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We are delighted to welcome Bangarra Dance Theatre for the first time to the DanceHouse stage, in partnership with Dancers of Damelahamid. For thirty years, this acclaimed dance troupe has been recognized and enjoyed around the world for their contemporary performances.

Bangarra’s powerful dancing, distinctive theatrical style, and unique soundscapes and design draw upon 65,000 years of Indigenous knowledge and storytelling. It is an honour to present the Canadian premiere of their work Spirit, which weaves together nine extraordinary works from the company’s repertoire.

On the eve of our 2019/20 series, allow me to share my deep gratitude to our circle of donors who make our exciting twelfth season possible. Your passion and commitment to dance are truly inspiring. To those folks considering becoming donors, I encourage you to join us this season! Your support directly impacts on DanceHouse’s presentation of international works, and helps us expand the reach of our other community activities including masterclasses, panel discussions and artist talks. We are seeking your support on Giving Tuesday, which falls on December 3 this year. Just look for any member of the DanceHouse team in the theatre lobby if you would like to make a donation or visit dancehouse.ca/ donate to give directly online.

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There are a number of upcoming performances that merit special attention this year, including the unique collaborative Inuit work Unikkaaqtuat. We are incredibly excited to bring this new Inuit storytelling and mixed media circus arts to the stage of the Vancouver Playhouse in January 2020. In February, Vancouver favourites Grupo Corpo from Brazil return to offer another stunning presentation. As part of our recently released DanceHouse One young patrons program, audiences will have the opportunity of an enhanced experience with Grupo Corpo.

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Brolga (Corroboree) Black (Ochres) Yellow (Ochres) Dingo (Skin) White (Ochres) Moth (Bush) Two Sisters (Bush) The Call (Walkabout) In her Mind (Nyapanyapa)

CHOREOGRAPHY Stephen Page & Bernadette Walong-Sene TRADITIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY & MUSIC Djakapurra Munyarryun

MUSIC David Page & Steve Francis

COSTUMES Jennifer Irwin

LIGHTING DESIGN Matt Cox, Joseph Mercurio, Karen Norris, Nick Schlieper

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Elma Kris, Tara Gower, Beau Dean Riley Smith, Nicola Sabatino, Rikki Mason, Rika Hamaguchi, Tyrel Dulvarie, Glory Tuohy-Daniell, Baden Hitchcock, Ryan Pearson, Lillian Banks, Bradley Smith, Courtney Radford, Jye Uren, Kassidy Waters, Kallum Goolagong, Gusta Mara

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Bangarra Dance Theatre

// ABOUT

Led by Artistic Director Stephen Page, Bangarra is now celebrating its 30th year, but its dance technique is forged from more than 65,000 years of culture embodied with contemporary movement. The company’s dancers are professionally trained, dynamic artists who represent the pinnacle of Australian dance. Each artist has a proud Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander background, from various locations across Australia.

Relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are the heart of Bangarra, with its repertoire created on Country and stories gathered from respected community Elders. It is this inherent connection to its land and people that makes Bangarra unique and enjoyed by audiences from remote Australian regional centres, to Tokyo, New York, Delhi, Paris – and now Toronto and Vancouver. Complementing Bangarra’s touring roster are education programs, workshops and special performances and projects, planting the seeds for the next generation of performers and storytellers.

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Authentic storytelling, outstanding technique and deeply moving performances are Bangarra’s unique signature.

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// SPIRIT 2019

Bangarra Dance Theatre is one of Australia’s leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance companies, acclaimed worldwide for their moving performances, distinctive voice, and authentic storytelling. Led by Artistic Director Stephen Page, Bangarra’s unique dance technique is forged from over 65,000 years of culture, embodied with contemporary movement.

For the company’s first visit to Vancouver, they present SPIRIT 2019, a powerful collection of dance stories taken from Bangarra’s 30-year repertoire. Set to a haunting score by contemporary composers David Page and Steve Francis, SPIRIT 2019 invites audiences to connect with stories and song lines drawn from all over Australia, in a celebration of First Nations Peoples’ unbroken connection to the land.

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Bangara Dance Theatre // ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

ELMA KRIS Elma is from Thursday Island (Waiben) and her clan is from the North Western and Central Islands of the Torres Strait. Elma has enjoyed a rewarding career as a dancer, choreographer, actor and teacher. She studied at NAISDA and joined Bangarra in 1999. Her choreographic credits include Bupau Ipikazil and Bupau Mabigal (NAISDA, 1994), Malu (Bibir dance company, 1998), the Torres Strait Island element of the Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony (2000), Emeret Lu (Bangarra, True Stories, 2007) and About (Bangarra, Belong, 2011). Elma’s film credits include Oscar and Lucinda, Reef Dreaming, Farscape and SPEAR. In 2015, she was one of five artists who took part in Unsettled, an exhibition at the National Museum of Australia and in 2017, she performed in Sydney Theatre Company’s (STC) The Secret River at Adelaide Festival. She also performed Secret River this year in London and Edinburgh Festival. In 2007, Elma won a Deadly Award for Dancer of the Year and in 2016 Elma was awarded Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer at the Australian Dance Awards for her performance in Lore. In 2017 she was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Female Dancer for her title role in Nyapanyapa (Bangarra, OUR land people stories, 2016).

TARA GOWER Tara is a Yawuru woman from Broome with Aboriginal, Filipino, Irish and Spanish ancestry.

Tara joined Bangarra in 2006. Highlights for Tara include recently performing in India and Japan for the 2018 International Tour along with London and New York over the past 13 years. Along with returning to her home in Western Australia to perform for her family and being nominated in Dance Australia’s Critic Choice Awards as Dancer to Watch. She created her first choreographic work Nala, for Bangarra’s Dance Clan 3 in 2013 which later returned to Country, performing in her hometown of Broome on Cable beach. Tara has also appeared in the film Bran Nue Dae (2010) and in Dan Sultan’s music video for Under Your Skin. Tara believes growing up on Yawuru Country has given her the strength to pursue her dreams into reality.

BEAU DEAN RILEY SMITH Beau was born in Dubbo and grew up on the South Coast of New South Wales in Culburra Beach on Yuin country. He is an Aboriginal man from the Wiradjuri Nation of Central New South Wales. Beau studied theatre at WAAPA and later joined NAISDA Dance College and graduated with a Diploma of Dance. He joined Bangarra in 2013. His career highlights include performing the title role in Bangarra’s Bennelong (2017), Black from Ochres for the first time in Vietnam, and performing the Wiradjuri solo from ID on the Kinship regional tour on Country in Dubbo.

Miyagan, part of the 2016 triple bill OUR land people stories, was his first choreographic work for Bangarra — a work that Bangarra returned to Country as part of the 2018 regional tour.

In 2018, Beau received a Helpmann Award for Best Male Dancer, and an Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Performance, and was nominated for a Green Room Award — all for his performance in the title role of Bennelong.

NICOLA SABATINO Nicola is a descendant of the Kaurareg and Meriam peoples of the Torres Strait Islands.

Nicola also shares Filipino, Scottish and German ancestry.

Nicola was raised in Weipa, Far North Queensland. She began her training at the Australian Dance Performance Institute (ADPI) and then went on to study at the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association Dance College (NAISDA) and The Ailey School. After graduating from NAISDA, Nicola had an exciting year freelancing, performing in Graeme Murphy’s Turandot, Tammi Gissell’s Feather and Tar; a cabaret of sorrows at Blakdance2012 and Diaphanous - Ochres Contemporary Dance Company’s debut performance. In 2013, Nicola joined Bangarra Dance Theatre and began touring with the company nationally and internationally.

RIKKI MASON Rikki is a descendant of the Kullili people from South West Queensland and is from Inverell in Northern New South Wales. He grew up playing football and

studying Koshiki Karate, and was named Junior World Champion in 2000. He took his first dance class in 2007 at the age of 17 and went on to train at the Australian Dance Performance Institute (ADPI) and L’Ecole-Atelier Rudra- Bejart and the Bejart Ballet Company in Switzerland. Rikki has performed with the Brisbane City Youth Ballet, Queensland National Ballet, Lucid Dance Theatre and television shows including Everybody Dance Now (2012) and So You Think You Can Dance (2014). Rikki joined Bangarra in 2014, and has since toured nationally (Bangarra: 30 years of sixty five thousand, Dark Emu, Bennelong, Patyegarang, lore and OUR land people stories), regionally (Kinship, Spirit, Terrain, OUR land people stories, Bennelong) and internationally (Copenhagen, Berlin, Bonn, Holland, Turkey, France, USA, India and Japan).

RIKA HAMAGUCHI Rika is from Broome in Western Australia. She is a descendant of the Yawuru, Bunaba, Bardi and Jaru people in the Kimberley Region. Rika also shares Japanese, Chinese and Scottish ancestry. Before joining Bangarra in 2015, Rika studied dance at NAISDA Dance College, where she was awarded the prestigious Chairman’s Award. She has worked with a number of choreographers including Iquail Shaheed (Horton Technique), Shaun Parker, Craig Bary, Frances Rings, Gary Lang, Patrick Thaiday and Raymond Blanco, as well as many cultural tutors from communities around Australia. Since joining the company Rika has toured nationally (Dark Emu, Bennelong, lore and OUR land people stories), regionally (Kinship, Terrain and OUR land people stories) and internationally (Copenhagen, Berlin, Bonn, France, USA, India and Japan).

TYREL DULVARIE Tyrel is from Far North Queensland Cairns, and is a descendant of the Yirriganydji (Cairns), Umpila (Nesbit River), Mamu (Millaa Millaa), Kalkadoon (Mt Isa), and KukuTipan (Musgrave) peoples. In 2011, Tyrel began formal dance training at ACPA (Aboriginal College of Performing Arts) and graduated in 2013. He joined Ochre Contemporary Dance Company in Western Australia in 2014, and also performed in Penelope Mullen’s Danse Noir. Tyrel took part in Sydney Dance Company’s preprofessional program in 2016, before touring

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// ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES with Hugh Jackman’s Broadway to Oz musical production. Tyrel joined Bangarra in 2016, as a recipient of the Russell Page Graduate Program, making his debut season with OUR land people stories. The following year, Tyrel was fortunate to play the lead role of Bennelong as an understudy in the main stage production.

Since joining the company Tyrel has toured nationally with OUR land people stories, Bennelong, Dark Emu and Bangarra: 30 years of sixty five thousand and internationally to New York, Paris, Copenhagen, Bonn, Berlin, India and Japan.

GLORY TUOHYDANIELL Glory is a descendant of Indjalandji Dhidhanu and Alyewarre Aboriginal tribes, in North West Queensland, and of Scottish, English, Irish, Welsh, Chinese and Spanish heritage.

Glory joined Bangarra in 2016, one of two Russell Page Graduate Program recipients.

She studied dance at NAISDA. The experience that has made the biggest impact on Glory was attending a cultural residency, learning and performing cultural dance in community on Saibai and Moa Islands, in the Torres Strait and Elcho Island, North-East Arnhem Land.

Glory first saw Bangarra in 2011’s Belong, and it has been a long-held goal of hers to join the company. OUR land people stories in 2016 was her debut season with Bangarra, and she has since toured nationally with toured nationally with Bangarra: 30 years of sixty five thousand, Dark Emu and Bennelong, regionally with Bennelong, Terrain and OUR land people stories, and internationally to Copenhagen, Berlin, Bonn, Paris, USA, India and Japan.

BADEN HITCHCOCK Baden is a descendant of Saibai Island in the Top Western Border of the Torres Strait Islands and also has Papuan heritage from the Gulf Province. He joined Bangarra in 2017 as part of the Russell Page Graduate Program. In 2015, Baden completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance at the Victorian College of the Arts. He worked with choreographers, including Antony Hamilton, Lee Serle, Maria Randall, Lina Limosani, Rebecca Hilton, Jacob Boehme and Prue Lang. In 2016, he was a participant of the Indigenous Choreographic Residency at Arts House (Dance Massive).

He was selected to be a part of the Time Place Space Nomad Laboratory 2016 hosted on Wotjobaluk country and was also a delegate at the 10

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In 2017 he choreographed In the Absence Of for Yirramboi First Nations Festival supported by Public Art Melbourne. He was a part of Short Black Opera company, performing in Deborah Cheetham’s Pecan Summer 2014.

RYAN PEARSON Ryan is of Biripi descent on his mother’s side and Minang, Bulang and Baladgung on his father’s side. He was born and raised in Taree, New South Wales. He joined Bangarra in 2017 as part of the Russell Page Graduate Program.

He began his dance training at NAISDA at age 16, after taking part in the NSW Public Schools’ Aboriginal Dance Company, facilitated by Bangarra’s Youth Program Team in 2012. During his time at NAISDA, Ryan learnt from a number of renowned teachers and choreographers.

One of Ryan’s highlights during his training at NAISDA was attending a six-week Professional Division Summer Intensive at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in New York City. Bennelong in 2017 was his debut season with Bangarra, and he has since performed the regional tour of OUR land people stories (2018), Bennelong at Adelaide Festival (2018), at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, regional tour of Bennelong (2019), Australian tour of Bangarra: 30 years of sixty five thousand (2019) and internationally to Copenhagen, Berlin, Bonn, India and Japan.

LILLIAN BANKS Lillian is a Yawuru woman from Broome, Western Australia.

In 2013, Lillian left her hometown and travelled across the country to study dance at NAISDA Dance College in Sydney. She was applauded for her thoughtful contemporary solo in the College’s annual showcase, RESTORATION, at Carriageworks in 2017. After graduating, Lillian joined Bangarra in 2018 as one of two Russell Page Graduate Program recipients. Dark Emu was Lillian’s debut season with Bangarra. She also travelled internationally with the company to India and Japan and performed on the Australian tour of Bangarra: 30 years of sixty five thousand (2019).

BRADLEY SMITH Bradley is a descendant of the Gumbaynggirr people and also has Fijian and English heritage. Brad is a Gumbaynggirr man, born and raised in Coffs Harbour, on the

north coast of New SouthWales. Bradley joined Bangarra in 2018 as one of two Russell Page Graduate Program recipients, after completing four years of dance training at NAISDA Dance College. He was praised for his standout performance in NAISDA’s annual showcase, RESTORATION at Carriageworks in 2017. Dark Emu was Brad’s debut season with Bangarra. He also travelled internationally with the company to India and Japan and performed on the Australian tour of Bangarra: 30 years of sixty five thousand (2019).

COURTNEY RADFORD Courtney is a proud descendant of the Noongar people and joined Bangarra in 2019. She spent most of her childhood in Port Hedland (Pilbara) Western Australia, where she first found her passion for dance.

Courtney completed her classical ballet training in Perth before moving to Brisbane in 2015 as part of Queensland Ballet’s pre-professional program, where she toured to London with the Queensland Ballet to perform La Sylphide at the London Coliseum. In 2016, she accepted a position with the West Australian Ballet (WAB), where she performed both classical and contemporary works. While working with Annabelle Lopez Ochoa on one of her famous creations In Transit, Courtney recognised her love for contemporary dance. During Courtney’s two years with WAB she was fortunate enough to work with a range of choreographers such as David Dawson, David Nixon and Lucette Aldous. Bangarra: 30 years of sixty five thousand was Courtney’s national debut season with Bangarra.

JYE UREN Jye is a proud descendent of the Worimi and Dunghutti Tribes and also holds lineage to Portuguese, Irish, and English descent.

Jye was born in New Lambton on Awabakal Country and raised in the Port Stephens town of Raymond Terrace on Worimi Country. Jye began studying dance in his last two years of schooling before enrolling at NAISDA Dance College in 2014 where he trained in various styles and techniques of ballet, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, Indigenous contemporary, Horton Technique and cultural dance. Since graduating in 2017 with a Diploma of Professional Dance, Jye has worked with one of Aotearoa’s leading contemporary Dance Companies, Atamira Dance Company, with whom he performed at the Commonwealth Games, and at the Q Theatre in Auckland, performing alongside works choreographed

by Frances Rings, Jack Gray and Louise Potiki Bryant. He joined Bangarra Dance Theatre

KASSIDY WATERS Kassidy is a descendant of the Wanaruah People in the Hunter Valley, NSW. Kassidy joined Bangarra in 2019 and is a Romana’s Pilates Apprentice thanks to receiving the Joanne Harris Pre- Professional Scholarship. Kassidy completed Sydney Dance Company’s pre- professional program in 2017 after graduating from NAISDA Dance College in 2016. Kassidy has worked with artistic bodies such as Ausdance, DirtyFeet’s Choreographic Lab, ERTH Visual and Physical Inc. She has also worked with choreographers such as Matt Cornell, Karul Projects, Lucky Lartey, Jo Clancy and Vicki Van Hout throughout her studies at NAISDA. Kassidy represented Wagana Aboriginal Dancers at Porirua in New Zealand and Waikiki, Hawaii. She also performed with Jannawi Dance Clan at the Rainbow Serpent Festival and local events. Most recently Kassidy toured regionally with Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Bennelong and nationally with Bangarra: 30 years of sixty five thousand.

KALLUM GOOLAGONG Kallum is a proud Wiradjuri and Darkinjung man from the Galari clan. He also has Mediterranean, Italian and Irish ancestry. Born on the Central Coast, Kallum starting dancing at NAISDA Dance College in 2015. Throughout his 4 years at NAISDA he worked with teachers and choreographers Craig Bary, Frances Rings, Sani Townsend and Raymond D Blanco. In 2018, Kallum graduated from NAISDA with a Certificate in Careers in Dance and a Diploma of Professional Dance Performance. Kallum also has a sporting background and before dance was training for the Olympics in athletics as an all-rounder. Kallum joined Bangarra in 2019 as a Russell Page Graduate Program recipient and is excited to learn more about himself and his culture through his journey with the company.

This year he has performed regionally with Bennelong and nationally with Bangarra: 30 years of sixty five thousand.

GUSTA MARA Gusta Mara is an Angamudthi, Atembiya, Goba, Argun, Wagadthagum and Kaurareg man from the tip of Queensland and the Western islands of the Torres Strait. He first started dancing at the

age of 16 at the Graham Academy of Dance. He auditioned for NAISDA in 2015, and completed his final year of studies in 2018. In Gusta’s short time training and dancing he has worked with many choreographers, including Vikki van Hout, Pamela Williams, Craig Bary,Raymond D. Blanco, Frances Rings, Sani Townson and Jack Grey. He has also performed with Atamira Dance Company at the Tempo Dance Festival in New Zealand. Gusta joined Bangarra in 2019 as a Russell Page Graduate Program recipient and has now performed regionally with Bennelong and nationally with Bangarra: 30 years of sixty five thousand.

STEPHEN PAGE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Stephen is a descendant of the Nunukul people and the Munaldjali clan of the Yugambeh Nation from South East Queensland. In 1991, Stephen was appointed Artistic Director of Bangarra and has developed a signature body of works that have become milestones in Australian performing arts.

Stephen continues to reinvent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling within Bangarra and through collaborations with other performing arts companies. He notably directed the Indigenous sections for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies and created a new dance work for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony.

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He has choreographed over 25 works for Bangarra, including Patyegarang for Bangarra’s 25th anniversary in 2014, and Nyapanyapa, as part of the OUR land people stories triple bill in 2016. In 2018, together with former Bangarra dancers Daniel Riley, Yolande Brown and the Bangarra ensemble, Stephen choreographed the critically acclaimed work Dark Emu. Inspired by Bruce Pascoe’s book of the same name, it became the most successful production in the history of Bangarra, building on the success of his Helpmann Awardwinning work Bennelong in 2017.

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Stephen directed the chapter Sand in the feature film The Turning (2013) and is Artistic Associate for Sydney Theatre Company’s production of The Secret River, which had its world premiere as part of Sydney Festival in 2013 and toured to Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theatre of Great Britain this year. He also choreographed the feature films Bran Nue Dae (2009) and The Sapphires (2011). His first full-length film SPEAR premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival before screening at various arts festivals around Australia in early 2016.

In 2015, Stephen was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Creative Arts by the University of Technology Sydney. In 2016, he received both the 2016 NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award and JC Williamson Award and in 2017, Stephen was honoured with the Australia Council Dance Award for significant contributions to the cultural and artistic fabric of the nation, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO).

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By Sally Halliday, DanceHouse Volunteer Writer

“The best thing about DanceHouse is that it brings you dance that you have to feel”, says David Goodfellow, whose enthusiasm for the ‘visceral beauty’ of contemporary dance has made him a devoted fan.

As the Playhouse’s Stage Electrician for nearly 20 years, lighting everything from opera to rock bands, David is proud to classify the theatre he works in as the best place to see dance in Vancouver. The size of the theatre offers an immediacy that, in David’s view, is a perfect match for DanceHouse shows. “You can hear the dancers breathe, you can hear their steps thumping on the stage, you are listening to them and you can feel them.”

David’s appreciation of contemporary dance grew as he watched various changes within the form itself. “Dance has gone from being about the movement of bodies and abstract, philosophical constructs to being stories told through bodies and movement.”

David feels the dance form has evolved in the last few decades, from highly technical and esoteric in the ‘90’s, something best

appreciated by fellow dancers, to something that appeals to a broader audience.

“What I love is when there is a story, and I’m seeing these dance companies tell stories and doing it in a different way. It felt like I was watching this new art form emerge, and DanceHouse came at the right time.”

The way dancers are lit has also changed, as lighting designers seek new ways to reveal the moving body in performance.

Lighting designers of contemporary work sought new ways to reveal the moving body by lighting the dancers from the top as well as the side.

“Dance lighting tells you what to look at. Light the finger tips, look at the tops of their arms, see their backs, emphasize where the bodies meet.” One example of this is the effect of lighting a Japanese Butoh dancer on a Dais (platform), as part of The Sankai Juku show (2010/2011 season). “The stage was covered in sand, with a platform in the middle of the stage. Dancers dragged themselves in the sand on the floor, creating a pattern,

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ending up with one dancer on the platform. He looked like he was floating in space, an optical illusion created by the lighting.”

Typically, the touring companies do not have the budget to bring their own lights, which at times provides a creative opportunity for the technical team. “We solve problems for them. They come in with a plot or an idea, and we do what we call the fort-building.”

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As part of the backstage technical team, David will watch a show several times, yet this doesn’t seem to dampen his enthusiasm.

Asked about DanceHouse’s first show of the 2019/2020 season, Bangarra, which he has yet to see, David anticipates that “It’s not going to be the token aboriginal fusion dance piece. It’s going to be something new and amazing because it’s DanceHouse.”

The best part of opening night, says David, will be watching “with 700 other people who are laughing, gasping or crying; it’s one of the beautiful things about DanceHouse, that this kind of stuff has to be seen live!”

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Presented by noted writers, choreographers and creative thinkers, Speaking of Dance is a series of free public dialogues and roundtable conversations about the world of dance, contextualizing it within culture and society.

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SPEAKING OF DANCE PRE-SHOW TALKS Listen in to a conversation with the visiting artists before select performances. This is an excellent opportunity to gain insight into the presentation you are about to experience.

POST-SHOW SOCIALS Following select performances, join us for the Post-Show Social. This is your chance to meet and chat with the artists and members of the company who performed, and also get to know members of the DanceHouse team and board of directors. Everyone is welcome.

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// DONOR PROFILE: Ilze & Bruce

“We’ve been involved with DanceHouse practically from Day One,” says Ilze Bebris. “I started hearing talk about this new dance venture in town, and I said to my husband, ‘We need to check this out.’”

And so began the relationship.

It’s not surprising that Ilze learned about DanceHouse so early, and immediately became involved. She studied dance at SFU — “back when the program was still part of the Kinesiology Department!” — and though she became a recreational rather than professional dancer, she remained involved with the city’s dance community and avidly attended performances here and elsewhere.

The couple became subscribers right away.

“Then,” she remembers, “at some point in the second season, I got a phone call from Barb Claussen [co-founder with Jim Smith of DanceHouse]. I knew Barb from my SFU days. She invited us to lunch.”

Over lunch, the more Ilze and Bruce heard about DanceHouse and its plans, the more enthusiastic they became. “The idea of high-quality international dance companies appearing here in town on a regularly scheduled basis? I was all over it! Yes, I said. Let’s do it. How can we support this?”

The subscribers became donors as well, and still are.

Their motivation hasn’t changed. “It’s vital that we have this kind of work, and this sensibility, available to us here in Vancouver.” The difference now is how many other people have come to share their point of view. “It’s a pleasure to see how DanceHouse has grown from a small, struggling

company to the point where it is becoming an icon on the Vancouver cultural scene.”

Big smile on her face. “Performances are sold out!”

By mid-summer, Ilze was already anticipating the 2019/2020 season. “I’m looking forward to it in general,” she says, “but perhaps especially to the Inuit production in January.”

She’s talking about Unikkaaqtuat (The Old Stories), a work inspired by Inuit founding myths and brought to multi-disciplinary life by a team of actors, musicians and acrobats. “I remember seeing Tanya Tagaq and traditional Inuit throat-singers at the Chan Centre,” she says. “This is going to be something new, something completely different. I’m intrigued.”

Everybody has a system for organizing their time. “For us,” says Ilze, “a lot gets planned around: When does the dance season start?”

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