Workshop: Commercial Contemporary Dance

Schedule

Mon Oct 27 2025 at 07:15 pm to 09:15 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Ottawa Dance Directive / Centre de danse contemporaine | Ottawa, ON

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Beginner-friendly mix of Limón & Graham styles / Fusion conviviale des styles Limón & Graham — think/pensez SYTYCD & Florence + the Machine!
About this Event

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A fusion of Limón and Graham-based modern and contemporary ballet forms, this class is a beginner-friendly introduction to commercial contemporary dance—the kind you expect from So You Think You Can Dance or a Florence + the Machine music video. Whether you used to take contemporary dance classes as a teen or you’ve never stepped foot in a dance studio before, this class is for you!

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Kendra Guidolin - Dancer, Choreographer, Director-of-Dance Voices Dance Project

Kendra Guidolin (she/her) is a writer and dance artist living and working gratefully on the unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation. She holds a BFA in performance dance from York University’s School of Arts, Media, Performance, and Design (AMPD) and is classically trained in Cecchetti, RAD, and contemporary ballet forms, as well as Graham- and Limon-based modern forms. In her youth, she also trained at the competitive level in tap, acrobatics, Fosse-based jazz, and contemporary dance. In 2019 and 2021, she was fortunate enough to perform with the Ismailova Theatre of Dance before joining Voices Dance Project as a company member and choreographer. Her primary motivator in dance is to make movement accessible, anatomically-safe, and inclusive for dancers of all genres and body types

ABOUT THE VOICES DANCE PROJECT

The Voices Dance Project (VDP) is a non-profit dance collective that puts dancers at the center of artistic creation in a collaborative, supportive, and accessible environment. VDP aims to give independent dancers a space to explore choreography and expression. The project enables dancers to workshop new choreographic works, to think critically about existing dance structures and institutions, and to train and perform on stage or in multimedia productions. Through these performances, VDP hopes that artists will be able to develop experience, connect with artists from a variety of backgrounds, and discover new ways of expressing themselves. The project specifically offers a creative space to dancers with experience training and performing in ballet, modern dance, contemporary dance, indigenous dance styles and traditional dance styles from around the world. The project provides dancers of all body types, ages, socioeconomic backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and sexual identities a platform for their works to be experienced, unfettered, by audiences in the National Capital Region. Interested in joining the project? Visit www.voicesdance.ca


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Fusion des formes de ballet moderne et contemporain basées sur Limón et Graham, ce cours est une introduction conviviale à la danse contemporaine commerciale - celle que vous attendez de So You Think You Can Dance ou d'un clip vidéo de Florence + the Machine. Que vous ayez suivi des cours de danse contemporaine pendant votre adolescence ou que vous n'ayez jamais mis les pieds dans un studio de danse, ce cours est fait pour vous !


À PROPOS DE L'INSTRUCTRICE

Kendra - Danseuse, Chorégraphe, Directrice de la danse au Projet Chorégraphique Voices

Kendra Guidolin (she/elle) est une écrivaine et une artiste de la danse qui vit et travaille avec gratitude sur le territoire non cédé de la nation algonquine anishinaabe. Elle est titulaire d’un baccalauréat en beaux-arts en danse de performance de la School of Arts, Media, Performance, and Design (AMPD) de l’Université York et a suivi une formation classique en ballet Cecchetti, RAD et en danse contemporaine, ainsi qu’en formes modernes basées sur les techniques Graham et Limón. Dans sa jeunesse, elle s’est également entraînée au niveau compétitif en claquettes, en acrobatie, en jazz basé sur la technique Fosse et en danse contemporaine. En 2019 et 2021, elle a eu la chance de se produire avec le Théâtre de danse Ismailova avant de rejoindre le Projet Chorégraphique Voices en tant que membre de la troupe et chorégraphe. Sa principale motivation en danse est de rendre le mouvement accessible, anatomiquement sécuritaire et inclusif pour les danseur(e)s de tous les styles et de tous les types de corps.


À PROPOS DU PROJET CHORÉGRAPHIQUE VOICES

Le Projet Chorégraphique Voices (Voices Dance Project) est un collecif de danse interdisciplinaire à but non lucratif qui place les danseur(e)s au cœur du processus de création artistique dans un environnement collaboratif et accessible. Le Projet s'érige en laboratoire pour les danseur(e)s indépendant(e)s où ielles peuvent créér de nouvelles oeuvres chorégraphiques, se questionner sur les structures et les institutions existantes de la danse, s'entraîner et se produire sur scène ou dans des productions multimédias. À travers ce travail, les artistes développent de l'expérience, ont l'occasion de collaborer avec des artistes issus de divers horizons et découvrent de nouvelles façons de s'exprimer. Le projet offre spécifiquement un espace créatif aux danseurs formés en ballet, en danse moderne, en danse contemporaine, en styles de danse autochtones et en styles de danse traditionnels du monde entier. Le projet offre aux danseur(e)s de tous types de corps, de tous âges, de tous milieux socio-économiques, de toutes ethnies, de tous genres et de toutes identités sexuelles une plateforme pour que leurs œuvres soient découvertes, sans entraves, par le public de la région de l'Outaouais. Vous voulez vous joindre à nous? Visitez www.fr-voicesdance.ca

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