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Jung-Ah Chung (Victoria,
BC) graduated from
the Ewha Women's University in Seoul, Korea. Appearing in Empty
Space at the 4th Recontres Choreographiques Internationales De
Seine-Saint Denis, she was awarded a Best Dancers Prize. She
also performed for Ae-Soon Ahn in 1998 in the Grand Prize of
the Centre Internationales De Bagnolet in Paris. Her own choreography
has included Shape, A shout of Joy, Woman in the House, beginning
and Being, and Duet. Since moving to British Columbia, she has
worked with Constance Cooke, Ballet Victoria, Tripod Dance Collective,
Out of the Box Productions, Suddenly Dance Theatre, Wen Wei Dance
and Battery Opera.
Recently, Jung-Ah's solo Connection
has been invited to Tangente in Montréal, which she created
for Pulse at the Dance Centre and Dancing on the Edge, ROMP 2006.
She also participated in Suddenly Dance Theatre's film Nature
ecstasy, and Opium and Aisling for Bravo and directed, choreographed
and performed in her first film Drive in 2005. She toured with
Suddenly Dance Theatre to three cities in Korea in summer 2008
and was invited for The 10th Next Wave Dance Festival. With her
non stop versatile performances, she was chosen as Victoria's
Favourite Choreographer in 2006 and favourite Dancer in 2004
by M-Awards, Monday Magazine. She will continue to dance in gratitude
with the mind of infinite possibility.
princess productions (Toronto,
ON)
princess productions was founded in 1995 by Yvonne Ng. Since
then, princess productions has commissioned, produced and presented
over 30 works, including dance films. These works have been shown
across Canada, in Australia and Singapore and have received critical
and commercial acclaim. Five of the works: Language, Treehouse,
My past follows like dragon's tail, Stone Velvet and Fading Shadows/Returning
Echoes garnered seven Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations for
performance and choreography in 1998, 2000 and 2005.
During the first six years
of the company's existence, the focus was primarily on the creation
of a repertoire commissioned from Canadian choreographers. Now,
the focus has migrated to the national and international touring
of the repertoire, choreographic creation by the artistic director
through tiger princess dance projects and presenting "dance:
made in canada/fait au canada" (d:mic/fac), a bi-annual
festival presenting both established and emerging artists on
the same platform. www.princessproductions.ca
Mira Hunter (Vancouver,
BC)
It can be argued that Mira Hunter has been whirling for most
of her life. A visual artist and second-generation Sufi Mevlevi
whirling dervish, she began her traditional training at the age
of 16 with her father, Raqib Burke. As a visual artist, she studied
at NSCAD University and Yale, graduating with a Bachelor degree
in Fine Arts in 2001. For the past 10 years, she has collaborated
with Turkish-born, Canadian producer/musician/DJ Mercan Dede,
performing all over the world, from New York to Japan. She was
recently featured in David Michalek's Slow Dance project that
was exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2008. Mira continues
to challenge the fundamental forms of whirling by incorporating
innovative movements and concepts, coaxing the 13th century practice
into a contemporary context. www.mirahunter.com
Andrea Nann (Toronto, ON)
My professional career has been about creating, inspiring and
bringing different people together. My art form is dance. I find
joy and challenge in exploring the expressive transcendental
beauty, dynamism and connectivity of movement and physical expression.
Growing up as a female member of a visible minority in Canada,
I spent my time searching for ways to fit in, to feel included.
I have been a member of the
Canadian arts community since 1988 when I received my Bachelor
degree in Fine Arts from York University and began a professional
career that would include a 15-year engagement with one of Canada's
most prominent dance companies, the Danny Grossman Dance Company.
During that time, I also had the unique experience of maintaining
a parallel dance career, creating and premiering over 45 new
roles for some of Canada's most influential independent choreographers.
In 2005, I created the Andrea
Nann Dreamwalker Dance Company (ANDDC), a company mandated to
create and produce work that explores the human experience through
artistic collaboration with artists from all disciplines. ANDDC
facilitates opportunities for artists to observe, discover, create,
reflect, expand and share; and actively reaches out to diverse
community groups through workshops, master classes, presentations
and cultural exchanges.
Through these extraordinary
dance opportunities, I have had the great privilege of sharing
some of my life experiences in performances and workshops across
Canada, and in parts of the United States, Europe and Asia. As
an arts educator, I have engaged students and participants of
all ages and backgrounds in artistic explorations that foster
creativity, imagination and emotional expressiveness. My process
involves empowering students as thinkers, evaluators, interpreters
and creators. It is my ambition to create opportunities to inspire
and transform lives through creative experiences because I believe
that as a society we need to work hard and work together to cultivate
and nurture an appreciation for the impact that creative expression
can have on daily life. www.dreamwalkerdance.com
CANASIAN FACTS
MISSION
CanAsian Dance Festival fosters and promotes diverse expressions
of Asian aesthetics through dance in Canada.
FACTS
- Formed in 1997 by members
of the Dance Committee of the Asian Heritage Month Festival.
- Incorporated as a non-profit
charitable organization in December 1999.
Under Artistic Director Denise Fujiwara and a Board of Directors
including President Joanna de Souza, Chan Hon Goh, Allen Kaeja
and Tina Park.
- We present the CanAsian International
Dance Festival, a weeklong festival of performances, student
matinees and workshops that reflect dance traditions from across
Asia. In 2009, it will
be held (PDF File / 40KB download) from 6-9 May 2009 at the
Fleck Dance Theatre. www.canasiandancefestival.com
- In addition to the festival,
we present annual artistic, educational and professional development
activities on an ongoing basis, often in partnership with other
like-minded organizations.
- Performance home is at Harbourfront
Centre where we present at both the Fleck Dance Theatre (formerly
the Premiere Dance Theatre) and the Enwave Theatre (formerly
the Harbourfront Centre Theatre).
- Since its inception CanAsian
has:
- Presented seven successful Festivals and two successful off-Festival
year events;
- Presented over 50 artists and companies from all over the world;
- Presented workshops for over 250 artists in the community;
- Commissioned new works from nine Toronto artists;
- Garnered a total of 10 Dora Mavor Moore award nominations for
artists presented in CanAsian's performances.
www.canasiandancefestival.com
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Photo subject: Andrea Nann
Photographer: Chris Randle |
Photo subject: Jung Ah-Chung
Photographer: Sandra Lynn Belanger |
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Photo subject: Ko Murobushi
Photographer: Miro Ito |
Photo subject: princess productions
Photographer: Cylla von Tiedemann |
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Photo subject: Ko Murobushi
Photographer: Junichi Yamauchi |
Photo subject: Post Ego Dance
Company
Photographer: Post Ego Dance Company |
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