Directing opera through contemporary dance opens a whole new world of collaborative opportunities: a space that involves working with singers, dancers, musicians, visual artists and designers.
As well as producing new creations, we offer workshops and classes, curating and involving local, national and international artists in our vision. We wish to cultivate connections with communities, initiate performance opportunities, develop presentational platforms and strengthen and widen artistic practices.
All of this takes space and time. We offer that space, truly experimenting and constantly expanding our knowledge of these two art forms, in order to forge what we see as a natural hybridization of the two worlds. Our ambition is to create thought-provoking, artistically challenging art and to strengthen and inspire our community.
Ted Littlemore is a musician, contemporary dance artist, and one of Vancouver's most celebrated drag performers. He began playing the piano at the age of 3, and worked his way through the classical Royal Conservatory of Music syllabus, transitioning into jazz piano in later years. He performed with numerous local all-star ensembles and three national bands and combos while still in high school. Ted attended McGill University, where he served as the director, principal arranger and a performer in McGill's oldest a cappella group, Tonal Ecstasy. He also toured across Canada for four summers with the Shari Ulrich Folk trio as a pianist, vocalist, and accordionist. After graduating from university with a B.A. in Psychology, and a double minor in Music Theory and Economics, Ted shifted his studies to the field of dance, studying in Vancouver, B.C., and New York City. He currently trains full-time with Modus Operandi in Vancouver.
In recent years, Ted has plunged into the art of drag, under the pseudonym 'Mila Dramatic', as an exploration of the intersection of his musical, theatrical, and dance backgrounds. He (/she!) took the title of Vancouver's Next Drag Superstar in 2016, and continues to perform frequently at local drag venues. Through drag, he has also begun to hone his skills as a stylist, with a particular interest in reimagining found materials to create highly conceptual looks.
Jeremy O'Neill is a composer, performer and dancer based in Vancouver, B.C., where he will graduate in spring 2018 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Composition from Simon Fraser University. He has studied with composers Owen Underhill, David McIntyre, Arne Eigenfeldt and Rita Ueda, body percussionist and rhythm tapper Tasha Lawson, as well as having participated in workshops with Martin Arnold, Rodney Sharman, and Christopher Butterfield, among others. Performances of his music have been featured at the Sonic Boom Festival and by Cor Flammae, Quatuor Bozzini and Array Ensemble. His formal training as a dancer and interest in embodied cognition is often reflected in a transdisciplinary approach to composition and in the search through his music for the materials of physicality.
Idan Cohen is an opera director and choreographer. He holds a BA in Choreography from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and an MA in Dance-Choreography. He was born and raised in Israel, Kibbutz Mizra. The socialist community of the Kibbutz had a deep affect on his artistic life and work.
Idan was trained as a classical piano player and was awarded scholarship programs and grants for international master workshops from the age of 8. He went on to receive a scholarship to study theater and fine arts at the Art Colony in Israel's Negev desert and graduated with honors.
Cohen danced for 7 seasons with the world-renowned K.C.D.C (Founder Yehudit Arnon, Artistic Director Rami Beer). Since 2005, he's been creating, performing and teaching successfully as an international award-winning director and dance artist.
Idan is represented by Momentum Artists based in NYC, and is a member of the Israeli Choreographers Association and of The Dance Centre based in Vancouver, Canada.
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