The hilarious and fabulous Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg was in the house at Morrow yesterday "talking shit" (the name of her amazing podcast) about dance during COVID, how you turn an ensemble piece into a solo (while still retaining an ensemble ethos), and the general state of our topsy-turvy world.
The video appears to be too big to upload directly to Blogger's tired interface, so here's a link to the video on Vimeo.
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Yesterday I spent time chatting and hanging out with Dumb Instrument Dance's Ziyian Kwan, whom I write about (along with Action at a Distance's Vanessa Goodman, who unfortunately couldn't be with us) in Chapter 4 of the book.
Ziyian also oversees and runs Morrow, the pop-up venue at which I am hosting my book launch and artist salons this week. In the video below you get some sense of the space, including the noise from the construction that was happening next door!
The first of the MVDH salon conversations is with Kokoro Dance's Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi, whose work I discuss in chapter 3. (Apologies for the feedback/echo; we were sharing two linked devices.)
This week I am launching my new book, My Vancouver Dance History: Story, Movement, Community, in a series of COVID-safe salons with the dance artists I write about.
Details: September 6 – 12, 2020 | Daily: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM @ Morrow (Dumb Instrument Dance’s pop-up venue, 336 West Pender Street, Vancouver).
The schedule is as follows:
Sunday, September 6: Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi (Kokoro Dance)
Monday, September 7: Rob Kitsos
Tuesday, September 8: Ziyian Kwan (Dumb Instrument Dance)*
Wednesday, September 9: Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg (Tara Cheyenne Performance)
Thursday, September 10: Lesley Telford (Inverso Dance)
Friday, September 11: James Gnam and Natalie LeFebvre Gnam (plastic orchid factory)
Saturday, September 12: Justine A. Chambers and Alexa Mardon
*Vanessa Goodman (Action at a Distance) is unable to make it due to a prior commitment.
I will be conducting brief Zoom conversations with each of the artists about how they have adapted to the strange and unsettling times we're currently living through. I'll post the videos (and/or links) here daily.
Here's my brief introduction to the series:
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