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