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Hybrid Human, Dance Projection
In-person
Dance Film & video Interdisciplinary Visual arts PerformanceDate and time
Location
Winnipeg
204-211 Bannatyne Avenue
Winnipeg, MB
Directions: The "Hybrid Human" video is projected on a second floor window surface at Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers, facing Old Market Square. Look up to WCD's neon signs and you will see our video. This projection runs on a loop and is intended to be experienced through the natural curiosity of looking up, evoking increased curiosity for what may be behind other darkened windows, or the unknown. The projection may catch the unexpected viewer's attention from many points in Old Market Square, including from restaurant patios, the Cube, and several street corners.
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible.
About
Self-guided viewing experience.
Enjoy the "Hybrid Human" dance projection as you explore the Exchange District. This may be part of your itinerary as you visit store fronts for "Illuminate the Night", before of after grabbing a bite to eat in the Exchange, after performances at the "Contemporary Dance Hub", as something unique to experience, or if you just happen to be in the area.
Location:
211 Bannatyne Avenue
Winnipeg, MB
The "Hybrid Human" dance solo is projected on the second floor window at The Rachel Browne Theatre, facing Old Market Square. The projection can be viewed from many points in Old Market Square. Your closest viewing point is the McKim Building parking lot. Look up to the WCD neon signs and you will see the video.
Free. View with physical distancing from outdoors. Video played on a loop, stop by anytime during the event.
Can be viewed by walking up.
The dance solo "Hybrid Human" was created in collaboration with Visual Artist, Wanda Koop in 2010 and premiered as a live performance at Winnipeg's very first Nuit Blanche at The WAG.
Video footage used in the projection is from a 2015 performance in Beijing, China at Today Art Museum. Video footage from performance in conjunction with Wanda Koop's painting, "Brilliant Orange Screen" for the exhibition "Transformation of Canadian Landscape Art: Inside and Outside of Being".
Dance created and performed by Jolene Bailie
Event photos and video by Gary Sewell
Links
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Organizer
Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers
WCD creates and presents contemporary dance. Our work gathers people together to share, appreciate & contribute to the development of contemporary dance in Winnipeg.
Founded by Rachel Browne in 1964, WCD advances artistic vitality and excellence in dance by creating, producing, teaching and presenting contemporary dance with a view to advance the art form for professional artists and audiences alike.
Evolving and responsive, WCD enables vital intersections, linkages and exchange among dance creators, dance interpreters, spectators and communities.
This event is part of a hub:
Contemporary Dance Hub
Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers Winnipeg, MBThe Contemporary Dance Hub features a live performance by Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers, WCD's 21/22 Season Launch, new choreography and performances featuring performances by emerging dancers, two nights of window projections and an in-p...