Edam Dance Presents:
Fall Choreographic Series 2022
Work by Lisa Mariko Gelley, Peter Bingham and Nayana Fielkov,
October 26, 28, 29, Nov 4, 5 @ 8pm
November 5 @2pm (matinee show) 2022 EDAM
- Special post-show talk on October 26
Midori
Work by Lisa Mariko Gelley
Midori is a relative of Furusato, a duet between Lisa and her grandmother, Lily Tamoto. This collection of research is rooted in a practice of instinct, how our bodies are exquisite containers of knowledge, and what might not be fully understood, can still be accessed and embodied. Midori creates a space for the complexities and depth of familial and sibling love, sweet memories, and impossible distances. In this place, we offer, we connect, we receive, we play, and are held, in rhythmic ritual.
Created by Lisa Mariko Gelley in collaboration with Sophia Mai Wolfe and Shana Ai Wolfe
Sound
Who Told You This Room Exists - Belong
1013 - Miso Extra
Gila Gila (feat. JP THE WAVY & YZERR) - Awich
Thank-you to Lily Tamoto, Linda Gelley, Sophia and Shana Wolfe, Jeanette Kotowich, Rianne Svelnis, Josh Martin and Peter Bingham.
The Participants
LISA MARIKO GELLEY is an artist and mother living and working on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She is Artistic Co-Director of Company 605, a contemporary dance company in so-called Vancouver, creating original works for stage and film through collaborative processes with artists in dance and other disciplines.
Lisa is currently working on a series of short works with her grandmother, Lily Yuriko Tamoto, around intuition, recalling, sharing, and transferring memory. Together, they created and performed a duet, Furusato, in 2021, and the next work in the series, Midori, will be performed by the Wolfe sisters, Sophia Mai, and Shana Ai. Lisa's Japanese name, Mariko, was given to her because it combines her grandmother's name, Yuriko, and her mother's middle name, Mayumi. Some of her favorite Japanese foods are kabocha, mitarashi dango, and her grandmother's poached salmon.
SOPHIA MAI 舞 WOLFE (she/her) is a queer, Japanese-Canadian independent dance artist who also works in visual media including photography, filmmaking, curation and video art. Shana is her sister and remembers choreographing dances to the Lion King soundtrack as kids. She loves soba, tsukemono and her mothers gohan desuyo. The longest distance she's been away from Shana was 14362.31 km when she was in Kenya and Shana was in Comox. Her middle name translates to "dance".
SHANA AI 愛 WOLFE is a Japanese-Canadian dance artist based in so-called Vancouver on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh Nations. She is the younger sister of Sophia and has always called her ‘Sophie’. Some of her favourite foods are natto and mitarashi dango. She is a freelance dancer, monthly instagram poster and crochet blanket maker. Her middle name means "love" <3
Conversation Pieces
Work by Peter Bingham
EDAM’s Artistic Director Peter Bingham brings to the stage a directed dance improvisation, which gives space for the strange, peripheral, vulnerable, and playful to unfold. Building on the ensemble's research into associative vocal interjections and supported by EDAM’s creative grounds in Contact Improvisation, seven dancers navigate spatial and sensorial parameters. Above all, the work underscores the intrinsic care, trust, and commitment between the eight adept performers.
Direction: Peter Bingham
Dramaturg: Raïna von Waldenburg
Dancers: Anne Cooper, Francesca Frewer, Hayley Gawthrop, Arash Khakpour, Diego Romero, Olivia Shaffer, Antonio Somera Jr.
Sound: Alex Mah
Thank you Raïna and to all the performers for their commitment and artistry.
The Participants
PETER BINGHAM, Artistic Director of EDAM Dance, has been exploring the boundaries of improvisation and choreography since 1975. His work has been performed across Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia.
RAÏNA VON WALDENBURG, former full-time faculty at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, adjunct at SFU and UFV, currently teaches workshops in Grotowski-based physical performance. Raïna is a dramaturg, writer, director, and performer in Vancouver and the experimental downtown NYC theatre scene. She has been facilitating artists in the development of original performance material for thirty years.
ANNE COOPER is happy to dance in this latest piece by Peter/EDAM, and has danced in many others. She’s danced in the US ‘Glimpse’ Performances under the direction of Nancy Stark Smith from 2012-2018, and for choreographers and companies in Vancouver, Winnipeg & Quebec city. Anne’s own work has been presented at Vancouver venues EDAM, The Firehall Arts Centre & others. She’s taught Contact Improv at EDAM and elsewhere since 2000 and hosts ‘the Jam’.
FRANCESCA FREWER is a contemporary dance artist living as a grateful guest on the unceded, ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh first nations. She loves dancing with EDAM.
ALEX MAH is a composer and interdisciplinary artist whose scores use verbal notation to deal with ideas of indeterminacy, performer choices, and the sensing body. He has participated in festivals, workshops, and performed across Canada, Germany, Denmark, and the U.K. www.cargocollective.com/alexmah
HAYLEY GAWTHROP received their contemporary dance training through Modus Operandi (Vancouver). Since graduating in 2016, Hayley has interpreted works by Emmalena Fredriksson, Arash Khakpour, Antonio Somera Jr, Fight With a Stick, Dumb Instrument Dance, Omer Keinan, Kelly McInnes, The Response, and MACHiNENOiSEY. Their current interests in regards to making/doing are driven by their desire to disrupt gender binaries and are deeply rooted in radical tenderness and gender nihilism.
Originally from Tehran, ARASH KHAKPOUR is privileged to be a dance artist who has immigrated to the ancestral and unseeded territories of the Coast Salish peoples. Arash is very lucky to work with and learn from Peter Bingham. He is overjoyed to have been dancing and performing with the exceptional EDAM ensemble for the past 4 years.
DIEGO ROMERO is a dancer and teacher at EDAM dance. He also runs the independent performance, Boombox. Furthermore, Diego studies continental philosophy and is working towards conjoining Contact Improvisation and philosophy in some way or another.
OLIVIA SHAFFER has enjoyed the last 14 years working as a dance artist. She is grateful to perform with EDAM (since 2014) while simultaneously collaborating with a broad range of choreographers as a freelance dancer. Olivia also leads her own choreographic projects and her work is presented locally and abroad. Olivia teaches dance and movement, including Contact Improvisation, at various studios, festivals, and post-secondary institutions. She holds a BFA from SFU. oliviashaffer.ca
ANTONIO SOMERA JR is a queer and quirky freelance dance artist who lives and works on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples. His interests lie in improvisation, whether it be through contact dance, freestyling in street dance battles or becoming an adult.
IN:TO:IT
Work by Nayana Fielkov
A contemplation on instinct and intuition in the modern landscape. How do we access our innate knowing and traverse the interruptions that arise? From Worms and other invertebrates to fine dining and formalities. “We do nothing, and nothing is left undone.” -Ram Dass
By Nayana Fielkov
Performers Nayana Fielkov and Jessica Dawn Keeling
Sound
Candy, Lily, Nonny
Clara Rockmore
Pete Schmitt
Lambret
The Participants
NAYANA FIELKOV is a performing artist dedicated to the work of play. She is based on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. Beginning with scripted plays and musicals over two decades ago, she evolved through the creation and wearing of masks, into the worlds of clown and devised theatre. Nayana is co-creator of the multi-award winning shows: Hotel Vortruba, Falling Awake, A Can of Worms from RAGMOP Theatre, Habitats, Underbelly and The Myrtle Sisters. Along with her touring duo and solo shows, she creates ensemble work, variety acts and teaches clown. She also makes puppets, clothing, and costumes, and is a proud mother of a twelve year old boy.
Born In Toronto, JESSICA DAWN KEELING spent early years immersed in dance, music and theatre. Her relationship and career in the performing arts has brought her to stage and screen in over 30 countries & exploration of the subtle things in life continue to inspire & expand her range of expression. She is just delighted to be a part of the Edam community.
EDAM and all the participating artists respectfully acknowledge that our activities and events take place on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw), Tsleil-Waututh (səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ) and Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) First Nations. EDAM also acknowledges the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts; the Province of British Columbia, BC Arts Council and the City of Vancouver.
Thank you for Joining us
Artistic Director Peter Bingham
Assistant Artistic Director Olivia Shaffer
General Manager Margarida Macieira
FOH Manager Sierra Megas
Lighting Designer Kevin Kiju Kim
Sound Technician Alex Mah
Images/photos by Chris Randle