2022 Pumphouse Movement Exchange
(Movement Improvisation Exchange Workshop Aug. 5-7 info below)
(Movement Improvisation Exchange Workshop Aug. 5-7 info below)
Sunday, August 7, 8 pm, in the Saskatoon Pumphouse on River Landing. A performance both inside and outside the Pumphouse.
Featuring Katarina (Eriksson Gothenburg/San Francisco) directing the ensemble performance, and solo performances by I-Ying Wu (Regina), and Derek Souvannavong (Toronto). Artistic and technical assistance from KSAMB Dance Company.
Featuring Katarina (Eriksson Gothenburg/San Francisco) directing the ensemble performance, and solo performances by I-Ying Wu (Regina), and Derek Souvannavong (Toronto). Artistic and technical assistance from KSAMB Dance Company.
Katarina Eriksson — teacher, dancer, ensemble director.
Katarina has been involved with dance improvisation since 1989, collaborating with artists such as Benno Voorham, Cathie Caraker and Bronja Novak, and as a member and co-founder of Swedish improvisation ensemble Floke. She teaches Contact Improvisation and other improvisational forms in Europe and the US, and curated the performance series Moments Notice in Berkeley between 2000 and 2010.
Katarina's dance background includes The Ballet Academy, Gothenburg and the Gothenburg State Theatre and Opera, as well as working with numerous choreographers and dance companies in Sweden. Some of her performance endeavours are; Artist in Residency at CounterPULSE, San Francisco, touring in Europe with improv project Hoppalappa, site-specific work with Siljeholm/Christophersen in Beirut, clowning at Noh Space, San Francisco, and Teatro C'Art, Italy, performances in Oslo and New York with Siri og Snelle Produksjoner, and most recently, choreographing for herself and 3 other 50+ dancers at Stage Werx, SF.
She is a regular collaborator and performance coach with the Echo Theatre Suitcase project in San Francisco and Spinn Dance Company, Sweden.
Katarina currently works at Swedish Theater Company Big Wind in a piece with and for people with autism, based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, and influenced by the Hunter Heartbeat Method.
Katarina’s teaching and directing supports collaboration, diversity of expression, and “beginner’s mind”. Her main guides in art making are vulnerability, musicality and deep play.
Katarina has been involved with dance improvisation since 1989, collaborating with artists such as Benno Voorham, Cathie Caraker and Bronja Novak, and as a member and co-founder of Swedish improvisation ensemble Floke. She teaches Contact Improvisation and other improvisational forms in Europe and the US, and curated the performance series Moments Notice in Berkeley between 2000 and 2010.
Katarina's dance background includes The Ballet Academy, Gothenburg and the Gothenburg State Theatre and Opera, as well as working with numerous choreographers and dance companies in Sweden. Some of her performance endeavours are; Artist in Residency at CounterPULSE, San Francisco, touring in Europe with improv project Hoppalappa, site-specific work with Siljeholm/Christophersen in Beirut, clowning at Noh Space, San Francisco, and Teatro C'Art, Italy, performances in Oslo and New York with Siri og Snelle Produksjoner, and most recently, choreographing for herself and 3 other 50+ dancers at Stage Werx, SF.
She is a regular collaborator and performance coach with the Echo Theatre Suitcase project in San Francisco and Spinn Dance Company, Sweden.
Katarina currently works at Swedish Theater Company Big Wind in a piece with and for people with autism, based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, and influenced by the Hunter Heartbeat Method.
Katarina’s teaching and directing supports collaboration, diversity of expression, and “beginner’s mind”. Her main guides in art making are vulnerability, musicality and deep play.
I-Ying Wu — Solo performance
I-Ying is an improvisation practitioner and researcher. I-Ying Wu lives, teaches and performs in Regina, Saskatchewan. Originally from Chiayi, Taiwan, she completed a PhD at the University of Northampton, UK and postdoctoral research at the Improvisation Studies Centre, University of Regina. Her PhD practice-led research employed a Daoist understanding of qi to develop a system of improvisational movement. Informed by Contact Improvisation, Chinese traditional qigong and martial arts, and Daoist philosophy, I-Ying’s somatic/improvisation practice focuses on subtle awareness of the very moment when an improvisational phenomenon emerges. To her, improvisation is itself interdisciplinary, or to be more exact, it is beyond any particular art form.
Derek Souvannavong — Solo performance
I-Ying is an improvisation practitioner and researcher. I-Ying Wu lives, teaches and performs in Regina, Saskatchewan. Originally from Chiayi, Taiwan, she completed a PhD at the University of Northampton, UK and postdoctoral research at the Improvisation Studies Centre, University of Regina. Her PhD practice-led research employed a Daoist understanding of qi to develop a system of improvisational movement. Informed by Contact Improvisation, Chinese traditional qigong and martial arts, and Daoist philosophy, I-Ying’s somatic/improvisation practice focuses on subtle awareness of the very moment when an improvisational phenomenon emerges. To her, improvisation is itself interdisciplinary, or to be more exact, it is beyond any particular art form.
Derek Souvannavong — Solo performance
Photo by Kylie Thompson
Derek is a Toronto-based emerging artist, originating in Ottawa. A graduate of the BFA. Honours Dance Program at York University, with a specialization in choreography and performance, he has formed a love for contemporary dance through his studies and was a company member of the York Dance Ensemble. He has trained under notable artists such as: Tracey Norman, Helen Jones, Syreeta Hector, Susan Lee and Julia Sasso. Derek has performed in productions of York Dances (2018-2022) as well as Bloom (2018) where he worked with Connie Oreamuno. Derek has also trained with ProArteDanza through the EstateDanza Summer Intensive (2021) under direction of Roberto Campanella, Sasha Ludavicious and Robert Glumbeck. He has also choreographed in York Dances (2019-2021) and received the Spedding Memorial Scholarship in Dance for choreography, as well as the Menaka Thakkar Award in World Dance. Derek is a current company member of Free Flow Dance Theatre where he has performed in numerous productions under direction of Jackie Latendresse, and guest artists Terrill Maguire, Danny Grossman, Edward Kastrau and Newton Moraes. Also intrigued by traditional Lao dance forms, he wishes to continue exploring relations between Lao dance forms and the western diaspora of contemporary dance.
KSAMB Dancers
Kyle Syverson, Miki Mappin, Laura Harris, Karla Kloeble, Haleh Mir Miri, Lauren Scruton, Laura Hosaluk, Rawda Shawkat, and Blair Charters
Ensemble — the above mentioned dancers, and:
Falon Scheers, Theresa Dextrase, Alysse Bowd, Nicole Jangula, Emma Whitla, Chancz Perry, Derek Souvannavong and Raymond Ambrosi
Thanks to --
SK Arts, Dance Saskatchewan, The City of Saskatoon, SATP, St George's Anglican, Kendra Mulatz
KSAMB Dancers
Kyle Syverson, Miki Mappin, Laura Harris, Karla Kloeble, Haleh Mir Miri, Lauren Scruton, Laura Hosaluk, Rawda Shawkat, and Blair Charters
Ensemble — the above mentioned dancers, and:
Falon Scheers, Theresa Dextrase, Alysse Bowd, Nicole Jangula, Emma Whitla, Chancz Perry, Derek Souvannavong and Raymond Ambrosi
Thanks to --
SK Arts, Dance Saskatchewan, The City of Saskatoon, SATP, St George's Anglican, Kendra Mulatz
August 5-7, 2022: Movement Improvisation Exchange
19 participants from Saskatoon, Regina, Red deer, Edmonton, Toronto and Gothenburg/San Francisco shared 15 hours of classes with Contact Improv teacher and dance improviser Katarina Eriksson in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan! Katarina facilitated an exploration of Contact Improvisation (CI), physical theatre, and improvised performance, using vulnerability, musicality and deep play as guides. Katarina has taught improvisation and CI internationally for over 25 years. She specializes in integrating CI with movement improvisation scores for performance.
https://katerimpro.wixsite.com/website-1
Based out of a beautiful church hall, with easy access to lovely parks and riverbank. On Saturday, August 6, we held a movement jam with live music by Lloyd Tomczak and Gregory Edmunds.
On Sunday, August 7 we used the historic Pumphouse on River Landing for performances by two invited guests - I-Ying Wu (Regina) and Derek Souvannavong (Saskatoon) - and workshop participants, performing scored improvisation under the direction of Katarina.
Hosted by KSAMB Dance Company, with the support of Dance Saskatchewan.
19 participants from Saskatoon, Regina, Red deer, Edmonton, Toronto and Gothenburg/San Francisco shared 15 hours of classes with Contact Improv teacher and dance improviser Katarina Eriksson in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan! Katarina facilitated an exploration of Contact Improvisation (CI), physical theatre, and improvised performance, using vulnerability, musicality and deep play as guides. Katarina has taught improvisation and CI internationally for over 25 years. She specializes in integrating CI with movement improvisation scores for performance.
https://katerimpro.wixsite.com/website-1
Based out of a beautiful church hall, with easy access to lovely parks and riverbank. On Saturday, August 6, we held a movement jam with live music by Lloyd Tomczak and Gregory Edmunds.
On Sunday, August 7 we used the historic Pumphouse on River Landing for performances by two invited guests - I-Ying Wu (Regina) and Derek Souvannavong (Saskatoon) - and workshop participants, performing scored improvisation under the direction of Katarina.
Hosted by KSAMB Dance Company, with the support of Dance Saskatchewan.
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