie Ballard Nicholas Cernovitch 6 mins 1 Montreal Narrated by Siobhan BLOOM 1989 Margie Gillis McKenna Rose Nick C., Pierre Lavoie 8 mins 1 Montreal LUVS ALPHABET 1989 Christopher Gillis Dionne Warwick Ginger Blake Nicholas Cernovitch 12 mins 2 Montreal MARA 1989 Stephanie Ballard Camille Saint-Saens Stephanie Ballard Nicholas Cernovitch 9 mins 1 Winnipeg TIME OUT 1989 Stephanie Ballard Laraaji Stephanie Ballard Nick Cernovitch (SB) 9:46 2 Montreal Margie Gillis, Paola MILKMAID 1990 Styron, MFourcault Collage Rose Nicholas Cernovitch 9 mins 1 not yet premiered VARIATIONS 1990 Margie Gillis J.S. Bach Sylvain Labelle Nicholas Cernovitch 9 mins 1 Prague WITH EARTH 1990 Margie Gillis Bulgarian Female Cho Rose Pierre Lavoie 9 mins 1 Montreal DESERT 1991 Margie Gillis Sinead O'Connor Christopher Gillis Pierre Lavoie 6 mins 1 Montreal JE T'EN PRIE 1991 Margie Gillis Jean Lenoir Rose Pierre Lavoie 3 mins 1 PdA 1991 Margie Gillis & MARGRET OF ROSELAND 1991 Stéphanie Ballard Various SB & MG Pierre Lavoie 60 mins 5 Montreal 1991 Stephanie Ballard & CONTINUIUM 1991 Stephanie Ballard Eugene Friesen Dancers Winnipeg Title Created Choreographer Composer/Musician Costume Lighting Time dancers First performed with Paul Taylor ANDALUSIAN GREEN 1992 Christopher Gillis Granados Company New York Dead Can Dance/Bulgarian A GATHERING 1992 Stephanie Ballard Female Choir Stephanie Ballard Pierre Lavoie 20 mins 5 Montreal BLOOM TWO (for Christopher Gillis) 1992 Margie Gillis Narration by E.G. Marshall Ginger Blake N.Cernovitch & P.Lavoie 5:25 mins 1 Quebec City Musée du Québec, HOMMAGE 1992 Margie Gillis André Gagnon Rose Pierre Lavoie 4 mins 1 Québec LANDSCAPE 1993 Christopher Gillis Edvard Grieg Ginger Blake Pierre Lavoie 11 mins 1 Joyce, Jan 1993 Margie Gillis, Christopher Gillis, Joao Québec City, 9 Nov NE ME QUITTE PAS 1993 Mauricio Jacques Brel Rose Pierre Lavoie 4:15 mins 2 93 TORN ROOTS, BROKEN BRANCHES 1993 Margie Gillis Sinead O'Connor Norma Kamali Pierre Lavoie 5:33 mins 1 DIFFA, Oct 18 1993 Rose, SBallard & Ginger EMPTY LIGHT 1994 MG & SB Akikazu Nakamura Blake Pierre Lavoie 2 Tokyo, Japan CERTAINS CRIS 1994 Margie Gillis Lise Vézina/André Prévost Rose Montreal with Paul Taylor ICARUS AT NIGHT 1994 Christopher Gillis Bach Company New York Robert Wood & THE UNVEILING 1995 Robert Wood Collage Associates New York UNTITLED 1994 MG & Danny Ezralow Ogada Rose Montreal Purcell & Mahler & Jessye THE HEAVEN I CANNOT SEE 1995 MG & Paola Styron Norman Ginger Blake Pierre Lavoie 10:28 mins 2 Joyce Theater Jacques Brel & Evelyn THE STOLEN CHILD 1995 MG & Brent Carver Danzig Norma Kamali Pierre Lavoie 6:30 mins 2 PdA, May 25, 1995 Pauline Koner/Ginger THE FAREWELL 1995 Pauline Koner Gustav Mahler Blake Nicholas Cernovitch 28:09 mins 1 Joyce, Feb 14, 1995 FALLEN ANGELS 1995 MG & Robert LaFosse Steve Martland Ginger Blake Pierre Lavoie 2 Columbus, OH DUSK 1995 MG & Joao Mauricio Bach/Vivaldi Rose & JMauricio Pierre Lavoie 5 mins 2 Montreal SEUL LE DÉSIR 1995 MG & Robert Wood Arvo Part Ginger Blake Pierre Lavoie 12 mins 2 Lennoxville, Jan 1996 BEHIND THE WINDOW, INSIDE THE COURTYARD, WHERE THERE'S A Michel Provencher & Deep Joyce Theater, May FOUNTAIN 1996 Robert Wood Forest Georges Lévesque Pierre Lavoie 28 mins 1 97 Margie Gillis/Rex CBC Special 1996, THE WALTZ 1996 Harrington Leonard Cohen Anne Dixon Pierre Lavoie 5 mins 2 Toronto WINDOW OF LOSS 1996 MG & Joao Mauricio Jacques Brel Rose Pierre Lavoie 5 mins 2 Lake Placid, Aug. 96 LOS HILOS DE MI SANGRE 1996 Robert Wood Deep Forest Georges Lévesque Pierre Lavoie 17 mins 1 Lake Placid, Aug. 96 Fest. St-Florent le COMME UN PIERRE SUR LE CIEL 1996 MG & Joao Mauricio Akikazu Nakamura Anne Dixon Pierre Lavoie 13 mins 2 Vieil Kurt Wiel interpreted by CBC Special 1996, I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF 1996 James Kudelka Brent Carver Anne Dixon 2 Toronto Title Created Choreographer Composer/Musician Costume Lighting Time dancers First performed Toronto, Canadian Children's Dance SLIPSTREAM 2 (group work) 1996 Margie Gillis Bach Theatre Robert Wood & ASCENCION 1996 Robert Wood Collage Associates New York for Jennifer Swan COME BY THE HILLS 1996 Dancers Loreena McKennit London, ON Joyce Theater, May HELIX 1997 Irene Dowd Casey Wamble Anne Dixon Pierre Lavoie 7 min 1 97 Eugene Friesen & John Joyce Theater,
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