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COMMISSIONED AND PREMIERED BY MOCEAN DANCE (2023)
Choreography: Jacinte Armstrong
4 performers | 60 minutes
Utawtiwow Kijinaq - Our Mother's Road
Commissioned and premiered by Mocean Dance (2022)
Choreography: Sara Coffin and Sarah Prosper
2 dancers | 20 minutes
Mercurials
Commissioned and premiered by Mocean Dance (2022)
Choreography: Lydia Zimmer
3 dancers | 26 minutes
From The Top
Commisioned and premiered by Mocean Dance (2022)
Choreography: Syreeta Hector
4 dancers | 22 minutes
Wild Within
Commissioned and premiered by Mocean Dance (2019)
Choreography: Sara Coffin
4 dancers | 1 Musician | 60 minutes
These Versions Of Us
Commissioned and premiered by Mocean Dance (2018)
Choreography: Heidi Strauss
5 dancers | 60 mins
Burnwater: Alchemy
Concept & Direction: Erin Donovan & Susanne Chui / Collaboration with Hear Here Productions (2016)
Choreography:
2 performers | 60 minutes
For a Quartet
Commissioned and premiered by Mocean Dance (2016)
Choreography: Danièle Desnoyers
4 dancers | 21 minutes
Standing Alone Facing You
Commissioned and premiered by Mocean Dance (2016)
Choreography: Sara Coffin
2 dancers | 25 minutes
Stealing Fire
Commissioned and premiered by Mocean Dance (2016)
Choreography: Emily Gualtieri
3 dancers | 26 minutes
Sable Island
Commissioned and premiered by Mocean Dance (2015)
Choreography: Serge Bennathan
5 dancers | 45 minutes
Body Abandoned
Commissioned and premiered by Mocean Dance (2014)
Choreography: Sara Coffin
3 dancers | 24 minutes
A Leash for Two Hounds
Commissioned and premiered by Mocean Dance (2013)
Choreography: Lesandra Dodson
2 dancers | 18 minutes
Canvas 5 x 5
Commissioned and premiered by Mocean Dance (2012)
Choreography: Tedd Robinson
4 dancers | 30 minutes
Choreographers
Mocean Dance is dedicated to infusing the company with the work of guest artists. In addition to works by company members Susanne Chui, Sara Coffin and founders Carolle Crooks Fernando, Sara Harrigan, Lisa Phinney Langley, Mocean worked with several outstanding and influential choreographers, as well as some emerging talent.
Serge Bennathan
Cory Bowles
Susie Burpee
Estelle Clareton
Danièle Desnoyers
Lesandra Dodson
Susan Elliott
Claire French
Emily Gualtieri
Leica Hardy
Allen and Karen Kaeja
Andrea Leigh-Smith
Sharon Moore
Gwen Noah
Rebecca Lazier
Howard Richard
Tedd Robinson
Roger Sinha
Heidi Strauss
Michael Trent
Lydia Zimmer
Collaborators
Collaboration is key to Mocean’s creative process. Here are some of the other wonderful artists and organizations with whom the company has had the pleasure of collaborating.
Composers
John D.S Adams
Erin Donovan
Kenneth Doren
Jeremy Mimnagh
Sandy Moore
Brian Riley
Phil Thomson
David Albert Toth
Musicians
Doug Cameron
Bertrand Chenier
Media Design
Nick Bottomley
Andrew Hawryshkewich
Dramaturgy
Stewart Legere
Technical Direction
Marcel Boulet
Benoit Whitehead-Gravel
Lighting Design
Geoff Bouckley
Bob Daly
Philippe Dupeyroux
Stephane Menigot
Marc Parent
Rebecca Picherack
Martin Saintonge
Ron Snippe
Leigh Ann Vardy
Benoit Whitehead-Gravel
Costume Design
Holly Crooks
Jessy Lacourciere
Rachael Grant
Kate Mitchell
Rehearsal Directors
Julia Aplin
Sophie Corriveau
Ginelle Chagnon
Catherine Walker
Other Collaborators
Mary Ellen MacLean, Actor
Rohan Fernando, Filmmaker
Organizations
Creative Music Workshop
Dalhousie School of Architecture
Dance Nova Scotia
Halifax Dance
Hear Here Productions
Kinetic Studio
Live Art Dance Productions
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