field studies / VINES

Dear Listeners, we have an update on how the show will flow February 1st.

Doors are at 7PM.

At 7:15, the dance installation will begin. Audiences are welcome to interact with the dance performance on a casual basis, coming and going and moving around the space as desired.

At 8PM, UltraViolet will begin their performance of Emilie LeBel's music, with the dance installation continuing.

Both the dance installation and the music performance will end at 9PM.

For the full experience, we recommend attending from 7:15. But we won't be closing doors until 8PM.

Music will start at 8PM SHARP. If you're late, you will be admitted to the sanctuary during breaks between pieces.There will be a reception with light refreshments and a cash bar after the performance.  We hope to see you there!

 

 

For the second concert in our 2024-2025 season lineup, we bring together Edmonton-based composer Emilie LeBel alongside Calgary-based choreographer Melanie Kloetzel, for an evening of live music and dance playing and moving in parallel.

field studies is the 2023 full-length album debut of acclaimed Canadian composer Emilie Cecilia LeBel.  Described by Riparian Media as ‘a quietly gripping affair that illustrates the interplay between pensive—almost austere—lyricism and percolating texture’, the full collection of works will be performed live by Edmonton’s Ultraviolet chamber ensemble, with special guest appearances from Edmonton mezzo-soprano Jane Berry and Calgary violinist Laura Reid.  Emilie LeBel herself will be operating live electronics during the performance.

VINES is a durational site-adaptive installation created by Melanie Kloetzel (kloetzel&co.) with dramaturgical support from Brandy Leary (Anandam Dancetheatre). Grounded in the concept of 'making kin' with our plant brethren, VINES explores how the human body can translate the growth patterns of climbing plants into a visual feast of respect, reciprocity and wonder. As the mass quantity of performers takes over the performance environment, VINES offers a surreal and mesmerizing vision of vegetal reclamation. In conversation with the haunting music of Emilie LeBel, VINES engages audiences in a larger conversation about humanity’s future in relation to other species on the planet.

The two works, field studies and VINES will occur simultaneously in a sonically glittering and choreographically speculative exchange.

 

For more information about the artists, visit our website: http://newworkscalgary.com