Introducing Pressed Paradise

Outside the Vancouver Art Gallery 

Interactive performances exploring topics of gender, environment, immigration & consumption.

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Guest Artist: Sepehr Samimi

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Photos: Sepehr Samimi

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March 27, 2016

Death Wall

On the Vancouver SeaWall

A durational performance exploring consumption, waste and excess.

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Guest artist: Elissa Hanson

Photos: Illeanna Cheladyn 

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April 18, 2016

House of Paradise

1934 William st

5 solos in 5 rooms in a house for 5 hours.

Guest artist: Sepehr Samimi

Photos: Yvonne Chew / Sophia Wolfe

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May 14, 2016

PP Mailbox

The Dance Centre

A mailbox where Dance Centre visitors are encouraged to leave some mail for Pressed Paradise that may inspire performances that will happen in the building. Tell us what you’re thinking about. What’s on your mind? Do you have a question? A sensation? A hope? A fear? A complaint? A reflection?

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November 2016-September 2017

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A Game in the Loading Bay

TDC Loading Bay

A durational performance installation with the players: Mr. Oil, Mr. Government, Mr. Wall Street & Mr. Bank.

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Guest Artist: Robert Azevedo

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Photos: Christian Vistan

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January 19+20, 2017

Rolling Boil

The Dance Centre Rooftop Patio

Rolling Boil is a gathering, a conjuring, a ritual and a subversion. The audience, as witnesses, are necessary to complete this spell. Through breathe, unison, repetition, and precision the performers blur the lines between the flesh of their dancing bodies and the flesh of the world around them. 

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Created & performed by Kelly McInnes and Rianne Svelnis

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Photos: Yvonne Chew

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April 6+7, 2017

Pressed Paradise: International Dance Day

TDC elevator, loading bay, foyer, patio, closet

Pressed Paradise activates unconventional spaces at The Dance Centre for International Dance Day. 

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April 29, 2017

Marathassa

English Bay

A durational movement piece with 12 performers in remembrance of ship MV Marathassa's oil spill on April 9th 2015.

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Presented with Vines Art Festival

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April 9, 2016 

Guest artists: Alisha Lemire, Carolina Bergonzoni, Danielle Lavallée, June Fukumara, Katie Gartlan-Close, Marc Castellini, Robert Azevedo, Sammy Chien, Sepehr Samimi, Tin Gamboa, Valerie Chrisitansen

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June 3, 2018

Guest artists: Diego Romero Hayley Gawthrop, Cameron Davidson, Sammy Chien, Tin Gamboa, Olivia Shaffer, Laura Avery, Kimberly Ho, Dario Dinuzzi, Alisha Ahmadi, Justin Van, Maria Escola, Carmel Amit

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Photos: Sheng Ho

Movement Practice

Burrard Bridge

Durational perfomance rolling across Burrard Bridge considering our relationship to water.

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Guest Artist: Robert Azevedo

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Photos: Christian Vistan

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July 26, 2019

MINE

David Lam Park

Durational solo performance by Kelly McInnes exploring fast-fashion, identity and consumption.

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Presented with Vines Art Festival

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Photos: Sheng Ho

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August 13, 2019