Welcome to IMPULSE 2015. This is an ambitious main-stage performance of ensemble works, showcasing dancers from all three years of the Professional Training Program. Tonight you will see an exciting collection of new choreography as well as renowned revivals. PLEASE NOTE: • Latecomers will not be admitted to the theatre until there is a break in the performance. • The use of cameras, video cameras, or camera phones is strictly prohibited. • Please turn off your cell phones, or set to silent mode. Ripple (1995) Choreography: Julia Sasso Rehearsal Assistance: Andrea Roberts Music: String Quartet No. 4 (Buczak 3), Philip Glass, performed by the Kronos Quartet Lighting Design: Jennifer Lennon after Ron Snippe Costume Design: Jennifer Dallas Dancers: • Olivia Arcangeli, Samantha Bauer, Sophia Bush Anderson, Matheus Da Silva Santos, Adeline Faucher, Momoko Kawada, Brooke Lewis, Mario Ma, Chihiro Nukuto, Katelyn Olsen, Katie Over, Madison Ruff, Kendra Shorter, Devon Snell, Roberto Soria, Sasha Speed, Kristen-Innes Stambolic, Tyra Temple-Smith Created in tandem with my first professional full-length work, my first commissioned dance for the School’s PTP shares choreographic passages and imagery with Sporting Life. Ripple’s student interpreters have included Ric Brown, Val Calam, Alana Elmer, Evadne Kelly, Andrea Roberts, and Lise Vachon. A remount of Sporting Life (March 3-5, 2016) features PTP alumni Matthew Cuff and Mateo Galindo Torres. They, and the earlier cast members of Ripple, are shining examples – all – of the School’s considerable achievements. - JS TALK schooloftdt.org @SchoolofTDT /schooloftdt @SchoolofTDT TO US! What fools (November 26, 2015) Choreography: Marc Boivin Rehearsal Direction: Andrea Roberts Music: Violin Concerto #3 Mvt. 3, Philip Glass, Vienna Philarmonic Orchestra Lighting Design: Jennifer Lennon Costume Design: Jennifer Dallas Dancers: • Nicola Adilman, Vanessa Chiasson, Ilia Dergousoff, Maude Fortier, Tiera Joly Pavelich, Tylee Jones, Tia Kushniruk, Jocelyn Mah, Philip McDermott, Connor McPhail, Federico Puentes Acosta, Mio Sakamoto, Brianna Salmon, Deltin Sejour, Marta Teja Mesa, Anya Tregubova, Kelsey Woods On William’s words I tread so lightly Creation’s grandeur brings fear in me But I have been made Puck for all to share Even though summer nights have passed May mid autumn night be as real as summer And dreams within awaken Thanks to Alicia Fuller, Geanderson Mello, Sam Monk, and Olivia Stiernholm for their contributions to the creative process. - MB National Spirit (1976) Choreography: Danny Grossman Rehearsal Direction: Eddie Kastrau Music: American anthems and marches, John Phillip Sousa Lighting Design: Jennifer Lennon after Peter Anderson Costume Design: Cheryl Lalonde after Mary Kerr Dancers: • Sonja Boretski, Vicky Gélineau, Sebastian Hirtenstein, Hilary Knee, Adrian Maxwell-Campagna, Mikaela Orford, Jake Ramos, Emily Spearing, Noelle Young (Nov 26 & 28, Dec 4) • Marie-Pier Beauregard, Rachel Borshell, Jade Clancy, Anna Defent, Raya Facey, Sebastian Hirtenstein, Adrian Maxwell-Campagna, Jake Ramos, Katherine Semchuk, Margarita Soria (Nov 27, Dec 3 & 5) As a child growing up in the United States, I was profoundly moved by the films of Charlie Chaplin. From him, I learned how personal and political views can affect art. Most of all, I learned about the power of humour. National Spirit was choreographed in 1976, a few years after the Vietnam War ended. It has been performed for over 30 years to cheers, boos, and laughter in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Colombia, England, Wales, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Israel. - DG INTERMISSION Moonlight (November 26, 2015) Choreography: Louis Laberge-Côté and the dancers Music: Excerpts from Escapade, Adam Stansbie, and Piano Sonata #14 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27/2, - 1. Adagio Sostenuto, Beethoven Sound Editing: Louis Laberge-Côté Lighting Design: Jennifer Lennon Costume Design: Jennifer Dallas Dancers: • Marie-Pier Beauregard, Sonja Boretski, Rachel Borshell, Jade Clancy, Anna Defent, Raya Facey, Vicky Gélineau, Sebastian Hirtenstein, Hilary Knee, Adrian Maxwell-Campagna, Mikaela Orford, Jake Ramos, Katherine Semchuk, Margarita Soria Emily Spearing, Noelle Young A nocturnal world imbued with solitude, yearning, and melancholia. I would like to thank the dancers for their commitment and generosity, and the School for their ongoing support and trust. - LLC UNM00RED (November 26, 2015) Choreography: Apolonia Velasquez Rehearsal Assistance: Andrea Roberts Music: Adinhos Lighting Design: Jennifer Lennon Costume Coordination: Jennifer Dallas Dancers: • Nicola Adilman, Vanessa Chiasson, Ilia Dergousoff, Maude Fortier, Tiera Joly Pavelich, Tylee Jones, Tia Kushniruk, Jocelyn Mah, Philip McDermott, Connor McPhail, Federico Puentes Acosta, Mio Sakamoto, Brianna Salmon, Deltin Sejour, Marta Teja Mesa, Anya Tregubova, Kelsey Woods “When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else you surrender your own integrity”. (Eleanor Roosevelt) Sailing solo or tagging along? Unmoored is a free agent at sea. This storm rider negotiates both pole-opposite torments, individuality and crowds. Thank you to The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Patricia Fraser, Andrea Roberts, Ofilio Sinbadinho, and to my powerhouse dancers for their dedication. Thanks to Alicia Fuller, Geanderson Mello, Sam Monk, and Olivia Stiernholm for their contributions to the creative process. - AV CHOREOGRAPHERS Dancer, improviser, teacher, and choreographer, MARC BOIVIN began his dance career at Le Groupe de la Place Royale in Ottawa under the directorship of Peter Boneham, and in 1985 joined Ginette Laurin and her newly formed company O Vertigo Danse, touring extensively throughout Europe and North America. Since 1991 he has worked as an independent dancer, performing for numerous choreographers. Affiliated with L’École de danse contemporaine de Montréal since 1987, Boivin regularly guest teaches and choreographs in schools and professional organizations across Canada. He has been president of the Fondation Jean-Pierre Perreault since 2006, president of the board of the RQD (Regroupement québécois de la danse) (2010-2014), and sat on the board of the Montreal Arts Council (2005-2010). In 1999, Boivin was awarded the Jacqueline Lemieux Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts, and in 2014 the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outsanding Male Performance, for Mélanie Demers’ duet WOULD, with Kate Holden. DANNY GROSSMAN is a renowned Canadian choreographer, performer, and teacher of modern dance. His unique artistic vision and extensive repertoire integrate humour, beauty, athleticism, and social commentary. In 1977, he formed his own company, creating a repertoire of more than 50 works. Grossman has been the recipient of the Dora Mavor Moore Award, the Jean A. Chalmers Award, The Dance Ontario Award, the Muriel Sherrin Award, and The Toronto Arts Council Foundation’s William Kilbourn Lifetime Achievement Award. LOUIS LABERGE-CÔTÉ is a Toronto-based dancer, choreographer, teacher, and rehearsal director. An acclaimed performer, he has danced nationally and internationally with over 20 companies, including Toronto Dance Theatre (1999-2007) and Kevin O’Day Ballett Nationaltheater Mannheim (2009-2011). He has created over 60 choreographic works, commissioned and presented in Canada and abroad. His work has garnered him a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Choreography, as well as nominations for Performance and Choreography. A sought-after pedagogue, he is on faculty at Ryerson University and the National Ballet of Canada (In-Studio). He currently shares the Vice-Presidency of the Canadian Dance Assembly and is the Chair of the Dance Committee at the Toronto Arts Council. He is the recipient of the School’s 2015 Kathryn Ash Choreographic Commission Award. JULIA SASSO’s work has been commissioned and presented throughout Canada, in the United States, and abroad by the Canada Dance Festival, Dancemakers, Harbourfront Centre, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada, and Toronto Dance Theatre, among others. Sasso performed internationally with Dancemakers for sixteen seasons and continues to create and perform independently. She is a core faculty member and a Resident Choreographer of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre’s PTP and teaches in York University’s Department of Dance at the graduate and undergraduate levels. www.juliasasso.com Recipient of the Dance Ontario Innovation Award and the Manifesto Innovation & Originality Award, APOLONIA VELASQUEZ is the co-director of dance company Gadfly. Her work includes Dora Mavor Moore Award winning Klorofyl. She and artistic partner Ofilio Sinbadinho have created their technique known as Aybrid Movement. Velasquez has been commissioned to create work for Alias Dance Project, Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, Claudia Moore, and Ryerson Theatre School. Gadfly has been presented at Festival DansEncore, Luminato, Nuit Blanche, and Ontario Dance Weekend. Velasquez is also founder of the yearly TUDS Festival of Urban Dance Culture. Renowned for her versatility, she has acquired considerable experience in the entertainment and theatre dance industries. www.gadfly.ca Young Dancers’ Program CREATIVE MOVEMENT FOR DANCERS AGES 3-17 WINTER TERM: Jan 9 - May 7, 2016 | schooloftdt.org/ydp FUNDAMENTALS OF DANCE (I and II) Adult dance classes at the School of TDT. Jan 6–March 23, 2016 schooloftdt.org/adult-rec DANCE WITH US PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM Enjoying IMPULSE 2015? Apply now for the PTP starting in September