Hedi Graja in The place in between. Photo: John Lauener

Dusk Dances Barrie
is presented by Simcoe Contemporary Dancers
AS A LICENSEE OF DUSK DANCES INC.

HOSTED BY NINA GILMOUR
OPENING BAND TO BE ANNOUNCED

Bound

Choreographed by Louis-Martin Charest

Performed by: Sylvie Bouchard and Brendan Wyatt
Costume design: Cheryl Lalonde
Music: Franz Shubert. Film adaptation (Barry Lyndon) of PIANO TRIO IN E FLAT (second movement)
Costumes: Cheryl Lalonde

Are we not bound to those who have made an impression on our hearts? We have forged unspoken agreements that tie us together to our cores and keep us accountable. These are relations that may come and go but never leave us.

Bound is part of a full-length work titled Histoire d'amour, produced by BoucharDanse, and directed by Marie-Josée Chartier. Histoire d'amour premiered through DanceWorks, at the Harbourfront Centre, in May 2012.

A Dusk Dances premiere.

Rawrabide

Gadfly
Choreographed by Ofilio Sinbadinho

Performed by: Zhenya Cerneacov, Sebastian Hirtenstein, Molly Johnson, Kathleen Legassick and Meredith Thompson
Music by: Ofilio Sinbadinho & Apolonia Velasquez - Adinhos

Rawrabide is inspired by this quote from a 1970s lower class black homosexual, now considered Harlem renaissance, writer and civil rights activist: “I was not born to be defined by someone else, but by myself, and myself only.” Life is a game. Lots of rules, flocks of players, and sloppy referees… The dancers move in staccato and speak with the bravado from urban realness, social activism, and remix culture.

Premieres this year at Dusk Dances

The place in between

La Otra Orilla
Choreographed and directed by
Myriam Allard and Hedi Graja (La Otra Orilla)

Performed by: Myriam Allard and Hedi Graja
Costumes by: Marianne Thériault
Music: Gaël Lane-Lépine (sound track)

An all-out choreographic exploration for three performers: a dancer, a singer and a bata de cola (a long skirt typical to flamenco that transforms the movement and gives rise to another body).

First premiered at Dusk Dances in 2016.

Array

Choreographed by Tanya Farooq, Zara Farooq, Chrissy King
and the performers

Process facilitated by: Sarah Lochhead
Performed by: Chiara Bitonti, Natasha Booth, Amy Eakin, Wendy Hutchinson, Tynesha Jones, Sarah Kennedy, Eliza Pinney, Danielle Rogers, Shelby Thoms, Ruby Wessenger, Celina Wittaker, Kira Wittaker, Rachel Wittaker, Sydney Wittaker
and Alyssa Zimmerman
Music by: “Utopia” by Austra, or “Call Me” by Robyn Dell’Unto

Inspired by the unique composition of our cast, Array explores a kaleidoscope-like structure where each part contributes to the fullness of the whole image.

Premieres this year at Dusk Dances

La gigue en souvenir

Bouchardanse
Choreographed by Sylvie Bouchard

With Mélissandre Tremblay-Bourassa for the last section

Performed by: Zhenya Cerneacov, Sebastian Hirtenstein, Molly Johnson, Kathleen Legassick, Meredith Thompson and Brendan Wyatt
Music by: Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer
Costumes by: Nina Okens
Dance teacher for the students’ section: Denise van Es

La gigue en souvenir makes the past come alive through a journey inspired by the energy, the complexity and the vigour of the traditional Québec gigue. Six dancers perform on the music of Les Charbonniers de l’enfer, reinventing the folk tradition of the "gigue" in a contemporary fashion. This dance, created by Sylvie Bouchard, becomes a bridge between past and present and an ode to this most expressive of heritage. Join us for this rich and invigorating experience.

La gigue en souvenir premiered as a Dusk Dances commission in 2009.