Happy Canada Day everyone! This is a combo update on our upcoming project Woven and a loving shout-out to Canada! In todays Globe and Mail, 147 reasons to love Canada were listed. theglobeandmail/news/national/147-reasons-to-love-canada/article19372494/?page=1#dashboard/follows/ and the 44th reason, from Lisa Tant of Holt Renfrew, cited fashion house Greta Constantine (gretaconstantine) as a purveyor of bold design in Canada. Stephen Wong is one of two designers for Greta Constantine, and he is working with us to design a special ceremonial cloak for Woven, from specially commissioned hand-woven and hand dyed natural cotton cloths from Flores Indonesia. 44. Our bold design (and nice designers) “I love how Canada’s hottest designers reflect everything that holds Canada dear to me – bold and modern with a global edge that you can’t quite place. Tanya Taylor and Greta Constantine, for example, create fashion that is dynamic with an understated elegance. You can wear it anywhere in the world and feel completely on trend. And the best part is that the designers are so incredibly nice.” – Lisa Tant of Holt Renfrew Peter Chin and Tribal Crackling Wind are excited to be collaborating with such a bold and talented young designer, Stephen Wong, as we go into our second summer Woven Toronto residency towards our September 2015 premiere with DanceWorks in Toronto! One of the reasons why I love Canada is the greatness and warmth of our contemporary dancers and our dance culture in general. For this summer residency, we will have all five dancers in our cast, and I would like to introduce them to you. From Montreal/Toronto Kathia Wittenborn and Kassi Scott, from Indonesia Boby Ari Setiawan, from Mexico Marina Acevedo, and from Cambodia Chy Ratana. We are truly embracing the world from our lucky perspective of Canada!
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 20:35:04 +0000