Dance Work / Work Dance final exhibition at Audain Gallery (May 20-23), Vancouver
The final exhibition of DANCE WORK / WORK DANCE will take place MAY 21 to MAY 23, 2015 at the Audain Gallery, Vancouver
Opening Reception
Wednesday, MAY 20, 6.30PM
An exhibition of dance by Emmalena Fredriksson,
in collaboration with Sarah Fdili-Alaoui, Isabelle Kirouac, Alexa
Mardon, Erika Misuhashi, Layla Mrozowski, Deanna Peters, Daisy
Thompson, Lexi Vajda and Ashley Whitehead.
Experimenting with modes of visual art as an entry-point for dance
making and presenting, DANCE WORK / WORK DANCE engages alternative
perspectives on dance and the exhibition space. Working with
improvisational looping scores, ten performers on rotational shifts
create distinct dances of varying durations throughout the gallery.
The interplay between works, the proximity between dancer and
spectator – and the blurring of these roles – extends the boundaries
of each dance, drawing focus around and beyond the exhibition space.
The durational aspect and simultaneity of the exhibited dances – the
awareness of performances unseen – contributes to a sense of infinite
potential viewing experiences. To dance like no one is watching and
everything is seen, to watch like no one is dancing and everything is
dance.
DANCE WORK / WORK DANCE is presented in partnership with the School
for Contemporary Arts and SFU Galleries, co-produced by HAUNT and
presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Degree of
Master of Fine Arts at Simon Fraser University.
