“when there are dangling, low hanging trees or branches, I often will try to either position myself near it or not deny that it's there. And I’ve been finding that I love grass.”
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Jennifer Mascall is like hot sauce!
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Welcome Travis Bernhardt, comedian…
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Welcoming frequent MascallDance collaborator, playwright, actor and comic, Jenn Griffin,
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Persistent | Unraveled | Behaved
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unrecognizable | rhythmic | tossed bones
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invisible | fast | sound
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metarealist | in-between | opaque
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“It was the Hahn sisters’ deep conviction that dance is a transformative art form which all people should experience to feel truly alive.”
Karen Kurnaedy, on teachers Gretrud and Magda Hanova
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Darest thou now, o soul
walk out with me toward the unknown region
where neither ground is for the feet nor any path to follow
lyric from
”Noah’s Ark”
by Veda Hille
Take a look!
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“I’d try to be intuitive, to feel what the dancers were doing, because sometimes I was concerned not to crash into them; but also I was trying to be as close as I can possibly get. So when they come in, I’d spring back.
But then I realized that was the very moment where I should be springing forward, and the collision would create fresh dynamic.
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This workshop invites anyone interested in finding their own voice.
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It's weirdly hard to remember what was going on pre-CVD-19. Audiences said we'd done the best BLOOM residency program in our history - partnering with Talking Stick Festival to feature Indigenous dance artists. I'd just seen Olivia Olsen's superb Ahkmatova. And, inspired by work with archivist Abigail Sebaly and an invitation from Peggy Baker, I dove into two ideas I'd worked on back in the ’70s.
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I've stripped dance away to be able to make it through my day. My career has shifted from relying on others to hire me to understanding that I now need to be a self-starter, and I am going to patiently wait until I'm ready to make my own work and can give it the energy it requires. This choice was mine and I embrace it! And I admire anyone who can do both!
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I appreciate BLOOM, and particularly this iteration involving kids and family. In the past few years, a lot of dance artists are having kids. As we know, dancers don't get a whole lot of support; for instance at SFU there was a class for a while just for moms - a really important means to attend to their own body practice and catch a breath. BLOOM is a great way to support parent dancers, I’m grateful for the platform.
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Hit the ground running to get your pay-what-you-can tickets for BLOOM KIDS!
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Of course, this is an unusual BLOOM – last time, we were sharing live dance and commentary with a live audience, this time, on-line – very different. But I support the arts in whatever ways I can. I have a lot of passion for it and want arts and culture to continue. I am inspired by movement.
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“In the summer, my kids found a dead bird and mouse near our home. My son buried, named, mourned them and decorated their graves. What I would like is for my children to reanimate the animals' imagined spirits in their movement.”
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