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WORLDING – The Moving Architects Welcome Choreographer Joanie Audet

March 6, 2013 by 4dancers

The Moving Architects is a Chicago-based dance company that has been around since 2007. This month, they are presenting WORLDING at the Fasseas White Box Theater in Chicago. An evening of global dance works, the performance will consist of work by Artistic Director Erin Carlisle Norton and new works by guest artists Noa Zuk of Israel and Joanie Audet of Quebec.

We sent some questions to Ms. Audet about her piece in WORLDING and she gave us an inside look at her process and  her work with the company. Here’s what she shared…

Tell us a bit about your background as a choreographer.

The work I am presenting in WORLDING is based on the first work I ever choreographed that was presented in 2011 as part of my training at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre. Through a course called “Choreographic Workshop”, the assignment was that each third year student was to create a 5 to 10 minute piece mentored by Julia Sasso, while the second year students self-produced the show.

My first class, I was terrified by the idea and at our first showing I had decided that it was not going to happen, I would not do the work. However, after I talked with friends and teachers who tried to get me to change my mind, I stopped refusing and began to create inch by inch. It was two weeks before opening and I booked all the studio space available – every second I had would go into the piece until the last presentation.

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“WORLDING” by The Moving Architects, Photo by Nick Francher

What was your process like as you created this new dance for WORLDING?

For this version of the work, I created the solos separately in Montréal and Toronto, which made it difficult but interesting to me at the same time. The method that we used was to create small phrases and then play. It allowed us to form memories in the studio and to use the material as part of our history bank during a run. We gave names to movement sequences and called them in different orders. We aimed for nearly impossible tasks to achieve using our imagination coloured with a good sense of humour.

What music did you select for this piece and how did you choose it?

There is no music. I am talking on stage throughout the piece and that connection is very important. I am a strong believer that movement can exist without music although they can complement each other beautifully. Rhythm is a big question for me – I love to see movement infused with clear rhythm without music. I didn’t necessarily use this idea in this piece but I look for it when I watch other performances.

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Joanie Audet, Photo by Jeremy D. Carlisle

How would you describe the choreography in this piece?

The work is two different solos for two contrasting bodies.

There is a pre-set movement vocabulary to anchor the piece and its arc. My role as the choreographer has been to create this vocabulary, but I am also involved in every performance. I direct the dancers with my voice amplified by a microphone orchestrating the intensity and the spacing and informing changes.

Choreography is a practice that wants to challenge both mind and body. There is no fixed final result; each time we perform it has the potential to be completely singular.

We will be putting both solos together for the first time during the dress rehearsal. The work is inspired by instant performances and adapting to one’s ever-changing environment.

What was it like to work with The Moving Architects?

I met Erin Carlisle Norton in Morocco last September, we were both teaching and performing at Festival Action Danse 5. She is clear-minded and well focused.

Having similar interests, we got to know each other very quickly just by the nature of things. The fact that we spent time in the studio and on stage makes bonding happen with no question. In a similar way, so did travelling together. It was a very unique experience.

What is your favorite thing about choreography?

Being an outside eye.

WORLDING takes place Saturday, March 9th at 8pm and Sunday, March 10that 7pm. Tickets may be purchased in advance at TheMovingArchitects.org.

BIO: Joanie Audet / Performer and Choreographer (Canada) was born in Laval, Québec, Canada and attended the Professional Training Program at Le Conservatoire de Danse de Montréal. Ms. Audet is also a graduate of the School of Toronto Dance Theater where she has worked as an assistant teacher in the Young Dancers’ Program at the school since January 2009. She had the pleasure of studying with Benoit Lachambre and Jennifer Mascall in Vancouver, David Zambrano in Celrà (Spain) and Ruth Zaporah in Santa Fe, NM (US). More Recently, Audet was recently part of Project Engagement Féminin, an initiative of Compagnie Auguste-Bienvenue, to foster women in dance in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 

Filed Under: Making Dances Tagged With: choreographer, Erin Carlisle Norton, joanie audet, noa zuk, the moving architects, worlding

10 Questions With…Erin Carlisle Norton

May 1, 2012 by Ashley David

Today we have 10 questions with…Erin Carlisle Norton, Artistic Director of The Moving Architects…

1. What is your background in dance?

I’m originally from upstate New York and spent my growing up years in Pittsburgh, PA training at the Civic Light Opera Academy before attending VA Commonwealth University to study dance, and graduating from The Ohio State University (OSU) with a BFA in Dance.  I’ve had formal training in ballet, jazz, modern, postmodern, and improvisational dance techniques, finding my home in choreography while an undergraduate student.  After moving to Chicago after graduation in 2003, I continued to make work while attaining my Pilates Certification and Graduate Laban Certificate in Movement Analysis from Columbia College Chicago.  The most influential tools for developing my choreographic ‘style’ and vision as a choreographer developed during this time through the studies of Rudolf Laban and choreographic workshops with Susan Rethorst and Jeanine Durning. I formed my nonprofit dance company The Moving Architects in 2007 when I felt ready to create a more stable framework and formal presence as a choreographer.

"The Groove" Andrew Rodderick with dancers Angela Luem and Laure Vinci de Vanegas

 

2. What are you currently doing?

I am currently Artistic Director of The Moving Architects, choreographing, performing, and teaching nationally and internationally, while also a graduate student pursuing my MFA in Dance at OSU.  I have my hands in many projects.  I am continuing to collaborate with my longtime musician Ian Hatcher and filmmaker Andrea Slavik while working with dancers in Columbus and Chicago on short-term and long-term dance projects.  My choreographic research is taking me around the world in the coming months as I engage in contemporary and traditional global dance practices from the research perspective of dance instructor, choreographer, and film documentarian, teaching and performing in Guatemala with the Tercer Festival Internacional de Danze Antigua and in Morocco with Action Danse 5 Festival.  I’m asking questions such as how can contemporary modern dance be shared internationally? How can cross-cultural dance experiences be translated into creative choreographic processes? This year I’ve also had the valuable opportunity to be graduate assistant to choreographer and Professor Bebe Miller.

3. What is your chorographic process typically like? [Read more…]

Filed Under: 10 Questions With... Tagged With: columbia college chicago, Erin Carlisle Norton, rudolph laban, the moving architects

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