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OCTOBER 7-12, 2014

Fill your dance card this October 7-12th at the Festival of New Dance. World class contemporary dance comes to St John's for Neighbourhood Dance Works' 24th annual Tour de Force edition of the festival. A week of intercon-necting elements with Main Stage productions and Off-Site performances, outdoor Pop-Ups and Window Dances, artists drawing dance and musicians accompanying dance, workshops, receptions, professional panels, coffee house chats, post show discussions, bloggers, tweeters and a Closing Party crescendo.crescendo. Whether intimately familiar or experiencing contemporary perfor-mance for the first time, your dance cards will be filled with unique perfor-mances.

Dulcinea Langfelder (QC) Laura Battcock (Lab.), Susanna Hood & Scott Thomson (ON), Sarah Joy Stoker (NL), Joe Ink (ON), Peter Trosztmer (Quebec), 605 Collective (BC), Katie Ward (QC), Jo Leslie (BC), Robyn Breen (ON/NL) and Louise Moyes (NL).

The opening gala on October 7 features the unforgettable Dulcinea Lang-felder, whose first visit to St John's was in 1990 and whom audiences have been clamouring for since her last visit in 1996. Established in 1985, Dulcinea Langfelder & Co. creates audacious, intelligent and highly accessible multidis-ciplinary works fusing theater, dance, song and puppetry. Inspired by Don Quixote’s muse, Dulcinea del Toboso, she sets out to take on Cervantes’ “absent heroine,” using her namesake to express her vision of the world and its history in Dulcinea's Lament.

Peter Trosztmer will entrance you in his own piece EESTI: Myth and Machine as well as in Katie Ward's piece: Infinity Doughnut.

Joe Ink, revered throughout Canada, gives us a short excerpt of his Retro-spective; Left.

Energy and skill abound in 605 Collective's Inheritor Album. They were a high-light in 2011 and return with an exploration of...

Jacinte Giroux's vital need to dance is celebrated by choreographer Jo Leslie in the piece; Affair of the Heart, Jacinte's journey after her stroke and back to dance, her love and her life.

The festival would not be complete without a Jack tale – Louise Moyes draws us into the story of Jack winning the princess with a lie? Do tell...

DULCINEA’S LAMENTDULCINEA LANGFELDER & CO.

“We’re immediately spellbound by the singular world Langfelder creates, as she effortlessly goes from stand-up comedy to penetrating the feminine mystique (…) An absolutely unique and captivating work, in the image of this curious, funny

and illuminated artist, who performs her scenic miracles as though they were simple charades.”

- La Presse, Montréal, 2008

Inspired by Don Quixote’s famous muse, Dulcinea del Toboso, Dulcinea Langfelder sallies forth to take on Miguel Cervantes’ ‘absent heroine’, giving voice to her namesake to express her vision of the world and its history. You don’t need to have read the book to know intuitively who Dulcinea is. The question is, does she exist? Does she live somewhere in all of us?

In her inimitable multidisciplinary style, Dulcinea and her chorus of ‘Honourable Colleagues’ (her technical team) follow the silk road on a pilgrimage, looking through the mirror to where the present warps with the past, as dance with theatre, words with im-agery... Quixote with Dulcinea.

Born in New York, DULCINEA LANGFELDER studied dance with Paul Sanasardo, mime with Étienne Decroux in Paris and theatre with Eugenio Barba and Yoshi Oida. In 1985, she founded her company in Montreal that creates and presents multidis-ciplinary works worldwide. Dulcinea has won several awards and was named Personality of the Year in Dance by La Presse in 1990.

Performers-Collaborators: Vicente Santes Gonzalez, Danys Levasseur, Eric Gingras, Erik Lapierre/ Audio+Light: Philippe Beaudoin/Director: Alice Ronfard/Scenograpghy: Ana Cappelluto/Music:Philippe Noireaut/Video: Yves Labelle

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 8PMLSPU HALL, 3 VICTORIA STREET

THE MUTED NOTESUSANNA HOOD & SCOTT THOMSON

The Muted Note is a suite of songs composed by Scott Thomson, settings of poems by P.K. Page, for Susanna Hood's singing voice. As a duo, Susanna, in addition to singing the lyrics, improvises on the songs both vocally and in dance, a synthesis for which she is singularly acclaimed in Canada. Scott, on trombone, both underpins Susanna and solos on the songs in a wide-ranging style that reflects his broad experience as an improviser. Throughout, P.K. Page's stellar poems are at the core of the work and, in both dance and music, Scott and Susanna seek to animate and activate the verse as they play. Their extensive Canadian tour this autumn will help to promote their new duo disc on &records.

SUSANNA HOOD is a compelling and virtuosic performer in dance and music. She began her career with Toronto Dance The-atre, 1991-95, has worked independently and collaboratively within dance, composition, film and singing with a variety of ex-ceptional people. Her collaborative projects, own choreography and music compositions have been presented throughout To-ronto, nationally, and internationally on stage and film since 1991. She has won the K.M. Hunter Emerging Artist Award and the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance.

SCOTT THOMPSON is a trombonist and composer who plays in established groups in many styles, and prizes ad hoc impro-vising as a way to meet many creative people. He has studied with Roswell Rudd, Jean Derome, Eddie Prévost, and John Oswald. Scott is one of the founders of the Association of Improvising Musicians in Toronto, and co-directs the AIMToronto Or-chestra. Scott was the artistic director of Somewhere There, which he founded in 2007 in Toronto. He has composed a series of site-specific pieces: ‘cartographic compositions’ for mobile musicians and audiences in unconventional performance contexts, including works for the galleries and corridors of the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Composer:Scott Thomson/Poetry:P.K. Page/Dance performance and vocals:Susanna Hood/Musical performance by Scott Thomson (trombone)Artistic advisor/rehearsal director: Kathy Casey

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LEFTJOE INK

“Wearing a modern brown suit with the kind of white ruff collar seen in Rembrandt paintings, Tookey is a man obsessed by the cup and saucer that sit under a slender beam of light at centre stage. The delicate vessel is his dancing partner and confidante

as well as a symbol of upper-class politesse—a stereotype Tookey smashes. Whispering rapid-fire words to the little cup, he comes across as certifiably mad. And when Tookey dances with the dishes balanced on top of his head, while

executing exaggerated flourishes of his hands and feet, he’s the epitome of grace and control.”

Gail Johnson - The Georgia Straight

Left is one of choreographer Joe Laughlin's most enduring and popular works. Is it one mans contemplation of his relationship to the world or is it just a tempest in a teacup?

JOE INK was founded in 1995 and has built a reputation for creating provocative, witty and lyrical work. Described as “wickedly sophisticated,” “unusual,” and “daring,” this Vancouver company speaks in a dance language all its own. Since inception Joe Ink has balanced local performances and projects in partnership with national and international artists and organizations and also produced public performances in the context of the community-based dance program Move It!

Choreographer: Joe Laughlin/Performer: Kevin Tookey/Music: Antonio Martin y Coll/Lighting: James Proudfoot/Costume : Alice Mansell

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 8PMLSPU HALL, 3 VICTORIA STREET

THE WORTH OFSARAH JOY STOKER

“Stoker's installation Rocks on was the richest piece of the festival for me. Set to sounds of nature, particularly crashing waves and the cries of gulls, Rocks on is both an eloquent hymn to nature and a lament for human destruction. The piece radiates a poetic

series of shifting and provocative images.”

about Rocks on: Paula Citron – The Globe and Mail June 2006

Ecology, economy, physiological and spiritual connections to our environments, grief and mourning. "Only by re-contacting the full reach and education potential of our kinesthetic intelligence will we have any hope of finding a balanced relationship with the larger systems of the world around us..." Thomas Berry

St.St. John’s native SARAH JOY STOKER began her dance training as a child, graduating from the School of Toronto Dance Theatre in 1996. As an independent dance artist she has performed throughout Canada, Europe, in NY and Brazil. Sarah worked extensively with Neighbourhood Dance Works and the Festival of New Dance from 2003 until 2010. She lives in St. John’s and operates Pony Locale Pilates, Kinesiology and Massage Therapy Studio with her husband.

Choreographer-Performer: Sarah Joy Stoker/Sound composition: Lori Clarke/Outside eye: Anne Troake

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 8PMLSPU HALL, 3 VICTORIA STREET

EESTI: MYTHS AND MACHINEPETER TROSZTMER

“There are those rare performances that fill you up so that you're brimming, stoked by the integrity of the work, or perhaps elated with a feeling of reflection. Such is the case with Peter Trosztmer's EESTI: Myths anf Machines (EESTI is the Estonian

for Eastonia). It's easily one of the best productions of the year.”

- Philip Szporer, Montreal 2011

An assemblage of disjointed events, disembodied voices, echoes and hazy memories. At its heart Eesti is a tale of grandfather’s escape from Estonia and a machine-like sculpture that shapes the visual and sonic landscape. The dancer/performer pulls us into a wild, fragmented narrative where his imagination is writing a history both epic and prosaic.

AfterAfter receiving his B.A. in Classics, PETER TROSZTMER studied at the Concordia University Department of Contemporary Dance before moving to Toronto to complete the School of the Toronto Dance Theatre training program. Since then, he has distinguished himself as in interpreter of the highest caliber and has worked and continues to collaborate with many national and international choreographers. His choreographic collaborations have been selected as top five shows of the year (La Presse 2006 and Voir 2012 Montreal) as well he was recognized for the best performance- (The Hour 2006). His work with Thea Patterson on the multi media work Norman received many accolades including an Angel Award at the Brighton Festival Thea Patterson on the multi media work Norman received many accolades including an Angel Award at the Brighton Festival UK (2009) and had one of the most successful performance runs at Place Des Arts 5ieme Salle. Peter continues to define his place as a creator who is invested in work that is sensitive, deeply researched and physically realized. His co-authored article with Thea Patterson Collaboration as Practice The Winding Road was presented at the Canadian Society for Dance Scholars Conference 2012. Peter with Jeremy Gordaneer and Thea Patterson are, at present, artists in residence at Techno Lith – New City Gas in Griffintown, Montreal.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 8PMLSPU HALL, 3 VICTORIA STREET

INHERITOR ALBUM605 COLLECTIVE

“The language they’re inventing is more hip, young and now-feeling than almost anything else out there at the moment.”

- The Georgia Straight

Vancouver’s breakout 605 Collective brings their trademark explosive physicality in this newly imagined version of Inheritor Album. The work is a collection of short pieces inspired by concepts of inheritance and succession, producing an album of ex-traordinarily affecting images and movement set to an electronic sound score. The six performers pull apart the roles of inheri-tor and predecessor to create brief snapshots of a generation in transition, balancing strong individuality inside of a powerfully connected ensemble. Known for their raw athletic power, the dancers are pushed to the limits of physical possibility against a backdrop of stunning animations by L.A.-based media artist Miwa Matreyek to explore an endurance, transformation, and what we leave behind.

605 COLLECTIVE is a Vancouver-based dance company dedicated to producing new work through a shared creative pro-cess, valuing collaboration as an essential tool for fostering new directions in the form. Inspired by the exchange between urban and contemporary dance, 605 places emphasis on movement innovation and physically demanding works, offering a highly athletic art form derived from the human experience. 605 continues to exploring new paths and creative methods through inviting in different artists with each new project, awakening a fresh and unpredictable aesthetic to capture new audi-ences. 605 has now performed from coast-to-coast in over 30 cities throughout Canada, and in the US, at some of North America's leading dance festivals and venues.

Performers: Laura Avery, Ralph Escamillan, Lisa Gelley, Hayden Fong, Josh Martin, Renée Sigouin/Video: Miwa Matreyek/Sound: Kristen Roos/Additional sound: Thom Yorke, Joshua Treble, Glenn Branca/Lighting: Jason Dubois/Projection Programming : Wladimiro A. Woyno R./

Technical Director: Graham Ockley/Rehearsal Director: Susan Elliott

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 8PMLSPU HALL, 3 VICTORIA STREET

INFINITY DOUGHNUTKATIE WARD

I see Infinity Doughnut, as a blind and imaginative system of navigation. We look at shapes, spaces and our interconnections to explore inanimate and human matter. This is a speculative and naïve survey of our surroundings.

The performance event Infinity Doughnut - invites performers and audience to surrender to its flow, and to accept change and spontaneity. I hope to foster in participants a quality of open sensitivity to fluctuations of mood, configurations of space, and shifting interpretations.

There are some kinds of change that are in operation here - that are possibly best explained by quantum physics. There is a feeling that we are inside a Mobius strip - an Infinity Doughnut…

KATIEKATIE WARD is a Montreal based choreographer and performer. Her most recent work Rock Steady was performed in Mon-treal, in France and in the UK. Her work uses sophisticated and naïve surveying techniques to explore the properties of matter and of imagination. She is currently working on a solo called Reality..

Choreographer:Katie Ward/Dramaturge: k.g. Guttman/Lighting: Paul Chambers/Music: Michael Feuerstack/Artistic Consultant: Kathy Casey/Performers: Audree Juteau, Dany Desjardins, Peter Trosztmer, Patrick Lamothe

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SIRENROBYN BREEN

Mermaid Utterance: A Nahavo Prayer

the world before me is restored in beauty, the world behind me is restored in beauty, the world below me is restored in beauty, the world above me is restored in beauty, all things around me is restored in beauty,

my voice is restored in beauty, it is finished in beauty, it is finished in beauty it is finished in beauty

The piece celebrates the feminine (and all that entails metaphorically) and sends a warning about its denigration. How we treat women, each other and the planet are all inextricably linked

Choreographed by JO LESLIE

ROBYNROBYN BREEN is a native of St. John’s, NL, currently pursuing her dance career in Toronto, ON. She is a graduate of the York University BFA (Honours) Dance Program, and is now in her final term at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre where she is working with Allen Kaeja and Tedd Robinson. Upon graduation, Robyn will begin working with Patricia Beatty on a remount of Skyling for the 2013 Toronto Heritage Dance performances. Robyn is also the founder and artistic director of NewFoundDance through which she has produced a number of her own works.

Choreographer: JO LESLIE/Performer: Robyn Breen/Music: Bachianas Brasileira no. 5- Heiter Villa Lobos, Kaddisch-Maurice Ravel/Sound: Jeff Giles/Lighting: Robert Gauthier, Robyn Breen + Jo Leslie

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 8PMLSPU HALL, 3 VICTORIA STREET

AFFAIR OF THE HEARTJO LESLIE

“I am making dances to put disabled people on stage to destroy stereotypes, and for the

dancers to experience how dance can transform them and change their self image. In this way we

can share our human commonality. Dancing for me is a way to say thank you to life. Thank you that I am still alive.” -Thank you that I am still alive.” -

Jacinte Giroux in The Dance Current 2011

When Jacinte was 39 years old (and a mother of 2 small boys) she suffered a massive stroke. Consequently she has become aphasic (lost a great deal of her speech capacity) and her right arm and leg are numb.

II met Jacinte in 2008 when I volunteered to direct her group’s rehearsals. Her vivacity, bravery and joy shone through anything we refer to as disability, and deeply moved me. Dance, for Jacinte, is life. I offered to create a solo so that she might return to the professional dance milieu and also, share a new perspective on the art form. Affair of the Heart (the title of the music) has been precisely that: with very few words but a great deal of passion and laughter, Jacinte’s remarkable story unfolded in dance. Enjoy

JOJO LESLIE is an innovator, choreographer, movement director, coach, dramaturge, director, teacher, animateur, writer and mentor. She spearheaded dance/music improvisation, co founded Montreal’s Studio 303 and contributed to the development of dance in St John’s. Her theatre credits include The Stratford Festival, NAC, CanadianStage, Caravan Theatre in BC, many regional theaters and 10 years as principal movement teacher at the National Theatre School. (Allen Hawco was her student!) She recently won a Dora for her work on Cinderella, a retelling at Young Peoples’ Theatre, and assistant directed the new opera Elephant Man, in Sweden..

Choreography:Jo Leslie/Performer:Jacinte Giroux/Music : Marjan Mozetich: Affair of the Heart/Original Lighting: Paul Chambers

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 8PMLSPU HALL, 3 VICTORIA STREET

PANTS ON FIRELOUISE MOYES

“You’re known for the wit and humour of your works, and particularly for your subtle plays on words that are not only verbal but also physical. This is something I love about your performances...... Humour is not very common in contemporary dance.”

- Megan Andrews, The Dance Current 2010

Jack wins the Princess's hand - by lying?

A contemporary take on a tale from St. Mary's Bay, with the Princess giving her side of the story. What happens when the foun-dations of your relationship are built on slippery ground...

A new Docudance work combining folk tale and contemporary writing with dance, both folk and contemporary.

LOUISE MOYES most often performs docu-dances: shows she researches, choreographs, and performs, working with the rhythm of voices, language, and accents like a musical ‘score’. Previous works include ‘Moore-Gallant: a docudance’, staged short stories by Lisa Moore and Mavis Gallant,; ‘St. John’s Women’; ‘Florence’; ‘Taking in Strangers’; and ‘unravelling the bor-ders.’ Moyes is also currently performing dance and interdisciplinary pieces by choreographers Jo Leslie and Eryn Dace Trudell. Louise is excited to have been commissioned to make a docudance on Dancers Tammy McLeod, Calla Lachance and AndreaAndrea Tucker. She studied at Studio 303 in Montreal and has performed throughout Canada and in Germany, Italy, Iceland, New York, Australia, and Brazil.

Recipient of 10 grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and over 20 from the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, as well as the City of St. John’s, her show with Paul Rowe; Francophone Newfoundland and Labrador since Utrecht was awarded a Manning Heritage Award in the provincial category.

Choreography and performer: Louise Moyes/Performer: Peter Rawsthorne/Outside eye: Anne Troake/Live accordion

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 8PMLSPU HALL, 3 VICTORIA STREET

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