Hannah mariko bell - meet the snoofs
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Snoofs of the world, get ready to destroy the competition! Meet the Snoofs is a lighthearted parody of Big Brother and other reality tv competitions. Follow the journey of these loveable characters as they navigate challenges and rivalries, all while trying to keep themselves from falling apart (literally). ARTIST PROFILE: Hannah Mariko Bell is a proud fourth generation Japanese Canadian and a graduate of the University of Victoria's theatre program (BFA with Distinction, 2019) Her first production, Kansha, was produced as a part of Intrepid Theatre's YOU Show series in 2018. Hannah is a new puppeteer and a member of UNIMA West. She is also Theatre SKAM’s Artistic and Community Liaison. ARTISTS: Hannah Dawn Allin (she/her) – Polly Thinksalot Nicholas Atkinson (he/him) – Mal Icious Hannah Mariko Bell (she/her) – Puppet Maker/Puppeteer/Creator Molly Bell (she/her) – Buddy Noah Boyle (he/him) – Seeds Corina Fischer (they/them) – Director of Photography Chris Gaines (he/him) - Hank Natasha Guerra (she/her) – Round Snack Monster Snoof base design/base idea by Adam Kreutinger LINKS hannahmarikobell.com IG @hannahmarikobell |
AMBER DOWNIE-BACK - High tide low tide
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High Tide Low Tide is a work-in-progress that creates a liminal 'other world' using movement, sound, and video. Transitory impressions of memory and identity are reflected as sensitive ecosystems that bloom, evolve, and disappear as quickly as they appear. ARTIST PROFILE: Amber Downie-Back (she/her) is a dancer and interdisciplinary artist interested in integrating dance in collaborative contexts with other mediums such as music and video art. Her practice examines the reflection of natural space in the digital world. She is interested in the physiological and somatic responses elicited by anxiety, as well as the environments that soothe them. She creates transformative experiences that are intimate, communal, and atmospheric. Amber lives on the traditional and unceded territory belonging to the Lekwungen Peoples, on whose territory she is grateful to perform and dance. ARTISTS: Performance by Amber Downie-Back (she/her) Projection/Video by Amber Downie-Back and Angus Steele-Gaffney Soundscape by Angus Steele-Gaffney (he/him) http://www.angusgaffney.com/ LINKS: IG @a_downieback FB Amber Back |
impulse theatre - the joy machine
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Born before and now in response to the global pandemic, Impulse Theatre is currently research-creating the joy machine. This new dance theatre project looks at the western societal systems for joy and what's drawing us away from it. Through the use contemporary dance, music, physical theatre, and more, the team is digging into joy's crucial role in our survival. COMPANY PROFILE: Impulse Theatre was founded in the summer of 2010 on a rock in the ocean. The company has created over fifteen new highly visual and engaging works since inception and have brought work to upintheair's rEvolver Theatre Festival, Videofag, the Belfry's Spark Festival, Intrepid's Winterlab, UnoFest, and YOU Show series, Theatre SKAM's SKAMpede, the Victoria and Vancouver Fringe Festivals, and the Firehall Arts Centre's BC Buds Festival. ARTISTS: a collaborative creation with Andrew Barrett (he/him), director/choreographer Matilda Cobanli (she/her), dramaturg Veronique Emmett (she/her), performer Julie Mombourquette(she/her), performer LINKS: www.impulsetheatre.ca (surprise! you're already here) IG @impulsetheatre |
noble riot dance Theatre - kayla henry (bird lady solo)
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For this project, I will be creating and performing a short solo that is inspired by my recent journey with cancer, and how I moved from a place of horror to a place of deep love and balance. I am fascinated by the contradicting and contrasting emotional ranges I experienced. ARTIST PROFILE: Kayla Henry is a mother, performer, creator, and movement educator located on the unceded Coast Salish Territory of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ Nations, British Columbia. She has recently returned to Victoria BC after an absence of thirteen-years, during which she trained, performed, and created across Canada and in Europe. Kayla is the Founder/Artistic Director of Noble Riot Dance Theatre in Victoria BC (2021). ARTISTS: Kayla Henry (she/her), Choreographer/Performer LINKS: www.nobleriot.ca IG @nobleriotdance |
ship - ship 2.2
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this is about a ship on open water; it's about the undercurrents that swing the ship this way or that way; the dance between the ship and the water that is sometimes turbulent, stunning other times & ever shifting. ARTIST PROFILE: june is a classically-trained visual artist from South Korea who now works & creates on Van Isle. Her work is quiet but present, playful but focused & always very neuro-diverse. noah is a freelance dance artist based in Victoria. He is adept in both classical & commercial dance forms. Presently, he's part of the Performance Research Project in Vancouver under the artistic direction of Lesley Telford. ARTISTS: june yeo (she/her) noah mckimm (he/him) jared middleton (he/him) daniela castellanos (she/her) seth dylan (he/him) SHIP 2.2 written, filmed, edited by june project image by rian plante (he/him) LINKS: daniela IG @danielacastellanos june IG @kaikafka noah IG @noananah rian IG @rianplante seth IG @s.u.a.seth |
TRicoz productions - Remembering reconcilation
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CONTENT ADVISORY: Genocide, rape, uncertainty This is a project about coming to be myself through sweat lodge and the Reconciliation process throughout Canada and the world. COMPANY PROFILE: Having been in Victoria Fringe festival twice, SKAMpede once and invited to Port Alberni for a summer Solstice festival, Reminiscences of Reconciliation my, one at the time, man show is about the injustices and maybe future Reconciliation that may occur. ARTISTS: Rory Keewatin (she/her), creator/performer |