SEASON

Game On, WCD's Emerging Artist Initiative

Thursday, October 24 1:30 pm
Friday, October 25 7:30 pm

The future is bright in our first ticketed performance of the season!

Featuring new work + new and returning dancers! Witness a fun and exciting evening of talent as an ensemble dancers dive deep into themselves and their dance practice! Audiences can expect laughter, energy and athleticism!

WCD’s Emerging Artist Initiative is generously sponsored by the Gail Asper Family Foundation and is in partnership with the School of Contemporary Dancers.

 

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Game On:

Choreography:
Jolene Bailie

Additional Rehearsal Director for "Calibrations of Flux":
Julious Gambalan

Original Sound for "signals to segue":
Emma Hendrix

Lighting:
Jolene Bailie and Zambia Pankratz

Costume for New Work:
Megan LaTouche

Stage Manager:
Jolene Bailie

Assistant Stage Manager:
Carol-Ann Bohrn

Dancers:
Sienna Denys-Peters, Lee Frketich, Aileen Holzrichter, Ellice Kynman, Thomas Oberlin, Emma Petit, Monica Schilling, Sontje Justine Skabo

Photo (above):
Photo: Leif Norman, Choreography: Jolene Bailie, Dancer: Ellice Kynman

Jolene Bailie

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Jolene Bailie

Choreographer

Photo: Kristen Sawatsky

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Zambia Pankratz

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Zambia Pankratz

Lighting

Photo: Rayan Boyes

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Julious Gambalan

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Julious Gambalan

Additional Rehearsal Director for “Calibration of Flux”

Photo: Mark Dela Cruz

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Emma Henrdix

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Emma Henrdix

Original Sound for signals to segue

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Megan LaTouche

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Megan LaTouche

Costumes for the realm of becoming

Photo: John Gurdebeke

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Carol-Ann Bohrn

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Carol-Ann Bohrn

Assistant Stage Manager

Photo: Susanne Middelberg

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Sienna Denys-Peters

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Sienna Denys-Peters

Dancer

Photo: Ross Jordan

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Lee Frketich

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Lee Frketich

Dancer

Photo: Joanna Frketich

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Aileen Holzrichter

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Aileen Holzrichter

Dancer

Photo: DJ-Green

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Ellice Kynman

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Ellice Kynman

Dancer

Photo: Alexis Taylor

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Thomas Oberlin

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Thomas Oberlin

Dancer

Photo: Natalie Sluis

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Emma Petit

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Emma Petit

Dancer

Photo: Bennett Murphy

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Monica Schilling

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Monica Schilling

Dancer

Photo: Lucas Tielman

 

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Sontje Justine Skabo

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Sontje Justine Skabo

Dancer

Photo: Taylor Weins

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WCD’s 60th Anniversary Tribute to Rachel Browne

November 28-30 7:30pm
December 01 4:00pm

We open the subscription series celebrating WCD’s founder, Rachel Browne! Some of Rachel’s most memorable works will be performed, including Sending Love, KJ4, My Romance and more!

Featuring an ensemble of Winnipeg-based dancers and lighting by Hugh Conacher! We are excited to mark this milestone season by celebrating our great founder, Rachel Browne, while showcasing dancers of today.

Artist Talk to follow Sunday matinee


WCD’s Tribute to Rachel Browne is sponsored by the Asper Foundation

 

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WCD’s 60th Anniversary Tribute to Rachel Browne:

Choreographer:
Rachel Browne

Director:
Jolene Bailie

Rehearsal Directors:
Jolene Bailie and Kristin Haight

Lighting:
Hugh Conacher

Costumes:
Megan LaTouche and Jolene Bailie

Stage Manager:
Samantha Desiree

Dancers:
Carol-Ann Bohrn, Reymark Capacete, Justine Erickson, Julious Gambalan, Aileen Holzrichter, Ellice Kynman, Thomas Oberlin

Artist Talk Moderator:
Tom Stroud

Photo (above):
Boris Minkevich

Rachel Browne

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Rachel Browne

WCD Founder, Choreographer

Rachel founded Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers in 1964, Canada’s first professional modern dance company.

Rachel served as the company’s Artistic Director, resident choreographer and teacher for over 20 years. Her work was instrumental in the development of modern dance in Canada, and by 1970 she had brought Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers to national recognition.

During her tenure as Artistic Director, Rachel commissioned and performed works by well-known American choreographers including Cliff Keuter, Sophie Maslow, Lynn Taylor Corbett, Dan Wagoner and James Waring. Under Rachel’s direction, the company also became an important commissioner of new choreographers including Stephanie Ballard, Anna Blewchamp, David Earle, Karen Jamieson, Judith Marcuse, Jennifer Mascall, Gaile Petursson-Hiley, Linda Rabin, Paula Ravitz, Tedd Robinson and Norbert Vesak.

Rachel resigned from Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers as Artistic Director in 1983, but remained closely tied to the company for the remainder of her life, while setting works on other companies and dance artists throughout Canada.

Focusing primarily on her choreographic development from the early 1980s onward, Rachel created a series episodic works including Mouvement, Edgelit, Toward Light, Sunstorm and Flowering. Rachel’s final piece, Momentum, a trio for the School of Contemporary Dancers’ graduating students, premiered in May 2012.

Rachel’s outstanding achievements have been honoured through numerous accolades and awards. Rachel became a Member of the Order of Canada in 1997 in recognition of the significance of her leadership in establishing and developing modern dance across Canada. She was awarded the 1995 Jean A. Chalmers National Dance Award for Creativity in Dance, the 2000 Canada Council Jacqueline Lemieux Prize and the 2001 Manitoba Arts Council Great-West Life Lifetime Achievement Award. In her honour, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers renamed its performing venue The Rachel Browne Theatre in 2008.

Photo: Boris Minkevich

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Jolene Bailie

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Jolene Bailie

Director,  Rehearsal Director

Photo: Kristen Sawatsky

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Kristin Haight

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Kristin Haight

Rehearsal Director

Photo: Kristin Haight

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Hugh Conacher

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Hugh Conacher

Lighting

Photo: Leif Norman

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Megan LaTouche

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Megan LaTouche

Costumes for Fine, Thank You and My Romance

Photo: John Gurdebeke

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Samantha Desiree

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Samantha Desiree

Stage Manager

Photo: Charmaine Mallari

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Carol-Ann Bohrn

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Carol-Ann Bohrn

Dancer

Photo: Susanne Middelberg

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Reymark Capacete

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Reymark Capacete

Dancer

Photo: Jordan Nepon

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Justin Erickson

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Justin Erickson

Dancer

Photo: Courtney Maertens

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Julious Gambalan

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Julious Gambalan

Dancer

Photo: Mark Dela Cruz

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Aileen Holzrichter

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Aileen Holzrichter

Dancer

Photo: DJ Green

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Ellice Kynman

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Ellice Kynman

Dancer

Photo: Alexis Taylor

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Thomas Oberlin

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Thomas Oberlin

Dancer

Photo: Natalie Sluis

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OLD by Margie Gillis

February 07-08 7:30pm
February 09 4:00pm

WCD is thrilled to welcome back Canadian Icon, Margie Gillis, and her new full-length solo show, OLD.
Created in collaboration with Winnipeg-based Visual Artist, Randal Newman.

Aging is an uneven process of fall and recovery, of loss and discovery. As the material world dissolves, the energy in all things becomes vivid and clear. How do we traverse this new landscape with joy, and honesty? How can curiosity and active yielding, help us embrace mystery? How do we hold the mantel of ageing and patience, through physical loss? OLD is a bumpy journey of possibility.

“… It is rooted in the intimate, shared experience of dance. In the clarity of intentions, and above all, in an astonishing mastery of relationships – with breath, emotions, movement, space, the audience.” – Catherine Lalonde, Le Devoir


Artist Talk to follow Sunday matinee

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OLD:

Dancer and Choreographer :
Margie Gillis

Directors:
Margie Gillis and Randal Newman

Set Design :
Randal Newman

Lighting Design :
Pierre Lavoie

Costumes:
Margie Gillis, Randal Newman, Sonya Bayer

Video Creation, Sound And Video Director :
Samuel Thériault

Music :
Sebastian Zawadzki, Laurence Hobgood, Jacques Brel, John Abberger, Gaétan Leboeuf, Hozier, David Fray

Artist Talk Moderator:
Danielle Sturk

Photo (avove):
Sasha Onyshchenko

Margie Gillis

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Margie Gillis

Dancer and Choreographer

Photo: Sasha Onyshchenko

 

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Randal Newman

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Randal Newman

Set Design

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Pierre Lavoie

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Pierre Lavoie

Lighting Design

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Samuel Thériault

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Samuel Thériault

Video Creation, Sound And Video Director

Photo: Studio Bain de Minuit

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Sonya Bayer

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Sonya Bayer

Costumes

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New Work

April 25-26 7:30pm
April 27 4:00pm

Since this beginning of time, humans have been imagining and creating their futures. The final show of WCD’s 60th Anniversary features works that are looking to 2084 and beyond!

More info to be announced!

Artist Talk to follow Sunday matinee

Photo (above):
Photo: Leif Norman, Choreography: Jolene Bailie, Dancer: Reymark Capacete