Prairie Scene

The largest gathering of Manitoba and Saskatchewan artists ever presented outside the Prairies!

April 26 to May 8, 2011

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Dance

Dance at Prairie Scene takes us from Alice in Wonderland to Avatar and points in between with some of Saskatchewan and Manitoba’s most exciting established and emerging artists.

Saskatchewan choreographer Shawn Hounsell imagines a grown up Alice in a gorgeously theatrical new, full-length ballet titled Wonderland, produced by Royal Winnipeg Ballet. And from Canada’s oldest professional ballet company we turn to Canada’s oldest contemporary dance company: Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers, which explodes onto the Scene with an artistic vitality fuelled by a uniquely Prairie sensibility.

Saskatchewan-based dance maven Robin Poitras, a unique and prolific voice on the Prairie dance landscape as a performer, installation creator, and choreographer, and her Regina-based company Rouge-gorge, inspire multiple associations with the tantalisingly titled "in fur till spring".

The Scene shines a spotlight on contemporary dance in the Prairies with work by Regina’s up-and-coming dancer/choreographer Johanna Bundon; Winnipeg's Jolene Bailie brings her company Gearshifting Performance Works; and multimedia dance artist Freya Bjorg Olafson will perform Avatar, a chilling theatrical duet with technology.