Entre Chien et Loup | James Gnam
ENTRE CHIEN ET LOUP | James Gnam (Vancouver)
Tickets available at the door or in advance online!
“between dog and wolf” is an expression from old French commonly used to describe a time of day when the light is so dim you can’t distinguish a dog from a wolf.
In this new solo work, Gnam embodies multiple layers of the “dog and wolf” expression to explore the thresholds of the familiar and unfamiliar, of safety and threat, of human nature turning wild and uneasiness replacing certainty.
PERFORMANCE
March 8-9
Tickets $25/$20 MZD Members
Doors: 7 PM
Show: 7:30 PM
Runtime: 45 minutes
Location: 9931-78 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E 1N6
Image credit: © David Cooper
WORKSHOP
MZD is also hosting a special guest artist workshop with James Gnam at the studio on March 9, held in conjunction with MZD’s presentation of his solo show. In this workshop, students will work through a series of directed improvisations, play with gravity, and build and compose dances.
Show Credits
Choreography, Performance | James Gnam
Producer, Rehearsal Direction | Natalie LeFebvre Gnam
Lighting Design | James Proudfoot
Media Design and Integration | Daniel O’Shea
Lighting Direction | Noah Feaver
Media | Eric Chad, James Gnam
Music | Loscil
Outside eye | Vanessa Goodman
Images | David Cooper
Featuring
James Gnam
James Gnam (he/him) is a dance artist based in Vancouver and Montreal. He is the artistic director of plastic orchid factory, a founding member of Left of Main, as well as an associate artist with MAYDAY and Grand Poney. He trained at the National Ballet School of Canada and from 1998 to the present, has performed in the works of Crystal Pite, Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, Jiri Kylian, Barak Marshall and collaborated in the creation of new work with Lee Su-Feh, Jacques Poulin-Denis, Melanie Demers, Vanessa Goodman, Evann Siebens, Peter Bingham and Tedd Robinson. With plastic orchid, James collaboratively devises interdisciplinary work that focuses the body as a site of social commentary. James’ research and performance have been supported by Opera Estate in Bassano Italy; Circuit-Est in Montreal; Centre Q and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa; Electric Company Theatre, The New Forms Festival, The Vancouver Art gallery, The Burrard Arts Foundation/Facade Festival, The Belkin Gallery and SFU/W in Vancouver. In 2010, the late Lola Maclaughlin nominated James and his wife Natalie for the City of Vancouver’s Mayor’s Arts Award for Dance.