Ocaso, Tabula Rasa, Indomitable Waltz, Face the Torrent
2019-01-18 19:302019-01-19 21:3060Canada/Eastern🎟 NAC: Malpaso Dance Company
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/18660
An Associate Company of Joyce Theater Productions.
The Havana-based Malpaso – Cuba’s first independent dance company – has grown to become one of the most internationally sought-after in its short five-year history. For its NAC debut, it’s bringing a mix of the soulful, the sexy and the sensational. The beautiful duet Ocaso by resident choreographer and Artistic Director Osnel Delgado and Ohad Naharin’s Tabula Rasa perfectly complement a program that includes...
“These dancers’ gorgeous and glorious movement is all loose limbs and soaring extensions that sweep in high arcs over one another’s heads.”
Helena Alonso Paisley, ArtBurst Miami, 2017
NAC Presentation
An Associate Company of Joyce Theater Productions.
The Havana-based Malpaso – Cuba’s first independent dance company – has grown to become one of the most internationally sought-after in its short five-year history. For its NAC debut, it’s bringing a mix of the soulful, the sexy and the sensational. The beautiful duet Ocaso by resident choreographer and Artistic Director Osnel Delgado and Ohad Naharin’s Tabula Rasa perfectly complement a program that includes commissioned works by two in-demand female creators: Indomitable Waltz by Canadian Aszure Barton and Face the Torrent by the Emmy-award winning New Yorker Sonya Tayeh.
Aszure Barton was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. She received her formal training at the National Ballet School in Toronto, where, as a student, she helped originate the ongoing Stephen Godfrey Choreographic Showcase.
To date, she has collaborated with and created works for Mikhail Baryshnikov, Fang Yi Sheu, Ekaterina Shipulina/Bolshoi Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Bayerisches Staatsballett, Houston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Nederlands Dans Theater, Sydney Dance Company, Ballet British Columbia, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Ballets Jazz Montréal (Resident Choreographer 2005-08), among many others. Aszure has also led masterclasses, mentored, and created for renowned training institutions including Harvard University, The Juilliard School, New York University, Arts Umbrella, Canada’s National Ballet School and The Laban Institute (UK).
Other work includes choreography for the Broadway revival production of The Threepenny Opera directed by Scott Elliott (translation by Wallace Shawn and starring Alan Cumming, Jim Dale, Nellie Mackay, Ana Gasteyer, and Cyndi Lauper), film and installation projects, and international outreach activities such as “Kenya’s Earth Project: Healing the Rift”, at the Laikipia Nature Conservancy. Aszure’s choreography has been featured in numerous film and television projects, including the Sundance Channel’s Iconoclasts Series with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Alice Waters.
Aszure was the first artist in residence at The Baryshnikov Arts Center in 2005 and has been an artist in residence at The Banff Center since 2009. She was proclaimed an official Ambassador of Contemporary Choreography in Canada and, more recently, received The Koerner Award for Choreography. In 2012 she was honored with Canada’s prestigious Arts & Letters Award, joining the ranks of Oscar Peterson, Eugene Levy, Karen Kain and Christopher Plummer.
She is the proud founder and director of Aszure Barton & Artists, a collective of visual, sound, and performing artists, and her work continues to tour to Europe, Asia, and Africa as well as Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
Aszure Barton est née et a grandi en Alberta, au Canada. Elle a reçu sa formation officielle à l’École nationale de ballet de Toronto, où, en tant qu’étudiante, elle a contribué à la création du Stephen Godfrey Choreographic Showcase.
À ce jour, elle a collaboré et créé des œuvres pour Mikhail Baryshnikov, Fang Yi Sheu, Ekaterina Shipulina/Bolshoi Ballet, le Ballet national du Canada, l’Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, le Bayerisches Staatsballett, le Houston Ballet, l’American Ballet Theatre, la Martha Graham Dance Company, le Nederlands Dans Theater, la Sydney Dance Company, le Ballet British Columbia, le Hubbard Street Dance Chicago et Ballets Jazz Montréal (chorégraphe résidente de 2005 à 2008), entre autres. Aszure a également dirigé des ateliers de maître, servi de mentor et créé pour des établissements de formation renommés, dont l’Université Harvard, la Juilliard School, l’Université de New York, Arts Umbrella, l’École nationale de ballet du Canada et l’Institut Laban (Royaume-Uni).
Parmi ses autres travaux, citons la chorégraphie pour la reprise de la production de L’Opéra de quat’sous à Broadway, mise en scène par Scott Elliott (traduction de Wallace Shawn, et mettant en vedette Alan Cumming, Jim Dale, Nellie Mackay, Ana Gasteyer et Cyndi Lauper), des projets de films et d’installations, ainsi que des activités de sensibilisation internationale comme le “Earth Project du Kenya: Healing the Rift”, au Laikipia Nature Conservancy. Les chorégraphies d’Aszure ont été présentées dans de nombreux projets cinématographiques et télévisés, notamment dans la série Iconoclasts de Sundance Channel avec Mikhail Baryshnikov et Alice Waters.
Aszure a été la première artiste en résidence au Baryshnikov Arts Center en 2005 et est une artiste en résidence au Banff Center depuis 2009. Elle a été proclamée ambassadrice officielle de la chorégraphie contemporaine au Canada et, plus récemment, elle a reçu le prix Koerner de la chorégraphie. En 2012, elle a été honorée par le prestigieux prix Arts & Lettres du Canada, rejoignant ainsi les rangs d’Oscar Peterson, Eugene Levy, Karen Kain et Christopher Plummer.
Elle est la fière fondatrice et directrice d’Aszure Barton & Artists, un collectif d’artistes visuels, sonores et de la scène, et son travail continue de tourner en Europe, en Asie et en Afrique, ainsi qu’en Argentine, au Brésil, au Canada et aux États-Unis.
Ocaso
CHOREOGRAPHY Osnel Delgado
MUSIC by Autechre, Kronos Quartet and Max Richter
LIGHTING DESIGN Matt Miller
COSTUME DESIGN Osnel Delgado
Face the Torrent
CHOREOGRAPHY Sonya Tayeh
MUSIC Colette Alexander with The Bengsons
COSTUME DESIGN Karen Young
LIGHTING DESIGN Nicole Pearce
Indomitable Waltz
CHOREOGRAPHY Aszure Barton
MUSIC by Alexander Balanescu, Michael Nyman and Nils Frahm
COSTUME DESIGN Fritz Masten
LIGHTING DESIGN Nicole PearceASSISTANT TO THE CHOREOGRAPHER Jonathan Emanuell Alsberry
Tabula Rasa
CHOREOGRAPHY Ohad Naharin COSTUME DESIGN Eri Nakamura
