raw. live. interactive.
Tired of their art being confined by their physical location, two Calgary based dancers have developed an innovative social media dance project known as inlayers.
The two artists had a vision to “vastly expand the art of contemporary dance to new levels by using online social media to reach a worldwide public,” said Taryn Javier, one of the project’s founders and choreographers.
At this point of the inlayers process I’m feeling emotionally drained. In the past weeks Taryn has been using several structured improvisations to develop material for the work and the relationships between the dancers. As we’ve been researching and working to ‘drop into’ our states of consumption more quickly… an unsettling trend in my behavior has been happening when we really get into the meat of our improvs– that of becoming so emotionally frustrated that I begin to cry.
The Foundation exists to fund, encourage, and support the development of arts as a valuable contributor to quality of life in Alberta, and to maintain and expand the AFA art collection as a strategic resource for all Albertans.
BCDC was founded in 1996 with the purpose of developing a larger more vital awareness of and appreciation for dance theatre. Our two-fold mandate of production and community outreach encompasses many aspects and affords us the ability to provide Calgarians with a meaningful dance theatre experience. It is our intention that our activities make a viable contribution to the enrichment of culture within the Greater Calgary Area.
The Blue Collar Dance Companies (BCDC) principle mission is to disseminate dance theatre to the general public and to conduct programming that is inclusive and accessible to Calgary and the Surrounding Areas.
The three pillars of BCDC are Performance Opportunities, Creative Community Resources and Youth Education Outreach in the spirit of equal recognition and respect for all dance forms.
The dancers take a second go at the improv where they had to chose a word to describe each other dancer’s energy and try and get them to work in the opposite direction. During the next rehearsal, Taryn starts to piece some of the work together and the dancer’s have a group chat about becoming closer in the process.%POST_TITLE%
The dancers take on more contact improv and Taryn asks them to chose a word that describes each person and what type of energy they bring to the work. Their task is then to pull out the opposite quality of each dancer, making for some pretty interesting work!
I focus on dance because it is something that takes place every day. In a sense, we are all dancers – and as cheesy as that may sound, it is true. Dance was a way for me, like many artist, to express myself and was a tool to release my frustrations and anger towards life. The first time anyone told me that “you inspired me” also gave me another reason to keep dancing. I wanted to be able to touch and inspire others through dance. I wanted them to have imagination people and to think of their bodies as a way to communicate to the world and not merely a static object in space.
The dancers review the existing material then take part in their first contact improv as a group. They get to know each other on a deeper level and give their thoughts on the topic.
The project’s title, Inlayers, is meant to represent the peeling away of layers to “reveal the raw essence of the behind-the-scenes work of creating and producing a dance performance,” says Jenn Doan, Inlayers head of production and dancer. “The blog discussions and dancer diaries… also open up another mental and cognitive layer that most dance audiences do not usually get to access.”
We are highly dedicated in providing print services to an evolving Calgary client base with ever changing print needs. Our highly experienced and friendly staff has the right knowledge, expertise and commitment to serve you better and we will make it clear why we have so many loyal customers in Calgary, especially in the downtown area.
Taryn Javier: its true...this specific improv shed a great deal ...
Taryn Javier: melissa....i just want to say that your last sente...
Find us in the following social networks and follow inlayers.
