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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 BennathanCaesura 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.

About Jane Osborne

Updates on the work of Jane Osborne, a Contemporary Dancer and Choreographer based in Vancouver, BC.