square zero 3: intimate exchanges
May 29, 30, 31, 2009
8:00pm
Movement Arts Ottawa
111a Rideau Street 3rd Floor
$12/$10

Unfolding
Created and performed by: Caroline Barrière, Pixie Cram & Megan Jerome
New rhythms. New ground. Moving forward.
A story of unfolding through sounds, movements, words and images.

Errors in logic when faced with uncertainty
Created and performed by: collective (gulp) dance projects (Alexis Kate Andrew & Elizabeth MacKinnon)
A piece about the piece that you won't see. A study in statistics, probability theory and the likelihood of randomness.

Sing a Song of SixPens
Created and performed by: Megan Jerome
A string of stories and songs sung alone and with accordion, inspired by six stylish stylos:
Love! Intuicion! Energica! Serenidad! Creatividad! Passion!

collective (gulp) dance projects gratefully acknowledges the support of the
the City of Ottawa for square zero 3.

Biographies

Co-artistic director of collective (gulp) dance projects, Alexis Kate Andrew creates performances that blend movement, theatre, text and as many odd props as she can find. She likes to explore humour, the more absurd the better, and makes work that is unexpected, political, emotional and silly... Alexis danced with companies and choreographers in Canada and Belgium. A graduate of the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, she studied at the European Dance Development Centre and continues to deepen her understanding of movement and improvisation with teachers in Canada and the US. She teaches improvisation and contact improvisation. (photo: Lorne Finley)

Caroline Barrière is an independent choreographer / dancer. Caroline has been active in the Ottawa contemporary dance scene for a few years. She presented her first solo show, Untied and Unlaced, in collaboration with composer Mark Trumbo, at Arts Court in spring 2004. A second production, which included two solo works (Chère Yvonne, Smile!), a duet (Dissonance) and a group work (DayDreamers), was presented at La Nouvelle Scène in spring 2006. In 2007, she produced Chorégraphes d’ICI at La Nouvelle Scène, to showcase the work of 10 local choreographers. In 2008, she created her first full-length piece, for 4 dancers, Un poème pour Thérèse, premiered at La Nouvelle Scène. For 2009, she is involved in a few projects: a creative process at School of Dance, a collaborative creation process for Square Zero 3, and a new creation to be premiered at the opening of the new Shenkman Center for the Arts in Orleans in June.

Born and raised in Ottawa, Pixie Cram studied Theatre Performance at Concordia University. She began making 16mm films in 1999 through the Independent Filmmakers Cooperative of Ottawa. Pixie's films span narrative, music video and single-frame animation formats. Her work has shown at festivals, galleries and alternative venues in Montreal, Toronto, Dawson City, Gimli Manitoba, Lawrence Kansas and Kaliningrad Russia. Pixie also creates video projections for live music performances and installations. This is her first time experimenting with an overhead projector.

Following family singsongs and classical piano lessons, Megan Jerome earned a degree in Jazz Piano at Carleton University. Megan draws on artsong, folk and jazz to create her own style of intimate, modern and beguiling homemade songs. Megan writes crystalline songs that sparkle with open-hearted, saucy vocals and her unique and minimalist piano style. Megan's two recordings, Unlonely and This Uneven Pace, topped charts on community and CBC radio stations nationwide. Megan's recordings receive frequent airplay nationally on community and CBC Radio. Megan is working on her third recording of new songs. Megan enjoys regular and varied collaborations with musicians and contemporary dancers, and will be collaborating this summer with celebrated Canadian choreographer Tedd Robinson.

Co-creator of collective (gulp), Elizabeth MacKinnon performs, teaches and writes about dance. She also takes photographs, makes video, and is interested in digital art. She has a BFA in Contemporary Dance from Concordia University and an Masters' degree in Digital Performance from the University of Hull, UK.