New Dance Monthly, Last Sunday, September 2023

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Experience the thrill of dance composition! This one-of-a-kind show jettisons all the frills to artfully deliver a roller-coaster of chance, risk and natural arrangement that is simultaneously live-streamed to seal the deal. Delivered by a prolific seasoned local independent dance artist (with guests) who eludes typical explanation and has been sought out by many for decades … LIVE from Crescent Arts Centre STREAM twitch.tv/iansmoz … come in, sit down — experience live dance unfold in all its beautifully relevant immediacy.

September 24 additionally features S. MILORD (dance) & C. CANCILLA (visual art)

S. MILORD received most of her dance training in Vancouver, BC at the Avant Dance Company before moving to Winnipeg in 2017. Since graduating the School of Contemporary Dancers Professional Program and earning her BA (Hons) in dance, she has been pursuing a professional dance career in the prairies; performing in shows such as “Looking Glass”, “Up Close and disDANCING” and “RECONNECT” with Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers. Robin Poitras contracted Sophie to perform in her show “Rouge-gorge” on tour last fall in Regina and Moose Jaw. Sophie has also danced in five performances under the guidance of Ian Mozdzen, most recently in “PEOPLE FIGURE AGAIN AND AGAIN” this past July. She has gone on to teach at schools such as the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, while continuing to be the director of the Lord Roberts Community Centre Dance Program. Sophie is honoured to have had the opportunity to be the co-director for “Botany in Motion Performing Arts Festival” which took place on Sept 1st 2023 and then was delighted to perform in “Hatch” festival the following weekend. Sophie is excited to be back performing with the dynamic Ian Mozdzen!

C. CANCILLA (He/Him) is local interdisciplinary artist. He’s on his final year at the University of Manitoba achieving his Bachelor of Fine arts degree. He is operating in the mediums of painting, collage and performance art. His work tackles the themes of human philosophy, identity, humour.

Cole focuses on the reinvention of the medium he is currently creating with; this results in the artwork evoking an eclectic energy which varies in both abstract and figurative works. Cole’s social art practice has gained the attention of the local music scene through album cover designs for bands like Apollo Suns & Even Eyes.

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Cole’s current affiliations with the school of fine arts student council as a performance art representative. He’s been active in the Exchange District collaborating with the local scene. He currently has Gallery representation at Fleet Galleries, Pottery Bug studios and Cre8ery Gallery.

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Independent Dancers

Independent Dancers are motivated to produce dance independently; in solo, ensemble, collaborated and partnered contexts. They seek to push dance beyond any single category of “dance” and establish the dancer as THE artist of their own movement. Over the past year (2022-2023) Independent Dancers have orchestrated over 20 presentations of new dance. Partners have included The Gas Station Arts Centre, Crescent Arts Centre, aceartinc., Prairie Circus Arts, Winnipeg Public Library, numerous independent artists and numerous independent dancers. Independent Dancers have also lead numerous workshops of Instant Dance. Independent Dancers appeared in 2022 Culture Days: IN/OUT DANCE SERIES I, Dance for Lunch @ Millennium Library Park. Independent Dancers is minded by iansmoznewdance.blogspot.com, the repository for the new dance of iansmoz, a creative artist whose presence has been of-demand for decades and is a prolific producer of performance experiences. Independent dancers orchestrate the upcoming SCHOOL OF NATURAL DANCERS (Sept 2023 begin) and NEW DANCE MONTHLY. Independent Dancers twitch instant dance now and then, too: twitch.tv/iansmoz.

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