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WHAT IS IS CONTACT IMPROV CONCERT SERIES:
This concert series aims to celebrate the art of Contact Improvisation creation in an enlivening community setting. Commissions are given to contact Improvisation community members to create new works. After each performance, there will be an audience-creator chat. The Contact Improvisation Concert Series has specialized project support from: The Canadian Heritage Foundation. It is also funded by our other operation funders, the Toronto Arts Council and Ontario Arts Council.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
New creation by Dancers and co-creators Alexandre St Onge and Wai Liu
March 31, 2024
8:45 pm
NUUC's Rafos Hall, 310 Danforth Ave, Toronto
Cost: $10
Biographies
Alex St-Onge, originally from Northeast Texas, and Wai Liu, originally from Hong Kong, are two Toronto-based movement artists connected by their shared love of contact improv. This spark led to a choreographic partnership through which they explore heightened sensory experiences, dynamic world-building, and a whole lot of play. Through this work, they hope to leave audiences with a lasting feeling of wonder and curiosity. Their most recent adventure consisted of performing in and premiering work at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.
2025 Double-bill Marry Mary Merry Go Round and Around the Whorl by Kathleen Rea with dancers Mika Lior, Samantha Johnston, Suzanne Liska, Adrian Chuquipiondo, Harrison Argatoff, Marina Robinson, Berkan Gorgun and Nancy Christie.
2025 - Woven by Kathleen Rea and Suzaane Liska
2025 - Two Bodies and Nobody danced and co-created by Gibum Dante Lim and Adrian Chuquipiondo. Gibum Dante Lim was the director.
2024 - Research Group Performance with Suzanne Liska, Samantha Johnston, Adrian Chuquipiondo, Zita Nahrady and Mika Lior with lead creator Kathleen Rea
2024 - Mythic Shifts with Suzanne Liska and ensemble (Samantha Johnson, Gibum Dante Lim, Mika Lior, Suzanne Liska, Zita Nyarady, Kathleen Rea, Tess Takahashi, Mateo G. Torres
2023 - "Poetry and Dance Evening" with award-winning poet Gili Haimovich and dancers , Adrian Chuquipiondo, Jeff Moskal, Olivia Proudfoot and Kathleen Rea
2023 - "Finding Helix" Choreographer Kathleen Rea, dancers and co-creator Jayeden Walker and Luke Anderson and original music and musician Cheryl Ockrant.
2023 - "Untitled" Dancers and co-creators Nickeshia Garrick and Irma Villafuerte with music and co-creation by Uche Ama
2022 - "Contact Dense" Dancer and Creator Olivia Proudfoot, dancer Tim Spronk and sound score and guest appearance by Ference Szabo.
2022- "Querying Gender" by dancers Paul Lewis, Jayeden Walker, and Mateo Galindo Torres
2022- "Contact Zoomprov" by dancers Jen Roy, and Luke Anderson with sound artist Steff Mendolia, and "7:37" new work by choreographer Valentina Tambini
2021 - "Here We Are" by Megan English and Jessica Houghton and musician Doug Tielli
This After Jam Concert Series has specialized project support from: The Canadian Heritage Foundation. It is also funded by our other operation funders Toronto Arts Council and Ontario Arts Council.
