HAKO
Friday, June 2, 7:00 PM
Saturday, June 3 and Sunday, June 4, 12:00 PM
Exhibition Park, 81 London Rd W
Friday inclement weather location: Royal City Mission Church, 50 Quebec St
Saturday and Sunday inclement weather location: Old Quebec St Shoppes, 55 Wyndham St N
ABOUT THE WORK
Five virtuosic dancers perform excerpts of HAKO, an exhilarating work that touches people on visceral levels, reframes our modern relationship to technology, joyfully re-ignites our innate desire to play, and awakens our sense of curiosity.
CHOREOGRAPHER
OURO Collective
PERFORMERS
Ash Cornette, Eric Cheung, Ganna Martynova Bernard, Rina Pellerin, Shana Wolfe
MUSIC
‘日出東方 唯我不敗’ by Tzusing, ‘Pursuit’ by Eli Muro, ‘Chugger’ by Daisuke Tanabe
ABOUT THE COMPANY
OURO Collective creates and produces new dance works on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh Nations. The collective was formed in 2014 to advance the public’s appreciation of street dance culture, and amalgamates hip-hop, waacking, breaking, popping, and contemporary dance techniques to create artistically innovative, socially accessible and community-minded performances that explore the full range of possibilities and identities the group represents. OURO sees collaboration as a catalyst for dialogue and is united around the common goal of pushing the boundaries of how street dance-based works are created and presented.
ABOUT THE CHOREOGRAPHER
OURO made their debut in 2014 and their work has since been presented in Seattle, Guelph, Yukon, Kumamoto, Tokyo, and across British Columbia. They have been profiled by CBC’s Exhibitionists, Dance International, and were featured in the Lululemon x Team Canada 2022 Winter Olympic campaign. OURO is the 2019 recipient of the Chrystal Dance Prize which allowed them to create, 7y98D, a short film in collaboration with Rauf ‘RubberLegz’ Yasit, Jeff Hamada, and Dave Ehrenreich. The film premiered on NOWNESS and was presented on BOOOOOOM, Cinedans Short Film Festival (Amsterdam), and was premiered as a live full-length work in 2022.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Supported by: City of Vancouver, BC Arts Council, Government of BC, Canada Council for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Leannie Aalgaard (Blue Egg Studios), The Happening, Spotlight Dance Centre, lululemon lab, XBa Dance Co, Paperblanks, Bridge and Enrich Society, Tangible, Arts Revelstoke, New Works, The Dance Centre, Stoke Youth Network, Made in BC/Dance West, Jeff Hamada, and Teppei Tanabe.
