Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers
presents
THE PRAIRIE DANCE CIRCUIT
Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg
5 Dance Companies
5 Artistic Directors
5 Winnipeg Premieres
ROBIN POITRAS· NEW DANCE HORIZONS
Regina
soft foot
Duration: 20 minutes
Choreographer: Robin Poitras
Commissioned & Performed by: Ziyian Kwan
Sound Design: Jeff Morton
Text: Robert Bringhurst
Lighting Design: David Fraser
Bear Shoes: John Noestheden
Dramaturgical Consultant: Jo Leslie
Ursa Major, is well known in the prairie sky. Her mythological inheritance lingers on the horizon. soft foot draws from a body of work that began many years ago, including an Ursa character created for Ziyian Kwan in Rouge-gorge’s recent group work, in fur till spring.
soft foot, a term coined by prairie movement maverick Amelia Itcush, is a constellation of images and actions in an inter-play of myth and body memory. This work is an ode to Amelia, choreographed by Robin Poitras, commissioned and performed by Ziyian Kwan.
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