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PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE - Independent
2009
WAKE (Excerpt) Rob Kitsos. Dance in Vancouver
WAKE Rob Kitsos. The Dance Centre
WAKE (excerpt) Rob Kitsos. Standing Wave Dance:Music, presented by Standing Wave Music Society
Tinikling(Bamboo Dance) Alvin Tolentino. Co-production by Co. Erasga and Kababayang Pilipino dance troupe of BC
Highgate Tara Cheyenne-Friedenberg. Repose, EDAM Choreographic Series
WAKE (excerpt) Rob Kitsos. Vancouver International Dance Festival
Shadowplay Deanna Peters. Here to Go / Expanse Movement Arts Festival
2008
Kinetic Memory Chengxin Wei. Propulsion, EDAM Choreographic Series
Highly Unlikely but Very Serious Jennifer Clarke. Dancing on the Edge
WAKE (Excerpt) Rob Kitsos. SFU Open House
BODYGlass (Reworked) Alvin Tolentino and Peter Chin. International Dance Day
Nameless Project Deanna Peters. Bloom
2007
TWO: The Late Edition Judith Garay. Dance in Vancouver
Jellico Cats Chengxin Wei. Shall We Dance Fundraiser
2006
Thought for Food Rob Kitsos. Dancing on the Edge / Hong Kong Dance Festival
Highways (Jane Wait) Catherine Anderson. RUSH: Connecting Community Dance Series
Thought for Food (Excerpt) Rob Kitsos. Dances for a Small Stage
2005
Putty Vanessa Mayrand. 12 Minutes Max XXXI / Garden Dances / SFU Grad Show
The Spell Remains (Apprenticeship) Martha Carter. Dancing on the Edge
The Spell Cast Martha Carter. SFU Grad Show
Ark Meredith Carter. SFU Grad Show
2004
DoubleDigit Natalie Hobbs. SFU Grad Show
CHOREOGRAPHY & PERFORMANCE - The Contingency Plan
2010
Post_Piano (working title) James Gnam/the plastic orchid factory. Arts Umbrella Sunday Performance Series
2009
The Olympics made me do it Jane Osborne. BLiNK
High Level Performance in Matters involving Strength, Stamina and Sexual Drive The Contingency Plan. Here To Go, No. 2 / Here Be Monsters Festival
SLAM2 Serge Bennathan, Caesura Justine Chambers & DRIVE Jane Osborne/Jeff Pelletier. SUBMERGED – Produced by The Contingency Plan in partnership with The Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre
Strathcona High Class of ‘56 The Contingency Plan. Dances for a Small Stage XXI
SLAM2 Serge Bennathan. Dancing on the Edge Festival
SLAM2 Serge Bennathan & Caesura Justine A. Chambers. Local & Abroad, presented by SYIDA. Whitehorse, Yukon
Strathcona High Class of ‘56 The Contingency Plan. BC Buds: A Spring Arts Festival
Adhere The Contingency Plan. Here to Go
2008
Mr. Lee The Contingency Plan. BLiNK
Tweet, Tweet, TWEEET! The Contingency Plan (Jane Osborne & Leigha Wald). BC Buds
2007
ReefBabe22 Jane Osborne. BLiNK
Collecting Memory Jane Osborne & Leigha Wald. 12 Minutes Max XXXIII
DANCE FOR THE CAMERA
2009
HELL FOR THE SOUL – GO GHETTO TIGER (Music Video) Direction/Choreography: Patricia Kim Vancouver, BC
2008
BANGER: THE JOURNEY Direction: Jamie Griffiths, Choreography: Tara Cheyenne- Friedenberg BRAVO Fact! (Body Double)
2007
DRIVE Choreography/Direction: Jane Osborne Independent Contemporary Dance Festival Manila, Philippines. Reel Dance Film Festival Victoria, BC. Danca em Foco Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. EDIT2007 Budapest, Hungary. Next Dance Cinema Northwest Seattle, USA. Women in Film Festival BC Vancouver, BC.
ALTER-EGO Choreography/Performance: Monica Campbell & Jane Osborne, Direction: Alejandro Valbuena Dance on Camera Festival NYC, USA
CHARACTER Choreography/Performance: Courtnae Bowman, Juan Carlos Claudio & Jane Osborne, Direction: Alejandro Valbuena
TEXAS PLATES Choreography/Direction: Marta Renzi MADance Film Screening Toronto, ON. View Online at: www.pattiscialfa.net
SIRENS Direction: Sandor Weiner, Choreography: Aviva Geismar (Drastic Action)
THEATRE
2003
4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane. Directed by Jen Cameron. SFU
Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. SFU, V-day Fundraiser
2002
Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. SFU, V-day Fundraiser
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010
Interpreter: Justine Chambers Dance Lab for new work, Copy
2009
Interpreter: Co. Erasga Research period for new work, Shadow Machine Alvin Tolentino
2008
Interpreter: Justine Chambers creation period and studio showing of new work, Copy
2007
Understudy: Kinesis Dance research period. Paras Terezakis
Understudy: Dancers Dancing reworking of TWO: The Late Edition, all Fall Tour Reparatory and new works from The Cantata Project Judith Garay, Santee Smith, Anthony Morgan and Rob Kitsos
Apprenticeship: Co. Erasga’s creation of BODYGlass Alvin Tolentino and Peter Chin
2002-2005
Pre-Professional Performance Experience, SFU: Paul-Andre Fortier, Emily Molnar, Marla Eist, Jennifer Mascall and Rob Kitsos
FORMAL EDUCATION
2005
BFA Simon Fraser University, Fine & Performing Arts: Dance
TRAINING
Contemporary/Modern: Studied under Judith Garay, Henry Daniel, Serge Bennathan, Justine Chambers, Rob Kitsos, Megan Walker-Straight, Michelle Debrouwer, Peter Bingham, Lin Snelling (voice & improv), Susanne Linke (Germany), and many others through CADA-BC’s professional dance classes.
Ballet: Studied under Cynthia Fisher, Michelle Debrouwer, Marla Eist, Marquita Lester, Sarah Brewer and Wen Wei Wang. Completed RAD Examinations Primary through Grade 8, Elementary and Pre-Intermediate.
Pilates: Michelle Debrouwer and Dianne Miller Pilates Center.
Theatre: David Smukler (Mini Voice Intensive), Nigel Charnock (dance-theatre, UK), Paula de Vasconcelos (theatre-dance, Montreal), Tamara McCarthy (Grotowski Method), Marc Diamond, Penelope Stella, Aaron Caleb and Heidi Taylor.