SEPTEMBER 20 - OCTOBER 17
Experience the sensations of jazz dance – through rich visuals, sound, and augmented reality - in this cross country collaboration between Fall for Dance North artists-in-residence Natasha Powell (Toronto) and Kimberley Cooper (Calgary).
Visit Union Station’s West Wing and Oak Room to experience the exhibition in person.
Click here to experience the exhibition virtually–
Jazz dance is an art form that originated in African-American communities – it is alive. It’s a gathering space and a meeting place for community. It’s a connection to the syncopated rhythms in the music and sound. It’s an energy that you feel deep down in your soul.
Jazz dance provocateurs and exhibition co-curators Kimberley Cooper and Natasha Powell have recently been brought together by Fall for Dance North, as festival artists-in-residence, to create a cross-country conversation about the history of jazz dance and music, its past and current cultural relevance, and the future of the dance form.
Though these two artists live over 3000 km apart, and have their own unique work styles and processes, they each acknowledge and celebrate a history that is rich, and troubled, often distorted and definitely misunderstood.
This exhibition features various images of their collaborators, in rehearsal and in performance, vibrantly moving and grooving within Natasha’s and Kimberley’s respective choreographic works. As you trace their movement through these photographs, you’ll also discover a curated playlist of jazz music favourites and an augmented reality experience alighting in the space, featuring the talented dancers of their respective companies.
Let these images and sounds flow through you, and inspire you.
Experience the exhibit–
