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

Rhonda Baker performs in 'Burnwater: Alchemy' at the Osprey Arts Centre in Shelburne from November 18-20, 2016

Burwater:Alchemy 2 min FINAL from Erin Donovan on Vimeo.


Burnwater: Alchemy, an innovative installation/performance will premiere  
November 18-20 at the 
Osprey Arts Centre in Shelburne. 
 
From Mocean Dance' press release:
'Created by Erin Donovan of Hear Here Productions (Mahone Bay) and Susanne Chui of Mocean Dance (Halifax), Burnwater: Alchemy combines percussion, dance, and poetry and features the extraordinary iron sound sculptures of Nova Scotia blacksmith John Little.

True to its alchemical name, the piece encourages the audience to go through a transformation of their own. For Donovan the piece “invites the viewer to slow down, listen deeply and reflect on their connection to the natural world.” The sound score layers recorded outdoor sounds, poetry as well as music played live on Little’s sound sculptures.

Dancer Rhonda Baker (former NSTT scholarship recipient) and percussionist Doug Cameron animate the indoor landscape by leading the audience through a series of performances and interactive installations. “It’s a very sensory experience” says Chui “The audience is experiencing everything --the set, the performers and the soundscape -- in a fully immersive way; It’s like going on a hike indoors.”

Burnwater: Alchemy runs November 18-20 at the Osprey Arts Centre. There are four performances: 
Nov. 18 at 7pm, 
Nov. 19 at 2pm and 7pm
Nov. 20 at 2pm. 
The show is limited to 30 attendees; advance purchase is recommended.

Tickets are $15 Regular, $7 Students; Tickets and information are available through Ticketpro.ca: https://secure.ticketpro.ca/?server=ww3&lang=en#def_1136233752

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.

Sara Coffin, Rhonda Baker, and Lisa Phinney Langley, dancers (former NSTT scholarship recipients) at Improvathon

A Benefit for suddenlyLISTEN and Feed Nova Scotia

Saturday, September 20th

Sara Coffin - MoceanDance.com
Photo: Joshua Sugiyama 

12 PM – 12 AM
1313 Hollis in Halifax

$10 / $5 with non-perishable food item for Feed Nova Scotia. Tickets available at the door, and allow all-day access.

Celebrate Nova Scotia’s vibrant improvising community at the Improvathon! 

Featuring 12 hours of performances by Nova Scotian musicians and dancers.

Mocean takes the stage from 

7:00 to 7:45 PM featuring dancers Susanne Chui, Sara Coffin, Rhonda Baker, Gillian Seaward-Boone, Kathleen Doherty, Lisa Phinney Langley, Tammy McLeod, and Elise Vanderborght.

Also on the Roster: 

Members of the Creative Music Workshop, Andrews MacKelvie and Jackson, 

Students from Dalhousie Music’s jazz, and creative music programs, 

Ryan Veltmeyer from Mother of Girl, 

Lukas Pearse from the Crofts Adams Pearse Trio, 

Members of the suddenlyLISTEN Improvisation Workshop, 

Scott MacMillan and many more!

For more information and a schedule of events, go to: suddenlyLISTEN, or call  902.221.0428.

http://www.moceandance.com