ISOLATED//TOGETHER is an amazing and unique collaboration and arts installation that represents the collective work of six (6) cultural organizations and 34 artists who decided to document the COVID-19 experience in New Brunswick through dance, film, music, spoken word, photography, and visual arts during the LOCKDOWN. Institutions involved included: Atlantic Ballet Atlantique, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Theatre New Brunswick, Solo Chicken Productions, Connections Danceworks, Brainworks and features the work.
· 14 dances were created and filmed in empty and closed spaces including the empty theatre in downtown Moncton;
· 14 visual artists were asked to create masks that they felt represented the isolation we were all experiencing;
· 14 stories of New Brunswickers in lockdown were recorded in multiple languages.
Step inside the booth and close the door to experience what they created together!
Kyana opens our festival with the vibrancy of traditional powwow dance to welcome us all! She brings together both textile art and dance in her performance that has captivated audiences across Canada. A master of her craft, we are grateful to have her kick off IMPACTfest 2023!
Followed by a night of dance with Yvonne Ng
“Weave…Part One” uses a contemporary dance framework to braid my mother’s life (second Sino-Japanese War); adopted into a Peranakan family as a baby, passed on to her Lau Ye at age 7 for convenience then discarded at age 19 on the death of the patriarch; with some of the situations I lived through in Canada, and choices I made that crystalized who I became. Central to the solo is a questioning of the role/value of a woman in Asia – if all this has really changed with the passing of time.
Ent’acte, featuring singer, Kristin Fung.
In Search of the Holy Chop Suey
Where or in what time space does identity reside? Ng asks “How does someone else’s movement quality impact my own dancing self?” as she undertakes a pointed investigation for her solo, In Search of the Holy Chop Suey. In it, she ponders a life of creation and imitation in movement and mines influences from sources as varied as her mother, modern dance and kung fu legends, ordinary people, wild animals and more.
Content Warning: Brief Nudity
— Location: Theatre L'Escaouette
Following the performance, join us at the Aberdeen Cultural Centre to celebrate the opening of IMPACTfest 2023 and relish in a conversation with Yvonne Ng as she facilitates a mouth watering discussion with the world-renowned Moncton chefs Ida Chen of Cinta Ria and Gene Cormier of Euston Park Social, sharing stories of connection between food, cultures and the land. Then dance the night away with DJ Mobaws to his mix of afro beat, dancehall, R&B, and house music.
— Location: Aberdeen Centre
ISOLATED//TOGETHER is an amazing and unique collaboration and arts installation that represents the collective work of six (6) cultural organizations and 34 artists who decided to document the COVID-19 experience in New Brunswick through dance, film, music, spoken word, photography, and visual arts during the LOCKDOWN. Institutions involved included: Atlantic Ballet Atlantique, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Theatre New Brunswick, Solo Chicken Productions, Connections Danceworks, Brainworks and features the work.
· 14 dances were created and filmed in empty and closed spaces including the empty theatre in downtown Moncton;
· 14 visual artists were asked to create masks that they felt represented the isolation we were all experiencing;
· 14 stories of New Brunswickers in lockdown were recorded in multiple languages.
Step inside the booth and close the door to experience what they created together!
About the dream
Choreographer & Performer: Jera Wolfe
Poet & Performer: Natasha Kanapé Fontaine
This is a dance exploring the ideas of reconnection and remapping of ones self. A journey of reclamation told through the poetry of Natasha Kanapé Fontaine.
Likeness
Choreographer: Jera Wolfe
Performers: Miyeko Ferguson and Roberto Soria
Music: Forgive by Dobrawa Czocher, Timelines by Dobrawa Czocher, Ouverture by Hani Rani and Dobrawa Czocher, Mirror by Perter Gregson, Breathe by Perter Gregson
The work explores the theme of perception; examining the ways in which we build and promote a version of ourselves, and how this compares to the ways in which we are seen by others. When are these versions of ourselves in alignment and when do tensions exist between them? Likeness was originally commissioned and part of Citadel Dance Mix 2022 - performed Fall of 2022 at The Citadel + Compagnie in Toronto, ON.
In collaboration with the multi talented, versatile dancers of Atlantic Ballet Atlantique Canada and costume designer Kate Mitchell, Lydia Zimmer has woven an abstract world of oddities, highlighting the power of movement harnessed by individual interpretations of music and mystery.
Following the show will be an opportunity to chat with artists about their work and creative process.
— Location: Theatre L'Escaouette
ISOLATED//TOGETHER is an amazing and unique collaboration and arts installation that represents the collective work of six (6) cultural organizations and 34 artists who decided to document the COVID-19 experience in New Brunswick through dance, film, music, spoken word, photography, and visual arts during the LOCKDOWN. Institutions involved included: Atlantic Ballet Atlantique, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Theatre New Brunswick, Solo Chicken Productions, Connections Danceworks, Brainworks and features the work.
· 14 dances were created and filmed in empty and closed spaces including the empty theatre in downtown Moncton;
· 14 visual artists were asked to create masks that they felt represented the isolation we were all experiencing;
· 14 stories of New Brunswickers in lockdown were recorded in multiple languages.
Step inside the booth and close the door to experience what they created together!
A shared biennial event with Atlantic Ballet and Mocean Dance, Shifting Tides: Dance Films from Atlantic Canada, is a program of Atlantic-Based dance and movement-based films, hosted by Mocean Dance and presented at Atlantic Ballet Atlantique’s IMPACTfest.
The evening’s presentation will feature films from all four Atlantic provinces curated within the 2023 theme of Folding In/Sweeping Out. This year’s program was co-curated by Mocean’s Co-Artistic Director Sara Coffin and emerging dance artist Isaac Abriel.
— Location: Hilton Garden InnISOLATED//TOGETHER is an amazing and unique collaboration and arts installation that represents the collective work of six (6) cultural organizations and 34 artists who decided to document the COVID-19 experience in New Brunswick through dance, film, music, spoken word, photography, and visual arts during the LOCKDOWN. Institutions involved included: Atlantic Ballet Atlantique, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Theatre New Brunswick, Solo Chicken Productions, Connections Danceworks, Brainworks and features the work.
· 14 dances were created and filmed in empty and closed spaces including the empty theatre in downtown Moncton;
· 14 visual artists were asked to create masks that they felt represented the isolation we were all experiencing;
· 14 stories of New Brunswickers in lockdown were recorded in multiple languages.
Step inside the booth and close the door to experience what they created together!
Immerse yourself in the scenic backdrop of one of New Brunswick’s most stunning natural habitats: the Atlantic Ocean. New original choreography by Igor Dobrovolskiy, inspired by and created especially for the location, performed on an outdoor stage. Experience a delicious local food tasting menu by renowned Chef Gene Cormier featuring specialties of the region made, grown and cultivated right here at home.
— Location: Grande-Digue, NBAn 8-part movement study exploring Freedom as concept and aspiration. A clash of dance styles birthed from the African diaspora, including jazz, lindy hop/swing, footwork, salsa, afrofusion, West African, groove and rhythm. Four dancers from across the African diaspora converge in conversation and exchange, in play and in reflection. This dance montage of a sorts asks the audience and its performers to imagine freedom; what it feels like, looks like, sounds like, tastes, like, smells like. How does freedom live in our bodies and spirits? How is it attainable?
Following the show will be an opportunity to chat with artists about their work and creative process.
— Location: Theatre L'Escaouette
ISOLATED//TOGETHER is an amazing and unique collaboration and arts installation that represents the collective work of six (6) cultural organizations and 34 artists who decided to document the COVID-19 experience in New Brunswick through dance, film, music, spoken word, photography, and visual arts during the LOCKDOWN. Institutions involved included: Atlantic Ballet Atlantique, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Theatre New Brunswick, Solo Chicken Productions, Connections Danceworks, Brainworks and features the work.
· 14 dances were created and filmed in empty and closed spaces including the empty theatre in downtown Moncton;
· 14 visual artists were asked to create masks that they felt represented the isolation we were all experiencing;
· 14 stories of New Brunswickers in lockdown were recorded in multiple languages.
Step inside the booth and close the door to experience what they created together!
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