Paradis/Paradise

Co.ERASGA Dance

March 25-26, 2008 @ 8p.m. World Premiere.

Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF)

Roundhouse Community Centre/
181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC
VIDF Box office 604 662 4966

ABOUT PARADIS/PARADISE
PARADIS/Paradise is a cross-continental dance project between Canada and France led by Vancouver choreographer-dancer Alvin Erasga Tolentino. This full-length work converses with the body language of Tolentino, the live bruise/noise music of French musician Emmanuel de St. Aubin and the video art of Vancouver’s Donna Szoke. Witness the raw, eccentric and bold palates of sounds, imagery and movement that project the body, with its internal paradise, out to the external world.

PARADIS/Paradise is dedicated to Larisa Fayad (1976-2007) who was originally commissioned to light PARADIS. Larisa’s colleague and good friend James Proudfoot will light this production.

Choreography and performance by Alvin Erasga Tolentino
Live Music by Emmanuel de St Aubin
Media Arts by Donna Szoke
Lighting by James Proudfoot