Performance | Special Presentation
Eric Cheung
Contra
The recent Iris Garland Award-winning emerging choreographer and interdisciplinary artist Eric Cheung premieres his debut full-length work, Contra. Set within an ethereal world, Contra merges dance with interactive technologies, sculpting multi-laser projections and a sound-resonant water installation into an ever-changing environment.
Bringing together an exceptional group of artists and collaborators from diverse disciplines, the work features three distinct performers—Kinui Oiwa, Tegvaran Sooch, and Eric Cheung—whose backgrounds span Ballet, Contemporary, Street Dance, and abstract movement forms. Together, they craft singular characters that evolve through shifting layers of noise and precise low frequencies composed by Matthew Tomkinson.
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Presented through The Dance Centre’s Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award.
Choreographer + Artistic Direction: Eric Cheung
Dancer(s): Kinui Oiwa, Tegvaran Sooch, Eric Cheung
Technical Director: Jack Chipman
Creative Technologist: Cristian Gonzalez
Sound Composer: Matthew Tomkinson
Lighting Designer: Jack Chipman
Laser Programmer: Sean Gregor
Costume: Aenrmous, Jiacheng Liu, Pauline Fan
Fabricator: Ole Michel Vezina
Apprentice: Trent Kaiser
Mentors/Dramaturgy: Maiko Miyuachi, Cristina Bucci
Presented through The Dance Centre’s Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award
Grant Funding Support by the Canada Council
Administrative Support by New Works – Dance
Artist in Residence at Outinnerspace
Early Research Residency Support by Vivo Media Arts Centre
Photos/stills by Aidan Chin