Small Stage 2.0
Dates: 16 + 17 July, 2024
Location: Please Beverage
Dance by: Claudia Moore
Emceed by:
Cory Philley + JA Saroyan, Janet Smith, Patrick Pennefather
thanks to our partner + funder for their support:
This show marks the return of the beloved Dances for a Small Stage, Vancouver edition.
After a 5 year hiatus, we are really excited to present a diverse ensemble of intergenerational women dance artists, offering a rich tapestry of styles, including contemporary, ballet, hip hop, jazz, tap, musical theatre, modern, flamenco and more.
Dances for a Small Stage showcases dance in an unconventional venue: a renowned distillery in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant, Please! Beverage.
With drinks in hand, our audiences sit back, relax and are engaged by unique, fresh contemporary dance, performed in an exhilarating, hip environment.
PROGRAMME
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Choreographer + Performer + Creator: AJ Simmons
So it Seems
Choreographer + Performer: Jessica Dawn Keeling
Music: Where or When - Peggy Lee
Cadail Ciarach Soundscape - Jessica & Corrina Keeling
Swaddledidaf Rosé - Dali Muru & the Polyphonic Swarm
Empty Bliss Beyond this world - The Caretaker
Tea
Choreographer + Performer: Nasiv Sall
Music: Little Simz
Composed score: Stefan Nazarevich
Outside Eyes: Alexis Fletcher, Heather Laura Gray + Carley Ishii
Seeds and Departures
Choreographer: Lesley Telford
Performer: Claudia Moore
Music: Lamento della ninfa, SV 163_ Amor, amor
Note: This is just a beginning, a seed of the first ‘getting to know you’ phase. A departure point. Creating this solo for Claudia Moore was a gift- a gift to get to know her, to witness her depth, to understand first hand how her love of dance propels her movement through life.
BYOM
Choreographer, performer + creator: Cori Caulfield
Music: whatever you decide to play.
lonesome
Choreographer: Tedd Robinson
Performer: Claudia Moore
Music: For No One - music + lyrics by John Lennon + Paul McCartney, sung by Rickie Lee Jones
Curator notes from JA:
I have invited an incredible line-up of diverse women artists that I am really thrilled about.
I am honoured to have Small Stage veteran Cori Caulfield. Cori was in the very first Dances for a Small Stage back in May 2002 at The Royal. It seems fitting she should return as part of this new adventure.
As for the others in the show, I am beyond excited to share these amazing dance artists with you.
Don’t worry… for those of you die hard fans out there the format will remain the same; short pieces that you can sink your teeth into!
For you newbies out there, I hope you come out and see what you’ve been missing!
Sit back, relax, enjoy a drink and get ready to watch some fantastic dance!
