In pieces

In pieces

Date: Friday, October 29th, 2021
Location The GRAND & Livestream (map)
Duration: 22 minutes

Seemingly stable, structured sometimes. Stands and holds and is held, but not easily. We find ourselves in states of recalibration, again and again.

“In pieces” is a collage of collected physical memories from the past two years; the weight of it all, all of my weight… precarious as it is

Special thank you to Gerry Morita and Mile Zero Dance for seeding and presenting the first iteration of this work, The Railpath Arts Centre, Julian Anderson-Bowes for his patience and unwavering support, Nicole Mion and Fluid Festival for supporting the continual development of this work, and to all the artists that have filled me up and informed the synthesis of who I am today.

Choreographer and performer: Katherine Semchuk
Composer and performer: Julian Anderson-Bowes
Outside Eye: Jon Lachlan Stewart

KATHERINE SEMCHUK

Katherine is a dance artist currently based in Tkaronto. Since graduating from The School of TDT, she has worked with Good Women Dance Collective (GWDC), Kaeja d’Dance, Mile Zero Dance, Peggy Baker Dance Projects, Mateo Galindo Torres, Meghann Michalsky, Sasha Ivanochko, and Naishi Wang. She feels liberated when she is able to act as a physical portal for her own and collaborator's stories, ideas and sketches.
Katherine is co-artistic director of Nostos Collectives and a program coordinator for Kaeja d’Dance. She continues to investigate her own creative practice and has presented her work through numerous festivals and platforms across Canada. Her passion for sharing has brought her to teach at The School of TDT, Canada's National Ballet School, Ballet Edmonton, The University of Alberta, and YYC Contemporary Training.

Instagram: @rootingrouting/ @kchuk
Facebook: @ksemchuk

JULIAN ANDERSON-BOWES

Julian Anderson-Bowes is an acoustic and electric bassist and composer hailing from Toronto, Canada. Since graduating from Humber College in 2013, he has become an indispensable member of the community. He collaborates with artists in a variety of styles, from traditional jazz, to experimental pop, to avant-garde improvisation, and composes and performs his original music. He co-leads Relay, an improvising piano trio with Chris Pruden and Mark Ballyk, and JabFung with LA-Based Drummer Anthony Fung. He is a member of the Juno- Nominated Tara Kannangara Group, the Luan Phung Quintet, and contributes to the music of Sabine Ndalamba, Kira May, Matthew Tavares, and Liam Mitro.Julian

Instagram: @julian.anderson.bowes