From January 15 to 27, 2007, choreographers Karine Denault, Line Nault and Katie Ward and dancer Kate Holden participated in the second Slash residency at Tangente.
Two public performances took place on January 26 and 27, 2007, 20:30, at Tangente.
Karine DENAULT
Karine Denault holds a BFA in dance from the Université du Québec à Montréal
and is a recipient of the William Douglas Excellence Scholarship. Since the
founding of her company, L’aune, in 2001, she has performed her solos
throughout Canada and Europe. Her piece Échine Barricade (I m mobile)
was named one of the five most outstanding dance pieces of 2002 by Montreal’s
Voir and has since been presented in Montréal, Vancouver, Regina,
Berlin, Ljubljana and Vienna, among other cities. Karine regularly serves
on various
contemporary dance evaluation committees and acts as artistic consultant
for other choreographers.
In June 2006, Karine premiered her solo piece Sokrat, based on L’argent
by French poet Christophe Tarkos, at the Dance Canada Festival in Ottawa. During
the upcoming season, Karine will participate in Lynda Gaudreau’s Clash
project, travel to France to work on a collaborative piece with Anne-Marie
Boisvert and present a new solo in Montreal in April 2007.
Line NAULT
Starting with minimalist concepts – most of the time based on a linguistic
or systematic logic – Line Nault develops projects that allow diverse
domains (such as somatics, multi-media and digital) to reflect upon each other.
This reflection-mirror itself becomes the territory of her creations. Line’s
work is characterized by an ‘Interstice’ approach – working
from the place of an opening, a gap. This is evident not only in the physiological
components of her work, but also through her examination of artistic practices.
Line Nault has collaborated as both interpreter and choreographer with
various creators and creative bodies in dance, theatre, multi-media,
installations and variety shows. Some of these include Manon Oligny,
Martin Bélanger,
Brigitte Haentjens, Marie-Claude Poulin (kondition pluriel), Louis Champagne,
Benoit Lachambre, Stéphane Crête, and the companies Trans-Théâtre,
Momentum, L’ange à deux têtes and Tournifolie. Since 2002,
Line has been focusing on her creations while also specializing in Somatic
Education at UQAM.
Katie WARD
« My work is focused towards dynamics of power and coexistence in community.
Layered exchanges where dancers are simultaneously in conflict, as
well as dependent on one another for physical support reflect my fascination
with
an ambiguity caused by conflict. »
An independent dancer and choreographer, Montrealer, Katie Ward has
presented her choreography across Canada in Montreal, Quebec City,
Toronto,
and Vancouver. Katie has also performed across Canada and across Europe
for
emerging and
established choreographers alike including: Rachel Browne, Ruth
Cansfield, Sarah Febbraro,
Stéphane Gladyszewski, Sharon Moore, Pamela Newell, Pierre
Paul Savoie, and Ben Read.
Katie studied dance with Ruth Cansfield, Davida Monk, Tom Stroud,
Ginelle Chagnon, Peter Bingham and Stephanie Skura. Returning to
Concordia
University, for part
time studies she focused on choreography with Silvy Panet Raymond,
with side interests in visual art and art history.
Kate HOLDEN
Born and raised in Toronto, Kate Holden is a graduate of the School
of Toronto Dance Theatre and Etobicoke School of the Arts. Concurrent
with
her professional
training, she performed frequently with PBJ Dance and Gabby Kamino.
A member of the Danny Grossman Dance Company from 2001-2003,
Kate is currently
an
independent dance artist splitting her time between Montreal
and Toronto, and is a board
member of the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists. Kate has interpreted
works of many esteemed Canadian choreographers, including Peggy
Baker, Roberto
Campanella, Robert Desrosiers, David Earle, Sylvain Emard, Sasha
Ivanochko, James Kudelka,
Michael Trent, Andrea Nann, and Yvonne Ng. In 2007, Kate and
fellow dance artist Kate Franklin, with their collective “first things first productions”,
are producing an evening of commissioned works called “Namesake”;
featuring choreography by Kate Alton, D.A. Hoskins, Laurence Lemieux,
and Matjash Mrozewski.