Launch of project Isolated//Together
Date: September 28, 2020, 11AM
Location: Atlantic Ballet Studio, 68 Highfield Street, Moncton NB
Led by Atlantic Ballet Atlantique Canada in collaboration with Harrison Burton of Brainworks Creative, ISOLATED//TOGETHER is a multidisciplinary project documenting the COVID-19 experience In New Brunswick through dance, film, music, spoken word, photography and visual arts. Partners include the Beaverbrook Gallery and 14 visual artists from across the province, Theatre New Brunswick, photographer Denis Duquette, composer/musician Elephant Skeletons and 14 dancers from Atlantic Ballet, Connection Dance Works (Saint John) and Solo Chicken Productions (Fredericton) as well as Wolastoq performance artist Nipahtuwet Naka Wespahtuwet Possesom.
Join public officials, artists and representatives from each organization to hear details and have a sneak peak behind the scenes.
From Atlantic Ballet:Â The creative imagination of Artistic Director Igor Dobrovolskiy will be creating 9 of the 14 dance solos for the dancers of Atlantic Ballet. In collaboration with other choreographers and dancers from Connection Dance Works, Solo Chicken Productions and Possesom Paul, Atlantic Ballet, along with videographer Harrison Burton and with a soundscape created by St-John multi-instrumentalist Clifford J. Doucette aka Elephant Skeleton, will be joining forces at the Capitol to create a unique visual experience for the audience to watch in the future.
From the Beaverbrook Art Gallery: Masks will be part of our culture for the foreseeable future. In this new project, we invited artists to submit designs for a wearable facemask that commemorates the masks we are wearing and their related social constraints, as we navigate the challenges of a pandemic. Fourteen artists were chosen to create masks using any medium that will be exhibited in a virtual showcase, three gallery exhibitions, and will be worn by dancers for post pandemic performances.
Visual artists who created masks from across the province
Vicky Lentz
Brigitte Clavette
Katrina Slade
Emma Hassencahl-Perley
Kyana Kingbird
Luc Charette
Trish Hirschkorn
Jennifer Adam
Sheryl Crowley
Alevtina Sharapova
Amanda Trizna
Jasmine Cull
Ralph Simpson
Alisa Arseneault
From TNB:Â We will gather the stories of New Brunswickers in isolation and staying at home about how isolation makes them feel via Zoom or Skype. This could be good or bad experiences. These stories will represent our entire community and include stories of newcomers in their own language. We will work through the Multi-cultural associations across NB to gather names. Stories will be gathered and curated into audio that can be sorted by language. The audio can be overlaid and listened to while watching the dance films or simply stand alone as the stories of New Brunswickers during the pandemic.
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From Brainworks: Living in this historic period of time, we’re able to relate to these performers and what they’re going through. Our ultimate goal is to one day revisit these locations when they’re bustling with life so the dancers can perform again. We want to take the public on a journey throughout New Brunswick while you experience isolation through dance.
Atlantic Ballet Atlantic Canada
One of Canada’s most exciting ballet companies, and based in Moncton, New Brunswick, Atlantic Ballet Atlantique Canada tours nationally and internationally. Stunning visual impact and a deep emotional connection with its audiences have made this Company popular with audiences around the world. More information is available at www.atlanticballet.ca.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Susan Chalmers-Gauvin, O.N.B.
Co-Founder and CEO
Atlantic Ballet Atlantique Canada
68 rue Highfield St. Moncton, N.B. CANADA
Tel / tél : (506) 383-5951 x 104
Email:Â susan@atlanticballet.ca
Louis-Philippe Dionne
Operations Manager/ Responsable des opérations
Atlantic Ballet Atlantique Canada
(506)383-5951 Ext.102