{"id":37026,"date":"2021-06-11T01:49:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T08:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=37026"},"modified":"2021-06-10T17:46:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T00:46:36","slug":"dancing-online-and-onstage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2021\/06\/11\/dancing-online-and-onstage\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing online and onstage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>For this year\u2019s Dancing on the Edge, Alexis Fletcher and Ted Littlemore perform together in a work created and directed by Vanessa Goodman.\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>(photo by Sylvain\u00a0Senez)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Dancing on the Edge\u00a0contemporary dance festival features a lineup of online and onstage live performances, including Tuning, a new duet created and directed by Jewish community member Vanessa Goodman. And Tara Cheyenne Performance is among the artists who will be presenting films (details TBA).<\/p>\n<p>During its July 8-17 run, the festival will present more than 30 shows, with artists from across Canada. On offer will be some specially curated digital programming with recorded performances, premi\u00e8res of dance films, dance discussions, outdoor live performances in the Firehall Arts Centre\u2019s courtyard, for very limited audiences with safety precautions in place, and theatre performances with limited capacity, if permitted, in the centre.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37028\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/jun-11-calendar.11.DOTE-Ted-Littlemore-cred-Wendy-D-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37028\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/jun-11-calendar.11.DOTE-Ted-Littlemore-cred-Wendy-D-2.jpg\" alt=\"photo - Ted Littlemore\" width=\"300\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/jun-11-calendar.11.DOTE-Ted-Littlemore-cred-Wendy-D-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/jun-11-calendar.11.DOTE-Ted-Littlemore-cred-Wendy-D-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ted Littlemore <em>(photo by Wendy D Photography)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Commissioned by dance artist Alexis Fletcher, Tuning will be performed by Fletcher, artist in residence at Ballet BC, and Ted Littlemore, aka Mila Dramatic in the drag community. The new work focuses on how people tune to one another. In Tuning, the performers create a live sonic and physical atmosphere using their voices to amplify the conversations of the body.<\/p>\n<p>Festival producer Donna Spencer also announced seven DOTE-commissioned projects, which will premi\u00e8re at this year\u2019s festival. Companies\/choreographers presenting commissioned works include Ouro Collective, Raven Spirit Dance, Billy Marchenski, Immigrant Lessons, Generous Mess, Rob Kitsos and Meredith Kalaman. \u201cWe were thrilled to have offered this incentive, knowing that these commissions have enabled artists to keep creating new work during this challenging time for all,\u201d said Spencer.<\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye on <a href=\"http:\/\/dancingontheedge.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dancingontheedge.org<\/a> for performance and ticket updates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>\u2013 Courtesy Dancing on the Edge<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this year\u2019s Dancing on the Edge, Alexis Fletcher and Ted Littlemore perform together in a work created and directed by Vanessa Goodman.\u00a0(photo by Sylvain\u00a0Senez) This year\u2019s Dancing on the Edge\u00a0contemporary dance festival features a lineup of online and onstage live performances, including Tuning, a new duet created and directed by Jewish community member Vanessa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[785],"tags":[3119,8366,3972,1203,3973,1855],"class_list":["post-37026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performing-arts","tag-dance","tag-donna-spencer","tag-dote","tag-firehall-arts-centre","tag-tara-cheyenne","tag-vanessa-goodman"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}