Out Innerspace Dance Theatre

Bygones

2021-11-19 19:30 2021-11-20 20:40 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Out Innerspace Dance Theatre

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/29281

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Vancouver-based contemporary dance company Out Innerspace Dance Theatre has dedicated over 10 years to creating extraordinary and integral dance experiences. Its vision described as jaw droppingly original, Out Innerspace creates abstract, visceral and challenging work. You’ll be captivated by the rigorous, hyper detailed and virtuosic movements in this performance. Ghostly architecture, puppeteering and illusions create a world of pseudo things. Awarded the 2019 Crystal Dance Prize and...

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Babs Asper Theatre,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
November 19 - 20, 2021

≈ 70 minutes · No intermission

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Last updated: November 17, 2021

I’m particularly thrilled to be welcoming Out Innerspace Dance Theatre for its NAC Dance debut with its latest creation Bygones, just back from an extremely successful European tour. Known to our audiences as exquisite performers with Crystal Pite’s Kidd Pivot, co-creators Tiffany Tregarthen and David Raymond weave a wondrous world of virtuosity and magic. Illusion, innovation, and imagery transform what we see and feel through this compelling, clever and haunting journey.   

This season allows you to discover new names on the Canadian choreographic landscape as we experience the rich creativity these artists have to offer. Thank you for supporting NAC Dance.   

Enjoy!

About Out Innerspace Dance Theatre

Vancouver-based Out Innerspace Dance Theatre (OIS) was founded by David Raymond and Tiffany Tregarthen on unceded Indigenous land of the Coast Salish peoples and has dedicated over 10 years to creating extraordinary dance experiences through uncompromising rigour and unreserved ingenuity.

OIS’s creations have toured nationally and internationally for eight years. Their works have been awarded The 2014 CanDance Creation Fund, The 2019 Crystal Dance Prize and Associate Artist of Agora de la Danse in Montreal for the next three years.

Entering their 17th year of collaboration, David and Tiffany are creating works for Ballet BC (Canada), Netherlands Dance Theatre 2, Hessisches Staats Ballett (Germany) and LUCODA Collective (Luxembourg). Bygones has been invited to Tanzmesse (Dusseldorf), Julidans (Amsterdam) Torino Danza, Theatre Freiburg, Cinars (Montreal), Milanoltre Festival (Milan), Canada’s National Arts Centre and venues in France, Hungary, South Korea and across Canada.

Their education program Modus Operandi offers relevant dance development and individualized mentorship generating some of Canada’s most radical and inspired young dance artists.

“The dancing is athletic, satisfying and accomplished. Tregarthen and Raymond’s vision is jaw-droppingly original…abstract, visceral and challenging. This is bold and exciting contemporary dance.” 
Times Colonist

Program: Bygones

Created & Performed by David Raymond and Tiffany Tregarthen in collaboration with Elya Grant, David Harvey, and Lavinia Vago

Lighting Design: James Proudfoot
Video Light Design: Eric Chad
Sound Design: Kate De Lorme
Costume Design: Kate Burrows, vest by Hajnalka Mandula
Mixed Media Mask & Hands Design: Lyle Reimer (LyleXOX)
Stage Manager: Jessica (Ying-Jye) Han 
Understudies: Aiden Cass, Zahra Ahmad Shahab, Jade Chong

Company General Manager: Martin Alldred for New Works
International Agent: Brent Belsher at Belsher Arts Management
OIS Board of Directors: Dylan Connelly, Marc-Andre Boyes-Manseau, Darcy McKitrick, Michael Musacchio, Tara Fanara Palko, Manoj Shankar

Music: Adam Asnan, Sanford Clark, Rural Colours, Lucrecia Dalt, JK FLESH, Leonor González, Blessed Initiative, Kaboom Karavan, Kid Koala, Kali Malone, Jake Meginsky, Andrew Pekkler, Thomas Stone, Warm Stranger, Eric Thielemans

Thank you

Thank you to Kate Burrows, Eric Chad, Kate De Lorme, Elya Grant, Jessica Han, David Harvey, James Proudfoot, Lyle Reimer,  Renée Sigouin and Lavinia Vago for their significant and phenomenal contributions to the content, creation and life of the work and this company. To our generous understudies Aiden Cass and Zahra Shahab and Jade Chong, Ellie Bishop and Talia Langtry. To Martin Alldred, Jonathan Kim, New Works, Kate Franklin and Brent Belsher for their integral roles in making this possible.

Thank you to Dance Victoria, Agora de la danse, La Rotonde, Théâtre Hector-Charland and The Dance Centre for such significant support and the continued investment in the company. To the Students of Modus Operandi for their participation in the research along with Eowynn Enquist, Isak Enquist, Oksana Augustine, James-Amzin Nahirnick and to RJR Creations, Hajnalka Mandula, Rob Kitsos, Wen Wei Dance, Lexi Vajda, Joshua Beamish and Kidd Pivot.

Out Innerspace is privileged to be dancing on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

Out Innerspace gratefully acknowledges the generous support for the creation of Bygones:

Presenting/Producing partners Agora de la danse (Montreal, QC), La Rotonde (Quebec City, QC).

Dance Victoria Chrystal Dance Prize and Artists in Residence Program at the Dance Centre.

Creation and production residencies with The Dance Centre, Theatre Freiburg, Arts Umbrella Dance, ArtSpring, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre, The Yukon Arts Centre and Centennial Theatre.

The generous support of Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada, The BC Arts Council and City of Vancouver

Artists

  • Featuring Out Innerspace Dance Theatre
  • tiffany-tregarthen-2018-3-credit-michael-slobodian
    Co-Artistic Director • Choreographer • Performer Tiffany Tregarthen
  • david-raymond-2018-24-credit-michael-slobodian
    Co-Artistic Director • Choreographer • Performer David Raymond
  • Performer Elya Grant
  • david-harvey-headshot-pc-quinn-wharton
    Performer David Harvey
  • Performer Lavinia Vago
  • eric-chad-four-eyes
    Video Design • Technical Director Eric Chad
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    Stage Manager Jessica (Ying-Jye) Han
  • Sound Designer Kate De Lorme
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    Lighting Designer James Proudfoot

NAC Dance team

Cathy Levy, Executive Producer  
Tina Legari, Associate Producer  
Mireille Nicholas, Special Projects Coordinator and Assistant to the Executive Producer 
Sophie Anka, Company Manager 
Siôned Watkins, Education Associate and Teaching Artist 
Brian Britton, Technical Director 
Livia Belcea, Communications Strategist  
Chatelaine Rindorindo, Marketing Strategist