Daina Ashbee's guest appearances

Daina Ashbee

NAC Dance with Cathy Levy

The Dance Centre Podcast

Wayne McGregor

Akram Khan

Michelle Dorrance

Alvin Ailey

Alonzo King

Virginia Johnson

Hofesh Shechter

Aakash Odedra

Lourdes Lopez

Rex Harrington

Karen Kain

Louise Lecavalier

Peggy Baker

Alan Lucien Øyen

Emily Molnar

OwlTail

In the fifth episode of The Dance Centre Podcast, Claire French talks to choreographer Daina Ashbee about her journey from a dance artist to a choreographer, her new piece J'ai pleuré avec les chiens (Time, Creation, Destruction), and how she ended up premiering a new group work during the pandemic.   See J'ai pleuré avec les chiens (Time, Creation, Destruction) at Scotiabank Dance Centre March 9-12, 2022 | 8pm Presented with Vancouver International Dance Festival Learn more: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/daina-ashbee/

In the fifth episode of The Dance Centre Podcast, Claire French talks to choreographer Daina Ashbee about her journey from a dance artist to a choreographer, her new piece J'ai pleuré avec les chiens (Time, Creation, Destruction), and how she ended up premiering a new group work during the pandemic. See J'ai pleuré avec les chiens (Time, Creation, Destruction) at Scotiabank Dance Centre March 9-12, 2022 | 8pm Presented with Vancouver International Dance Festival Learn more: <a href="https://thedancecentre.ca/event/daina-ashbee/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thedancecentre.ca/event/daina-ashbee/</a>

Cathy speaks with contemporary dance performer and choreographer Daina Ashbee on the eve of the presentation of her first creation Unrelated, a dark duet inspired by the fate of Indigenous women in Canada. A native of Nanaimo, British Columbia, of Cree, Metis and Dutch descent, Daina credits Michael Jackson with awakening her passion for dance. She moved to Vancouver in her late teens to study at Modus Operandi and then dance with Raven Spirit Dance and Kokoro Dance before moving to Montreal where her career and reputation rapidly blossomed. Unrelated was followed by the installation When the Ice Melts, Will We Drink the Water? that earned two Prix de la Danse de Montréal and the Prix du CALQ for Best Choreography, the solo Pour, and her newest installation Serpentine. Daina speaks of her work and reach, her inability to separate her personal life from her art, and the support and stimulation her current association with l’Agora de la danse, Centre de Création O Vertigo and The Yulanda M. Faris Choreographers Program brings her.

Cathy speaks with contemporary dance performer and choreographer <a href="https://dainaashbee.wixsite.com/daina-ashbee/biography" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daina Ashbee</a> on the eve of the presentation of her first creation <a href="https://dainaashbee.wixsite.com/daina-ashbee/unrelated-2014" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unrelated</a>, a dark duet inspired by the fate of Indigenous women in Canada. A native of Nanaimo, British Columbia, of Cree, Metis and Dutch descent, Daina credits Michael Jackson with awakening her passion for dance. She moved to Vancouver in her late teens to study at Modus Operandi and then dance with Raven Spirit Dance and Kokoro Dance before moving to Montreal where her career and reputation rapidly blossomed. Unrelated was followed by the installation <a href="https://dainaashbee.wixsite.com/daina-ashbee/wtimwwdtw-2015-2016" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When the Ice Melts, Will We Drink the Water?</a> that earned two Prix de la Danse de Montréal and the Prix du CALQ for Best Choreography, the solo <a href="https://dainaashbee.wixsite.com/daina-ashbee/pour" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pour</a>, and her newest installation <a href="https://dainaashbee.wixsite.com/daina-ashbee/untitled-solo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serpentine</a>. Daina speaks of her work and reach, her inability to separate her personal life from her art, and the support and stimulation her current association with<a href="https://agoradanse.com/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> l’Agora de la danse</a>, <a href="https://ccov.org/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Centre de Création O Vertigo</a> and <a href="https://www.thedancecentre.ca/programs/yulanda_m_faris_choreographers_program" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Yulanda M. Faris Choreographers Program</a> brings her.

Contemporary dance performer and choreographer Daina Ashbee