Bboyizm - March 5

Helen Walkley
January 29, 2022 at 8pm
MacEwan University, Allard Hall Theatre Lab
11110 104 Ave

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JOHN 

John is a memoir of my oldest brother John, who disappeared from Vancouver in May of 1969, never to be heard from again. I sourced from an archive of family letters dating from 1959 – 2010, which document the years leading up to his disappearance, his medical history, and the subsequent tracking my parents did of his disappearance. He was twenty-three at the time and I was thirteen. 

- Helen Walkley

Helen Walkley
January 30, 2022 at 2pm
MacEwan University, Allard Hall Theatre Lab
11110 104 Ave

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JOHN 

John is a memoir of my oldest brother John, who disappeared from Vancouver in May of 1969, never to be heard from again. I sourced from an archive of family letters dating from 1959 – 2010, which document the years leading up to his disappearance, his medical history, and the subsequent tracking my parents did of his disappearance. He was twenty-three at the time and I was thirteen. 

- Helen Walkley

MAYDAY
February 8, 2022
MacEwan University, Allard Hall, Triffo Theatre
11110 104 Ave
8pm

La Goddam Voie Lactée

La Goddam Voie Lactée’s reaction to the harshness and asperity of the world is to offer up a pagan mass. A celebration in the form of a challenge. Drawing inspiration from the constant mourning that marks our current age, Mélanie Demers dives into a reflection on the theme of incompleteness. Each one is camped out at their own lookout post; sometimes they jump into the arena and grab hold of gestures, words, music, to drape around themselves like a costume. They sketch out their universe, drawing and erasing it. An aesthetic little Big Bang, La Goddam Voie Lactée is an exercise in self-imagination, a means of finding our bearings in this imperfect and infinite world which is our common belonging and inheritance.

BONUS! See MAYDAY twice in one month. Purchase tickets to MAYDAY and receive 20% off for Mile Zero Dance's presentation of Icône Pop, February 18 + 19

La Goddam Voie Lactée

February 9, 2022

8pm

Allard Hall, MacEwan University

11110 104 Ave 

La Goddam Voie Lactée’s reaction to the harshness and asperity of the world is to offer up a pagan mass. A celebration in the form of a challenge. Drawing inspiration from the constant mourning that marks our current age, Mélanie Demers dives into a reflection on the theme of incompleteness. Each one is camped out at their own lookout post; sometimes they jump into the arena and grab hold of gestures, words, music, to drape around themselves like a costume. They sketch out their universe, drawing and erasing it. An aesthetic little Big Bang, La Goddam Voie Lactée is an exercise in self-imagination, a means of finding our bearings in this imperfect and infinite world which is our common belonging and inheritance.

BONUS! See MAYDAY twice in one month. Purchase tickets to MAYDAY and receive 20% off for Mile Zero Dance's presentation of Icône Pop, February 18 + 19

Bboyizm
March 4, 2022 @ 8pm
University of Alberta
Timms Centre for the Arts
87 Ave 112 Street

Bboyizm - In My Body

It's said that the bravest thing a dancer can do is grow old – for a b-boy/b-girl, the experience is approaching heroic. In keeping with hip-hop culture, b-boys/b-girls present a façade of confidence and invincibility as they engage in battles to prove their value and establish their dominance. The resulting vocabulary is one of the most physically demanding and visually impressive of the dance genres and leaves no room for the expression of vulnerability.

For In My Body, dancer / choreographer Crazy Smooth brings together an intergenerational group of dancers and an international creative team for an intensely athletic investigation of the evolution of self and the effects of aging on street dancers. 

The BWDC is more than proud to be a co-producer of this new work. 

Bboyizm
March 5, 2022 @ 8pm
University of Alberta
Timms Centre for the Arts
87 Ave 112 Street

Bboyizm - In My Body

It's said that the bravest thing a dancer can do is grow old – for a b-boy/b-girl, the experience is approaching heroic. In keeping with hip-hop culture, b-boys/b-girls present a façade of confidence and invincibility as they engage in battles to prove their value and establish their dominance. The resulting vocabulary is one of the most physically demanding and visually impressive of the dance genres and leaves no room for the expression of vulnerability.

For In My Body, dancer / choreographer Crazy Smooth brings together an intergenerational group of dancers and an international creative team for an intensely athletic investigation of the evolution of self and the effects of aging on street dancers. 

The BWDC is more than proud to be a co-producer of this new work. 

Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman
April 22-23, 2022
MacEwan University
Allard Hall Theatre Lab
11110 104 Ave

GRAVEYARDS AND GARDENS
Graveyards and Gardens is a collaborative performance installation. This new work examines memory as a process of reconstruction rather than an exact recall of fixed events, embracing the various elaborations, distortions, and omissions. 

“A dance. A concert. A curious analogue driven performance experience. A visual and sonic album of reconstructed memories and distortions. Revealed in an immersive environment of nature and technology. The warm glow of antiquated innovations and embodied experience. It’s a living album that continues to fold and unfold into itself. Digging deep into the beauty of how the body remembers” – Nicole Mion. 

Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman
April 22, 2022, 8pm
MacEwan University
Allard Hall Theatre Lab
11110 104 Ave

GRAVEYARDS AND GARDENS
Graveyards and Gardens is a collaborative performance installation. This new work examines memory as a process of reconstruction rather than an exact recall of fixed events, embracing the various elaborations, distortions, and omissions. 

“A dance. A concert. A curious analogue driven performance experience. A visual and sonic album of reconstructed memories and distortions. Revealed in an immersive environment of nature and technology. The warm glow of antiquated innovations and embodied experience. It’s a living album that continues to fold and unfold into itself. Digging deep into the beauty of how the body remembers” – Nicole Mion. 

Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman
April 23, 2022, 8pm
MacEwan University
Allard Hall Theatre Lab
11110 104 Ave

GRAVEYARDS AND GARDENS
Graveyards and Gardens is a collaborative performance installation. This new work examines memory as a process of reconstruction rather than an exact recall of fixed events, embracing the various elaborations, distortions, and omissions. 

“A dance. A concert. A curious analogue driven performance experience. A visual and sonic album of reconstructed memories and distortions. Revealed in an immersive environment of nature and technology. The warm glow of antiquated innovations and embodied experience. It’s a living album that continues to fold and unfold into itself. Digging deep into the beauty of how the body remembers” – Nicole Mion. 

KnK Collective with Choreographer Heidi Strauss

May 27, 2022
8pm
Undisclosed Location

KnK Collective - once and after

In a defunct downtown retail store soon to be redeveloped, once and after brings together two women and long-time friends in a movement work that balances the suspension of time with impending change. Take a trip with them.  A confluence of personal and communal histories,  see what lasts and what dissolves.

KnK Collective with Choreographer Heidi Strauss

May 28, 2022
8pm
Undisclosed Location

KnK Collective - once and after

In a defunct downtown retail store soon to be redeveloped, once and after brings together two women and long-time friends in a movement work that balances the suspension of time with impending change. Take a trip with them.  A confluence of personal and communal histories,  see what lasts and what dissolves.

With the Opening Night subscription, your shows are as follows:

Bboyizm
Friday, March 4, 2022 @ 8pm
University of Alberta, Timms Centre for the Arts
87 Ave 112 Street

Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman
Thursday, April 22, 2022 @ 8pm
MacEwan University Allard Hall Theatre Lab -
11110 104 Ave

KnK Collective with Choreographer Heidi Strauss
Friday, May 27, 2022 @ 8pm

Please bring this ticket to all shows either printed or on your phone.

With the Opening Night subscription, your shows are as follows:

Bboyizm
Friday, March 4, 2022 @ 8pm
University of Alberta, Timms Centre for the Arts
87 Ave 112 Street

Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman
Friday, April 22, 2022 @ 8pm
MacEwan University Allard Hall Theatre Lab -
11110 104 Ave

KnK Collective with Choreographer Heidi Strauss
Friday, May 27, 2022 @ 8pm
Army + Navy Building at 10411 Whyte Avenue

Helen Walkley and MAYDAY, dates TBD

Please bring this ticket to all shows either printed or on your phone.

With the Performance Two subscription, your shows are as follows:

Bboyizm
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ 8pm
University of Alberta, Timms Centre for the Arts
87 Ave 112 Street

Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman
Friday, April 22, 2022 @ 8pm
MacEwan University Allard Hall Theatre Lab -
11110 104 Ave

KnK Collective with Choreographer Heidi Strauss
Saturday, May 28, 2022 @ 8pm
Army + Navy Building at 10411 Whyte Avenue

Please bring this ticket to all shows either printed or on your phone.

With the Performance Two subscription, your shows are as follows:

Helen Walkley
Sunday, January 30, 2022 *matinee at 2pm
MacEwan University, Allard Hall, Theatre Lab
11110 104 Ave

 
MAYDAY
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 @ 8pm
MacEwan University, Allard Hall, Triffo Theatre
11110 104 Ave

Bboyizm
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ 8pm
University of Alberta, Timms Centre for the Arts
87 Ave 112 Street

Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman
Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 8pm
MacEwan University Allard Hall Theatre Lab -
11110 104 Ave

KnK Collective with Choreographer Heidi Strauss
Saturday, May 28, 2022 @ 8pm
Army + Navy Building at 10411 Whyte Avenue

Please bring this ticket to all shows either printed or on your phone.