Get ready for 'Move: the Company - Trap Door Party' at Mary Irwin Theatre located on 421 Cawston Ave., Kelowna, BC V1Y 6Z1, on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at about 08:00 PM. It is directed by Josh Beamish and tickets are priced at $25.00.
MOVE: the company, directed by Josh Beamish is Vancouver's newest professional dance company. Focusing mainly on contemporary jazz dance, the company is dedicated to performing new, exciting and challenging works for audiences across North America. Josh began dancing at age 3 in Edmonton AB and continued his education in Kelowna, where he went on to receive scholarships for several prestigious dance schools including the Randolph Academy of Performing Arts and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School of Dance. He began teaching at age 12 and over the years, has choreographed various works for Kelowna City Youth Ballet, Velocity Dance Company and MOVE: the company
Trap Door Party, a full-length contemporary dance work for six dancers by Josh Beamish (2007) is an abstract narrative look at six individuals, as they leave everything behind to start their own utopian society. It also includes: Strung Out , an 11-minute work for 2 dancers set to string quartet covers of music by No Doubt
For more information: Email: info@movethecompany.com
Phone: (604) 809-5086
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Last night I attended the Vernon Performing Art Center to see the performance described above (Trap Door Party), along with two friends who, like me, are patrons of many types of arts/entertainment. While ballet is not high on my priority list, the ticket was part of the Kelowna series.
The first sequence was OK. I thought the dancers showed grace, flexibility and strenghth. The music was tolerable. When the chubby dancer started doing her erotic part with a rather non-involved partner I stopped applauding. After the first 15 minutes I found it quite repetitive. However, not nearly so repetitive as the post-intermission sequencs. Not only was the music unpleasant and grating, it did nothing to enhance the dancers moves. Several of the sequences were very choppy and reminded me what a ballet warm-up might be like.
I am very sorry to say that I left the performance early with my visual and, auditory senses very disturbed and my soul in need of uplifting.
I am sorry that the dancers worked very hard to memorize endless technically difficult choreography and routines, yet no pleasure could be derived from viewing this production.