A performance that pairs community members with professional dancers is part of International Day of Dance celebrations at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.
Kinesis Dance Somatheatro, a Vancouver-based company devoted to contemporary dance and physical theatre, is presenting The Nelken Line 麻豆传媒映画Project. Artistic director Paras Terezakis will lead the performance by 20 dancers paired with 20 novice community performers.
The performance is happening twice: on Granville Island on Sunday, April 28 at noon, then outside the Shadbolt Centre in Burnaby on Monday, April 29 at noon.
The project came about thanks to an effort by the Pina Bausch Foundation to keep the choreographic legacy of Bausch alive. Bausch, a German-born choreographer, was regarded as the 鈥渉igh priestess鈥� of dance theatre from the 1970s until her death in 2009.
鈥淚n high contrast to the cool experimental dance work of her time, Pina鈥檚 works delved deeply into the human condition and often explored themes of desire, love, illusion, disappointment and obsession, embracing both the heights and the hell of human nature,鈥� says a press release.
After her death, the dancers from her Tanztheater Wuppertal kept the company together to perform her repertoire. In 2017, the Pina Bausch Foundation sent an invitation worldwide to 鈥渏oin The Nelken Line鈥� 鈥� one of Bausch鈥檚 works, also known as The Seasons or The Carnation Line.
鈥淟ines鈥� 鈥� sequences of movement with repetitive steps and gestures that the dancers perform standing in a long queue - are a recurring element in many of her works. In The Nelken Line, there are four distinct gestures that represent the alternation of the four seasons.
The foundation asks that those who take up the Nelken Line challenge make a video of their live event that can then be shared by the foundation and enjoyed by people around the world.
Local arts producer Carolyn Lair saw the invitation and thought it was the perfect opportunity to celebrate Bausch and feature the talents of local dancers, performers and media artists. She took the idea to Terezakis, who invited media artist Sammy Chien and scenographer Andreas Kahre to join the project.
Conductor Tim Sars is also on board; he will lead the 麻豆传媒映画Carnival Band in playing the Nelken Line theme, Louis Armstrong鈥檚 West End Blues.
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No dance experience is necessary for any community performers who鈥檇 like to join in; the company is reaching out in particular to new immigrants and people with disabilities. Community performers must register by April 5 and take part in orientation and rehearsals prior to the event. They鈥檙e also required to be on site from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the day of performance.
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