CONSTANCE COOKE

Choreography, Screendance, Educator of Contemporary Dance

Victoria, BC Canada

For the past 20 years, I have been the recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, The British Columbia Arts Council, The Vancouver Foundation, and the Manitoba Arts Council. These grants include funding to support the creation and development of new works, productions, professional development and travel grants. I have received a number of awards and scholarships including the The Monday Magazine Award for Favorite Choreographer, The BC Hydro Award and Danceworks Award for Artistic Vision.

 

You can download my CV here or peruse the Performances list below.

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

 

Oct/ Nov

Winnipeg, MB

Edmonton, ALTA Rachel Browne Theatre

Premiere Surfacing  (30 min) Commission- Dancer: Becky Sawdon.

L’Uni Theatre

Convergence, mixed programme with Good Women Dance Collective

 

June

Winnipeg Rachel Browne Theatre

Argon II – Revisited (30 min) Dancers: Elise Allard, Jasmine Allard, Helena Colley, Brianna Ferguson, Kim Hildebrand, Warren McClelland. Spill 4 (23 min.) Dancer: Jung-Ah Chung

 

February

Victoria BC Metro Theatre - Argon

Premiere Argon (40 min) Dancers: Brandy Baybutt, Branwyn Bundon, Jung-Ah Chung, Kayla Henry, Arash Khakpour. Original Music by Shirley Grierson, Projections by Pamela Millar Spill 4 Dancer: Jung-Ah Chung

 

January

Victoria, BC The Performance Lab, Dance Victoria - Bounce

Excerpts from Spill 4 with Jung-Ah Chung

October

Vancouver BC The Performance Lab, Dance Victoria - Residency and Research

Studio Showing with Delphine Leroux, Angel Jutzi and Caitlin Griffin

 

July

Firehall Arts Center - Dancing On The Edge

Premiere- Spill 4

Dancer: Jung-Ah Chung

 

February

Toronto, Ont. Scotiabank Studio Theatre - Dance Matters, Risky Business and Rebel Yells

Presented I Be Caribou with dancer Alisoun Payne

 

January

Vancouver BC The Dance Center Theatre - Towards Light with Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers

Performed Willow Island by Rachel Browne

 

January

Victoria BC The Performance Lab, Dance Victoria - Rough Cuts

Presented (In Process) Herding Butterflies, and Everything All At Once

 

November

Victoria BC The Performance Lab, Dance Victoria - Bounce

Pointe (10 min) with dancer Nadia Boucher

 

August

Victoria BC Romp in The Square - Suddenly Dance Theatre

Premiere - Pointe (10 min) with dancer Nadia Boucher,

In a Triangular Forest, (15 min) with dancer Kayla Henry

 

Victoria BC Dance For Camera 2012  - Director

Film Intensive for cinematographers, dancers and choreographers

 

July

Vancouver BC Firehall Arts Center -  Dancing on The Edge

Premiere - Flightless Aviators and Angels (25 min) Jung-Ah Chung, Matthew Waldie and

Leon Feizo-Gas. Original Music by Shirley Grierson

 

May

Victoria BC Metro Theatre - Uno Festival

 Premiere - I Be Caribou (20 min) with dancer Alisoun Payne.

Original Music by Shirley Grierson, Projection Design Pamela Millar.

 

Saskatoon, SK. Persephone Theatre - White Birch Ballet

Premiere - Species Interrupted – commission (14 min)

 

April

Winnipeg MB Winnipeg Art Gallery - Young Lungs

In a Triangular Forest, (15 min) with dancer Kayla Henry,

 

January

Toronto, ONT Harbourfront

Premiere - Rein Rein (20 min) commissioned by Cadence Contemporary Ballet

November

Nanaimo BC Port Theatre

Premiere - Connect (15 min) created for semi-professional company Fizzik’l

Guest Company with Move, The Company.

 

October/November

Western Tour -  Ballet Victoria, Ballet Rocks

Premiere- Bach On Pointe (15 min) commission, Macpherson Playhouse,

 

October

Victoria BC Metro Theatre -  Romp Festival of Independent Dance.

Premiere - In a Triangular Forest, (15 min) with dancer Kayla Henry

 

May

Winnipeg MB Gas Station Theatre

Dance Reflections - After Midnight (premiere) 12 min.

 

March

Berlin, Germany Ada – Studio & Bühne für zeitgenössischen Tanz.

Studio Showing of a new work in progress with Benedikt MacIsaac and

Tobias MacIsaac (20 min)

 

February

Victoria BC Metro Theatre

Premiere - S/Kin (60 min)

Performed by Jung-Ah Chung and Robert Halley-full length work.

 

January

Victoria BC Metro Theatre, The Lola Project – Dance Victoria

S/Kin (15 min excerpt)

Presented an excerpt of with mentorship from Wen-Wei Wang.

February

Saskatoon SK White Birch Ballet

Premiere - No Exit (35 min) Commission.

 Original score by Shirley Grierson, Winnipeg

 

January

New York N.Y. “Anarchists Footwear ?”  (4 min)

Kinetic Cinema, Screening of Dance Film  (Directed, edited, and choreographed) with dancers Robert Halley, Liam Warren, Juan Carlos, Danny Lemus, Jane Osborne, Courtnae Bowman.

 

July

Toronto, Ont. CanAsian Dance Festival Film Intensive David Hinton,

Lead specialized movement classes for cinematographers and choreographers

 

 

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