2017 VIDF Program

MARCH 1– 2 5

2017VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL DANCEFESTIVAL

Festival Program

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Alonzo King LINES Ballet photo of Michael Montgomery by RJ Muna Photo of Alonzo King LINES Ballet by Chris Hardy

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FESTIVAL

FEBRUARY 16 TO MARCH 13 at the Norman

Rothstein Theatre

Shay Kuebler/Radical System Art (Canada) World Premiere of the final full-length Telemetry “It’s balls-to-the-wall movement, a physical spectacle he loves to build to insane crescendos as the music pulses faster. Each dancer brings his or her own with Kuebler a focused fireball” The Georgia Straight

February 18 – 21

Yossi Berg & Oded Graf Dance Theatre (Israel) Canadian Premiere of 4Men, Alice, Bach and the Deer – acclaimed by critics worldwide as “striking, unforgettable, poetic and surprising”.

February 25 – 27

Spellbound Contemporary Ballet (Italy) Canadian Premiere of their full-length Carmina Burana “Astolfi exhilarating choreography is a model of invention” Ballet Review U.S.A. presented with il Centro-the Italian Cultural Centre

March 5 – 7

Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion (USA) Western Canadian Premiere “draws from a fusion of techniques—contemporary dance, ballet, West African, hip hop—charging through his dancers with liquidity and flash.” TimeOut New York

March 11 – 13

birds sing a pretty song.

(Canada/USA/Israel/Argentina)

A unique exploration of dance, live music and interactive media with Rebecca Margolick, Chuck Wilt, Ruby Namdar, Maxx Berkowitz and Bruno Esrubilsky Chutzpah!PLUS and 14th Street Y, Manhattan Canadian Premiere

May 13 & 14 at the Scotiabank

Dance Centre

World Premiere from the unpredictable and captivating

presented with The Dance Centre

February 16 – 18

TICKETS $23 to $29 + gst/sc

Online or: 604.257.5145

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INFLECTION Alternative Assets

Photo of Alonzo King LINES Ballet by Chris Hardy Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver

Spellbound Contemporary Ballet. Photo: Mariano Bevilacqua.

Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg (Canada) as she joins forces with award-winning Silvia Gribaudi (Italy)

PRODUCERS’ NOTES

Welcome to the 17th edition of the Vancouver International Dance Festival. danse, The Banff Centre, Theatre Junction GRAND, and the National Arts Centre.

At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, Kinesis Dance somatheatro celebrates their 30th anniversary. Yayoi Theatre Movement unveils a new solo about the female progenitor of Kabuki in Okuni – Mother of Kabuki. At the new KW Production Studio, Matthew Romantini performs Crumbling, a solo choreographed by Barbara Bourget, and Margaret Grenier and Karen Jamieson shed light on the intercultural crossroads where Aboriginal traditions and contemporary modes interconnect.

The 2017 VIDF includes forty-one performances by fourteen companies from Canada, Japan, Denmark, and the United States of America.

While our programming for the VIDF introduces new artists each year, we also welcome back artists that have drawn the strongest response from our audiences to perform their newest works. We are excited to again host San Francisco’s Alonzo King LINES Ballet and Japan’s Dairakudakan at the Vancouver Playhouse and Denmark’s Kitt Johnson at the Roundhouse. Fans of Benjamin Kamino and Tedd Robinson will want to see their duets set on Toronto’s Kaeja d’Dance. We are also excited to see Compagnie Virginie Brunelle in a new work commissioned by the VIDF, Agora de la

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There are fifteen VIDF shows that you can see without purchasing a ticket! The 7PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall shows are accessible with a one-time annual $3 VIDF membership (included with every VIDF ticket purchase or available separately at the Roundhouse). On the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall stage are performances by Molly McDermott performing a new solo

by Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi; Rob Kitsos’ choreography for Jane Osborne and Kim Stevenson which explores how objects, gestures, and images resonate with the concept of family; and Ouro, the Vancouver dance collective incorporates hip-hop, waacking, breaking, popping and contemporary dance, in a piece entitled Pace.

Photo of Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget by Joseph Hirabayashi

At the Woodward’s Atrium, every Sunday, March 5th, 12th, and 19th at 2PM, are free performances of Dancers Playing Basketball

by Deanna Peters/Mutable Subject and at 3PM, see KTL Company heat up the floor with urban dance styles.

At the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, enjoy the large steamrollered prints and woodblocks created by Corey Bulpitt, Haisla Collins, Kee Toy Joseph, Jeanette Lee, Sharifah Marsden, Gerald Pedros, Susan Point, Connie Sabo, Jerry Whitehead, Sylvia Wong and June Yun that explore Aboriginal and Chinese cultures; and marvel at Ken Clarke’s evocative woven birch branch sculptures.

We invite you to take part in weekday noon-hour life drawing sessions at the Roundhouse or join a dance class at Harbour Dance Centre and KW Studios.

Welcome to our annual festival of compellingly diverse contemporary dance!

Table of Contents 01. Producers’ Note

24. Dairakudakan

03. Ticket & Venue Info

26. Rob/Jane/Kim

04. Letters of Greeting

28. Virginie Brunelle

08. Yayoi Theatre Movement

30. Jamieson/Grenier

10. Kinesis Dance Somatheatro

33. Ouro

12. Alonzo King Lines Ballet

34. Kitt Johnson

14. Deanna Peters/Mutable Subject

38. Master Classes

15. KTL Company

40. Exhibition & Life Drawing

16. Matthew Romantini

43. Supporting the VIDF

18. Molly McDermott

44. Community Partners

20. Kaeja D’Dance

45. Staff Listing

22. Event Calendar

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Alonzo King LINES Ballet photo of Meredith Webster by RJ Muna

Ticket & Venue Info BOX OFFICE

TICKET PRICES

LOCATIONS

If you need assistance call our box office at 604·662·4966 or email boxoffice@vidf.ca.

Vancouver Playhouse regular ticket prices are $60 for Adults, $50 for Seniors/ Students, and $40 for groups of 10 or more (please call VIDF box office at 604·662·4966 for group sales).

Vancouver Playhouse: 600 Hamilton St

The box office is available online 24/7: online ticket sales are available until 4PM on the day of the show.

Administrative staff are available to take your calls during office hours throughout the year, and 12PM to 5PM, Monday to Saturday beginning February.

Door Sales start at 7PM at the Vancouver Playhouse, Scotiabank Dance Centre and Studio 1398, at 6PM at the Roundhouse and 4PM at the KW Production Studio.

Roundhouse Performance Centre, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Studio 1398 regular ticket prices are $30 for Adults, $25 for Seniors/Students, and $20 for groups of 10 or more (please call VIDF box office at 604·662·4966 for group sales).

KW Production Studio regular ticket prices are $15 for Adults, $10 for Seniors/ Students, and $9 for groups of 10 or more (please call VIDF box office at 604·662·4966 for group sales).

@ Dunsmuir St, Vancouver Roundhouse Performance Centre & Exhibition Hall: 181 Roundhouse Mews, Davie St @ Pacific Blvd, Vancouver Studio 1398: 1398 Cartwright St @ Granville Island, Vancouver KW Studios: 111 West Hastings St @ Abbott St, Vancouver Woodward’s Atrium: 111 West Hastings St @ Abbott St, Vancouver Scotiabank Dance Centre: 677 Davie Street @ Granville St, Vancouver

VIDF MEMBERSHIP is included in the purchase of tickets to Vancouver Playhouse, Roundhouse Performance Centre, Studio 1398, KW Production Studio and Scotiabank Dance Centre or can be purchased separately for a one-time $3 fee at the VIDF Roundhouse Membership Table.

All prices for tickets are in Canadian funds and include the annual VIDF Membership fee, VIDF Endowment Fund contribution and applicable GST.

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March 2017

A Message from the Mayor

A Message from Premier Christy Clark

As Premier of the Province of British Columbia, I am pleased to welcome everyone to the 2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival.

On behalf of the citizens of Vancouver, and my colleagues on City Council, I want to welcome everyone to the 2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival.

You are sure to enjoy impressive performances by a diversity of international and Canadian performers showcasing their exceptional talents.

The Vancouver International Dance Festival is a grand showcase of local, national and international dance artists. The Festival is a great opportunity for artists and spectators alike to appreciate a diverse range of artistic expression in this unique presentation. The City of Vancouver has a thriving arts community and I am pleased to congratulate the Vancouver International Dance Festival on providing us with such a stand out event. I would also like to send my appreciation to the organizers, volunteers and performers for all the hard work that goes into the making of such a festival. I am pleased to congratulate the Vancouver International Dance Festival for such an innovative show.

This year’s Festival features the acclaimed Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Dirakudakan and so many more breathtaking presentations that truly demonstrate the exciting spectrum of contemporary dance.

I hope everyone enjoys the Festival!

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has worked so hard to make this Festival a success each year. Your efforts go a long way in enhancing British Columbia’s vibrant arts community and increase the exposure of our local talented performers.

Please accept my best wishes for an enjoyable and inspiring experience!

Sincerely,

Sincerely, Gregor Robertson MAYOR

Christy Clark Premier

The arts: fundamental to our sense of belonging Art and culture are intrinsic elements of our sense of belonging – to a community, a nation, a country, a society, to humanity itself.

With their creative visions, their expressions of hope and their questioning of the status quo, artists play a vital role in helping us to better understand and address the complex challenges of our times. They provoke new ways of thinking and transformations that enrich the lives of their fellow Canadians.

The Canada Council for the Arts is proud to support the Vancouver International Dance Festival because for us, art is essential in pointing us, together, toward a brighter future.

Simon Brault, O.C., O.Q. Director and CEO

Les arts : un élément fondamental de notre appartenance L’art et la culture constituent des éléments fondamentaux de notre appartenance à une communauté, à une nation, à un pays, à une société et à l’humanité elle-même.

Grâce à leurs visions créatives, à leurs façons d’exprimer l’espoir, à leurs remises en question de nos certitudes et à leurs critiques du statu quo, les artistes jouent un rôle essentiel pour que nous puissions comprendre et mieux relever les défis complexes de notre époque. Ils stimulent en nous de nouvelles réflexions et provoquent des transformations qui se reflètent souvent dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens.

Le Conseil des arts du Canada est fier de soutenir le Vancouver International Dance Festival parce que, pour nous, l’art est essentiel. Et tous ensemble, nous pouvons collaborer à façonner un avenir rempli d’espoir.

Le directeur et chef de la direction Simon Brault, O.C., O.Q.

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Celebrating its 17th year, the Vancouver International Dance Festival continues to play a pivotal role in developing appreciative audiences for dance in Greater Vancouver and in supporting the artistic excellence of local and touring performers. This highly-engaging festival features both free and ticketed events, workshops and other activities at several downtown venues, adding to the region’s creative vibrancy and economy.

Congratulations and thank you to festival organizers and dedicated volunteers for bringing together such a diverse array of talented dancers from across North America and from as far away as Japan and Denmark.

With funding made available by the Government of British Columbia, the BC Arts Council is pleased to be able to support this exciting and entertaining celebration of dance.

Merla Beckerman, Chair BC Arts Council

Photo of Alonzo King LINES Ballet by Chris Hardy

Message from the Honourable Peter Fassbender Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development On behalf of Premier Christy Clark and the Government of British Columbia, welcome to the 2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF).

This festival will treat you to a stunning showcase of contemporary dance featuring B.C. performers alongside prominent artists from around the world.

Having presented more than 200 dance companies and artists over 16 years, VIDF generates social and economic benefits for our province and brings people like you together to shine an international spotlight on B.C.’s arts, culture and creative industries.

Thank you to VIDF, along with the many volunteers, artists and partners, for making this three-week event possible. Your contributions strengthen British Columbia’s creative economy and enhance our province’s global reputation as a great place to live, work and play.

Enjoy the performances!

Sincerely,

As the Member of Parliament for Vancouver East, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the 2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival.

Dance—powerful, inspiring, elevating. So, too, the hundreds of performances VIDF has hosted over its rich, accolade-laden seventeen-year history. These technically-challenging, trailblazing performances are praiseworthy in and of themselves. Yet they also connect audiences and artists, putting previously-unknown artists on the global map and fostering a vibrant, ever-blooming artistic community well-regarded as a gem in our fantastic city.

To performers and audience members of the 2017 VIDF, please accept my warm wishes for a very successful event. This year, once again, let us all let dance—in all of its exquisite beauty, potency, and elegance—bring us together.

Jenny Kwan

Peter Fassbender Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development

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YAYOI THE ATRE MOV EMENT OKUNI – MOTHER OF KABUKI OKUNI – Mother of Kabuki is a 70-minute world premiere choreographed and performed by artistic director, Yayoi Hirano. Okuni, born in Izumo, Japan, was a former shrine dancer who started the Kabuki movement in the 1600’s. Okuni created numerous dramatic and elaborate Kabuki (‘avant-garde’ or ‘bizarre’) performances that were heavily influenced by western costume and jewelry. Okuni’s dance movements were initially like those of a shrine dancer (Miko-dance), but then she, in her avant-garde style, incorporated forms like Bugaku and Sarugaku (later called Noh-theatre). In this dance form, women played men in various comedic plays that garnered popularity and influenced other rival dance troupes. In 1615, Okuni mysteriously disappeared.

OKUNI – Mother of Kabuki focuses on Okuni’s transformation from using a shrine maiden dance style to performing Bugaku, while gradually taking on elements of Nohtheatre (Sarugaku), and finally Kabuki.

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The performance begins with street scenes in Kyoto performed to the surreal Sara Davis Buchner piano interpretations of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.

Set designer Shizuka Kai’s hand-painted scenography and video designer Kyle Stooshnov’s projections integrate with Yayoi’s movement to show the hustle of the street life and how people lived and worked in Japan in the 1600’s.

Born and raised in Japan, Yayoi Hirano has lived in Vancouver since 2002. She is a graduate of Toho Gakuen College of drama (1972), and in 1975 co-founded Mime Theatre Pierrot-kan to popularize pantomime in Japan through modern works. Over the past 30 years she has continued her study of Japanese dance and movement such as Kagura, Noh, Kyogen, and Kabuki, as well as ballet and modern dance. Her mime studies have been in both Decroux and Lecoq systems.

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Concept/Director/Dancer/Choreographer: Yayoi Hirano Musicians: Sara Davis Buechner (Piano) Minoru Yamamoto (Flute) Lighting Design: John Webber Dramaturg: Catherine Lee Stage Manager: Jessica Mary Keenan Set Design: Shizuka Kai Costume: Fumiko Horan, Sachie Ono Scenic Artist: Mariko Ando Video Design: Kyle Stooshnov Noh Masks: Yayoi Hirano Photographer: Yukiko Onley

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Photo of Yayoi Hirano by Yukiko Onley

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Photo of Kinesis Dance somatheatro by Chris Randle

M A RC H 1- 4, 8 P M

KINESIS DA NCE SOM ATHE ATRO Presented in association with The Dance Centre and Kinesis Dance Somatheatro

In PENUMBRA Kinesis Dance somatheatro marks its landmark 30th anniversary with the world premiere of In PENUMBRA, as part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival, March 1 – 4, 2017 at 8pm at the Scotiabank Dance Centre. Choreographed

by Artistic Director Paras Terezakis, and a continuum of 2015’s U>W, this new multimedia work is inspired by the search for utopia, how the insatiable desire to reach this paradise brings out both the best and

the worst in us, and the penumbra – the grey area between light and darkness – that clouds our quest for enlightenment.

The intricate, experimental choreography is executed by a powerhouse ensemble of fearless dancers – Elissa Hanson, Renee Sigouin, Hyoseung Ye, Arash Khakpour, and Diego Romero – who lead audiences through a thrilling multi-sensory landscape of contrasts and contradictions.

Choreography: Paras Terezakis Dancers: Elissa Hanson, Renee Sigouin, Hyoseung Ye, Arash Khakpour, Diego Romero Lighting Design: James Proudfoot Composer/Sound Design: Nancy Tam

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Video Artist: Josh Hite Costumes: Natalie Purschwitz Set Concept/Design: Paras Terezakis Set Construction: Mark Eugster Production Manager: Daniel 0’Shea

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M A RC H 3 - 4, 8 P M

A LONZO KING LINES BA LLET Alonzo King LINES Ballet is a celebrated contemporary ballet company that has been guided since 1982 by the unique artistic vision of Alonzo King.

Collaborating with noted composers, musicians, and visual artists from around the world, Alonzo King creates works that draw on a diverse set of deeply rooted cultural traditions, imbuing classical ballet with new expressive potential. Alonzo

King understands ballet as a science – founded on universal, geometric principles of energy and evolution – and continues to develop a new language of movement from its classical forms and techniques. Alonzo King’s visionary choreography, brought to life by the extraordinary LINES Ballet dancers, is renowned for connecting audiences to a profound sense of shared humanity.

Performers: Robb Beresford, Adji Cissoko, Madeline Devries, Shuaid Elhassan, James Gowan, Maya Harr-Siebenlist, Courtney Henry, Babatunje Johnson, Yu Jin Kim, Michael Montgomery, Jeffrey Van Sciver and Kara Van Weest

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Alonzo King LINES Ballet “Shostakovich” photo by RJ Muna

SHOSTAKOVICH (Opening Performance) Like an arrow poised for flight, an undercurrent of restless agitation pervades Alonzo King’s latest work set to four Shostakovich string quartets. The music wavers in a state of crystalline suspension, pushing the dancers’ tensile strength to the limit as they revel in the space between harmony and discord, in the long arc before an earthbound fall.

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SAND (Closing Performance) Sand is the uncountable aggregation, and yet today grains of sand can be estimated. Sand can halt an engine. A grain of sand can temporarily blind you.

It has been used as a metaphor for the passage of time, in hour glasses, and in dance as a listening process in how the body slowly shifts in transitions.

There is power in the commonness of its abundance, its vast shapely beauty in dunes, on beaches, the desert, and the bottoms of oceans. Sand is the mineral cousin of water, it can be poured, and the wind can maneuver it into wave-like patterns. Sand is used to polish and

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shape some of the hardest materials on the planet. You can hold sand by cupping your hands. When you grip it, it escapes through your fingers. Sand is largely composed of quartz crystals. Quartz is primarily made up of silicon dioxide, which has a unique physical property of being piezoelectric, which lends itself for use as a primary foundation of circuit boards, and computer processors. It has often been said that human beings are like tiny pebbles placed together in tight proximity to cause friction until our edges become smooth.

Choreographer: Alonzo King Music: Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran Lighting Design: Axel Morgenthaler Set Design: Christopher Haas Costume Design: Robert Rosenwasser Costume Construction: Joan Raymond

Top image: Alonzo King LINES Ballet “SAND” photo by Chris Hardy, Bottom image: Alonzo King LINES Ballet “Shostakovich” photo by Quinn B Wharton

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M A RC H 5,12 ,19 | 2 P M

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DANCERS PLAYING BASKETBALL We are a group of dance artists who have been gathering to play basketball, in which we have varying degrees of experience.

Some of us had never touched a ball before. Deanna played in high school. Our coach Katie Lowen played four years of NCAA at SFU. Katie leads us in weekly ‘schoolings’, teaching us ball handling, driving, passing, spacing, shooting, rebounding and defense. We test our skills in half-court play and incorporate other aspects of the game like rules, plays, hand touching, use of voice and performance psychology. We wrap with some dance-basketball talk, sharing what we’re experiencing and how it relates to our artistic practices. We are not caricaturing or imitating basketball players. We are not a group of dancers playing basketball badly (we hope!). With a genuine desire to

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expand our physical range, we are learning new techniques, building community and developing fresh strategies to move, create, improvise and perform.

Producer: Deanna Peters/Mutable Subject Creator & Players: Katie Lowen & Deanna Peters Collaborators: Natalie Gan, Walter Kubanek, Alex Tam & Blake Worthey

Photo of Natalie Gan by Jessica Wilkie

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KTL is a Vancouver urban dance company founded by Ken Young and Shauna Smith. Based at Harbour Dance Centre, the company offers intensive, mentorship training that focuses on giving individual dancers recognition in the dance industry and helping them to achieve their goals.

Collaborating with some of Vancouver’s best choreographers, KTL has also worked with top industry professionals from around the world. Each company member is trained in various forms of urban dance including Freestyle as they work to explore and create their own choreography.

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M A RC H 9 -11, 5 P M

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Photo of Matthew Romantini by Jay Hirabayashi

CRUMBLING The human desire to transcend the mundane permeates this work, choreographed by Barbara Bourget for Matthew Romantini. Using imagistic movement, sound and text, Crumbling juxtaposes strength and vulnerability, the meeting of the other-worldly and the senses in the body, and pushes the body’s expressive qualities and

communication with the audience.

The piece digs into the creative desire to ascend and the destructive desire to crash – the impulse to destroy even oneself in the service of transformation.

Performer: Matthew Romantini Choreographer: Barbara Bourget Music: George Crumb

ABOUT MATTHEW ROMANTINI Matthew Romantini is a multi-faceted professional, working in the fields of Performing Arts (Dance, Theatre and Staging of Orchestral Concerts), Yoga (Therapeutic Yoga, Moksha, Yin, Vinyasa and Hatha), and Voice. He teaches effective communication and voice to Yoga and fitness instructors. He is also a Teaching Assistant at York University and

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hosts coaching, workshops and retreats live and online in his fields. These areas all cross-pollinate and he is interested in the intersections between them. Matthew is led by the desire for transformation in his audiences and client base, and bases all his yoga, artistic and educational decisions on that intention.

Photo of Matthew Romantini by Yvonne Chew

M A RC H 9 -11, 7 P M

MOLLY MCDERMOT T KAI KAIROS Choreographers’ Notes: Molly McDermott has been a key collaborator and performer with Kokoro Dance for the past decade. Her patient, determined presence in Kokoro Dance’s creative process continues to be an inspiration to the choreographers. This new solo is built on Molly’s extraordinary talents as an expressive, viscerally physical, and intelligent dance artist who applies total dedication and rigour in her quest for excellence in artistic expression Performer: Molly McDermott Choreographers: Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi

Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, Molly graduated with a BFA in dance from Simon Fraser University, and is now based in Vancouver. She has had the pleasure of working professionally for Deanna Peters, Justine Chambers, Alison Towne, Lydia Wagerer, Co. ERASGA, Kokoro Dance, and Mascall Dance. Molly was a co-founder and collaborator with The Story of Force and Motion, a collective with which she had the opportunity to create, present and perform in her own work.

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Photo of Molly McDermott by Peter Eastwood

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M A RC H 9 -11, 8 P M

K A EJA D’DA NCE lifeDUETS Kaeja d’Dance is one of Canada’s longest standing contemporary dance companies. The husband and wife duo collide like liquid fusion in their creative process. At the heart of the Company are Karen and Allen Kaeja, who have been creating award-winning performances, site-specific works, acclaimed dance films and educational outreach programs since 1991.

With: This dance is made from the time in which these two dancers have been together. Their bodies and histories are undertaken as raw material.

Allen becomes Karen and Karen becomes Allen continuously over-andover towards a drone of simultaneous co-becomings. Through telepathy, meditation, and closure they access the myriad of dances unknown to the other yet existent in their unknowing. The [co-]becomings of this dance are always already projected and therefore incomplete — forever already broken.

– Benjamin Kamino Choreographer: Benjamin Kamino Developers & Performers: Karen & Allen Kaeja Music: Antonio Lotti Lighting Design: Simon Rossiter Costumes: Karen & Allen Kaeja

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25 to 1: Choreographer: Tedd Robinson Creators & Performers: Karen & Allen Kaeja Original Score: Charles Quevillon Lighting Design: Simon Rossiter Set Concept: Peter Boneham Costumes: Karen, Allen & Tedd

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Photo of Allen and Karen Kaeja by Zhenya Cerneacov

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KAEJA D’DANCE WORKSHOP 11AM-1PM KW Studios

LIFE DRAWING

LIFE DRAWING 12-1PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

LIFE DRAWING 12-1PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

MATTHEW ROMANTINI 5PM KW Production Studio

MATTHEW ROMANTINI 5PM KW Production Studio

MATTHEW ROMANTINI 5PM KW Production Studio

MOLLY MCDERMOTT 7PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

MOLLY MCDERMOTT 7PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

MOLLY MCDERMOTT 7PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

KAEJA D’DANCE 8PM Roundhouse Performance Centre

KAEJA D’DANCE 8PM Roundhouse Performance Centre

KAEJA D’DANCE 8PM Roundhouse Performance Centre

DAIRAKUDAKAN 8PM Vancouver Playhouse

YAYOI THEATRE MOVEMENT 8PM Studio 1398

YAYOI THEATRE MOVEMENT 8PM Studio 1398

KW Studios 12-1PM

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KOKORO DANCE CLASS

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VIRGINIE BRUNELLE WORKSHOP

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ROB/JANE/KIM 7PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

LIFE DRAWING

LIFE DRAWING

LIFE DRAWING

VIRGINIE BRUNELLE 8PM Roundhouse Performance Centre

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ROB/JANE/KIM 7PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

ROB/JANE/KIM 7PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

VIRGINIE BRUNELLE 8PM Roundhouse Performance Centre

VIRGINIE BRUNELLE 8PM Roundhouse Performance Centre

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KOKORO DANCE CLASS

KITT JOHNSON WORKSHOP

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LIFE DRAWING

LIFE DRAWING

LIFE DRAWING

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JAMIESON/GRENIER 5PM KW Production Studio

JAMIESON/GRENIER 5PM KW Production Studio

JAMIESON/GRENIER 5PM KW Production Studio

OURO 7PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

OURO 7PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

KITT JOHNSON 8PM Roundhouse Performance Centre

KITT JOHNSON 8PM Roundhouse Performance Centre

KW Studios

Roundhouse Exhibition Hal

KW Studios

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Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

KW Studios

Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

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Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

KW Studios

Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

KW Studios

OURO 7PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall KITT JOHNSON 8PM Roundhouse Performance Centre

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M A RC H 10 -11, 8 P M

DA IR A KUDA K A N Artistic Direction, Choreography and Casting: Maro Akaji Music: Doi Keisuke / Jeff Mills Costumes: Domoto Kyoko Stage Art: Abeta Yasuhiko Stage Manager: Nakahara Kazuhiko Lighting: Mori Noriyuki Sound: Kubo Yusuke Associate Producer: Yamamoto Ryo Producer: Shinfune Yoko Dancers: Akaji Maro, Takuya Muramatsu, Ikko Tamura, Atsushi Matsuda, Tomoshi Shioya, Daiichiro Yuyama, Kohei Wakaba, Naoya Oda, Conan Amok, Yoshihiro Kim, Kenta Sakazume, Keita Arai, Emiko Agatsuma, Akiko Takakuwa, Naomi Muku, Azusa Fujimoto, Jongye Yang, Oran Ito, Yuna Saimon, Aya Okamoto, Mai Taniguchi

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Dairakudakan photo of Akaji Maro by Hiroyuki Kawashima

Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan in the fiscal year 2016

PARADISE The otherworldly Japan-based ensemble Dairakudakan returns in celebration of award-winning Choreographer/Artistic Director Akaji Maro’s 45th anniversary with the butoh-theatre company. Maro has advanced butoh considerably through dramatic choreography and theatrics, coupled with a distinct focus on individuality within the group. Here are Maro’s thoughts on Paradise…

“When I was thinking about a new work, these words came to my mind: paradise, paratyphoid, paranoia…. It sounded like a disease. When you think about hell, there are a lot of ideas. For example, there is The Divine Comedy by Dante.

In Buddhism, there are eight forms of hell.

In real life, hell is killing each other in the battlefield. But, I don’t know much about paradise. We can imagine as much as we want, but I wanted to pursue something more realistic. The origin of word “paradise” is from an old Persian word and it means “enclosed garden.”

In a hot desert, a garden would have been paradise. At that time, I think there was an idea that the world was tough and hellish and to contrast that, the idea of paradise must have been created. In Buddhism, hell is called Sukhavati or Western Paradise (Gokurakujodo in Japanese).

In our environment, there are a lot of things such as severe cold weather

and typhoons that threaten creatures.

Under these circumstances, animals will hibernate and remain still. When humans face something insufferable, we try to work it out. For example, our brain produces endorphins and transforms pain to pleasure. In other words, pain can transform to paradise within our body. Paradise can be called a product of perseverance. How you work around pain and how you seek pleasure can be limitless. People won’t feel the fighting in a war when they are having a good time in an opium den. From the outside, something may look miserable; from the inside, maybe it’s paradise.”

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Dairakudakan photo of “Paradise” by Hiroyuki Kawashima

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ROB KITSOS/ JA NE OSBORNE / KIM STEV ENSON DEATH AND FLYING What are the objects, gestures or images that resonate a connection to our family?

What things do we cherish to feel close to those we love? Inspired by American poet Max Heinegg, this duet looks at things we collect and what we choose to leave behind. Dance artists and long–time collaborators Rob Kitsos, Jane Osborne and Kim Stevenson, with the help of composer Elliot Vaughan, reflect on these ideas through complex puzzles of gesture, recordings, memories and movement.

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Photo of Jane Osborne and Kim Stevenson by David Cooper

Choreography: Rob Kitsos Performers: Jane Osborne and Kim Stevenson Music: Elliot Vaughan

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Choreographer: Virginie Brunelle Performers: Isabelle Arcand, Sophie Breton, Claudine Hébert, Chi Long, Milan Panet-Gigon, Peter Trosztmer Dramaturgy: Stéphanie Jasmin Rehearsal Coach: Anne Lebeau Lighting Design: Alexandre Pilon-Guay Sound Design: Virginie Brunelle and Jean Gaudreau Costumes: Marilène Bastien and Elen Ewing Technical Director: Julien Véronneau Production Manager: Émilie Martel

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M A RC H 16 -18, 8 P M

COMPAGNIE V IRGINIE BRUNELLE TO THE PAIN THAT LINGERS (À LA DOULEUR QUE J’AI) An instinct for beauty? An instinct for pain? In this piece, choreographer Virginie Brunelle raises a toast to raw emotion with bitter poetry that questions the unfinished, the incomplete – what might remain between two people – offering this sustained action frozen in time like a memory, an aching pain. A mark, a link, a point of reference that is both timeless and of a specific time, the piece casts a gaze at the group, the family and the self. In a contemporary society nourished by this dangerous substance, Virginie Brunelle proves that pain can also be an emotional bridge, a source for encounters between the six performers and the audience, an experience that leaves no one unscathed.

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Virginie Brunelle is an exciting young choreographer at the forefront of the Montreal dance scene. With this new creation, she offers a poetic work that is sometimes romantic, sometimes crude, but always informed by her ongoing investigation of human relations. Here, she explores our connection to each other, a link that can never be truly broken, one that leaves behind traces, residue, a memory.

To the pain that lingers is a co-production of the National Arts Centre and The CanDance Network Creation Fund (Agora de la danse, The Banff Centre, Theatre Junction GRAND, Vancouver International Dance Festival), and is supported by the Dance Section of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Photo of Compagnie Virginie Brunelle by Robin Pineda Gould

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K A REN JA MIESON / M A RGA RET GRENIER KW PRODUCTION STUDIO $15 for Adults $10 for Seniors/Students

light breaking broken Peeling back the layers of the unknown, and forging a path to understanding, light breaking broken is the personal journey of two artists reconnecting with language, culture, and identity.

With different cultural perspectives and individual histories, Jamieson and Grenier use their distinct dance styles to push each other’s boundaries and find an opening to the light.

Through collaborations with Margaret Harris (Elder Advisor), Josh Hite (Video Artist), John Korsrud (Composer), DD Kugler (Dramaturg), Betsy Lomax (Elder Language Carrier), James Proudfoot (Lighting Designer) exploration is extended into intersecting narratives in time and space: broken historical narratives and contemporary connections of hope.

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Choreographers: Karen Jamieson & Margaret Grenier Performers: Karen Jamieson & Margaret Grenier Elder/Advisor: Margaret Harris Video Artist: Josh Hite Composer: John Korsrud Dramaturg: DD Kugler Elder and Language Carrier: Betsy Lomax Lighting Design: James Proudfoot

Photo of Margaret Grenier and Karen Jamieson by Chris Randle

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PACE Working within the themes of human connection/disconnection and living in a dense urban environment, PACE is OURO Collective’s second creation. PACE is a unique hybrid of breaking, waacking, hip hop, popping and contemporary dance which explores each collective member’s personal relationship with anxiety, competition, suppression, and isolation.

Costumes: Jean Okada Lighting: James Kokol Managing Director: Cristina Bucci Co-Artistic Directors: Cristina Bucci, Maiko Miyauchi, Dean Placzek, Mark Siller, Rina Pellerin, Antonio Somera 33

OURO is an eclectic, Vancouver-based dance collective that uses hip-hop, waacking, breaking, popping and contemporary dance as the foundation for the creation and production of new work. As individual artists coming from diverse cultural and dance backgrounds, OURO sees collaboration as a catalyst for dialogue, creative innovation, and community building. United around the common goal of pushing the boundaries of how street dance-based works are created and presented, OURO is dedicated to creating performances that explore the full range of possibilities and identities the group represents.

Photo of Ouro by Jeff Hamada

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KIT T JOHNSON

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Photo of Kitt Johnson by Per Morten Abrahamsen

POST NO BILLS Post No Bills is an exploration of the transformative power of crisis. An ‘arte povera’ performance edging its way into the space where composure is irrevocably lost and the new and unknown barely glimpsed: When the stomachache following the collective Western consumerconstipation has receded. When times have become tough. When ships have been wrecked and the ravaging of the systemic crisis has become chronic.

When we can no longer afford to mistake expansion for development. When the choice is either death or change. And when you know the latter won’t happen until you break open the shell, puncture the membrane and scrap the fiction of reality. Right there, we meet the broken and disillusioned human with empty hands. Sent back to square one and free to re-invent the beginning. Post No Bills enters into the series of X-act-produced

solos, which focus on various aspects of the human existence. It explores crisis as a creative transformer. And sets off from the Existential Psychology stance that crisis must lead to criticism and not merely be suffered passively.

Choreographer/Performer: Kitt Johnson Musician: Sture Ericson Lighting Design: Mogens Kjempff

ROUNDHOUSE PERFORMANCE CENTRE $30 for Adults $25 for Seniors/Students

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M A STER CL A SSES & WORKSHOPS Immerse yourself in the artistic practices of national and international dance artists performing at the 2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival. If you want to get direct insight into the art of our visiting guest artists, there is no better way than by taking a master class or workshop.

ALONZO KING LINES BALLET March 4, 2:45PM-4:45PM Harbour Dance Centre 927 Granville Street Fee: $25

DAIRAKUDAKAN MARCH 7TH, 11:00AM-1:00PM EDAM STUDIO (303 E. 8TH AVE) Fee: $25

20% Discount available for members of CADA/West, Kokoro Dance, and Simon Fraser University SCA Dance Students.

Class size is limited, so we strongly recommend registering in advance online at vidf.ca or phone 604.662.4966

Meredith Webster (Ballet Master) Meredith Webster grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, studying dance under Jean Wolfmeyer, and received further training at the Harid Conservatory and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She then worked with Sonia Dawkins and Donald Byrd in Seattle, and earned a BS in Environmental Science from the University of Washington before moving to San Francisco to work with Alonzo King LINES Ballet. In her nine seasons as a dancer with the company, Webster performed and originated many central roles, received a Princess Grace Award, and guested at gala events around the world. In August 2014, she moved into the role of Ballet Master.

Master Class with Takuya Muramatsu and Daiichiro Yuyama Takuya Muramatsu is a principal dancer and choreographer with Dairakudakan since 1994, and head of the Dairakudakan school. Dairakudakan has been guided by Artistic Director Akaji Maro’s butoh concepts including tempu-tenshiki (“being born into the world is a great talent in itself”) and ichinin-ippa (“one dancer, one school”), which stresses the importance of individuals developing unique movement vocabularies. This master class is a rare opportunity to be introduced to the teaching of Japan’s oldest butoh company and a great introduction to their performances at the Vancouver Playhouse on March 10th and 11th.

This class is for advanced students.

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KAEJA D’DANCE March 11, 11AM-1PM KW Studios 111 Hastings St. W Fee: $25

KOKORO DANCE March 13-16, & 20-24 Barbara: Mon,Wed,Fri: 10-11:30AM Jay: Tue,Thur: 10AM-12PM KW Studios 111 Hastings St. W Free Class

VIRGINIE BRUNELLE March 17, 11AM-1PM KW Studios 111 Hastings St. W This class is for advanced/ professional students.

Fee: $25

KITT JOHNSON March 25, 11AM-2PM KW Studios 111 Hastings St. W Fee: $25

Feasting on Movement and Momentum Taught by one of Canada’s premiere dancing duos, Karen and Allen thrive on inspired moments, where catching risk in motion and instantaneously responding to a series of impulsive actions guide their dance.

The foundation of a warm-up leads workshop participants to the aesthetic of Kaeja Elevations with contact improvisation, where they will practice articulate and sophisticated responses to the point of contact, multi-level movement and the escalation of the opportunities for momentum through the unpredictability of the moment.

Our classes build strength, flexibility, and stamina, as well as developing technical and performance skills. The difference between the two types of classes reflects the different approaches to the same end taken by Barbara and Jay. Barbara’s classes focus on technical training and have a consistent structure from warm-up to movement in space. Jay’s classes are more eclectically varied and include more time for improvisational exploration. The two approaches complement each other and dancers are recommended to take both.

Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi are the Co-producers of the VIDF and the Codirectors of Kokoro Dance. Their teaching is strongly influenced by butoh studies over the last 31 years.

The workshop is comprised of a series of warm-ups, followed by sequences from the company’s repertoire, giving participants the exposure to the techniques developed by the company. To participate, you must be an advanced or professional dancer.

Since graduating from university, Virginie Brunelle has firmly established her mark on the contemporary dance scene. Her latest work, To the pain that lingers is a co-production of the National Arts Centre and The CanDance Network Creation Fund (Agora de la danse, The Banff Centre, Theatre Junction GRAND, Vancouver International Dance Festival), and is supported by the Dance Section of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Exploring Creativity Creativity does not only depend on magic moments of inspiration. Creativity also depends on a great deal of plain, patient work, necessary for the unfolding of ideas and their realization.

In this workshop we will uncover the individual source of inspiration and explore the path from idea to materialization. Through thematically based improvisation and composition tasks, different choreographic work tools will be introduced.

Addressed to students as well as professional dancers, actors and visual artists.

Maximum number of participants: 12

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Photo of Shuaib Elhassan by RJ Muna

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BIG PRINT PROJECT CHINATOWN Using a full-size steamroller as a press and working with professional printmakers, Big Print Chinatown highlights the possibilities in large woodrelief printmaking. Big Print Chinatown brings together a team of artists and printmakers, carving and printing dramatic 4‘ X 8’ woodcuts. Thematically focused on the richness of Vancouver’s Chinese and Aboriginal cultures, the works will be on display at Roundhouse Community Centre Exhibition Hall for the duration of the 2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival.

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Artists: Corey Bulpitt, Haisla Collins, Kee Toy Joseph, Jeanette Lee, Sharifah Marsden, Gerald Pedros, Susan Point, Connie Sabo, Jerry Whitehead, Sylvia Wong and June Yun. This event was originally sponsored by the City of Vancouver Great Beginnings; and was coordinated by Creative Cultural Collaborations Society - Co-Artistic Directors Esther Rausenberg and Richard Tetrault.

KEN CLARKE SCULPTURE WITHOUT A TRACE This piece was conceived as a tribute to those who have disappeared, and for those who are left behind, a possibility of closure. It is dedicated to Debbie Blair, who went missing while hiking on Cypress Mountain. Viewers are invited to interact with the work. The piece is constructed of woven willow and steel: 12’ tall x 8’ diameter.

Ken Clarke: kenclarke.yolasite.com

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LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS MARCH 8 – 24, ROUNDHOUSE EXHIBITION HALL

Join us in the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall for noon hour life drawing sessions every weekday beginning Wednesday, March 8 through Friday, March 24. Practice your drawing skills and let your creativity be inspired by dancers and life models posing in either costumes or plain clothes in the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall.

These public sessions, presented in partnership with the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, are open to all skill levels, are free, and require no pre-registration. Sketching paper, pencils, and other supplies are available for participants to borrow, courtesy of a generous donation by Opus Art Supplies.

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SUPPORT THE V IDF HOW TO HELP You can support the festival’s programming and the continued growth of contemporary dance through donations to the Vancouver International Dance Festival. The VIDF is a non-profit, artist-run, registered charitable society (CRA# 892858614RR0001) that needs your support. Your donation will help to ensure ongoing opportunities for local dancers, and touring opportunities for international artists to bring their works to the stage in Vancouver.

OTHER GIFTS Unrestricted donations to the society can also be made directly to the VIDF office, or as an additional ontribution when purchasing tickets online through the VIDF Box Office, with charitable tax receipts available for contributions of $25 or more. You can also support the VIDF through the donation of your time by volunteering. We have a number of roles that need filling each March to ensure the festival runs smoothly and delivers the best experience possible for our patrons, and your work with the festival is greatly appreciated. For more information, please contact our office at 604.662.7441 VIDF ENDOWMENT FUND Supervised by the Vancouver Foundation, the VIDF Endowment Fund is building a long term legacy for the festival. Interest from this fund supports the programming of the society, and nurtures the development of dance and theatre by supporting the Larisa Fayad bursary award for emerging lighting designers, and the VIDF choreographic award, issued in alternating years.

Please make cheques payable to the Vancouver Foundation, indicating VIDF in the memo line, and mail to: Vancouver Foundation RE: Vancouver International Dance Festival Society Fund Suite 200, 475 West Georgia St. Vancouver, BC V6B 4M9 Donations can also be made online at: www.vancouverfoundation. ca/give/donate. Enter “VIDF” in the search bar next to: “Support a specific fund held at Vancouver Foundation:” and then select “Vancouver International Dance Festival Society Fund” in the search results. You will automatically be sent a tax deductible receipt for your donation of $25 or more.

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LARISA FAYAD MEMORIAL FUND In loving memory of Larisa Fayad (1976-2007), her friends and family have established the Larisa Fayad Memorial Fund to carry on Larisa’s work and aspirations in the field of lighting design. From this fund, bursaries will be disbursed to enable the careers of emerging lighting designers. In 2018, the festival will present an award of $2500 under this program, the fifth bursary presented from the Larisa Fayad Memorial Fund.

Please help keep Larisa’s memory alive by continuing to donate to this fund through the Vancouver International Dance Festival via the Vancouver Foundation. All donations of $25 and over will be issued a tax deductible receipt. Please designate that your donation is dedicated to Larisa Fayad when you mail or fill out the online donation form on the Vancouver Foundation website.

We are grateful to the following sponsors & partners, funders, and individual supporters who together make it possible to produce the Vancouver International Dance Festival.

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Johanna Aguirre Helen Babalos Barbara Bourget Elliot Cheung Juergen Dankwort Frederick Fajardo Maegen Giltrow Jo-Anne Harrison Jay Hirabayashi Donna Hull Michael Jenkins Jeffrey Johnston Kevin Knuk Colleen Leung Gary Maier Aiko Osugi Leslie Poole Esther Rausenberg Kristine Richmond Melanie Semlacher Bernard Schulz Melanie Semlacher Aaron Smith Donald Straathof Tom Stroud Richard Tetrault Elizabeth Whynot

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FOUNDATIONS AND FUNDING AGENCIES British Columbia Arts Council Canada Council for the Arts City of Vancouver, Cultural Services Government of Canada, Department of Canadian Heritage Province of British Columbia Embassy of the United States

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VIDF STAFF Co-producer: Jay Hirabayashi Co-producer: Barbara Bourget Box Office Manager/Bookkeeper: Barbara-Lynn Pollard Administrative Assistant: Joseph Hirabayashi VIDF Intern: Hilary Altan VIDF Production Manager: Terry Podealuk Lighting Designer/Technical Director: Jeremy Baxter VIDF Photographer and Videographer: Chris Randle Web & Graphic Designer: Aaron Smith MEDIA RELATIONS Murray Paterson Marketing Group Telephone: 604.558.2400 info@mpmgarts.com VIDF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Michel Bisson, President Jane Connell, Vice President Kristine Richmond, Secretary Treasurer Linda Farris Philip Seth Henry Wong

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ROUNDHOUSE STAFF Arts Programmers: Cyndy Chwelos & Marie Lopes Technical Director: Andrew McCaw Jeremy Quan: Volunteer Coordinator The Vancouver International Dance Festival is a member of the CanDance Network of Dance Presenters.

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Photo of Alonzo King LINES Ballet by Chris Hardy