triangle, circle and square comprise this trilogy of performances in sequence. Each performance is created in conjunction with the exhibition TELLING DETAILS: The Architecture of Clifford Wiens and with one of the architect's original buildings.
triangle
(based on the University of Regina Heating and Cooling Plant)
Performed at the MacKenzie Art Gallery
Friday, May 25th at 8 p.m.
Created in collaboration with Chiyoko Szlavnics, triangle began and ends in sound. The dance disappears or falls away, leaving a sonar impression. What started as a dance remains a song. triangle is a sound poem for one pair of bouncing knees and the memory of a building.
(based on the University of Regina Heating and Cooling Plant)
Performed at the MacKenzie Art Gallery
Friday, May 25th at 8 p.m.
Created in collaboration with Chiyoko Szlavnics, triangle began and ends in sound. The dance disappears or falls away, leaving a sonar impression. What started as a dance remains a song. triangle is a sound poem for one pair of bouncing knees and the memory of a building.
circle
(based on John Nugent Studio, Lumsden)
Performed at the MacKenzie Art Gallery
Saturday, June 23rd at 2 p.m.
(based on John Nugent Studio, Lumsden)
Performed at the MacKenzie Art Gallery
Saturday, June 23rd at 2 p.m.
circle, the second in the trilogy, is a solo sance in a round of sorts and will be performed outside with live cello by Cameron Lowe.
square
(based on Silton Chapel)
Performed at the Silton Chapel
Saturday, August 15th at 2 p.m.
(based on Silton Chapel)
Performed at the Silton Chapel
Saturday, August 15th at 2 p.m.
The final work in the trilogy is a musical without words that engages the sounds of the little stones on the floor and the many other acoustic delights of the chapel without walls. square features an original sounds score created in collaboration with Jeff Morton.
Robin Poitras is a Regina based dance and performance artist. Actively engaged in contemporary dance practice since the early 80's, she co-founded New Dance Horizons in 1986, where she continues to act as Artistic Director. Her artistic practice is centered in movement and dance. With an interest and research in diverse fields of artistic and somatic practice she has developed a unique multi-dimensional approach. Robin's works have been presented across Canada, in Spain, Germany and in Mexico. At home in Regina she has developed several multi-disciplinary and community performance works. A recipient of the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 Mayor's Awards for Business & the Arts in Regina, Robin has received many grants and awards including the 2004 Women of Distinction Award for the Arts.
Chiyoko Szlavnics is a Canadian composer based in Berlin. She has extensively performed in and composed for experimental contemporary music ensembles and projects in Europe and North America. Szlavnics has collaborated with Robin Poitras since 1995, and composed music and installation/soundscapes for numerous of her pieces, including Sailor (1995); The Picture Garden (1998); Memex Ovum (2001); and Ursa Major (2002). After having studied composition privately with James Tenney in Toronto, Szlavnics received a Fellowship Grant from the Akademie Schloß Solitude in 1997, when she moved to Germany. Her compositions have been performed in concert and on radio by such ensembles as Arraymusic, Ensemble Zwischentöne, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, New Music Concerts, Quatuor Bozzini, Surplus, and Wandelweiser, at festivals such as MaerzMusik, Interface Festival, Ostrava New Music Days, and the Darmstadt Ferienkurse.
Chiyoko Szlavnics is a Canadian composer based in Berlin. She has extensively performed in and composed for experimental contemporary music ensembles and projects in Europe and North America. Szlavnics has collaborated with Robin Poitras since 1995, and composed music and installation/soundscapes for numerous of her pieces, including Sailor (1995); The Picture Garden (1998); Memex Ovum (2001); and Ursa Major (2002). After having studied composition privately with James Tenney in Toronto, Szlavnics received a Fellowship Grant from the Akademie Schloß Solitude in 1997, when she moved to Germany. Her compositions have been performed in concert and on radio by such ensembles as Arraymusic, Ensemble Zwischentöne, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, New Music Concerts, Quatuor Bozzini, Surplus, and Wandelweiser, at festivals such as MaerzMusik, Interface Festival, Ostrava New Music Days, and the Darmstadt Ferienkurse.
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