2008-2013 Seasons-at-a-Glance

Rarely finding creative motivation in the events from his personal life, in this work Michael Trent takes the time to look at the bodily affects of love and loss. It is often said of love and of loss that there are stages, which change and grow, suffer setbacks and make great leaps forward. These stages… Read…

by Michael Trent and Dancemakers Dancemakers’ Artistic Director Michael Trent re-imagines a dance from the Company’s 100-plus repertoire, a body of work amassed over its 38-year history and created by noted Canadian and international artists. Wanting something other than a traditional remount, Trent creates a new dance piece in response to choreographer Mitchell Rose’s 1974… Read…

by Jacob Zimmer and Nova Bhattacharya After years of working as a dramaturge, Jacob Zimmer makes his choreographic debut with Dancemakers. Story Dance Radio, he tells a simple story framed by the sound and music of the 70’s; rebellion, liberation and death, with looks that might, now, undermine all the seriousness.  Nova Bhattacharya is a trailblazer… Read…

Martin Belanger (Quebec) Ame Henderson (Ontario)Antonija Livingstone (Quebec) What happens when you make a dance that has a new cast every night? One bold – and perhaps slightly crazy – proposal for a shared evening of dance. No two shows are be the same. 5 company dancers plus Dancemakers’ Artistic Director Michael Trent perform all six… Read…

by Michael Trent The time frame of the minute is a marker for our day-to-day existence, helping us deal with each other in this daily ritual of negotiation: ‘Hold on a minute!’ ‘Give me a minute?’ ‘Do you have a minute?’ The minute has become the default measure for our interactions. But how long is a minute? Of… Read…

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