move: the company
Originally choreographed in 1990, and inspired by the movie "Drowning by Numbers", directed by Peter Greenaway, the piece takes off from the director's comment that "the emancipation of the female is the most significant development of the latter half of the twentieth century". Told as a series of movement vignettes for nine dancers and a live accordion player, the piece tells the story of the struggles inherent within this development, through humour and pathos.
Running Time: 43 minutes
Choreography: Harvey Meller
Music: Michael Nyman, Lester Bowie, Live Accordionist
Dancers: Josh Beamish, Erica Trivett, Jeannie Vandekerkhove, Kevin Tookey, Matthew Waldie, Jacqui Lopez, Angel Jutzi, Heather Dotto and Mackenzie Green-Dusterbeck
Company Premiere: Feb 4th & 6th, 2010 at the Chutzpah Festival, Vancouver, BC
Original Premiere: May 1990, Vancouver, BC
Originally created with the assistance of The City of Vancouver, the province of British Columbia. Special thanks to Dancecorps, Katherine Labelle, Cornelius Fischer Credo, Norman Armour, Andreas Kahre, Michael Vonn and all the original dancers and subsequent casts, for their involvement in the creation of the piece.
Current presentation made possible by the generous support of the Norman Rosthein Theatre, The Scotiabank Dance Centre and the Canada Council for the Arts.
