creation / performance
[Image description: Kathryn and Sarah are pictured performing on Zoom. Kathryn holds her viola and Sarah holds a bouquet of green and yellow leaves. They are smiling. Still of dream & true north]
dream & true north
dream & true north is a quartet for three dancers, Lois Chan, Sarah Hopkin and Mélissa Roy, and one musician, Kathryn Patricia Cobbler.
dream & true north draws on rhythms, forms and textures of touch and more specifically, its absence, to navigate the rollercoaster of emotions that surfaces when the entire planet is plunged into uncertainty and fear with no clear picture of the future. Vocabulary inspired by lived experience and adaptation works to investigate the continuous push and pull between living in fear and yearning for “normality”, and creates a heightened sense of reality that is brought to light through the performers’ relationships to each other and their environment. As the work evolves dream & true north exposes how each performer reacts to and is affected differently by this heightened environment and the interactions that result.
dream & true north was initially created for and through Zoom with the support of TACTICS in 2020. It was then expanded through an in-person residence at Ottawa Dance Directive later that year. In 2021 dream & true north was featured in the National Arts Centre’s CAPSULE dance video series.
Choreography/Direction: Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson
Performance/Collaboration: Lois Chan, Kathryn Patricia Cobbler, Sarah Hopkin, Mélissa Roy
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dream & true north est un quatuor pour trois danseuses, Lois Chan, Sarah Hopkin et Mélissa Roy, et une musicienne, Kathryn Patricia Cobbler.
dream & true north est axé sur les rythmes et textures du toucher et de son absence pour naviguer les émotions complexes de l’incertitude et de la peur. Un vocabulaire développé de l’expérience vécue des interprètes explore la tension entre la crainte et le désir pour la “normalité”. dream & true north dévoile la diversité de réactions envers son environnement et les interactions résultantes.
Soutenu par TACTICS, dream & true north a débuté sur Zoom en 2020, suivi par une résidence au Centre de danse contemporaine (ODD). En 2021 dream & true north faisait partie du projet CAPSULE du Centre national des arts.
Chorégraphie/Direction: Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson
Interprétation/Collaboration: Lois Chan, Kathryn Patricia Cobbler, Sarah Hopkin, Mélissa Roy