Bill Coleman (dance/movement and improvised music)
A chance to experience a new work from one of our favourite improvisational dancers! See how Bill Coleman makes use of our waterfront patio as a stage.
Is this Tap? Join veteran dancer and choreographer Bill Coleman as he explores this question in excerpts from his new work. Unique costumes, props and of course tap shoes will feature as Bill tries out his new ideas and provides a glimpse behind the creative process of one of Canada’s most enigmatic dance artists.
Bill Coleman has danced with companies such as Toronto Dance Theatre and The Martha Graham Dance Company, and his own choreography has included, among many others: “Zorro”, a Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee; “Baryshnikov: The Other Story”, recipient of the Jerome Foundation’s First Light Award in New York; “Convoy PQ-17”, which debuted in St. Petersburg, Russia; “Heartland”, which inspired an award-winning documentary; “Hymn to the Universe”, featuring the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra; “Dollhouse” – nominated for three Dora Mavor Moore Awards and shortlisted for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s Total Theatre Award; “FELT”, performed on a circular felt rug handwoven in Mongolia; and, at the Shaw Festival, “Sunday in the Park with George” and “The Women”.
He’s currently working with Makka Kleist, Greenlandic actor and director, as well as presenting “Le Flâneur”, a roaming tap dance performance. He has created site-specific events in collaboration with world-renowned artists and communities from Saskatchewan to Mongolia, was co-founder of CLC and the Citadel, teaches at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre, and has developed a methodology involving heightened sensory awareness and involuntary movement. Coleman is the recipient of the Canada Council Jacqueline Lemieux Prize and the Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts.
