Creation labs: a place of exploration

 

O Vertigo's dance labs are back in 2007-2008 for the fourth consecutive year. Devoted to research and creation, O Vertigo's dance labs can be qualified as exploration sessions in diversified forms, with choreographer Ginette Laurin, the company's dancers and collaborators. Leading to stimulating collaborations, these labs are made more dynamic by the infinite possibilities of some of the new technologies.

 

 

Lab n°10 : Christian Rizzo

10 days of research and creation with French multidisciplinary artist

and choreographer Christian Rizzo.

 

 

 

 

Archives – 2006-2007 SEASON

 

Lab n°8 : Body & Light

Discover the myriad possibilities of lighting the dancing body with light artist PIPON.

 

 

Lab n°9: Collective Body

Voyage to the confluence of performance and video with Toronto artist Jeremy Mimnagh.

 

 

 

Archives – 2005-2006 SEASON

 

Lab No. 5 - The Resonant Body

An exploration of the body's sonorities with the sound-design tandem Larsen Lupin.

 

Lab No. 6 - Body & Literature

The company's dancers penetrate the world of Samuel Beckett with the help of dramatist-director Stéphanie Jasmin.

 

Lab No. 7 - Chanti Wadge

10 days of intensive creation with dancer, choreographer and interdisciplinary artist Chanti Wadge.

 

Archives – 2004-2005 SEASON

 

Lab No. 1 - Men/Women

This lab aims to explore men's and women's differing perceptions in the context of creation.

 

Lab No. 2

10 days of intensive work with theatre director Wajdi Mouawad.

 

Labo No. 3

A collaboration between choreographer Ginette Laurin and various architects.

 

 

 

 

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WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES 2007-2008

 

 

August 4 to 22, 2008

O Vertigo Intensive Workshop

« Dance and Creative Processes »

 

Open to professionals, advanced-level students,

and other performing artists with a solid physical training base.

 

Duration : 3 intensive weeks, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Location : Creation Centre, Montreal

Cost : $ 900 CAD

 

Registration before June 13, 2008

10% discount for registration before March 31

 

 

Description

This program offers a variety of classes and workshops based on the creative

work of O Vertigo and conducted by company members and guest teachers:

 

•  Technical classes;

•  Body consciousness and lifts;

•  Creation laboratories with Ginette Laurin, working on choreographical elements from

La Chambre Blanche;

•  Creativity and performance with choreographer Ginette Laurin,

which includes three specialized seminars with guest professionals;

•  Contact improvisation classes with guest teacher Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood.

 

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Don't delay ! The number of participants is limited.

 

 

 

 

Financial support is available :

 

for Quebec residents only– Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec : www.calq.gouv.qc.ca

 

for Canadian residents only – Conseil des arts du Canada : www.conseildesarts.ca

 

 

 

 

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ARTIST'S RESIDENCY POLICY

 

 

Since its founding in 1984, O Vertigo has dedicated itself to research and creation in dance, with equal emphasis on training and the development of the discipline in all its forms. Since the recent opening of the Creation Center at Place des Arts, the company has reaffirmed its mission, and, in the spirit of sharing resources, it is offering other artists in the dance milieu access to these new facilities, which provide optimum conditions for practicing the discipline.

 

Selection :

 

Candidates who wish to apply to the Creation Center for a residency must send a motivation letter, accompanied by a project description and a short biography, to the address below:

 

O Vertigo 175 St. Catherine St. West, Montreal, QC, Canada H2X 1Z8

 

Selection criteria :

 

The artistic quality of the project

The pertinence of need

 

All applications will be examined by the selection committee.

 

Length of the residencies :

 

Each residency will last a maximum of two weeks. The length may vary slightly according to the Creation Center 's schedule of activities.

 

Available resources :

 

Artists whose projects have been selected will have access to O Vertigo's rehearsal studio (3,874 sq.ft.) and basic technical equipment (sound and lighting). Certain conditions concerning the use of space and equipment will be outlined in a written agreement between the artist and O Vertigo.

 

Registration dates :

 

O Vertigo will hold two residency competitions per year.

For the 2007-2008 year, application deadlines are :

 

November 1, 2007 : for projects to be carried out between January 1 and June 30, 2008. Candidates will receive the answer by November 30th.

 

May 1, 2008 : for projects to be carried out between July 1 and December 31st, 2008.

Candidates will receive the answer by May 31st.

 

 

For more information : Isabelle Roy, Reception and Activities Coordinator

(514) 251-9177 extension 221
info@overtigo.com

 

 

   
 

Audition

 

No audition for the moment.

 

 

Jobs

 

No job posting for the moment.

 

 

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