CTS JANUARY 2011 SCHEDULE!

Susie Burpee - January 25

Canadian contemporary dance artist Susie Burpee is based in Toronto, where she works as a performer, choreographer, and teacher. She trained at the Professional Program of Contemporary Dancers (BA Hons.), augmented her studies at the Limon and Cunningham Schools in New York, and has studied intensively with master teachers Peter Boneham and Dianne Miller.

Known for her strong physical presence and emotional performances, Ms. Burpee has made her mark in Canadian performing arts as a company dancer with the critically acclaimed Ruth Cansfield Dance, Le Groupe Dance Lab, and Dancemakers. As an independent artist, she continues to work closely with innovative choreographers Serge Bennathan, Sasha Ivanochko, Lesandra Dodson, and Tedd Robinson.

As a creator, Ms.Burpee creates works that showcase ‘fully human characters, struggling for connection’ (William Littler, The Toronto Star). She was awarded Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Performance and Outstanding New Choreography and in 2006, she received the K.M. Hunter Artists Award for Dance. Recent works include a 2009 Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Commission for 24 dancers, and a new collaborative work with dance artist Linnea Swan. In 2010, her work will be featured at DanceWorks Mainstage (Toronto) and The Canada Dance Festival (Ottawa).

Ms. Burpee teaches technique classes and workshops for professional dancers and students across Canada. For the past two years, she has worked with emerging artists at Tedd Robinson’s Summer Intensive, teaching class and mentoring artistic development.

Marie Claire Forte - January 27

Marie Claire is a Montréal-based dance artist; her artistic practice currently questions relationships, duration and space. She dances as an independent artist for Louise Bédard and Ame Henderson. As a company member of the now defunct Le Groupe Dance Lab in Ottawa from 2004 to 2008, she danced for over twenty choreographers from Canada and abroad and trained under Peter Boneham. She has presented her own work in Montréal, Ottawa and St. John’s, and is currently working on the video series and performance Moving Towards with Alanna Kraaijeveld. She also translates and writes, namely for The Dance Current.

WORKING CLASS JANUARY 2011 SCHEDULE

Wed 05 / Fri 07 - Gail Lotenberg

Mon 10 / Wed 12 / Fri 14 - Serge Bennathan

Mon 17 / Wed 19 / Fri 21 - Chutzpah! classes w/ Oded Graf

Mon 24 / Wed 26 / Fri 28 - Chutzpah! classes w/ Yossi Berg

Working Class is held at The Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St. (at Granville)

9:30am-11:00am, $12 drop in, $100 for 10 class card.

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