Mateo Galindo Torres and Peter Kelly in RANKED
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The Ladder Project I will fall | How To Love (in development) Photography: Aria Evans
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The Ladder Project | I Will Fall | How To Love (working titles) bridges dance and theatre. It uses two sided ladders as a metaphor for the steps we make to try and reach a certain level of intimacy with a lover or partner. Three duets about queer love will happen on and around the ladders (upright, toppled over, upside-down etc). Showing the struggles we go through, the moments of levity, melodrama and truth - to find love, to accept love, for our love to be accepted and the nuances inside of how we align with people we want to be in relationship with. This piece is intended to be personal, intimate and steamy.
Creative Team
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by:
Steph Cyr, Kiah Francis, Nickeshia Garrick, Sofí Gudiño, Heath V. Salazar, Rose Tuong
Original Music by:
Shanika Maria, Sofia Fly
Dramaturge: Ximena Huizi
Supported and Funded by: The National Arts Centre, CAHOOTS, Native Earth Performing Arts and Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
Creative Team
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by:
Steph Cyr, Kiah Francis, Nickeshia Garrick, Sofí Gudiño, Heath V. Salazar, Rose Tuong
Original Music by:
Shanika Maria, Sofia Fly
Dramaturge: Ximena Huizi
Supported and Funded by: The National Arts Centre, CAHOOTS, Native Earth Performing Arts and Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
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For Sale (2022) 30 minute site specific, promenade performance |
Commissioned by Soulpepper Theatre Company and The City of Toronto’s Awakenings Programming at the Toronto History Museums.
Powerful and playful, For Sale sheds new light on issues of reconciliation and the concept of “ownership”, the housing market as well as the complexities of colonial (museum) cultures and how we understand and pass down histories. For Sale runs for three performances only, for a limited capacity audience.
As part of the City of Toronto and Soulpepper’s Awakenings Project, For Sale cheekily turns history on its side, placing the true ownership of the land where Colborne Lodge sits within the premise of a real estate open house, and bidding war among audience members. Choreographer / dance artist Aria Evans has conceived the piece and leads the team of performers Sam Brown, Liz Der, Aria Evans, Kiah Francis, Sofi Gudino, Nicole Leveck and Jarrett Siddall.
Creative Team
Choreographer | Director | Writer: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by:
Sam Brown, Liz Der, Aria Evans, Kiah Francis, Sofi Gudino, Nicole Leveck and Jarrett Siddall
Outside Eye: Augusto Bitter
Mentors: Rachel Forbes, Seika Boye
Producer: Sue Balint
Technical Director | Production Manager: Charissa Wilcox
Stage Managers: Helin Gungoren, AJ Morra
Performances
Colborne Lodge, High Park
May 6th 2022: 7pm
May 7th 2022: 2pm
May 8th 2022: 2pm
Funded and Supported by: Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Toronto, Soulpepper Theatre
Powerful and playful, For Sale sheds new light on issues of reconciliation and the concept of “ownership”, the housing market as well as the complexities of colonial (museum) cultures and how we understand and pass down histories. For Sale runs for three performances only, for a limited capacity audience.
As part of the City of Toronto and Soulpepper’s Awakenings Project, For Sale cheekily turns history on its side, placing the true ownership of the land where Colborne Lodge sits within the premise of a real estate open house, and bidding war among audience members. Choreographer / dance artist Aria Evans has conceived the piece and leads the team of performers Sam Brown, Liz Der, Aria Evans, Kiah Francis, Sofi Gudino, Nicole Leveck and Jarrett Siddall.
Creative Team
Choreographer | Director | Writer: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by:
Sam Brown, Liz Der, Aria Evans, Kiah Francis, Sofi Gudino, Nicole Leveck and Jarrett Siddall
Outside Eye: Augusto Bitter
Mentors: Rachel Forbes, Seika Boye
Producer: Sue Balint
Technical Director | Production Manager: Charissa Wilcox
Stage Managers: Helin Gungoren, AJ Morra
Performances
Colborne Lodge, High Park
May 6th 2022: 7pm
May 7th 2022: 2pm
May 8th 2022: 2pm
Funded and Supported by: Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Toronto, Soulpepper Theatre
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heart2heart (2021) 33 minutes Photography: Aria Evans
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Peek behind the scenes and experience heart2heart, a documentary that follows the creative process for this three year project that was twice interrupted by COVID-19.
Lead by Aria Evans, heart2heart tells the intimate and true stories of 11 movement-based artists. Through unscripted duets that originally centred around conversations about the state of the world, heart2heart offers a glimpse inside a compassionate dance theatre work that questions how we seek to build relationships across difference.
heart2heart by POLITICAL MOVEMENT features an ensemble of queer, POC, fat, multilingual, non-binary, differently abled, mothers, teachers, immigrants and all Torontonians.
Creative Team
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by:
Tanveer Alam and Angela Sun, Corynne Bisson, Michael Caldwell and Liisa Smith, Olivia Croft and Irma Villafuerte, Shay Erlich and Kari Pederson, Karen Kaeja and Sebastián Oreamuno.
Dramaturge: Ximena Huizi
Special thanks to Rodney Diverlus, Joie Ann Merana and Jordan Laffrenier for being part of heart2heart's initial stages of development.
Performances
Creative Process Documentary streaming February 14th - 21st 2022 online
Cancelled Performances
heart2heart at The Riser Project with Why Not Theatre
April 30th - May 9 2020
heart2heart Excerpt (Karen & Sebastián) Presented by Tangente
January 29th, 30th, 31st, February 1st 2022
Funded by: Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council with support from Nightswimming Theatre, Tangente, Volcano Theatre and Why Not Theatre.
Lead by Aria Evans, heart2heart tells the intimate and true stories of 11 movement-based artists. Through unscripted duets that originally centred around conversations about the state of the world, heart2heart offers a glimpse inside a compassionate dance theatre work that questions how we seek to build relationships across difference.
heart2heart by POLITICAL MOVEMENT features an ensemble of queer, POC, fat, multilingual, non-binary, differently abled, mothers, teachers, immigrants and all Torontonians.
Creative Team
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by:
Tanveer Alam and Angela Sun, Corynne Bisson, Michael Caldwell and Liisa Smith, Olivia Croft and Irma Villafuerte, Shay Erlich and Kari Pederson, Karen Kaeja and Sebastián Oreamuno.
Dramaturge: Ximena Huizi
Special thanks to Rodney Diverlus, Joie Ann Merana and Jordan Laffrenier for being part of heart2heart's initial stages of development.
Performances
Creative Process Documentary streaming February 14th - 21st 2022 online
Cancelled Performances
heart2heart at The Riser Project with Why Not Theatre
April 30th - May 9 2020
heart2heart Excerpt (Karen & Sebastián) Presented by Tangente
January 29th, 30th, 31st, February 1st 2022
Funded by: Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council with support from Nightswimming Theatre, Tangente, Volcano Theatre and Why Not Theatre.
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In The Abyss (2019) 50 minutes Photography: Aria Evans, Francesca Chudnoff
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In The Abyss, a full-length dance theatre piece, applies choreography and metaphor to a heart-driven exploration of the mysteries of life on earth. It explores common expressions of humanity as it intersects with the science that situates us within the universe. Using the scientific theory that everything is made of stardust, it dives into the inescapable physics of the galaxies beyond us in relationship to our earth-bound lives. It grapples with how to live with purpose, find meaning in one’s journey, all the while colliding honest explorations of loneliness with our innate need for connection.
Creative Team
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans / Political Movement
Created with and performed by:
Irvin Chow
Ana Claudette Groppler
Syreeta Hector
David Norsworthy
Composer: Babak Taghinia
Costume Designer: Kinoo Arcentales
Lighting Designer: Sarah Mansikka
Outside Eye: Julia Sasso
Production Manager: Candice Irwin
Set Designer: Rachel Forbes
Stage Manager: Tamara Protic *“The participation of this Artist is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance Opera Theatre Policy (DOT).”
Text and Body Dramaturge: Ximena Huizi
Writer: Liam Zarrillo
Performances
Presented by Citadel + Compagnie through Bright Nights
October 30th - November 2nd 2019
Supported and Funded by: Canada Council for the Arts, Native Earth Performing Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council and University of Toronto
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link (2018) 22 minutes Photography: Francesca Chudnoff
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link is a warrior dance about the blockades we come across in life, focusing on the idea of forging ahead and asking the question; “What is my generation fighting for or against?”.
Creative Team
Performer | Choreographer: Aria Evans
Artistic Collaborators: Jesse Dell, Joshua DePerry, Pulga Muchochoma, Naishi Wang
Rehearsal Director: Ana Groppler
Outside Eye: Peggy Baker through NEPA's Animikiig Training Program
Set Designer: Andy Moro through NEPA's Animikiig Training Program
Set Assembly: Michael Murray
Dramaturge: Michele Smith-Gilmour
Composer: DJ Classic Roots
Developed Through Native Earth Performing Arts' Animikiig Creators Unit under the guidance of Diana Belshaw
Performances
DanceWorks CoWorks
February 15th - 18th 2018
Pia Bouman School - Scotiabank Studio Theatre
Supported and Funded by: Canada Council for the Arts, DanceWorks, Native Earth Performing Arts and Ontario Arts Council
Creative Team
Performer | Choreographer: Aria Evans
Artistic Collaborators: Jesse Dell, Joshua DePerry, Pulga Muchochoma, Naishi Wang
Rehearsal Director: Ana Groppler
Outside Eye: Peggy Baker through NEPA's Animikiig Training Program
Set Designer: Andy Moro through NEPA's Animikiig Training Program
Set Assembly: Michael Murray
Dramaturge: Michele Smith-Gilmour
Composer: DJ Classic Roots
Developed Through Native Earth Performing Arts' Animikiig Creators Unit under the guidance of Diana Belshaw
Performances
DanceWorks CoWorks
February 15th - 18th 2018
Pia Bouman School - Scotiabank Studio Theatre
Supported and Funded by: Canada Council for the Arts, DanceWorks, Native Earth Performing Arts and Ontario Arts Council
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Voice Of A Nation (2017) 25 minutes Photography: Aria Evans, Francesca Chudnoff
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A reimagining of Stravinsky's L'Histoire du soldat with a live suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano. The Trickster Re-imagined set to L’histoire du Soldat by Igor Stravinsky and choreographed by Aria Evans distills the traits of the Trickster and explores the motif of shapeshifting in terms of contemporary curated identities. With solos, duos and trios that echo the structures of society, we watch the characters cross and create boundaries. With stark and stirring movements the jubilant and somber music and dance blend for an energetic and resolutely contemporary whole.
Creative Team
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Created with and Performed by:
Syreeta Hector
Mayumi Lashbrook
Raelyn Metcalfe
Producer: Toronto Concert Orchestra
Performances
October 12th 2017 in Peterborough
November 19th 2017 in Gravenhurst
November 23rd 2017 in Toronto
Supported and Funded by: Dancemakers, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Toronto Concert Orchestra
Creative Team
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Created with and Performed by:
Syreeta Hector
Mayumi Lashbrook
Raelyn Metcalfe
Producer: Toronto Concert Orchestra
Performances
October 12th 2017 in Peterborough
November 19th 2017 in Gravenhurst
November 23rd 2017 in Toronto
Supported and Funded by: Dancemakers, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Toronto Concert Orchestra
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RElaps (2016) 30 minutes Photography: Aria Evans
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RElaps takes a voyeuristic look into a couple’s intimate relationship and explores how many small innocent acts can turn into huge betrayals of trust.
Creative Team 1
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by:
Irvin Chow
Jesse Dell
Outside Eye: Julia Sasso
Lighting Designer: Andy Moro
Prop Designer: Michael Murray
Performances
RATED R at The Toronto Fringe
Randolph Theatre
July 1st - July 10th 2016
Creative Team 2
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Dancers: Jesse Dell, Naishi Wang
Outside Eye: Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
Performances
Weesageechak Begins To Dance 29 Native Earth Performing Arts
Aki Studio
November 17th 2016
Supported and Funded by: Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Fringe
Creative Team 1
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by:
Irvin Chow
Jesse Dell
Outside Eye: Julia Sasso
Lighting Designer: Andy Moro
Prop Designer: Michael Murray
Performances
RATED R at The Toronto Fringe
Randolph Theatre
July 1st - July 10th 2016
Creative Team 2
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Dancers: Jesse Dell, Naishi Wang
Outside Eye: Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
Performances
Weesageechak Begins To Dance 29 Native Earth Performing Arts
Aki Studio
November 17th 2016
Supported and Funded by: Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Fringe
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RANKED (2016) 22 minutes Photography: Aria Evans
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Where are you RANKED? This group work is an investigation into the social perceptions we hold about who has privilege and power.
Creative Team 3
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by: Jasmyn Fyffe, Peter Kelly, Pulga Muchochoma, Kassi Scott, Mateo Torres, Kathia Wittenborn
Outside Eye: Julia Sasso
Lighting Designer: Andy Moro
Costumes: Jesse Dell
Performances
RATED R at The Toronto Fringe
Randolph Theatre
July 1st - July 10th 2016
Creative Team 2
Choreography: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by: Aria Evans, Damian Norman, Kassi Scott, Mateo Torres
Work In Progress Performance
University of Toronto Scarborough - Snider Lecture Series
HW 305
March 2016
Creative Team 1
Choreography: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by: Damian Norman, Kassi Scott
Work In Progress Performance
Harbourfront Centre's NextSteps - The Chimera Project - FRESH BLOOD
Harbourfront Centre Theatre
October 2015
Supported and Funded by: Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council and Toronto Fringe
Creative Team 3
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by: Jasmyn Fyffe, Peter Kelly, Pulga Muchochoma, Kassi Scott, Mateo Torres, Kathia Wittenborn
Outside Eye: Julia Sasso
Lighting Designer: Andy Moro
Costumes: Jesse Dell
Performances
RATED R at The Toronto Fringe
Randolph Theatre
July 1st - July 10th 2016
Creative Team 2
Choreography: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by: Aria Evans, Damian Norman, Kassi Scott, Mateo Torres
Work In Progress Performance
University of Toronto Scarborough - Snider Lecture Series
HW 305
March 2016
Creative Team 1
Choreography: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by: Damian Norman, Kassi Scott
Work In Progress Performance
Harbourfront Centre's NextSteps - The Chimera Project - FRESH BLOOD
Harbourfront Centre Theatre
October 2015
Supported and Funded by: Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council and Toronto Fringe
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Desiccated (2015) 22 minutes Photography: Craig Chambers
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Desiccated is a movement based multidisciplinary performance that merges contemporary dance, a live vocal soundscape, sculptural installation and video projection. As our fresh water supply depletes and water becomes a commodity that we buy and sell in bottles, Desiccated explores how our relationship to water is changing. It hints to how we might become informed, how we contribute to the problem and how we can find a solution to make water remain a human right. With movement inspired by waves, rivers and waterfalls and interviews of childhood memories in and around fresh water integrated into the vocal soundscape, this physical and poignant collaboration invites us to reflect on what used to be, what is, and what is to come.
Creative Team 1
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by: Jesse Dell, Ana Claudette Groppler, Mateo Galindo Torres
Outside Eye: Julia Sasso
Vocalist/Composer: Amir Brandon
Projections: Aria Evans
Set Builder: Michael Murray
Costumes: Jesse Dell
Performances:
SummerWorks Performance Festival - dance series
Theatre Centre Mainspace
August 8th, 9th 2015
Excerpt Performances:
Gaïa Exhibition
Paris, France
January 2016
Work In Progress Performances:
Series 808 CPW
Collective Space
April 2015
Seasonal Activities, v.i.
hub14
March 2015
Creative Team 2
Choreography/Projections: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by: Ana Claudette Groppler, Syreeta Hector, Mateo Galindo Torres
Set Builder: Michael Murray
Performances:
Pulse Ontario Dance Conference
Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, York University
May 11th 2018
Supported and Funded by: b current, Canada Council for the Arts, Native Earth Performing Arts, Ontario Arts Council and SummerWorks
Creative Team 1
Choreographer | Director: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by: Jesse Dell, Ana Claudette Groppler, Mateo Galindo Torres
Outside Eye: Julia Sasso
Vocalist/Composer: Amir Brandon
Projections: Aria Evans
Set Builder: Michael Murray
Costumes: Jesse Dell
Performances:
SummerWorks Performance Festival - dance series
Theatre Centre Mainspace
August 8th, 9th 2015
Excerpt Performances:
Gaïa Exhibition
Paris, France
January 2016
Work In Progress Performances:
Series 808 CPW
Collective Space
April 2015
Seasonal Activities, v.i.
hub14
March 2015
Creative Team 2
Choreography/Projections: Aria Evans
Created with and performed by: Ana Claudette Groppler, Syreeta Hector, Mateo Galindo Torres
Set Builder: Michael Murray
Performances:
Pulse Ontario Dance Conference
Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, York University
May 11th 2018
Supported and Funded by: b current, Canada Council for the Arts, Native Earth Performing Arts, Ontario Arts Council and SummerWorks
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