Dance and music meet on stage in CoexisDance Western Edition. Dance artists and musicians share short improvised works in an intimate evening of live performances, culminating in a group jam. These events happen annually with presenting partners, curated by Olivia C. Davies.
December 19, 2019 trio line-up include:
- (Music) Brent Cross & Lisa Butel (Dance) Julia Carr
- (Music) Liam Carsley & Johanna Hauser (Dance) Anja Graham
- (Music) prOphecy sun & Matthew Ariaratnam (Dance) Jenna Berlyn
- (Music) Soressa Gardner & Ross Birdwise (Dance) Sophie Brassard
- GROUP JAM!
December 21, 2028 duet line-up included:
- (Dance) Emmalena Fredriksson (Music) Ben Wylie
- (Dance) Emily Long (Music) Marisa Etchart
- (Dance) Julia Carr (Music) Carol Sawyer
- (Dance) Salome Nieto (Music) Jeff Younger
- (Dance) Sophie Brassard (Music)Rémi Thibault
- (Dance) Olivia C. Davies (Music) Joshua Zubot
- GROUP JAM!
The Western Canadian edition of CoexisDance, inspired by the performance series curated and pioneered in Toronto by the late Colin Anthony in 2006 with the format ‘no more than two dancers, no more than two musicians, at least one of each’ has landed in Vancouver’s Scotiabank Dance Centre.
Curator Olivia C. Davies says: “The format can encompass multiple interpretations of improvisational scores that are nurtured through short creation residencies for each artist to get to know one another and foster trust prior to performance.” For this edition, the call went out to musicians who create experimental and electro-acoustic compositions, and emerging to mid-career dance artists. Davies initiated the first Western edition in December 2018 as part of her season-wide Dance Centre residency.
