April 30 - May 3
7pm
Dance
Andrea Nann, Judy Luo + Sarah Chase
Sliding scale $20 - $40 plus GST
田天 tiántiān (field/sky) is a full-length dance work featuring two generations of Chinese Canadian dancers who move in unusual synchronized harmony. A collaboration between performers Andrea Nann and Jia Yi (Judy) Luo and director Sarah Chase, 田天 tiántiān layers haiku-like duet and solo movements with stories of separation and reunion. The work weaves an emotional bridge between Judy and Andrea. A collaboration between:
Andrea Nann (she/her/they) Andrea is a dance artist, deep listener, founding artist of Dreamwalker Dance Company, and founder/co-creator of Conscious Bodies, an embodied community practice. Andrea is a graduate of York University’s Fine Arts program and has collaborated on new works with over 70 dance and theatre creators across Turtle Island. She danced with Danny Grossman Dance Company for 15 years and has been recognized for contributions to the performing arts sector and work in community actioning. Andrea’s work celebrates possibility, imagination, and belonging, exploring how embodiment can shift attitudes, deepen empathy, and connect us through shared wonder and peaceful coexistence.
Jia Yi (Judy) Luo is a Chinese-Canadian dance artist based out of Toronto, and in her trusty blue suitcase. Movement and dumpling parties are her chosen mediums to bridge communities. She thanks Cynthia Fisher (Toronto), Anne Plamondon (Montreal), Liam Francis (UK), Nova Bhattacharya (Toronto), and Dreamwalker Dance Company (Toronto/Vancouver) for creating opportunities for her to make and share art. Judy is a former member of touring company Rambert 2 (London, UK). She holds her BFA in Performance Dance from Toronto Metropolitan University and is a laureate of the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s Developing Artist Grant. Known for her stage presence and versatility, her commercial credits include Nike, SportChek, Tim Hortons, Hallmark Channel, Jessie Reyez and Feist. As a performer, rehearsal director and educator, she marvels at the body's intelligence and delights in sharing this fascination with others. Follow along her creative endeavours on her Substack publication, "mindthemoves."
Sarah Chase is based on Hornby Island, in the Salish Sea. Her work has been presented across Canada and Europe, at such venues as the National Arts Centre (Ottawa), Festival TransAmerique (Montreal), DanceHouse (Vancouver), the Holland Dance Festival, Klapstuk Festival (Belgium), Salzburg Szene Festival (Austria), Kaaitheater (Belgium), Tanz Quartier (Vienna), Fondation Cartier (Paris) and Theater der Welt (Germany). She has performed and toured with Benôit Lachambre’s Dance par B. Lieux, and German choreographer Raimund Hoghe, and has created work for many Canadian artists. Sarah is the recipient of the 2004 Jacqueline Lemieux Award for Excellence from the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Prize of the Festival at the 2006 Munich Dance Biennale for her piece The Passenger. Solos she created for both Peggy Baker and Andrea Nann won Doras in the category of Outstanding Performer in Dance. She is an associate dance artist of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.
