New Work [title TBD]
David Earle
[RT: 15 mins]

Original music by Arun Pal
Lighting Design by Dan Gallo

Performers
Tal Aronson
Lauren Hevenor
Elizabeth Kmiec
Shannon Litzenberger
Andrea Spaziani
Brodie Stevenson

New Work (title tba) by seminal dance creator David Earle, is a suite of three movements with original music by Arun Pal. Guest dancer Brodie Stevenson joins the collective for this work.

David Earle co-founded Toronto Dance Theatre in 1968 and left there in 1996 to pursue Dancetheatre David Earle. In his 40 years as a choreographer, he has created over 130 works, winning numerous awards: Walter Carson Prize, Clifford E. Lee Award, Dora Mavor Moore Award and Toronto Arts Award among them.

The Left Seed
D.A. Hoskins
Premiered 1992, Toronto
[RT: 6 mins]

Music: Traditional Judeo-Hispanic Song
Lighting Design by Dan Gallo

Performers
Shannon Litzenberger
or
Andrea Spaziani

The Left Seed (1992) by D.A. Hoskins is one of his very early works and features a lone woman who evokes sorrow and sensuality through rhythmic, powerful movement inspired by a traditional Judeo-Hispanic song. Shannon Litzenberger and Andrea Spaziani alternate the role.

D.A. Hoskins is a prestigious Clifford E. Lee Award winner who, over the past fifteen years, has firmly established himself as a recognized dancer and choreographer, creating over 40 works in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, most recently for the Royal Conservatory’s Opera Ensemble.

missing
Heidi Strauss
Premiered January 2006, Toronto
[RT: 14 mins]

Sound score by Jeremy Mimnagh
Lighting Design by Dan Gallo

Performers
Tal Aronson
Lauren Hevenor
Elizabeth Kmiec
Shannon Litzenberger
Andrea Spaziani

missing by Heidi Strauss is a powerful quintet using absence to draw a physical series of interlocking relationships within a tight-knit group.  Moments of intimacy and conflict provoke and transform each performer.  They find themselves in different and stronger places than when they began, propelled forward by each other; their energy constantly mounting.

Heidi Strauss is a dancer, choreographer, teacher and co-artistic director of Four Chambers dance project who, since 1994, has performed and choreographed her own works as well as others throughout Canada and Europe. Her AtLast was nominated for a 2005 Dora; in 2006 she choreographed and performed for the Frankfurt Opera.

Plucking Wild Flowers
Darryl Tracy
[RT: 21 mins]

Sound score by Jeremy Mimnagh
Lighting Design by Dan Gallo

Performers
Tal Aronson
Lauren Hevenor
Elizabeth Kmiec
Shannon Litzenberger
Andrea Spaziani

Plucking Wild Flowers by Darryl Tracy explores five female characters through humour, text and strong explosive choreography. The work ranges from silliness to sobriety, from delicate bonding to fierce competition; individuality to group collaboration. Darryl's inspiration comes from the women who colour his own world and the five dynamic and beautiful dancers of IDAC.

Darryl C. Tracy is co-artistic director of Four Chambers dance project, currently dances with Sylvain Emard danse, sits on the faculty of The School of the Toronto Dance Theatre and has choreographed for numerous companies and dancers across the country.