Season Launch with the response. & OURO Collective – Sept 18, 2015

New Works celebrates nineteen years of bringing dance to Vancouver by launching its 15/16 Season with OURO Collective and the response. on Friday, September 18, 7pm at the Orpheum Annex. Tickets $20 available online ateventbrite.ca.

September marks the first full year of creation for OURO Collective, making this the perfect occasion to share the stage with Amber Funk Barton of the response.who has been a mentor and great supporter of this up-and-coming dance collective that has taken Vancouver by storm.

OURO Collective brings together Cristina Bucci, Dean Placzek, Maiko Miyauchi, Rina Pellerin and Mark Siller, artists who use urban dance vocabulary (hip hop, popping, waacking, and breaking) along with contemporary dance for the creation and production of their work. OURO will present at extended 40-minute version of their début piece M-Sessions, a work that draws inspiration from photography by Jourdan Tymkow and highlights each dancer’s genre and background, as the collective works on creating their own unique hybrid of movement. The collective will also be incorporating some work-in-progress from their second creation,PACE to be premi​e​red in 2016.

Amber Funk Barton of the response. explores the universe that exists outside and within in Vast, a solo work-in-progress inspired by observations of properties and elements that are found within the human body, which are also present in the stars. the response. is a project-based contemporary dance company dedicated to challenging how dance is made, shown and perceived, its work focuses on the articulation of contemporary technique with the athleticism, dynamics and energy of urban dance and culture.

Get ready for an evening of dance that breaks boundaries, that moves and transforms!

New Works 15/16 Season Launch
Friday, September 18, 2015. 7pm
Orpheum Annex, 823 Seymour St. Vancouver
Tickets $20 available online at eventbrite.ca