West End Wednesday ~ 17-June-2020
Happy “½ Half” Hour
co-host: Cory Philley + Julie-anne Saroyan
Virtual Salon
~ dance
co-host: p megan andrews + Julie-anne Saroyan
programme:
To Stay Awake
choreographer + dancer: lisa rose metz
Song: Take
Artist: WENS
Thank you to Small Stage for making space for all of us to share our voices.
And to Tyler Day, thank you for always being the calm in the storm, your strength and courage to confront the unknown drives us more than you know.
Flower
Choreographer: Cui Qiang
Rehearsal Director: Jessica Jone
Dancer: Emma Lee (Lorita Leung Dance Company)
Notes:
This is a dance of the Dai Ethnic group from Yun nan province in Southwestern China. Since the Dai people live close to Laos and Myanmar, their dance style shares similarities with Southeast Asian dance aesthetics.
Our soloist, Emma Lee, has been dancing at Lorita Leung Dance Academy for the past 16 years.
With this dance, Emma won the Elite Platinum Award, the top award at the prestigious Taoli World Dance Competition in Los Angeles.
The Taoli World Dance Competition is a well-known Chinese dance competition attended by dancers from all over North America and Asia.
My Heart Has Conversations With You Every Day
Choreographer & Dancer: jacq smith
Music: “I’m Gonna Live Till I Die” by Tony DeSare
“Spring Is Here” by Tony DeSare & Tedd Firth
Notes:
Exploring the inner turmoil of loss, and the journey to rebuild oneself.
Understanding that the messages he left behind, in both words and being, can be amplified with time.
Dedicated to Mark Smith (“Father Unit”).
Small Stage @ night
~ music
co-host: Cory Philley + Julie-anne Saroyan