Movement Reel
curriculum vitae
Performance
August 2019: Montreal, QC: Frontera: Animals of Distinction
July 2019: Vancouver, BC : Oh Well: Emmalena Frederiksson
June 2019: Tanz&Kunst Konigsfelden, Baden, Switzerland: IKARUS
February 2019: PuSh Festival: Fragile Forms: MACHiNENOiSY
November 2018: Shooting Gallery Performance Series: Party Bizarre: Elissa Hanson & Lexi Vajda
November 2018: AB/BC tour: Digital Folk:Plastic Orchid Factory
September 2018: Firehall Arts Centre: Never Still: Action at a Distance
September 2018: Vancouver, BC: We Talk Disco One Day: Farouche Collective
April 2018: National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON: Telemetry: Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
March 2018: Vancouver International Women In Film Festival: VR film, Tidal Traces, Co-creator/dancer
March 2018: Germany tour: Telemetry: Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
November 2017: Dance in Vancouver: Digital Folk: Plastic Orchid Factory
October 2017: Western Canadian tour: Telemetry: Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
April 2017: Danse Danse, Montreal, QC: Telemetry: Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
March-April 2017- Made in BC Tour: Glory: Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
February 2017- Chutzpah! Festival, Vancouver, BC: Telemetry: Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
December 2016- Edam choreographic series, Budoetry: Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
September 2016- Digital Folk, Vancouver, BC: Plastic Orchid Factory
March 2016- Morko/Loch, Vancouver,BC: James Long and Cindy Mochizuki
February 2016- Chutzpah! Festival, Vancouver, BC: Telemetry: Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
January 2016- SFU SCA, Vancouver, BC: XXXX Topography: The Party
October 2015- TASS microresidency, Vancouver, BC: Digital Folk: Plastic Orchid Factory
August 2015- Fake Gems, Vancouver, BC: Like Lemonsby Layla Marcelle Mrowzoski
August 2015- North Island Residency, Sointula, BC: Telemetry and Glory: Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
July 2015- Dancing on the Edge 2015, Vancouver, BC: Submission to Entropy: Karissa Barry
May 2015- The Cultch, Vancouver, BC: The Sensationalists, World Premiere: 605 Collective/Theatre Replacement
May 2015- The Audain Gallery at SFU, Vancouver, BC: Dance Work/ Work Dance: Emmalena Frederiksson
March 2015- Incolballet Festical, Cali, Colombia: Glory: Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
February 2015- Chutzpah! Festival, Vancouver, BC: Glory: Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
November 2014- Scotiabank Dance Centre, Vancouver, BC: Vital Few and The Sensationalists: 605 Collective
October 2014- Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby BC: Submission to Entropy- Karissa Barry
September 2014- Scotiabank Dance Centre, Vancouver, BC: Glory(excerpt): Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
September 2014- 600 Campbell (Showing of CAG mentorship), Vancouver BC: Reflections A-C: Lexi Vajda
August 2014- The Cultch, Vancouver, BC: The Sensationalists: 605 Collective and Theatre Replacement
July 2014- The Vancouver Art Gallery: FUSE: Delia Brett of Machinenoisy
June 2014- Dances for a Small Stage: Summer Lovin’, Vancouver, BC: The Other You: Karissa Barry
May 2014- Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC: The Art of Stealing: Response Dance
February 2014- Dances for a Small Stage 30, Vancouver, BC: Strategy 3 (exerpt): Karissa Barry
October 2013- Shadbolt Centre for the Arts “The Sole” Series, Vancouver, BC: Workspace II: Response Dance
July 2013- Dancing on the Edge 2013, Vancouver, BC: The Art of Stealing: Response Dance
April 2013- Made in BC tour: Vessel: Out Innerspace Dance Theatre
November 2012- Made in BC tour: Homewerk: Mascall Dance
September 2012- 8 Artists, 8 Days, Untitled:605 Collective
May 2012- Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House: The Arsenal Project: Response Dance
April 2012- Edam Dance presents Shifting States, Vancouver BC: Out Innerspace Dance Theatre
December 2011- Dance Allsorts Series, Vancouver, BC: Article In, collaborative creation by Laura Avery, Maxine Chadburn, Elissa Hanson, Arash Khakpour, Zoe Nichele, Kelly McInnes, Renee Sigouin, Lexi Vajda, Jessica Wilkie
October 2011- Bangkok Festival of Music and Dance, Bangkok, Thailand: Move: The Company
July 2011- Dancing on the Edge 2011 Festival, Vancouver, BC: Unlike Taste, choreography by Vanessa Goodman
Independent Work & Collaborations
2019- studies on attention and space: Bloom Choreographic residency, Vancouver, BC
2018- Party Bizarre: Shooting Gallery Performance Series, Vancouver, BC
2018- how to make dance by doing less: 5 a 7 at Left of Main, Vancouver, BC
2017- The Proposition: Family Fuse at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2017- I’m a Truck: DIY at Dance in Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
2017- Fordlandia: PS: We Are All Here, Toronto, ON
2017- I’m a Truck: Dance Café performance series at the Gold Saucer, Vancouver, BC
2017- electric toothbrush: BLiNK, Vancouver, BC
2016- I’m a Truck: Boombox inaugural presentation, Vancouver, BC
2016- The Proposition: F-O-R-M Festival of Recorded Movement, Vancouver, BC
2015- SPLAY space at the Dance Centre, Vancouver, BC
2015- Prompt: Unit/Pitt Gallery, ‘An Exact Vertigo’ residency, Vancouver, BC
2014- Reflections A-C: CAG intensive, Vancouver, BC
2011- Cusp: Interplay Project, Vancouver, BC
Education, Workshops, Residencies
2019- New Aesthetics Performance Intensive- Vancouver, BC
With Jeannine Durning and Malik Gaines, hosted by Theatre Replacement
2018-School of Making Thinking- Prattsville, NY
“Wisdom and Metaphor”- philosophical/ artistic residency
2018-8 Days VII- Woody Point, NL
A gathering of Canadian choreographers that values curiosity, risk-taking, reflection and a fluid approach to theory.
2017- New Aesthetics Performance Intensive- Vancouver, BC
With Miguel Gutierrez and Vivi Tellas, hosted by Theatre Replacement
2017- 8 Days VI- Toronto, ON
A gathering of Canadian choreographers that values curiosity, risk-taking, reflection and a fluid approach to theory.
2017- TO Summer Love-in- Toronto, Canada
Angela Shubot, K.G. Guttman, Shannon Cooney
2016- The Banff Centre for the Arts- Banff, AB
The Creative Gesture creative residency- full scholarship
2015- Unit/Pitt Gallery- Vancouver, BC
An Exact Vertigo- a residency/library/mini festival/community invitation/dancing museum/book publication/lecture series/workshop series/utopia
2014- Contemporary Art Gallery Summer Intensive- Vancouver, BC
The Contemporary Art Gallery brought together eleven emerging artists to explore the intersection between dance, choreography and visual art
2013- Gaga summer intensive workshop-Tel Aviv, Israel
2011- Edam Scholarship Program- contact improvisation with Peter Bingham
2007-2012- Modus Operandi Contemporary Training Program
Co-artistic directors Tiffany Tregarthen and David Raymond. Release technique, ballet, feldennkrais technique, conditioning, improvisation and composition, choreography and performance, dance on film.
2007-present- University of British Columbia- BA in psychology major and philosophy minor
July 2010-Northwest Professional Dance Program’s “Launch 3 project”-Portland, OR, USA
Repertoire of Hélène Blackburn (CAS Public), James Canfield (Nevada Ballet Theatre), Robert Moses (Robert Moses' Kin), James Gregg, and Loni Landon
January 2010-Northwest Professional Dance Program’s “Launch 3 project”-Portland, OR, USA
August 2009-P.A.R.T.S. summer school- Brussels, Belgium
Contemporary and release technique with Khosro Adibi, Ursula Robb.
Rosas repertoire, Rain, with JakubTruszkowskiand Marta Coronado
August 2009- Imulstanz International Dance Festival- Vienna, Austria
“Voice and Movement” with Angelique Wilkie, “Ballet for Contemporary Dancers” with Zvi Gotheiner, “Release Technique” with Marta Coronado, “Improvisation and Composition” with Olive Bierenga
Awards and Scholarships
2019- BCAC professional development grant
2019- Canada Council for the Arts- ‘Explore and Create’ professional development grant
2018- Canada Council for the Arts- ‘Explore and Create’ professional development grant
2016- City of Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award, emerging artist in dance
2013- Canada Council for the Arts, dance section- professional development grant
2011- Edam Dance- Contact Improvisation training scholarship
2009- Modus Operandi- full training scholarship
2007- BC Arts Council- BC provincial modern runner-up
Teaching
2019- WE Dance-Vancouver, BC
2018- Way Out West summer intensive- Mascall Dance
2017-present- Training Society of Vancouver- Professional contemporary classes
2016-present- Harbour Dance Centre- Open contemporary technique
2014-present- Modus Operandi Contemporary Dance Program- Contemporary technique and Public Performance
2011-present- Central Dance Academy- Modern Dance instructor and choreographer
2008-2017- North Shore Academy of Dancing- instructor (contemporary technique) and choreographer