Borderline Danza (Salerno, Italy)
'Same Tune, Different Worlds' CREATORS JOURNEYS - CM 2024 Adriana Cristiano, Alessandro Esposito, Antonio Formisano, Giada Ruppo, Alyssa...
Donald Carr
CREATORS JOURNEYS - CM 2024 Driving themes Philosophies of light & dark “winged thought” Living with cliché as legitimate form of...
Nik Beeson - Risk and Balance
CREATORS JOURNEYS - CM 2024 Driving themes We are never alone and the world is what makes us the human we are Power dynamics Trauma to...
Katie Adams-Gossage and Frédérique Perron
CREATORS JOURNEYS - CM 2024 Driving themes The human form The fluid body The physics of momentum and weight Goals Develop specific...
Anna Malla and Kori Gulotta
CREATORS JOURNEYS - CM 2024 Driving themes The crucible Patriarchy Socio-political controversies Pressures-traumas of women as limits and...
Mio Sakamoto
with Beata Rasitsan and Christian Podlacha (Bow Echo Collective) CREATORS JOURNEYS - CM 2022 Driving themes The integration of water,...
Olivia Proudfoot with Tim Spronk and Mika Lillit Lior
CM 2022, Toronto, Guelph, Malta EU Driving themes need for equity within the contact community in relation to assumptions and...
Akiko Ono
Name of artist creator(s) : Ono Akiko – Tokyo Japan Goals create a dance for a site-specific sculpture garden Beginning with Strong...
Lau Beh Chin with Anna Lee, Winnie Tay Yi Xuan, Wong Chi Ying
Choreographer : Lau Beh Chin Performers/Collaborators: Anna Lee, Winnie Tay Yi Xuan, Wong Chi Ying Driving themes...
Emmanuel Ndefo
Name of artist creator(s) Emmanuel Ndefo, Nigeria Driving themes Combining movement based storytelling with oral storytelling. Combining...
Cláudia Nwabasili and Roges Doglas
Cláudia Nwabasili and Roges Doglas - Choreographic Marathon 2021
Ava Bruna Bihina: Urban and Village bodies
Ava Bruna Bihina - Choreographic Marathon 2021
Nathan Hirschaut, Ima Kamel, Monica Steffey and Javon Jones: Mythologies personal and shared
Nathan Hirshaut, Javon Jones, Ima Kamel and Monica Steffey - Choreographic Marathon 2021
Kaelin Isserlin, Arin Aronyk-Schell and Morgyn Aronyk-Schell: Twinning and entry to set choreography
Kaelin Isserlin, Arin Aronyk-Schell and Morgyn Aronyk-Schell - Choreographic Marathon 2021
Creators' Journeys and Discoveries 2008-2021
Every Choreographic Marathon its own character springing from the interests of the participants and the nature of their work. These are...
2021-22: Creation Journeys onONline still in progress
The 2021-22 Creation Intensive is still in progress, in our in-person and online studios, extending across 9 times zones, including...
2020-21: Artists and Credits
Leads: Maxine Heppner, Jessie Fraser, Peter Jenkins for onONline: Andrea Nann (Dreamwalker Dance), Adèle Ross (new generation>STDT),...
2019: Creator's Journeys
How do we most clearly communicate what we know? The common thread for all 2019 creation groups was Translation: from trio to solo, solo...
2019: Mentors and Credits
Mentors Maxine Heppner (lead) Susan Lee, Takako Segawa, Michael Caldwell Creation Assistants Jessie Fraser, Kiera Shaw, Nina Milanovic...
Valérie Pitre: traversing time: with Claudelle Labreque
Valérie Pitre, lead creator Claudelle Labreque, collaborator, interpreter The CM 2019 was conducted in English, French, Japanese and...
Peter Kelly: taboo made public: with Margarita Soria
Peter Kelly, creator, performer Margarita Soria, interpreter Goals: To explore and develop work based on themes of sexuality. To look at...
Ayaka Miwa: words to movement: with Mio Sakamoto & Yui Ugai
Creator, Performer Goals: To tell a story without words to change theatrical duet to a dance solo keep the spirit of a child when making...
Alex Winters: historic into present aesthetic: with Sophie Dow & Oriah Wiersma
Creative Journey CM2019 Alexandra Winters, Choreographer Sophie Dow, Oriah Wiersma, Interpreters Goals: Re–examine dance material...
Rachel Facchini: from self to others: with Tavia Christina, Brianna Clarke
Rachel Facchini, Choreographer Tavia Christina, Brianna Clarke, Interpreters Goals: Make a duet inspired by solo material already...
2018: Creators' Journeys
Overview of 2018's work sees... ... discovering internal impulses to express loss and recovery, ... releasing privacy to gain public...
2018: Mentors and Credits
Mentors Maxine Heppner (lead) Susan Lee, Jessica Runge, Michael Caldwell, Takako Segawa Creation Assistants Kiera Shaw, Alison Keerey,...
Olivia C. Davies : rematriation
Choreographer / Performer Question: “Who am I as an indigenous artist right now- what does the notion of “rematriation” (return to...
Nina Milanovski : dancing relationships
Choreographer With interpreters Victoria Gubiani, Paige Sayles Goals: Create a duet based on coupling and uncoupling with a narrative...
Monica Shah : dancing stillness
Choreographer / Performer Seconded by: Jaya Srivastava-Chawla Goals: Explore concept of Stillness as an expressive force for movement....
Ashley Burmaster: form and passion
Choreographer With interpreters Josephine Jakubowski, Lindsay Harpham, Mikaela Orford, Sarah Mclennan, Dominique Tersigni Goals: connect...
Amelia Jakasa : inner acoustics of my body
Choreographer / Performer Seconds: Samantha Lucchetta, Jane Alison McKinney, Jacob Edwards-Schell Goals: Use the audience in the...
2017: Creators' Journeys
Overview of 2017's work sees... ... explorations in contemporary expression of personal roots in Afro-Caribbean, Body-Mind Centring,...
2017: Mentors and Credits
Mentors: Maxine Heppner (lead) Susan Lee, Jessica Runge, Michael Caldwell Creation Assistants: Kiera Shaw, Alison Keerey, Nina Milanovski...
Lo Bil : spontaneity & form
Choreographer / Performer Goal: To distinguish a way of working that will enable re–entry into the world of an “Action” even within...
Tammy MacLeod : mapping intention
Choreographer / Performer Goals: To decipher her creative process for creation of a self-solo: i.e. how to cultivate and refine...
Susan Wolfe : intelligent bodies
Choreographer With interpreters: Jen Yi Hum, Francesca Cudnoff, Keira Shaw, Nina Milanovski Goal: Create several duets. Develop more...
Liam Ellington : thoughts into dance
Choreographer With interpreters Carly Psutka, Shaelynn Loobbezoo, Maggie Lucas, Lindsay McBride Goal: to create a 3-5 minute set dance...
Keira Sweeney : beyond own boundaries
Keira Sweeney - Choreographer/Performer Goals: To explore choreographing a self-solo. To explore her fascination of impossible classical...
2016: Creators' Journeys
Overview of 2016's work sees.... ... explorations as diverse as the artists and their genres: Contemporary, Afro-Caribbean, Break, &...
2016: Mentors and Credits
Mentors: Maxine Heppner (lead) Susan Lee, Takako Segawa, Junia Mason, Jessica Runge Creation Assistants: Kiera Shaw, Michela Sisti,...
Kate (Agent Lynx) Alsterlund: archive to performance
Kate (Agent Lynx) Alsterlund (choreographer-interpreter) (Montreal) Beginning: A video archive of previous choreographies. Desires: To...
Amanda Benn : intuition and form
Amanda Benn (choreographer/performer) Jacqueline Powell (interpreter), Teisha Lockhart (pre-CM prep) (Montreal-Toronto) Beginning: Drafts...
Holly Small : intent and content
Holly Small (choreographer) Jessica Runge, Oriah Wiersman (interpreters) (Toronto) Beginning: Two solos in draft form Jigsaw : early...
Jamee Valin : riff, choose, hone
Jamee Valin (choreographer-interpreter) Jen-Yi Hum & Jannine Saarinen (assisting creation) (Toronto) Goal: Build series of movement...
2012: Creators' Journeys
The overview of 2012's work sees... ....clear identification of how 3 basic motivations defined the different processes and outcomes of...
2012: Mentors and Credits
Mentors: Maxine Heppner (lead) Susan Lee, Takako Segawa, Jessica Runge Studio Coordination and Creative assistants: Janina Kowalski, Joy...
Nika Stein : story in body
Nika Stein (choreographer) Fabiola Ugarte, Deepali Lindblom, Yui Ugai (interpreters) Montreal and Baie Comeau, Quebec, India, Japan...
Alison Krause - Good Women Dance Collective : high impact performance
Alison Krause (choreographer) Ainsley Hillyard, Kate Stashko, Alida Nyquist-Schultz (interpreters) GoodWomenDanceCollective, Edmonton,...
Sarah Lochhead - Simcoe Contemporary Dancers : creating from sensation
Sarah Lochhead (choreographer) Nadege Blackhall, Regan McQuoid, Jessica Ransom (interpreters) Simcoe Contemporary Dancers, Barrie Ontario...
2010: Creators' Journeys
Creator's Journeys
Every Choreographic Marathon session has its own character springing from shared choreographic principles (see notes
