move: the company
Vancouver’s Joshua Beamish Returns to NYC for Repeat Engagement as Season Opener at Joyce SoHo
September 07, 2011
Vancouver, BC — September 8, 2011 —MOVE: the company in association with Joyce SoHo presents:
"Allemande / Marcato / black tent on the plains”
September 29 – October 2
Thu - Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 2:00pm
Joyce SoHo, 155 Mercer St., NYC
MOVE: the companywill open the 2011 season of the Joyce SoHo with three exciting works, including a reprise of the acclaimed “Allemande” premiered there last season.
New works for this performance include “Marcato”, a work for five male dancers set to the music of NY-based composer Kevin Keller. The movement style of this piece is derived from the musical term marcato, which is sound characterized by a rhythmic thrust followed by a decay of the sound.
Also on the program will be the US-premiere of Beamish’s work “black tent on the plains”. Playing within the sparse structure of British composer Charlie Usher’s composition, the work delicately unravels the established dynamic of three women navigating a boundless plain.
Tickets:$20 / $18 (Students & Seniors); $18 DancePass; $100 Sep 29 Benefit
Post-performance discussions:Sep 30 & Oct 1
Tickets may be purchased online at joyce.org or via JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. The box office is open one half-hour prior to performance time to sell tickets exclusively for that performance. All programs are subject to change.
Sept 29 benefit info:call 212-242-0800 or email larry@movethecompany.com.
About MOVE: the company
In just six short years, Vancouver’s MOVE: the company has emerged as one of Western Canada’s most prolific dance companies. Founded in 2005 by current Artistic Director, Joshua Beamish, the company has performed across North America at venues such as Montreal’s Tangente and Studio 303, NYC’s Joyce SoHo and San Francisco’s The Garage. At home, the company has recently been presented by the Made in BC: Dance On Tour Program, The VIDF, Dancing on the Edge and the Chutzpah Festival, among others. MOVE: the company recently received the distinction of a commission from the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC, as well as the only choreographic residency ever awarded to a Western Canadian by the Djerassi Program in San Francisco, CA. The company most recently performed at the 15th Anniversary of the International Ballet Festival in Miami and then continued on to the Quinzena de Danca Festival in Portugal. In October 2010, MOVE: the company had the honour of participating as the only non-Aboriginal Canadian dance company selected by curators Cirque du Soleil for WORLD EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, China, performing the Closing Gala of the Canadian Cultural Pavilion. The company will next perform at the Bangkok International Festival for Dance & Music in October 2011, and at the Canadian Embassy in Brunei.
About Joshua Beamish, Artistic Director/Choreographer
Joshua Beamish, Artistic Director of MOVE: the company, began dancing under the direction of his mother Loretta Lachner in Edmonton, Alberta and continued his training in Kelowna, BC. Upon moving to Vancouver, Joshua began his career as an assistant choreographer, and dancer for various feature films and television shows. Outside of MOVE: the company, his works have recently been performed by Toronto Dance Theatre, Halifax Dance, Ballet Kelowna, Dance Saskatchewan, the Universities of Alberta and Missouri, Ballet Jorgen, the Bellingham Repertory Company, the Victoria School of Contemporary Dance and Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance in Kansas City. He is the 2009 recipient of a City of Vancouver Mayor's Arts Award, a 2008 Globe and Mail Dance Award and of artistic residencies at the Scotiabank Dance Centre, Drive Dance Centre, the Shadbolt Centre, the Sunshine Coast Dance Society, the University of Alberta, the Norman Rothstein and Clarke Theatres and the Banff Centre. Joshua also recently participated in a choreographic session facilitated by the New York Choreographic Institute, collaborating with the students of theSchool of American Ballet. In September 2010, he premiered new commissions for Sylvain Brochu and Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance and recently completed a term as Artist-in-Residence at Odyssey Dance Theatre in Singapore. Joshua is currently choreographing the 2011 International Children’s Winter Games Opening Ceremonies event.
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