SERIES DANCE 10 #57 / Fall Duets

Performers Sarah Hopkin & Carder White in a new work by Sylvie Desrosiers + New Brunswick's Monelle Doiron & Denis Lanteigne SERIES DANCE 10 #57 / Fall Duets November 26, 27, 28 / 7:30 pm / ODD BOX / Doors open at 7 pm (le français suit) Impasse Performers Sarah Hopkin & Calder White Choreography Sylvie Desrosiers Music Raphael Weinroth-Browne Lighting Paul Auclair An emotionally cathartic choreography that focuses on togetherness as a means to carry on through adversity. The movement language channels resilience; bodies striving, pushing, and braving the storm. + UNE HISTOIRE ANODINE, UN COUPLE ORDINAIRE (2018) Created and performed by Monelle Doiron & Denis Lanteigne (Les Drôles de Moineaux) A choreographic exploration of the dynamics of a couple and the roles we each assume in relation to others. BIOGRAPHIES It is under Peter Boneham’s direction at Le Groupe Dance Lab that Sylvie Desrosiers trained and started her career as a choreographer and a teacher. She eventually directed Le Groupe’s dance school from 1990 to 1993 and in the fall of 1994 she joined The School of Dance to establish The School’s Contemporary Dance Programme for which she is still director. As a choreographer Sylvie Desrosiers has presented her work in several Canadian cities. In her career spanning over 30 years, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Ottawa, she has created works including Submergé de pétales d’acier, douce tourmente, à tire d’aile, flots, glace, épaves, distance and the trilogy Vestibulaire. With her company, DORSALE danse, she produced the performances of Submergé, douce tourmente, TOUT danse, fougue and project Brut. Sylvie Desrosiers is a founding member of Ottawa Dance Directive/ Centre de danse contemporaine (ODD), she is the 2011 award winner of the Prix pour la création artistique du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec pour la région de l’Outaouais and the 2017 recipient of the Ottawa Arts Council Victor Tolgesy Award. Sarah Hopkin is a freelance dance artist from Nova Scotia. She is a company member with Ottawa Dance Directive and has danced for Phin Performing Arts, Nostos Collectives, Mocean Dance, Votive Dance, TAKE UP SPACE and Toronto Dance Theatre. Through her company work and freelance projects Sarah has danced for choreographers Jean Grand-Maître, Heidi Strauss, Yvonne Coutts, Lisa Phinney, Syreeta Hector, Catherine Hayward, Peggy Baker, Cathy Kyle Fenton, and Christopher House among others. Sarah teaches at The School of Dance in Ottawa, and has taught for Halifax Dance and the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts. She has taught professional classes, community classes, and senior chair classes through Mocean Dance and the Ottawa Dance Directive. Sarah is an alumna of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Performance Dance Program. Calder White is a dance artist, educator, and choreographer based on the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. He is an alumnus of Tkaronto's Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre and holds a BFA in Dance from the Ohio State University. He has originated roles in work by Shay Kuebler, Joshua Beamish, Wen Wei Wang, Ziyian Kwan, Rachel Meyer, and Lesley Telford amongst others. His own choreography has been presented by institutions across North America, including Santa Barbara Dance Theater, Dancing on the Edge Festival, Danceworks Toronto, Odd Meridian Arts, Ottawa Dance Directive, and Kinetic Studios Halifax. He is the proud recipient of the 2022 Hnatyshyn Foundation's Award for Exceptional Talent in Contemporary Dance. Known for his emotionally charged performances and boundary pushing vision, Raphael Weinroth-Browne has become one of the most innovative cellists of his generation. He has toured the world with prog icons Leprous, opening for Evanescence and Apocalyptica and performing at the Royal Albert Hall. Weinroth-Browne has appeared at prestigious festivals such as the Cello Biennale Amsterdam. He has composed and performed original scores for contemporary dance productions with Ottawa Dance Directive and the UK-based company James Wilton Dance. With his solo albums Worlds Within, Lifeblood, and Empyrean, Weinroth-Browne has taken the cello far beyond classical, becoming an ambassador for what the cello can be in the 21st century. Paul Auclair is a scenographer and independent lighting designer based in the Outaouais region. From 1993 to 1997, he served as Production Manager for Théâtre du Trillium and Arts Court Theatre. Between 1997 and 2009, he worked as Technical Director as well as set and lighting designer with Le Groupe Lab de Danse. In addition to the many designs he created for resident choreographers at the Groupe Lab de Danse, he has also designed sets and lighting for several theatre companies and choreographers in the region. From 2013 to 2021, he taught in the Department of Theatre at the University of Ottawa, where he also held the position of Head Carpenter. IMP ASSE marks his fifth collaboration with choreographer Sylvie Desrosiers, following his lighting designs for Submergé de pétales d’acier, Vestibulaire, volte-face and douce tourmente. Monelle Doiron is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Rang-St-Georges, New Brunswick. She studied drama at the University of Moncton before earning her bachelor’s degree in contemporary dance at the University of Quebec in Montreal. After completing her studies, dance instruction took center stage in her career. It was upon her return to New Brunswick in 2009 that her creative work began to take shape. She collaborated with several local artists and, in 2015, founded the collective Les Drôles de Moineaux with her life and creative partner, visual artist Denis Lanteigne. Together, they explore performance, choreography, and video. She received the Éloizes Award in the Artist of the Year category for dance/circus arts for her choreographic exploration in video dance, *Les oiseaux*, in 2022. Denis Lanteigne is from Caraquet, N.-B. (Bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Moncton and 2 years Visual art at Bathurst College in 1973). From 1975-1982, he worked on artistic projects in Caraquet. He moved to Montreal in 1982, where he worked as a hat-maker. He moved back to Caraquet in 2003, where he has been working on various sculptural and photographic projects, as well as outdoor installations. In 2017, he founded the Collectif les Drôles de moineaux with his partner and choreographer Monelle Doiron. He participates in various dance and choreography projects in partnership. He is the director of the La Constellation Bleue Artists’ Center and the Bernard- Jean Gallery in Caraquet. He has served on the boards of the AAAPNB, artsnb, and the Caraquet Cultural Commission. -------------------------------------------- SÉRIE DANSE 10 #57 présente Duos d'automne 26, 27, 28 novembre / 19h 30 / ODD BOX Impasse Interprètes Sarah Hopkin & Calder White Chorégraphie Sylvie Desrosiers Musique Raphael Weinroth-Browne Éclairages Paul Auclair Une chorégraphie émotionnellement cathartique qui met l’accent sur la solidarité comme moyen de surmonter l’adversité. Le langage du mouvement canalise la résilience ; les corps luttent, poussent et affrontent la tempête. + UNE HISTOIRE ANODINE, UN COUPLE ORDINAIRE Chorégraphie et interprétation Monelle Doiron & Denis Lanteigne / Les Drôles de Moineaux Une exploration chorégraphique autour de la dynamique du couple et des rôles que l’on prend individuellement vis-à-vis de ses semblables. BIOGRAPHIES C’est sous la direction de Peter Boneham, au Groupe Dance Lab, que Sylvie Desrosiers s’est formée et a amorcé sa carrière de chorégraphe et d’enseignante. Elle a ensuite dirigé l’école de danse du Groupe de 1990 à 1994. Puis en 1994, elle se joint à The School of Dance pour y établir le Programme de danse contemporaine qu’elle dirige toujours.