A NON-STOP MEDLEY OF NEVER-HEARD ALL-TIME-FAVOURITES! SONG&DANCE instant MUSICAL! JULY 28, 2024 poster

 

Veralyn KENTIN has worn a few hats in theatre - performer, director, producer & playwright. She has dabbled in jazz dance and flamenco but in the last year discovered modern dance through Ian’s School of Natural Dancers. She is inspired by their phrase ‘You are already a work of art’.

JP CLOUTIER: Dancer (37 years) and Director (32 years) of Rivière-Rouge Folk Ensemble, traditional French-Canadian music and dance. Also danced with Sokol Polish Dance Ensemble. Long-time member of Manitoba International Folk Dance Association.

Ian MOZDZEN is originally from rural Manitoba and has been activating the stage for over 20 years with dance & performance. Original creations have caused international stirs & taken Ian across Canada & around the world. In addition to ongoing independent presence in Winnipeg’s performance scene, Ian has been repeatedly presented within Toronto’s Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Rhubarb Festival; additional engagements have included Toronto’s Dance: Made in Canada, Montreal’s Edgy Women Festival & Art Souterrain, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers’ subscription series, Vancouver’s Dancing on the Edge Festival & Edmonton’s Mile Zero Dance, with additional performances in New York, Philadelphia, Charleston, Greece, Sri Lanka & around India. Ian is honoured to have created/performed with the likes of seasoned Winnipeg-linked artists like Tedd Robinson, Doug Melnyk, Tom Stroud, Robert Sim, Derek Brueckner and D-Anne Kuby (in addition to a plethora of emerging local artists). Ian has also engaged in the coaching of performers, orchestrated/programmed local dance variously and assisted leaders within the University of Winnipeg’s Theatre Department, Young Lungs Dance Exchange, Winnipeg's India School of Dance, Music & Theatre and Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers. 

Educated/practiced comprehensively in popular, expressive, conceptual, instant, classical and ritual dance forms — in addition to nearly 20 years of figure model practice within innumerable galleries & schools — Ian has now moved to cultivate new terrain for dance practice. Since 2021, Ian has independently launched close to 100 instant dance initiatives which have seen an array of partnerships & collaborations. Attracting natural dancers of all experience levels, Ian has presented/performed a PEOPLE dance series, a 3-day independent dance festival, an indoor/outdoor dance series, a dance lab trilogy, a year-long monthly new dance series, an ongoing draw + dance happening at Winnipeg’s aceartinc. gallery (PEOPLE FIGURE), as well as many single-engagement dance/live works. Encouraged by the community, Ian launched an INSTANT DANCE WORKSHOP early 2023 & then formalized the practice as SCHOOL OF NATURAL DANCERS, wherein YOU ARE ALREADY A WORK OF ART.  For more information about Ian’s dance/art practice, or to engage Ian as a model, performer or coach : iansmoznewdance.blogspot.com.

Ian highly anticipates performances of original new dance in Alberta and Bulgaria in Fall 2024.