Where: Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay West
When: March 7-8, 2023
Cost: Ticket $18–$24 and can be purchased at www.danceworks.ca
Details: DanceWorks presents e-motion tour, featuring work by three outstanding choreographic voices from Ballet Edmonton, as a triple-bill program. The event opens with Persistence of Memory by celebrated choreographer and Ballet Edmonton Artistic Director Wen Wei Wang, and follows with two new works by a pair of exciting fresh voices in contemporary ballet, Diego Ramalho presenting Valei-mi and Dorotea Saykakly presenting BLACK MOON.
Persistence of Memory by Wen Wei Wang was created amid the 2020 pandemic, and fueled by the constant need for human contact. This work was initially created as a film and reimagined for the stage. Valei-me by Diego Ramalho is a contemplation on how we are influenced by where we first “belonged” exploring how music lives in the nervous system and reflects an unconscious sense of identity connected to a place. And Dorotea Saykaly’s BLACK MOON explores the human relationship of desire and faith while utilizing a mythical sci-fi approach to storytelling and image-making.
e-motion tour Program:
Persistence of Memory
Choreography: Wen Wei Wang in collaboration with the Ballet Edmonton dancers
Lighting Design: Dorrie Deutschendorf
Performers: Full Company
Valei-me
Choreography: Diego Ramalho
Lighting Design: Dorrie Deutschendorf
Performers: Full Company
BLACK MOON
Choreography: Dorotea Saykaly
Composer: Riku Mätinen
Costume design: Carla Romagnoli
Dramaturg: Emil Dam Seidel
Rehearsal Director: Yoko Kanomata
Lighting: Dorrie Deutschendorf
Performers: Ariana Barr, Chloe Bennett, Paula Cobo Botello, Adrian de Leeuw, Yoko Kanomata, Devon McLean, Connor McLeary, Diego Ramalho, Samuel Ramos, Matthew Wyllie.
More info: www.danceworks.ca @danceworksto @danceworksto