Dances for a Small Stage

2011-12-27T13:19:00.001-08:00

Dances for a Small Stage 25!

This is one of the most exciting ones yet! It's been almost 10 years and 25 not so small shows!

check out the line-up... i can't wait to see what happens.

Happy New Year!

2011-09-17T17:37:00.000-07:00

Just gearing up for another exciting show!
Been in rehearsals... these artists are working so hard.

Dances for a Small Stage @ the 'Bolt

September 23 & 24, 2011 | 7-10pm
Show: 8pm
Tickets: $15 shadboltcentre.com

WORKS BY:
Karissa Barry
Cori Caulfield
Kathryn Crawford
Léon Feizo-Gas
Lina Fitzner & Caroline Liffmann
Caitlin Griffin
Deanna Overland
Robert Mitchell
Jonathan Ryder & Cory Philley

2011-08-03T20:51:00.000-07:00

I did an interview with Deborah Meyers the other day!

I think it really says it all.

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/small+stage+dance+inspired+Stanley+riot/5201366/story.html

Please read! i really grabs what the show is all about!

2011-06-15T20:00:00.000-07:00

I am so excited to announce this next installment of Dances for a Small Stage!

I think this show is going to be so diverse. I am combining all kinds of dance... and finally... live music!

So please stand-by for more to come!

PRODUCERS BLOG -

2011-01-05T22:39:00.000-08:00

Dances for a Small Stage 23-

I am very excited about our 23rd installment of Dances for a Small Stage. In the past nine years we have evolved into a well-oiled machine turning out exciting, thought provoking works that entertain and challenge our audiences. To keep our “small” series fresh and cutting edge I have decided that it is time to take more artistic risks and move in a slightly different direction with this show.

For me, one of the most exciting and rewarding elements of the Dances for a Small Stage Series is to watch as artists and audience alike work to overcome the challenges presented by the physicality of the space and to see the work that evolves as both engage in a wonderfully intimate experience. In order to take advantage of this unique element of our series, this installment will experiment with a “character based” show that will introduce original, daring and innovative ideas into the series and the community.

In order to help us launch into this new adventure I have invited two of the most skilled character performers in Vancouver to help curate and host the evening. I am thrilled to have Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg and Billy Marchenski return to the Small Stage to host our show. Both are amazingly talented performers who have each presented very successful character work on our Small Stage in the past. They in turn have invited artists to develop solo characters who will use dance, pantomime, music and physical theatre to develop their own pieces for the Small Stage. We are happy to welcome Kim Tuson, Delia Brett and David Raymond, Tiffany Tregarthen from Out Innerspace as well as Susie Burpee (from Toronto) to our 23rd installment of Dances for a Small Stage.

I can hardly wait to see what happens! The possibilities are endless.

Sit back, relax, enjoy a drink and get ready for a wild ride!

2010-10-27T21:10:00.000-07:00

We are just about to announce what's happening for the show January 2011!

A very exciting show!

PRODUCER'S BLOG #1

2010-02-01T10:00:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year, dance lovers! To say I’m really looking forward to Dances for a Small Stage 22 would be an understatement. I’m thrilled. I’m excited. I’m counting the days (135, to be exact).

Why am I so hot under the collar? It’s simple: in Dances for a Small Stage 22, one of the hottest contemporary dance companies (Ballet BC) in the country will be rocking out on our small stage.

I’ve known Ballet BC Interim Artistic Director Emily Molnar for eons. Since picking up the reins last year, she’s fired up Ballet BC with a fresh, crisp, clear vision. And her enthusiasm for Dances for a Small Stage 22—when her dancers will perform choreography by some of the world’s most visionary dancemakers (including Margie Gillis, Gioconda Barbuto, and American choreographer Lauri Stallings, who recently collaborated with Outkast’s Antwon ‘Big Boi’ Patton on a new work for the Atlanta Ballet; check out a clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbVpYmVDvXs)—is one of the reasons why it’s quickly becoming one of the don’t-miss events of the 2010 season.

It’s a time of firsts for Dances for a Small Stage. First time collaborating with Ballet BC. First time a single company of dancers will perform the work of multiple choreographers. And yet, despite the many firsts, you can still expect the same rough-and-tumble cabaret setting, the same stage, the same short vignettes, and the same yummy beer at affordable Legion prices. As always, you’ll get an experience you won’t find anywhere else in Vancouver: a champagne taste on a beer budget.

Follow this blog and I’ll take you behind-the-scenes and make sure you’re up to date with all the news from the epicenter of this staggering collaboration. Got questions? Post them here and I’ll do my best to answer them.

Ballet BC. Dances for a Small Stage. June 16-18, 2010. It’s going to be epic. Don’t miss it!

-Julie-anne Saroyan

COMING IN 2010: Ballet BC meets international choreographers in Dances for a Small Stage XXII

2009-12-14T18:25:00.000-08:00

Two Vancouver powerhouses come together for one of the most thrilling dance events of the 2010 season. From June 16-18, 2010, Dances for a Small Stage and Ballet British Columbia collaborate in three evenings of contemporary dance that will electrify audiences and span the globe.

The 22nd incarnation of Dances for a Small Stage—the popular series renowned for bringing boundary-pushing contemporary dance to a rough-and-tumble cabaret setting—unites the versatile dancers from Ballet BC with international choreographers Cherice Barton (USA), Lauri Stallings (USA), and Farley Johansson (Germany), as well as Canadians Margie Gillis, Gioconda Barbuto, Donald Sales, Cori Caulfield, and Edmond Kilpatrick.

Since its inception, Dances for a Small Stage has wowed audiences by tearing down formalities and creating intimate, raw scenarios in which to experience dance—and Dances for a Small Stage XXII ups the ante, according to MovEnt Artistic Producer Julie-anne Saroyan. “Dances for a Small Stage will take audiences up close and personal with the compelling dancers from Ballet BC,” says Saroyan. “They’ll experience both companies in a new, exciting way.” And Ballet BC Artistic Director Emily Molnar knows the experience of performing on the small stage will be an enlivening one for her dancers. “This unique collaboration will enrich and develop the dancers artistically. I am excited to watch the dancers experiment in a new and more alternative venue,” says Molnar.

Dances for a Small Stage is produced by MovEnt. Since 2002, more than 200 artists have performed on its 10 x 13 stage to packed crowds who enjoy the series’ raucous celebratory atmosphere and cutting-edge choreography.

Dances for a Small Stage XXII touches down at The Legion on the Drive (2205 Commercial Drive at East 6th Avenue, second floor) for three nights beginning June 16, 2010. Doors open at 7:00pm and the performance begins at 8:00pm. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the door (cash only). For more information about Dances for a Small Stage, visit http://www.movent.ca.

MEDIA: For interviews or photos, contact Sabrina Furminger at press@movent.ca.

Dances for a Small Stage

2009-07-14T09:27:00.001-07:00

MovEnt presents

DANCES FOR A SMALL STAGE® 21!

6 & 7-August, 2009

The Legion on The Drive

2205 Commercial Drive @ East 6th Ave, second floor.

Doors at 7pm

Show at 8pm

Dances for a Small Stage opens the doors on a fresh, up-close-and-personal view of the contemporary dance scene.

With drinks in hand, sit back, relax and enjoy great dance theatre performed in an exhilarating, hip environment.

Sit back relax have a drink and enjoy the show!

Featuring works by

David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen

The Contingency Plan

Yannick Matthon

Julia Zennström

Owen Belton

Justine Chambers

Billy Marchenski

Burgundy Brixx (Small Stage’s first ever Burlesque performance!)