Creative Journeys and Discoveries 2008-2021
Every Choreographic Marathon its own character springing from the interests of the participants and the nature of their work. These are...
2021-22: Creation Journeys onONline still in progress
The 2021-22 Creation Intensive is still in progress, in our in-person and online studios, extending across 9 times zones, including...
2020-21: Artists and Credits
Leads: Maxine Heppner, Jessie Fraser, Peter Jenkins for onONline: Andrea Nann (Dreamwalker Dance), Adèle Ross (new generation>STDT),...
2019: Creative Journeys
How do we most clearly communicate what we know? The common thread for all 2019 creation groups was Translation: from trio to solo, solo...
2019: Mentors and Credits
Mentors Maxine Heppner (lead) Susan Lee, Takako Segawa, Michael Caldwell Creation Assistants Jessie Fraser, Kiera Shaw, Nina Milanovic...
Valérie Pitre: traversing time: with Claudelle Labreque
Valérie Pitre, lead creator Claudelle Labreque, collaborator, interpreter The CM 2019 was conducted in English, French, Japanese and...
Peter Kelly: taboo made public: with Margarita Soria
Peter Kelly, creator, performer Margarita Soria, interpreter Goals: To explore and develop work based on themes of sexuality. To look at...
Ayaka Miwa: words to movement: with Mio Sakamoto & Yui Ugai
Creator, Performer Goals: To tell a story without words to change theatrical duet to a dance solo keep the spirit of a child when making...
Alex Winters: historic into present aesthetic: with Sophie Dow & Oriah Wiersma
Creative Journey CM2019 Alexandra Winters, Choreographer Sophie Dow, Oriah Wiersma, Interpreters Goals: Re–examine dance material...
Rachel Facchini: from self to others: with Tavia Christina, Brianna Clarke
Rachel Facchini, Choreographer Tavia Christina, Brianna Clarke, Interpreters Goals: Make a duet inspired by solo material already...
2018: Creators' Journeys
Overview of 2018's work sees... ... discovering internal impulses to express loss and recovery, ... releasing privacy to gain public...
2018: Mentors and Credits
Mentors Maxine Heppner (lead) Susan Lee, Jessica Runge, Michael Caldwell, Takako Segawa Creation Assistants Kiera Shaw, Alison Keerey,...
Olivia C. Davies : rematriation
Choreographer / Performer Question: “Who am I as an indigenous artist right now- what does the notion of “rematriation” (return to...
Nina Milanovski : dancing relationships
Choreographer With interpreters Victoria Gubiani, Paige Sayles Goals: Create a duet based on coupling and uncoupling with a narrative...
Monica Shah : dancing stillness
Choreographer / Performer Seconded by: Jaya Srivastava-Chawla Goals: Explore concept of Stillness as an expressive force for movement....
Ashley Burmaster: form and passion
Choreographer With interpreters Josephine Jakubowski, Lindsay Harpham, Mikaela Orford, Sarah Mclennan, Dominique Tersigni Goals: connect...
Amelia Jakasa : inner acoustics of my body
Choreographer / Performer Seconds: Samantha Lucchetta, Jane Alison McKinney, Jacob Edwards-Schell Goals: Use the audience in the...
2017: Creators' Journeys
Overview of 2017's work sees... ... explorations in contemporary expression of personal roots in Afro-Caribbean, Body-Mind Centring,...
2017: Mentors and Credits
Mentors: Maxine Heppner (lead) Susan Lee, Jessica Runge, Michael Caldwell Creation Assistants: Kiera Shaw, Alison Keerey, Nina Milanovski...
Lo Bil : spontaneity & form
Choreographer / Performer Goal: To distinguish a way of working that will enable re–entry into the world of an “Action” even within...
Tammy MacLeod : mapping intention
Choreographer / Performer Goals: To decipher her creative process for creation of a self-solo: i.e. how to cultivate and refine...
Susan Wolfe : intelligent bodies
Choreographer With interpreters: Jen Yi Hum, Francesca Cudnoff, Keira Shaw, Nina Milanovski Goal: Create several duets. Develop more...
Liam Ellington : thoughts into dance
Choreographer With interpreters Carly Psutka, Shaelynn Loobbezoo, Maggie Lucas, Lindsay McBride Goal: to create a 3-5 minute set dance...
Keira Sweeney : beyond own boundaries
Keira Sweeney - Choreographer/Performer Goals: To explore choreographing a self-solo. To explore her fascination of impossible classical...
2016: Creators' Journeys
Overview of 2016's work sees.... ... explorations as diverse as the artists and their genres: Contemporary, Afro-Caribbean, Break, &...
2016: Mentors and Credits
Mentors: Maxine Heppner (lead) Susan Lee, Takako Segawa, Junia Mason, Jessica Runge Creation Assistants: Kiera Shaw, Michela Sisti,...
Kate (Agent Lynx) Alsterlund: archive to performance
Kate (Agent Lynx) Alsterlund (choreographer-interpreter) (Montreal) Beginning: A video archive of previous choreographies. Desires: To...
Amanda Benn : intuition and form
Amanda Benn (choreographer/performer) Jacqueline Powell (interpreter), Teisha Lockhart (pre-CM prep) (Montreal-Toronto) Beginning: Drafts...
Holly Small : intent and content
Holly Small (choreographer) Jessica Runge, Oriah Wiersman (interpreters) (Toronto) Beginning: Two solos in draft form Jigsaw : early...
Jamee Valin : riff, choose, hone
Jamee Valin (choreographer-interpreter) Jen-Yi Hum & Jannine Saarinen (assisting creation) (Toronto) Goal: Build series of movement...
2012: Creators' Journeys
The overview of 2012's work sees... ....clear identification of how 3 basic motivations defined the different processes and outcomes of...
2012: Mentors and Credits
Mentors: Maxine Heppner (lead) Susan Lee, Takako Segawa, Jessica Runge Studio Coordination and Creative assistants: Janina Kowalski, Joy...
Nika Stein : story in body
Nika Stein (choreographer) Fabiola Ugarte, Deepali Lindblom, Yui Ugai (interpreters) Montreal and Baie Comeau, Quebec, India, Japan...
Alison Krause - Good Women Dance Collective : high impact performance
Alison Krause (choreographer) Ainsley Hillyard, Kate Stashko, Alida Nyquist-Schultz (interpreters) GoodWomenDanceCollective, Edmonton,...
Sarah Lochhead - Simcoe Contemporary Dancers : creating from sensation
Sarah Lochhead (choreographer) Nadege Blackhall, Regan McQuoid, Jessica Ransom (interpreters) Simcoe Contemporary Dancers, Barrie Ontario...
2010: Creators' Journeys
Creator's Journeys
Every Choreographic Marathon session has its own character springing from shared choreographic principles (see notes
Ida Meftahi : new routes for rooted conventions
Ida Meftahi (choreographer) Meaghan Guisti, Marlowe Porter (interpreters) Beginning Working from a narrative and from a pre-existing...
2010: Mentors and Credits
Mentors: Maxine Heppner (lead) with Susan Lee, Takako Segawa, Jessica Runge Studio Coordination and Creative assistants: Janina Kowalski,...
Tracey Norman : actuality of doing
Tracey Norman (choreographer) Jesse Dell, Sky Fairchild-Waller (interpreters) Beginning: Began with a whole dance inspired by an...
Claire French : dancing what's not there
Claire French (choreographer) Justine Chambers, Brenna McLaud, Heather Laura Gray (interpreters) Beginning: Came with an intellectual...
Jannine Saarinen : non-character choreography
Jannine Saarinen (choreographer) Jennifer Hum (Jen-Yi Hum), Alex Bascynskyj (interpreters) Beginning Came with a finished piece that was...
Lisa Weiler : sensory overload
Lisa Weiler (choreographer) Anna Stanutz, Joy Lee (interpreters) Beginning Came with a physical query (when take senses away, how does...
2008 - who was there
Creators Michael Caldwell with Emma Kate Millar & Jessica Wilson (Toronto) finding the heart in the technique Andrew Tay with Marilyne...
