About The Show
With four dancers 'Wags Alternate' investigates the undercurrents and impulses of caricature, alter-ego, and the hidden aspects of our lives.
What do we choose to display to the world? Our lives are essentially our own theatrical production with the individual as the leading actor, fabricating how to curate the daily show.
Set in a forest of red ropes and lightbulbs, this dance piece is visually tantalizing. It is a result of long-standing collaboration between choreographer Thoenn Glover, lighting designer Rob Sondergaard, and sound designer Mac Hunter.
With a passionate creative team behind it dedicated to the development and completion of the work since it's conception, it is ready to hit the stage! Wags Alternate will premiere at the Dancing on the Edge Festival, co-presented by the Dance Centre in Vancouver BC this July.
How You Can Help
We are looking to raise $5000 to help this show reach it's full potential and bring the work to audiences this July 2016. Funds will go towards:
- Paying the artists
- Lighting equipment rental
- Costuming and props
- Marketing and promotion
By becoming a backer, not only are you showing your support to the project but also to the Vancouver dance community. Any amount helps, and to thank you for your support we offer a variety of perks from dance prints, to your very own personalized choreography, and much more! Even if we don't reach our funding goal we still get to keep what we raise, so every penny will go directly towards our costs.
About The Choreographer
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Since 2009, Thoenn Glover has building a career as a
Vancouver-based choreographer, dancer and teacher. Growing up in a remote
community in Northern British Columbia she brings a unique perspective to her art form. Her background of living off the grid with
limited pop-culture influences has given her an instinctual and visceral
approach to her work, and a ‘DIY/anything’s possible’ attitude towards the art
form.
In her choreography Thoenn bridges the aesthetics
of cinema and contemporary dance. She uses vivid characters, fragments of
narratives, bold lighting design, and shifting sound scores to create cutting
edge works that appeal to not only art enthusiasts but also to those who don’t
normally take in contemporary dance.
Her choreography has been presented at festivals and series across Canada and she has been recognized as an innovative young artist.
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THANK YOU!
