Ashley Perez is Colours. A Tkaronto | Toronto-based dance artist, choreographer, performer and teacher, Ashley Colours Perez brings a unique perspective to the world of dance and is part of an inspiring lineage of women who are creating spaces for marginalized dance forms.
Generating Danse continues this line, invoking and activating a range of memories, sensations and forgotten histories.
With Generating Danse, Ashley invites us to a conversation between Jazz, Hip Hop, Social dance and Punking/Whacking/Waacking; a combination of solo performance, film and audio recording. This work is about trust and respect for dance and an acknowledgement of the power it holds for social and cultural change. Ashley Colours Perez hopes to cross borders, generations and mindsets to show that dance as an art form is essential and more relevant than ever.
By inviting Ashley Colours Perez to Tiohtiáke | Mooniyang | Montréal, Danse-Cité is cultivating a relationship with Toronto's artistic communities with the aim of building bridges and infusing the Montréal scene with new encounters.
Credits
Ashley Colours Perez: Artistic Direction and Performance
Natasha Powell: Dramaturgy and Movement Coach
Caroline ‘Lady C’ Fraser: Dramaturgy and Movement Coach
Viktor Manoel: Dramaturgy and Movement Coach
Cheryl Lalonde: Costumes design
Darah Miah: Lighting Design
Miha Matevzic: Video, film and documentation
Sabine Ndalamba: Composer
Winnie Ho: Outside eyes
Izzy Slone: Project Admin
William Celis: Personal Training
Presented by Danse-Cité
In association with La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines
Co-produced by Ashley Colours Perez and Danse-Cité
Co-curated by Winnie Ho and Sophie Corriveau
Partners
With the financial support of : Canada Council for the Arts
About the artist
Ashley Colours Perez is a Teacher, Dancer and Choreographer. She is the co-artistic director of Mix Mix Dance Collective. Mix Mix has showcased work at Toronto Fringe (2013/2017), Next Stage Theatre Festival (2014), Fall For Dance North (2017), Contemporaneity 3.0 (2019), and represented Canada at the Jeux de la Francophonie (2017) in Abidjan. Ashley was awarded the 2018 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance, Ensemble in the Dance Division for Floor’d presented by Holla Jazz in 2018. Ashley has recently completed her MA in Dance at York University, and a co-collaboration with Toronto Dance Theatre’s Magic of Assembly (2023).
Her research focuses on the popular dance style known as Waacking and its original name Punking. Her research aims to highlight alternative contributors, creators and practitioners of the Punking/Whacking/Waacking dance form, including the last living Original Punker and dance artist Viktor Manoel.
Interview
To come.
Practical Informations
Dates:
September 11, 2024 - 7.30 PM
September 12, 2024 - 7.30 PM
September 13, 2024 - 7.30 PM
September 14, 2024 - 7.30 PMVenue:
La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines
3700 rue St-Dominique
Montréal, QC, H2X 2X7
https://lachapelle.org/en