TORONTO, March 5, 2002 -- Dance Innovations, York University’s annual festival of contemporary dance, heats up the campus March 13 to 16 with three programs of inspired works by emerging and professional dancer-choreographers.
Independent choreographer and York dance professor Darcey Callison is the artistic director of the series, which run in repertory throughout the festival.
Steamed features independent works by students in York’s Department of Dance. Percolating presents dances created by fourth-year choreography students that draw on the urban experience and are set to original compositions by York music students.
Boiling showcases the York Dance Ensemble, the Dance Department’s touring repertory company directed by Holly Small. The program includes the world premiere of Girl Power, a rollicking sextet choreographed by former National Ballet Company dancer Matt Mrozewski. Also on the playbill are remounts of Darcey Callison’s punchy, athletic work Terpsneakery and Helicon by Toronto dance artist Michael Sean Marye, who is currently pursuing graduate studies in dance at York.
Dance Innovations runs Wed. March 13 through Fri. March 15 with two shows nightly at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. On Sat. March 16, all three programs – Steamed, Boiling, Percolating – run in sequence at 2:30, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Performances take place in the Joseph G. Green Studio Theatre, Centre for Film and Theatre at York University, 4700 Keele Street. Admission is $5 per show. For more information, call the Dance Department hotline at 416- 650-8030.
York’s Dance Department is the oldest and largest university-based dance program in Canada. Founded by Grant Strate more than 30 years ago, the department is recognized nationally as a leader in dance education and research, and a major contributor to the infrastructure of dance performance and scholarship in Canada.
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For further information, please contact:
| Brigitte Kleer | Nathalie-Roze Fischer |
| Public Relations, Faculty of Fine Arts | Communications, Faculty of Fine Arts |
| York University | York University |
| 416-736-2100, ext. 77143 | 416-736-2100, ext. 20421 |
| bkleer@yorku.ca | nfischer@yorku.ca |
