dino
Fall in love with dinosaurs, feel the hot rocks, freeze through winter and start anew. DINO is a dance, and a spectacle made from ferocious play with a dramatic claw to the heart and a tickle in the brain. Using the thick, scaly exterior of its Mesozoic inspirations as a guise, DINO boldly dances toward an all-too-familiar end. Fuelled by a bubbling electronic score by composer Telehorn, the dance blends contemporary movement and theatre as it moves through waves of anxiety, asteroids, ruin, regrowth, love, longevity and pigeons.
DINO premiered at FESTIVAL OF DANCE ANNAPOLIS ROYAL and went on to be shared at
FESTIVAL DES ARTS SAINT SAUVEUR (SAINT SAUVEUR, QUEBEC) AND NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA'S SHARING THE STAGE (TORONTO, ONTARIO)
20 - 30 minutes in length
Choreography, Concept & Direction: Alyssa Martin
Collaborators & Performers: Natasha Poon Woo, Sam Grist, Drew Berry, Brayden Cairns. Sharing the Stage included Celeste Chiappetta, Steph Harkness and Sierra Kellman
Original Music by Jacob Vanderham aka Telehorn
Residencies + Support:
• Toronto Metropolitan University - Performance Dance Program at the Creative School
• Support to continue developing this work into a live work for Rock Bottom from Toronto Arts Council, Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal, Festival des Arts Saint-Sauveur and The National Ballet of Canada
