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Performance | Global Dance Connections series
Company 605 + The Human Expression
Sloth Canon
Vancouver’s Company 605 and Singapore’s The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company join forces for a thrilling new international creation. Envisioned and choreographed by Anthea Seah (T.H.E) and Josh Martin (Company 605), Sloth Canon brings together performers and collaborators from both cities to seek out what it means to build and to break.
A fragmented team of five is determined to “keep it together” as their bodies are propelled by unnatural momentum, and their bubble of fantasy drifts towards the spike of reality. What happens when imagination exceeds capacity? When ambitions threaten to burst under their own weight? When the sin of slowness collides with the pressure to produce? Sloth Canon is hellbent on building forward – while simultaneously falling apart.
Post-show artist talkback June 6.
About the series:
The Global Dance Connections series features exciting dance works by artists from Canada and around the world.
Includes:
Trailer
Co-produced by The Human Expression (Singapore) / Company 605 (Vancouver, Canada)
Co-created and Co-directed by Anthea Seah / Josh Martin
In collaboration with Performers: Brandon Lee Alley, Haruka Leilani Chan, Chang En, Billy Keohavong, Rebecca Margolick
Apprentice Artists / Understudies: Emily Lee, Ashley Sankaran-Wee
Rehearsal Direction: Lisa Mariko Gelley
Composer: Matthew Tomkinson
Lighting Design: Adrian Tan
Costume Design: Loo An Ni
Additional Costume Design and Finishing: elika mojtabaei
Technical Director / Production Manager (Vancouver): Jack Chipman
Production / Stage Management (Singapore): Cindy Yeong
Set Design / Build: Jack Chipman, Josh Martin, Anthea Seah
Producers: Athelyna Swee (The Human Expression) / Francesca Piscopo (Company 605)
Promotional Photography: Crispian Chan / Dan Loan
Created with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, Province of British Columbia, City of Vancouver, and The Dance Centre.
Special Thanks:
Progress Lab 1422 / Vancouver Creative Space Society, Left Of Main / Plastic Orchid Factory, Raquel Alvaro, Mirna Zagar and The Dance Centre Staff.
Photos by Crispian Chan