NAC Dance
· 2014-2015 Season

Amber Funk Barton and Josh Martin in Hero & Heroine © Photo: Chris Randle

Surrender, Leftovers, Hero & Heroine

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/8383

Two of Vancouver’s hottest young choreographic talents shine in an evening of high-energy dance conceived especially for the NAC. In Josh Martin’s dramatic solo, Leftovers, he pushes the body as a memory bank, fusing street dance, capoeira, and modern moves in an explosive exploration of muscle recall. Amber Funk Barton creates a new solo, Surrender (an NAC co-production), designed to showcase her unique style of fiercely physical hybrid movement. Barton’s dreamy duet, Hero...

October 23 - 25, 2014

Azrieli Studio 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada

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Oct 23 - 25, 2014

Azrieli Studio

Dance Canadian

“[Hero & Heroine] Amber Funk Barton and Josh Martin run the entire gamut of human emotion. Barton’s vocabulary demands decisive movement and intimate sensitivity that creates a sensuous choreographic framework.”” John Jane, reviewvancouver.org, 2010

≈ 1 hour and 22 minutes · With intermission

World Premiere NAC Co-production

Two of Vancouver’s hottest young choreographic talents shine in an evening of high-energy dance conceived especially for the NAC.

In Josh Martin’s dramatic solo, Leftovers, he pushes the body as a memory bank, fusing street dance, capoeira, and modern moves in an explosive exploration of muscle recall.

Amber Funk Barton creates a new solo, Surrender (an NAC co-production), designed to showcase her unique style of fiercely physical hybrid movement. Barton’s dreamy duet, Hero & Heroine, balances precise physicality with sensitivity of touch as she and Martin experience curiosity, wonder, courage, and desire. This is visceral, dynamic dance and supremely urban-cool.

Program Notes (pdf 1.69 MB)