Molly Johnson, Aliah Schwartz, Georgia Skinner and Jacinte Armstrong at Kinetic Studio's Season Launch on Nov 4 and 5, 2017 in Halifax

KINETIC STUDIO LAUNCHES SEASON WITH OPEN STUDIO SERIES

(text and images below from their press release)

November 4 and 5, 2017 at 8 PM

DANSpace, Halifax

Open Studio will showcase four dance pieces by Molly Johnson, Aliah Schwartz, Georgia Skinner and Dustin Harvey. A post-show discussion on Saturday will be facilitated by Kinetic Artistic Director Jacinte Armstrong.

http://thisismollyjohnson.com/

Toronto-based, Cape Breton raised, Dora Award winning choreographer Molly Johnson will present Me and the Patriarchy. A finalist for the 2013 Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award, Molly also dances for Montréal’s Le Carré des Lombes, performing the work of Danièle Desnoyers nationally and abroad.

Blunder Blunder. Photo by Willie Wilson.

Canning’s Aliah Schwartz, 2015’s Lieutenant Governor's Award and 2014 Canada Games Young Artist of Excellence Award, is in the beginning stages of creating and developing an aesthetic with Montreal’s Guillaume Loslier-Pinard.

Together they are Blunder Blunder and will show their first piece No Need for Blue Jeans Here is “situated in a limbo between life and death, the line between humour and tragedy.” Schwartz is currently completing her BFA in contemporary dance at Loslier-Pinard’s alma mater Concordia University.

Georgia Skinner + Joel LeBlanc. Photo by Joanna Bryson

No stranger to the Open Studio Series, Halifax’s Georgia Skinner’s Clench working title) is an exploration of how particular emotions manifest in the body with a focus on anxiety, stress. Isolated, intuitive, and palpable, Clench is a tribute to habitual motions of  bodies under stress, the trickery of panic attacks and the struggle to feel content. Recently seen at the Bus Stop Theatre in Votive Dance’s EAST MEETS WEST, Georgia is a member of Halifax’s Nostos Collective and The Woods Hip Hop Society.

Tickets $8 student, seniors, artists, $10 regular. ( http://www.kineticstudio.ca/boxoffice or at the door)

Location - DANSpace-on-Grafton, 1531 Grafton St, Halifax NS.

Chloe Hart and Aliah Schwartz will perform at the Montreal Fringe Festival in June 2016

Chloe Hart and Aliah Schwartz

Aliah Schwartz, a student at Concordia University, and Chloe Hart, a student at École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, began their artistic partnership shortly after moving in together. Despite having both grown up in Nova Scotia, the pair hardly knew each other when deciding to be roommates. 

Throughout their artistic process, Schwartz and Hart developed a starkly aggressive yet compassionate physical vocabulary, as well as an inseparable friendship. 

Their piece, entitled Cornstarch and Other Dilemmas, is an exploration of coexistence, and the provoking potential of a hairdryer. More info on their website at 

http://schwartzhart.squarespace.com/

The show will be presented at the Studio Multimédia du Conservatoire 4750 Ave Henri-Julien, Montreal.

June 10th @ 5:00

June 12th @ 8:15

June 14th @ 6:00

June 15th @ 8:00

June 18th @ 4:15

June 19th @ 8:30

Photos of Special Awards Ceremony December 2015

Special Awards Ceremony 2015

You can find more images at Flickr.

Thank you to all our volunteers for making the ceremony a success.

Molly Johnson, Chloe Hart, and Aliah Schwartz show their dance work at the Open Studio Series, January 30 and 31, 2016

Aliah Schwartz, dancer, choreographer

It gives me great pleasure to see three NSTT dance scholarship and award winners in the same program, plus Kinetic Studio's Artistic Director Jacinte Armstrong is a former NSTT scholarship recipient herself.

Kinetic shares fresh choreographic works with the Open Studio Series

From Kinetic Studio's press release: 

"Kinetic Studio brings a selection of fresh choreographic works to Halifax audiences in their annual Open Studio series. The January edition of Open Studio presents four works by Molly Johnson, Chloe Hart and Aliah Schwartz, Michèle Slattery, and Don Rieder.

With the Open Studio Series, Kinetic Studio reaches out to distinct communities and brings together a strong selection of invigorating, thoughtful, and imaginative work from dance artists and makers.

Artistic Director Jacinte Armstrong speaks to the intent of the event: “I find it exciting that all of the featured artists share ties to the Maritimes. For some this showcase is a homecoming, a chance to share what they’ve gathered on their travels. For others the Open Studio series offers a space for reinvention, expansion, and experimentation. Seasoned dance makers appreciate this chance to break with tradition and push boundaries.”

- Works Featured in Open Studio January 30th and 31st -

Originally hailing from Cape Breton, Toronto-based Molly Johnson (2002/2003 NSTT Pat Richards Award) brings unapologetic solitude to the stage and investigates the lost art of just being in what other people think of me...

Inspired by the rich landscape of Labrador, Michèle Slattery, manifests in movement the undulating temperament of the Churchill River in No Catch.

In Cornstarch and Other Dilemmmas, Aliah Schwartz (2013 Robert G.Jackson Award, 2014 Canada Games for Young Artist of Excellence Award, 2015 Lieutenant Governor's Award) and Chloe Hart (2014 Robert George Jackson Award) return to Halifax from Montreal and explore the spectrum of anger using household kitchen appliances.

Don Rieder brings the third instalment of his trilogy Heartbreak Pajamas. The work Burnt I finds love, hope, and community in a time of hardship.

Date - January 30 & 31st 8pm

Tickets - $10 | Students & Seniors $8

Location - DANSpace, 1531 Grafton St, Hfx

About Kinetic Studio

Kinetic Studio is a Halifax-based non-profit organization dedicated to the development and presentation of contemporary dance choreography and performance. Kinetic supports professional dance by offering workshops and presenting a seasonal program of performances for finished and unfinished works.

Website - http://www.kineticstudio.ca/

Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/kineticstudiodance?fref=ts

Twitter account (@StudioKinetic) - https://twitter.com/StudioKinetic

NSTT Special Award Ceremony Dec 2014 in pictures