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The work Gallim Dance will be presenting, I Can See Myself In Your Pupil, is a suite of dances set to the vibrant music of the Israeli band, Balkan Beat Box (also appearing in concert at Chutzpah! March 18 at 8pm, The Venue on Granville St). In bundles of outrageously combustive energy the dance exposes the accursed but ever-present awkwardness of attempting physical intimacy. Choreographer and Artistic Director Andrea Miller’s works are simultaneously kinetic and intimate expressions of the self and its inner mosaic of weakness, desires, and struggles. Her use of extreme physicality – movement that shifts between explosive power and contained tension – creates an experience where the dancers appear to exist at the edge of their limits. Founded in 2006 by Andrea Miller, Gallim Dance burst onto the New York dance scene in its debut performance in 2007 at Joyce SoHo Presents, and caught the attention of the New York City dance community bringing momentum to the burgeoning group of artists. The mission of Gallim Dance is to create, to play inside the imagination, to find juxtapositions of the mind and body that resonate in the soul, to investigate our limitations and pleasures, and to realize the endless human capacity for inspiration. Andrea Miller has been selected as one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" (January, 2009 Issue), and her work has been presented in the United States, Canada, Holland, Spain and Israel at venues such as Jacob's Pillow, Joyce SoHo, Battery Park, Martha Graham Studios, Teatron Suzanne Delal and Studio Varda (Tel Aviv). Andrea Miller is the associate choreographer with Nord Nederlands Danse, 2009-2011.
Special guest Sidra Bell Dance New York Opening for Gallim Dance is Sidra Bell Dance New York (SBDNY Inc), a New York City based contemporary dance troupe presenting innovative, provocative and kinetic dance theatre works. The company's repertoire features pieces that are simultaneously haunting, emotionally transporting, complex, dynamic, articulate, sensual and highly physical. The company has become known for unconventional, forward-looking works that push past dance’s traditional vocabulary, venues, and boundaries with a vocabulary that is risky, elegant, fantastical and darkly romantic. The company began as a community initiative in Harlem, NY. Bell, a graduate of Yale University and native New Yorker, was awarded a grant from the Yale Entrepreneurial Society to found a company that was to be based at The Joseph P. Kennedy Center in Harlem. The company hosted sold-out seasons featuring live jazz ensembles directed by gold/platinum award winning producer and composer Dennis Bell at the Center. Sidra Bell is a sought after voice in contemporary dance with a strong female vision and her company has attracted a new generation of dancers who have also danced for renowned companies around the world. Her dancers are of the highest technical level with incredible charisma and intellect. Sidra Bell has received recent commissions from Ailey II, Ballet Austin, The Sacramento Ballet, Springboard Danse Montreal, National Choreographers Initiative, Ballet Divertimento (Montreal), Purchase College Conservatory of Dance with the St. Luke’s Orchestra, Arts Umbrella (Vancouver), Duo Multicultural Arts Center, Bessie Schonberg Choreographers Residency at The Yard, and The Juilliard School.
When: March 6 at 8pm, March 7 at 3pm, March 8 at 7pm
Visit the Festival’s website at www.chutzpahfestival.com for complete information. Tickets can be purchased by phone at the Chutzpah! Festival Box Office (604-257-5145), online at www.ticketstonight.ca and the Chutzpah! Festival website www.chutzpahfestival.com or in person at the JCCGV (950 W. 41st Ave). Online Tickets for The Idan Raichel Project can be purchased only through Ticketmaster (604.280.3311) www.ticketmaster.ca as well as by phone or in person through the Chutzpah! Festival Box Office (604-257-5145).
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