Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival In The University Centre – March 25

Suzanne Miller "Speed"

Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival Noon Show sponsored by the Central Students’ Association

When:  Wednesday, March 25 at 12.00 noon.

Where:  University Centre Courtyard, University of Guelph

Other details:  Free performance.  Donations gladly accepted. All proceeds go toward bringing dancers to the festival in the spring.

Dance Troupes:

• First Aid by Company Blonde takes a comic look at nursing and fertility.  Company Blonde’s theatrical take on girl culture is much-loved by Guelph audiences.  They’ve previously appeared as Molly Ringwalds, cowgirls, Indy Racers, absurd trampoline champions, and desperate housewives.
• An excerpt of The Chrysalis Project by Janet Johnson, a local choreographer.  Johnson’s piece is a highly physical exploration of mutability and transformation that uses the flight of the monarch butterfly to suggest the paradox of strength within fragility.
• Speed by Suzanne Miller and Allan Paivio (choreographers from Montreal), a highly sensuous piece that explores the biodynamic effects of tempo variation on movement and sound.

This is a unique opportunity for university students and staff to see professional dance in the  university setting.  It is one of the festival’s efforts to reach out to the community to educate everyone about the possibilities for expression that dance offers. The Nooner provides a glimpse into the calibre of talent that will be showcased at the Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival, June 4-7, 2009. 

For more details visit www.guelphcontemporarydancefestival.com
Tel:  519-780-2220
Email:  gcdf@bellnet.ca

The Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival has been bringing cutting-edge dance to the city of Guelph since 1998.  Steered by the co-artistic directors Catrina von Radecki and Janet Johnson, it has become one of only four Canadian festivals of dance (the other three are in major cities:  Vancouver, Ottawa, and Toronto), and of these four, it is the smallest but arguably the most ambitious.  Its aims are not only to bring dance to people and thereby to support the dance community, but also to educate people about this art form through workshops in schools and talkback sessions at main events.

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