MAXINE HEPPNER : CREATIONS
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Description of work
In what situations of life do words fail us?
When we have no words, what do we do so we can understand?
and the experiences beyond words? all movement-sound -light?
In 1994 Maxine was living and working in languages that she spoke well and many languages she did not. These questions underlaid most of her creative choices of that time. She brought them to the forefront creating this work with dancers of the Kreativitet ensemble when artist-in-residence for the Indonesia International Festival. The enquiry continued in two other language environments - in Across Oceans' Toronto iterations and in Montreal through a LADMMI commission.
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Choreography
Maxine Heppner
Dancers
Kreativitet dance company
(Jakarta, Indonesia International Dance Festival Commission 1994)
Chendra Panatan (guest artist Indonesia)
Fiona Drinnan
Jessica Runge
Susan Lee
Miko Sobreira,
Pam Johnson
Erin Dace Trudell
(Toronto Canada, Across Oceans production 1995)
LADMMI ensemble
(Montreal Canada 1996)
Composer
Lawrence Shragge
Costume design
Farida Oetoyo and Maxine Heppner
Photographer
Cylla von Tiedemann
Thanks to
Kreativitet Indonesia, Institut Kesenian Jakarta (IKJ) Farida Oetoyo, Sal Murgyanto, Guismiati Suid
Elizabeth Langley, David Irons, The Music Gallery (Toronto) Linda Rabin, LADMMI (Montreal)
Canadian High Commission Jakarta, The Ontario Arts Council, The Canada Council for the Arts
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