Jacinte Armstrong wins 2018 Theatre NS Robert Merritt Award for Outstanding Choreograpy

Jacinte Armstrong (photo: live art presents website)

Jacinte Armstrong won the 2018 Theatre NS Robert Merritt Award for Outstanding Choreography for Heist theatre company’s Princess Rules, a multimedia extravaganza continuing the adventures of pop star Princess Edward.

Congratulations!

You can read more about Theatre Nova Soctia's Merritt Awards in the Chronicle Herald at http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1556695-old-stock-stocks-up-on-merritt-awards-at-monday-gala#.WrpWP9nIBeI.facebook

Congratulations to Mary Fay Coady, Don Allison, and Jacinte Armstrong for their Theatre NS Merritt Award Nominations

The Theatre Nova Scotia 2018 Robert Merritt Awards will be held 

Monday, March 26, 2018 

the show starts at 8PM

at Casino Nova Scotia, Halifax in the Schooner Room.

Congratulations to all nominees and in particular to former scholarship recipients:

• Mary Fay Coady
• Don Allison
• Jacinte Armstrong 

If you are lucky you can get one of the last tickets at Theatre NS website.

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.

Mocean Dance wins 2016 Masterwork Arts Award

Photo credit: Kelly Clark

Congratulations Mocean Dance on winning the 2016 Masterworks Arts Award! 

Their production Canvas 5x5 becomes the first win for “Dance” in the history of the Award.

Congratulation to all and especially to the following dancers and former NSTT scholarship recipients: Jacinte Armstrong, Sara Coffin, Rhonda Baker, and Ruth Ellen Kroll Jackson. 

For more please visit their website at moceandance.com

Jacinte Armstrong wins 2016 Established Artist Recognition Award

Photo Credit: Kate Hayter-Reid

Congratulations Jacinte Armstrong!
for receiving the 2016 Established Artist Recognition Award given by Creative NS Leadership Council.

Jacinte Armstrong is a Halifax-based dance artist who has worked with many collaborators locally and across Canada. A native Haligonian, she trained at Halifax Dance before studying at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, FL. 

Jacinte is currently the Artistic Director of Kinetic Studio, and performs regularly with Mocean dance, SiNS (Sometimes in Nova Scotia) dance, independently, and in her own work. Her choreography ranges from intimate and imagistic to large-scale collaboration with architects, filmmakers, and musicians. http://jacintearmstrong.com/

Lukas Pearse and Jacinte Armstrong perform in Diving For Pearls on June 25, 2016

Diving for Pearls

Saturday, June 25, 2016 
8:00pm to 10:00pm

Halifax Music Co-op, 2164 Barrington Street

From the website of Upstream Music Association:

An improvised Multimedia-Music investigation, searching for hidden narratives, submerged movements and buried musical treasure. 

Featuring the Upstream Ensemble with Lukas Pearse, Jeff Reilly, Dawn Hatfield, Devin Wesley, Doug Cameron, Tim Crofts and Geordie Haley, as well as dance artist Jacinte Armstrong, performance artist / vocalists Mitchel Weibe and Ann Denny, media artists Tim Tracey and Robert Drisdelle.

Lydia Zimmer and Jacinte Armstrong, dance on stage April 21 - April 23, 2016 at Dalhousie Arts Centre/Dunn

Photo of poster in the Coast on 14 April 2016

Lydia Zimmer, dancer and 2007 Janice Merritt Flemming Award winner will perform Bonne Nuit.

Jacinte Armstrong, dancer and former NSTT scholarship recipient will be a part of SiNS' performance Waiting for Bardo(t)

April 21 - 23, 2016 
at 8 p.m.
Dalhousie Arts Centre/Dunn Theatre

For more information and tickets please go to: 
http://liveartdance.ca/event/sins-lydia-zimmer/

Lydia Zimmer: https://zimmerdance.com/

Jacinte Armstrong:
http://www.moceandance.com/en/home/aboutus/artists_staff/jacintearmstrong.aspx

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

Dancer Jacinte Armstrong to perform in Structural Currents

STRUCTURAL CURRENTSSunday, January 10th, 2016

Photo Credit: Kate Hayter-Reid

2:00PM
Halifax Central Library
Doug Cameron – percussion
Jacinte Armstrong – dance

Exploring the balance between sound and motion, gesture and rhythm, intention, improvisation and inspiration, this pairing of one of Halifax's premiere creative percussionists Doug Cameron with the accomplished and ambitious dance artist Jacinte Armstrong, this pairing promises to shake foundations.

Read more at: Upstream Music.org

Open Waters Festival '16

Sir James Dunn Theatre, Atlantica, Halifax Central Library, The Company House

Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 7:30pm to Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 12:00pm

$25.00 Adults, $20.00 Students, Seniors, Members. Passes $60 / $55

May Works Halifax: The Work of the Dancer with former scholarship recipients Jacinte Armstrong, Rhonda Baker, Ruth-Ellen Kroll Jackson, and Sarah Rozee

The Work of the Dancer

Presented by: SiNS (Sometimes in Nova Scotia) Dance
Audio production: Veronica Simmonds
Choreography: Jacinte Armstrong
Sound composition: Lindsay Dobbin
May 7 – May 9, 7:00pm, 25 Minutes
Bus Stop Theatre

Photo credit: Charles Bourne

The dance profession places many physical, mental and emotional demands on its workers, but as with so many artistic endeavours these off-stage efforts are not always exposed or fully understood. The work of the dancer is an audio installation and performance piece that will share dancers’ perspectives on their labour.

With performances by: 

Jacinte Armstrong, Rhonda Baker, Susanne Chui, Ruth-Ellen Kroll Jackson, Sarah Rozee, Elise Vanderborght, and Liliona Quarmyne.

Information taken from http://mayworkshalifax.ca/

This work is made possible through the support of Arts Nova Scotia.