West End Wednesday ~ 6-May-2020

Happy “½ Half” Hour

Hosted by: Peach Cobblah

Guests: Carlotta Gurl + Jaylene Tyme

Virtual Salon

~ dance

co-host: p megan andrews + Julie-anne saroyan

programme:

at last

Choreographer + Dancer: Jacq Smith

Music by: Etta James

Singer: Krystle Dos Santos

Shadow

Choreographer + Dancer: Chengxin Wei

Music: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Prélude By Johann Sebastian Bach, Played by Yo-Yo Ma

Special Thanks: I would like to thank Jessica Jone for her input and Julie-anne for the video editing.

Peach Orchard Rd

Choreographer + Dancer: Alexandra Clancy

Composer + Pianist: Noah Gotfrit

Special thanks to Small Stage for giving us the platform to create and share in a time like this.

Blue Bonnets Over the Border

Traditional Dance Arrangement + Choreography: Susan Nase | Shot of Scotch Vancouver

Dancer: Danielle Senyk

Music: Susan Nase + Alison Ward

Tumbling Light

Choreographer + Dancer: Jacq Smith

Musical Artist: The Acid

Egyptian Panorama

Choreographer: Haggallah: Denis Emam, all other pieces by Ashley Rhianne Dance

Music:

Song 1: Haggallah

Song 2: Men Nazara Wahda by Randa Kamel

Song 3: Baladi Tito Seif

Song 4: El Naseem  by Nesma

While We Wait

Choreographer + Dancer: Lisa Rose Metz

Music: So Close by Kidnap

untitled

Created by: Jeanette Kotowich

Music: Lido Pimienta - Humano (El Buho Remix) 

Inside out

Choreographer + Dancer: JoJo Zolina

Music: Sudade Vem Correndo by Stan Getz, Luis Bonfa and Maria Toledo. 

Connection - Making Art Apart

House of La douche

Directed by: Jojo Zolina

Dancers: Cass Podor, Ikue Ueno, Jhomar Suyon, Jojo Zolina, Jonathan Kol and Sean Def.

Edited by: Sean Def

Music: Technotronic by Daft Punk

Special Thanks: Small Stage for this opportunity and be part of this amazing project. 

Small Stage @ night

~ music + spoken word

co-host: Cory Philley + Julie-anne Saroyan

music:

Cory Weeds

Sarah Wheeler

Elisa Thorn

spoken word:

Johnny D Trinh

Daniel Moir

West End Wednesday ~ 13-May-2020

Happy “½ Half” Hour

Hosted by: Peach Cobblah

Guests: Mila Dramatic + Mary Kol Whip

Virtual Salon

~ dance

co-hosted by: p megan andrews + Julie-anne saroyan

programme:

girl

choreographer + dancer: jacq smith

Poem Written & Performed by: Olivia Gatwood

Instrumentation: Genevieve MacKay

Alter (L)ego

choreographer + dancer: chengxin wei

music:  Big Gun Shooting Towards The Sky by Yan Xue Min

Ordinary Island Guy

choreographer + dancer: jojo zolina

music: Ordinary Guy Afro Filipino by Joe Bataan

Special Thanks: to my fiancé Andrew Gross for helping me film

blue bonnets

traditional dance arrangement + choreography: susan nase | shot of scotch vancouver

dancers: Danielle Senyk, Katelyn Currie, Lindsay Ellis, Megan Hall, Kizzy Knorn

PRIDE - "We got it from our Mama"

house of la douche

directed by: jojo zolina

dancers: cass podor, ikue ueno, jhomar suyon, jojo zolina, jonathan kol and sean def

music: I'm Coming Out by Diana Ross

his is dedicated to all the mothers. They are our biggest fan and inspiration.

Thank you for always supporting and loving us for who we are.

Tiptoe Trip

choreographer + dancer: alexandra clancy

Music: Tiptoe Trip by Van Django 

Walla Youm

choreographer + dancer: Ashley Rhianne

Singer: Hasan El Asmar

Song Title: Walla Youm

Videography: Iain Winter

Letting Go

choreographer + dancer: lisa rose metz

music: Heaven I Know by Gordi

Special Thank you: Small Stage and Tyler Day

Small Stage @ night

~ music + spoken word

co-host + curated by: Cory Philley + Cory Weeds

music:

Cass King & The Cassettes

queer as funk

spoken word:

Jillian Christmas

Lucia Misch

West End Wednesday ~ 20-May-2020

Happy “½ Half” Hour

Hosted by: Peach Cobblah

Guests: Deb Williams + Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg

Virtual Salon

~ dance

co-hosted by: p megan andrews + Julie-anne saroyan

programme:

Journey

choreographer + dancer: jojo zolina

music: Journey 

diversity

house of la douche

choreographer: jojo zolina

dancers: cass podor, ikue ueno, jhomar suyon, jojo zolina

music: happiness by chaka khan

"Diversity is a great force towards creativity." By Michael Fisner

"Through embracing the diversity of humans beings, we will find sure way to true happiness." by Malcolm Gladwell

canvas

choreographer + dancer: jhomar suyon

music: alan watts remix

Special Thanks: Camera 1 : Jojo Zolina Camera 2: Andrew Gross and the city Squamish.

Ceangailte

Scottish Gaelic adj /kʲɛ̃.əldʲə/ unch.

1. connected, joined, linked

2. tied, bound, bonded

3. allied

4. united

choreography: susan nase + dancers of shot of scotch vancouver

Dancers: Megan Hall, Danielle Senyk, Kizzy Knorn, Meghan Pike, Lindsay Ellis, Katelyn Currie

Music: "Peter Man" by Kathryn Tickell

Special thanks: to all the family members and partners who have become camera crews in the past weeks!

a wish for my son

choreographer + dancer: chengxin wei

Text: Jessica Jone

Voice Over: Chengxin Wei

Music: Cello Concerto No. 1in E-Flat Major, Op. 10. 107:III Cadenza-Attacca by Dimitri Shostakovich

take the time

choreographer + dancer: lisa rose metz

music: Resolution by Dermont Kennedy

Special thanks: Small Stage and Tyler Day

Resonance

created by: jeanette kotowich

music: Qiujaviit - Tanya Tagaq + As the Day Goes By - Sounds from the Ground and Tanya Tagaq

Raqsat Alghaba (Forest Dance)

choreographer, dancer + editor: ashley rhianne dance

Song Title: Essel Aleyy

Videography: Iain Winter

learn your lesson

choreographer + dancer: jacq smith

music: Madison McFerrin

Small Stage @ night

~ music

co-host: Cory Philley + Julie-anne Saroyan

funky favourites

Malcolm Aiken

Robin Layne

Jazz selections

curated by: Cory Weeds

West End Wednesday ~ 27-May-2020

Happy “½ Half” Hour

Hosted by: Peach Cobblah+ family

Virtual Salon

~ dance

co-hosted by: p megan andrews + Julie-anne saroyan

programme:

be

choreographer + dancer: jojo zolina

music: Jesse Zubot from the album Dementia

"Don't worry about trying to find your life purpose.

Instead, start by acting on the small things that excites you each day.

These are the threads that will connect you to your path, passion and purpose in life."

Ruben Chavez

Her Love Liberates

choreographer + dancer: Ikue Ueno

camera: jojo zolina

music: Boyfriend by Selena Gomez

promise of spring

original choreography: Liu Wen Yan

film concept + editing: chengxin wei + jessica jone

music: Mebae by Mizuyo Komiya

Performed by Lorita Leung Dance Company (in order of appearance):

Chloe Leung, Temira Yik, Elaine Cao, Emma Lee, Manny Li, Scarlett Zhu, Ella Kennedy, Rebekah Lee, Jessica Tang, Sarah Kuo, Evelyn Pun, Madeline Eichner, Regina Fang, Joy Wang

ghillie fanfare

choreographer + dancer: susan nase

music: Drum Fanfare, The Strathclyde Police Pipe Band

Special thanks to Julie-anne and Small Stage for the opportunity to create and share dance during this uncertain time!

it’s time to say…

choreographer + dancer: lisa rose metz

music: ghost voices by virtual self and lane 8

special thanks: tyler day for your everyday support

Aabaakwad:NIRIN

collaboration between

dancer + editor: jeanette kotowich

musician: cris derksen

construction

choreographer, dancer + editor: ashley rhianne dance

artwork + videography: iain winter

music: unknown

trapped in memories

choreographer, dancer + editor: alexandra clancy

videography: Moah gotfrit

music: trapped in memories by Harris Heller

Bluebird

choreographer + dancer: jacq smith

music: Judy garland

Small Stage @ night

~ music

co-host: Cory Philley + Julie-anne Saroyan

funky favourites

Robert Wilson

Homegoing Brass Band

Marc Lindy (he/his) - Helicon (of the tuba family)

Sally Zori (they/them) - drums

Bryan Milks (he/his) - tenor sax

Alison Gorman (she/hers) - trumpet

Jazz selections

curated by: Cory Weeds

West End Wednesday ~ 3-June-2020

Happy “½ half” Hour

co-host: p megan andrews + Cory Philley + Julie-anne Saroyan

special guest: Kevin Dale McKeown, The west end journal

Virtual Salon

~ dance

co-hosted by: p megan andrews + Julie-anne saroyan

programme:

walla youm

choreographer + dancer: ashley rhianne

music: Ya Msafer by Wael Mansour

image: iain winter

Listen From The Heart

choreographer + dancer: Lisa rose Metz

music: Not My Responsibility by Billie Eilish 

Thank you: Small Stage & Tyler Day

Reset Yourself to Conquer Yourself

choreographer + dancer: jojo zolina

music: Vjuan Allure vs Ultra Nate’ by Woo Chawl

Reset Yourself (Beek Remix) by Ben Aqua 

Self-interest is hostile to the common good, but enlightened self-interest is not. And this is the best key to the meaning of enlightenment. by Allan Bloom.

Grateful to meet and learn from Tyrone Proctor (Original Soul Train Dancer) and the late Hector Xtravaganza ( grandfather of House of Xtravaganza ) Jose Xtravaganza ( Overall Father of House of Xtravaganza ) they taught me the Queer, Trans, Black, Indeginous, People of Colours culture, dance and music of Vogue and Waacking Disco in New York and Los Angeles.

Shout to my House of La Dolce Vita formally known as House of La Douche for believing and helping me bring colors to our sweet lives in Vancouver. 

Small Stage @ night

~ music

co-host: Cory Philley + Julie-anne Saroyan

Desirée Dawson

Jodi proznick

Sarah Wheeler

Cory Weeds

West End Wednesday ~ 10-June-2020

Happy “½ Half” Hour

co-host: p megan andrews + Cory Philley + Julie-anne Saroyan

Virtual Salon

~ dance

co-host: p megan andrews + Julie-anne Saroyan

programme:

journey

choreographer + dancer: jojo zolina

music: journey 

The State of Misalignment

choreographer + dancer: lisa rose metz

Cover Track by: Krystle dos santos

Original Track by: Rhianna

Song Title: Must be love on the brain

Thank you: To Small Stage for the opportunity and Tyler Day for his everyday support

Ya Manta Waheshni

choreographer, dancer + editor: ashley rhianne dance

song title: Ya Manta Waheshni

Small Stage @ night

~ music

co-host: Cory Philley + Julie-anne Saroyan

Dutch Robinson

Tissa Rahim

Bill Coon

Cory Weeds

West End Wednesday ~ 17-June-2020

Happy “½ Half” Hour

co-host: Cory Philley + Julie-anne Saroyan

Virtual Salon

~ dance

co-host: p megan andrews + Julie-anne Saroyan

programme:

To Stay Awake

choreographer + dancer: lisa rose metz

Song: Take
Artist: WENS

Thank you to Small Stage for making space for all of us to share our voices.

And to Tyler Day, thank you for always being the calm in the storm, your strength and courage to confront the unknown drives us more than you know.

Flower

Choreographer: Cui Qiang

Rehearsal Director:  Jessica Jone

Dancer:  Emma Lee (Lorita Leung Dance Company)

Notes:

This is a dance of the Dai Ethnic group from Yun nan province in Southwestern China.  Since the Dai people live close to Laos and Myanmar, their dance style shares similarities with Southeast Asian dance aesthetics.

Our soloist, Emma Lee, has been dancing at Lorita Leung Dance Academy for the past 16 years.

With this dance, Emma won the Elite Platinum Award, the top award at the prestigious Taoli World Dance Competition in Los Angeles.

The Taoli World Dance Competition is a well-known Chinese dance competition attended by dancers from all over North America and Asia.

My Heart Has Conversations With You Every Day

Choreographer & Dancer: jacq smith

Music: “I’m Gonna Live Till I Die” by Tony DeSare

“Spring Is Here” by Tony DeSare & Tedd Firth

Notes:

Exploring the inner turmoil of loss, and the journey to rebuild oneself.

Understanding that the messages he left behind, in both words and being, can be amplified with time.

Dedicated to Mark Smith (“Father Unit”).

Small Stage @ night

~ music

co-host: Cory Philley + Julie-anne Saroyan

Cory Weeds

Shannon Minemoto

West End Wednesday ~ 24-June-2020

Happy “½ half” Hour

co-host: p megan andrews + Cory Philley + Julie-anne Saroyan

special guest: Kevin Dale McKeown, The west end journal

Virtual Salon

~ dance

co-hosted by: p megan andrews + Julie-anne saroyan

programme:

Madness

choreographer + dancer: Ahalya Satkunaratnam

"Madness," poem by Vivimarie Van Der Poorten

Music production: Shamik

I thank both Vivi and Shamik for collaborating with me to create this piece at this time.

Nistohtamok

choreographer + dancer: Jeanette Kotowich

songwriter + fiddle player: Kathleen Nesbit

song: “Prophet of the New World”

Jeanette's work reflects Métis cultural narratives in a contemporary dance context. 

This tune is inspired by the life and history of Louis Riel, a Métis historical figure and activist who established the provincial government in Manitoba, and negotiated terms for Manitoba and Saskatchewan with the newly forming Canadian Confederacy between 1870 and 1885. Known as the ‘Father of Manitoba’ he was a hero, who sought to preserve Métis rights, culture and sovereignty in their homelands on the frontier of the great North West. A political leader, politician, poet, religious leader, husband, and much more - Louis Riel is known as being a prophet. 

His most famous quote reads ‘My people will sleep for 100 years, and when they awake it will be the artists that bring them their spirit back’. 

When I Say That We Are All Teen Girls

choreographer + dancer: Jacq Smith

Poem Written + Performed by: Olivia Gatwood

Dedicated to all of the teen girls that have come in and out of my life. With extra love to the grads of 2020.

wonderful world

choreographer + dancer: Chengxin Wei

Music: Wonderful World, Sung by Dutch Robinson

Small Stage @ night

~ music

co-host: Cory Philley + Julie-anne Saroyan

Cory Weeds

Shannon Minemoto