Workshop Formazione TAM in Milan
I’m teaching a workshop for the students of Formazione TAM in Milan
I’m teaching a workshop for the students of Formazione TAM in Milan
Hannan Epperson and I will be performing an excerpt of “Catenary” at Small Stages in Vancouver at the Anza Club, alongside Nicole Rose Bond, Jessica Dawn Keeling, Vidya Kotamraju, Nasiv Kaur Sall, and AJ Simmons.
February 14th and 15th: 5pm to 7pm at the Anza Club Vancouver
Tickets here: https://www.smallstage.ca/
I’m excited to performing in Nina Davies new exhibit at Western Front gallery in Vancouver, B.C. on January 16, 17, 23, 24.
About:
Western Front is pleased to present Image Syncers, opening January 10th, a solo exhibition by Canadian-British artist Nina Davies, featuring a new body of work developed through our artist-in-residence program. The exhibition responds to current TikTok trends in which people mimic artificially generated videos, with Davies reimagining this choreographic phenomenon as a tool to disrupt visual economies and open up alternative modes of meaning-making.
On Jan 16, 17, 23, and 24, the exhibition will be activated by a performance in the Grand Luxe Hall structured as a fictional gathering of Image Syncers. Four dancers enact AI-inspired gestures using analogue techniques, showing how generated footage can be simulated by the body, blurring the line between human and synthetic movement.
I will be dancing in Jason Martin’s duet “The One(s) Who Never Lived” Premiere in Montreal at Salle Émile-Legault in Montreal on November 21st at 19:30
For more information: https://montreal.ca/evenements/ones-who-never-lived-compagnie-entiteyjason-martin-98434
Description: Leurs mouvements affichent une précision synchronisée, rappelant la monotonie souvent associée aux processus industriels modernes et au travail à la chaîne. Ils agissent comme des conduits,
symbolisant l’interaction délicate entre attraction et répulsion. Un contraste émerge entre l’apathie émotionnelle et le besoin de se connecter, d’exister. Un dialogue entre le naturel et l’industriel, l’humain et le mécanisé, souligne comment ces éléments opposés coïncident.
Le spectacle sera suivi d’une discussion bord de scène avec les artistes.
Danse | Grand public | 55 minutes
Hannah Epperson will be premiering our interdisciplinary and collaborative work “Catenary” at PS21 in Chatham, NY. We are thrilled to be in residence at the space for two weeks leading up to the premiere.
For our premiere, we are bringing on a third collaborator, Niloufar Noubakhsh, who will be bringing her composition into the project.
For more information and tickets: https://ps21chatham.org/event/hannah-epperson-rebecca-margolick-niloufar-nourbakhsh/
I am performing in Jason Martin’s duet “The One(s) Who Never Lived” which will be going on tour to Comox, Port Alice, and Sointula, presented by BC Movement Arts Society.
For dates and venues and tickets, click here: https://www.bcmovementarts.com/projects/double-bill
I will be performing “Bunker” outdoors as part of New Works Pop Up Dances 2025 Festival on Granville Island. Free and open to the public!
More information here: https://www.newworks.ca/pop-up-dances-festival-2025/
Violinist Hannah Epperson and I are collaborating with architect Michael Green on a private one-night-only ballet based on Michael’s children’s book “Little Brown and Little Blue” on Salt Spring Island.
I will be performing my short solo “Harbour” at Festival Quartiers Danses, outside in Espace Tranquille right outside Place Des Arts in Montreal.
https://quartiersdanses.com/event/8septembre/
I am performing amongst a stellar cast of seven dancers in Charles-Alexis Desgagnés “Le Silence Des Cendres”. This is a 20 minute excerpt of what will eventually be a full evening length piece.
More information and tickets: https://quartiersdanses.com/event/montrealdanemark/
I will be performing the short version of my solo “Bunker” in Sicily this summer as part of Teatri Riflessi’s 10th Festival of short performance works.
I will be creating a new work with the dancers participating in NW Dance Project’s Summer Intensive MOVE.
To read more about the program click here: https://nwdanceproject.org/education/move
I will be dancing in this new creation envisioned and choreographed by Anthea Seah (T.H.E Dance Company, Singapore) and Josh Martin (Company 605, Vancouver)—which brings together a creative team of performers and collaborators from both cities in a meeting of voices, seeking out what it means to build and to break.
A fragmented team is determined to “keep it together” as their bodies are launched into an alternate realm, propelled by unnatural momentum and shared delusion. As their bubble of fantasy drifts towards the spike of reality, we are thrown into an unstable world of compulsive magical thinking.
What happens when collective imagination exceeds capacity? When our wildest ambitions threaten to burst under the weight of their own making? When the sin of slowness collides with the pressure to produce? Sloth Canon unfolds as an absurdly fragile scenario, hellbent on building forward while simultaneously falling apart.
Co-produced by: The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company (Singapore) & Company 605 (Vancouver, Canada)
I will be leading an open workshop in Singapore during the Contact Contemporary Dance Festival
“to begin with no end” is a collaborative piece between myself and Tushrik Fredericks that premiered in NYC at Triskelion Arts in November 2024. We are thrilled to present it in Vancouver at Dancing on the Edge.
June 12th: 9pm
June 13th: 7pm
Where: Firehall Arts Center
Tickets and more info: https://purchase.firehallartscentre.ca/EventAvailability?EventId=1202&ref=bookNow&scroll=timeAndDates
I will be dancing in “Sloth Cannon” a new creation—envisioned and choreographed by Anthea Seah (T.H.E Dance Company, Singapore) and Josh Martin (Company 605, Vancouver)—which brings together a creative team of performers and collaborators from both cities in a meeting of voices, seeking out what it means to build and to break.
Co-produced by: The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company (Singapore) & Company 605 (Vancouver, Canada)
I will facilitate AU Tour Dance Company’s tour up to the Vancouver North Island Region for a tour to Powell River, Campbell River, Port Alice, and Sointula! Presented by BC Movement Arts Society
I created a new work called “Reveries” for AU Tour Dance Company that premiered at MidSeason at the Vancouver Playhouse
I will be performing a short solo as part of Dances for a Small Stage as part of the 2025 Push Festival
More information here:
https://www.smallstage.ca/dances-for-a-small-stage/smallstage2025
photo by: Michael Slobodian, from “Fortress”
I am creating a new piece for the oldest dancers in Arts Umbrella’s Graduate program.
Link to information and tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/moving-sound
This intimate performance peels back the veil on the collaborative process, welcoming you to immerse yourself in cross-disciplinary creation. Witness a coming together of a trio of dancers and a trio of musicians as they reflect, respond, listen, and compose four distinct pieces in a real-time improvised encounter!
Featuring musicians: Jack Campbell, Andrea Kahr, and Alex Varty.
Featuring dancers: Alexis Fletcher, Justin Rapaport, and Rebecca Margolick
Tushrik Fredericks and I are premiering our co-creation on November 21st to 23rd in Brooklyn, NY at Triskelion Arts.
Support for this project was provided by Danse Mirage Foundation, Inc, Trust for Mutual Understanding, and Baryshnikov Arts Center Artist Residency.
In partnership with The Dance Centre, Chutzpah! presents the world premiere of Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick’s collaborative duet “Fortress” in a Split Bill with Ne Sans Opera & Dance.
November 8th and 9th at The Dance Centre Vancouver.
Description: In their debut collaborative piece, Margolick and Ellis explore their connection to their ever-evolving relationship to femininity, and the balance between their strength and vulnerability. Seeking both discomfort and safety, they draw inspiration from the matriarchs in their lives, building toward a deeper understanding of themselves.
I will be performing in the duet “The Ones Who Never Lived” by Montreal based choreographer Jason Martin as part of Festival Quartiers Danses.
More information and tickets please click HERE
UAQUE tickets
With UAQUE, Peña opens the SPHERE Festival in spectacular fashion by creating a dialogue between dance, visual arts and music (performed by the NAC Orchestra, with Alexander Shelley conducting). In the background, Edward Burtynsky’s astonishing images paint a fascinating self-portrait of the planet, illustrating the duality between beauty and the environmental crisis beneath the surface. Ten dancers, in tension and in conversation with these images, create a moment suspended in time in which humanity and nature are united. With this work, Peña asks us to slow down and create a sustainable future, leaving a glimmer of hope in the dancers’ wake.
I will be in residence at the Dance Centre, collaborating with violinist Hannah Epperson. We will be revisiting our piece “Catenary” which we began creating in 2018 but took a long hiatus from because of the pandemic.
There will be a public work in progress sharing on: July 25th at 17hr PST
I will be creating a new work for Oregon Ballet Theater, that will premiere June 6th in Portland, OR as part of their Made in Portland 2023/2024 Program.
Check out the company and their work here: https://www.obt.org/about-obt/
I will be joining the cast of 6.58: MANIFESTO for a tour to Paris April 24 & 25 and Falkenberg, Sweden May 2nd. I am so excited to dive into this piece with such an incredible cast!
I am creating a new piece for Arts Umbrella Tour. that will be touring through the Vancouver North Island Region presented by BC Movement Arts Society.
I will be premiering Reservoir a new solo, at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn NY as part of their Split Bill series. I am excited to be sharing the evening with Kashia Kancey performing her solo I Believed It Too.
March 14th and 15th at 8pm
Tickets can be purchased here: HERE (they’re cheaper in advance, so don’t wait!)