Coming Out of Chaos: A Vancouver Dance Story
Lola Ryan, Savannah Walling, Jennifer Mascall, and Peter Bingham in Coming Out of Chaos. Performance Documentation. 1982. Courtesy of Karen Jamieson Dance. Photograph by Chris Randle.
Fall 2021 – Coming Out of Chaos: A Vancouver Dance Story
Coming Out of Chaos: A Vancouver Dance Story is an archival research and oral history project produced by Karen Jamieson Dance that recounts that looks back at the early collaborative work Coming Out of Chaos (1982) to tell a story of the emergence of contemporary dance in Vancouver. I had the opportunity to interview 17 established and mid-career contemporary dancers, choreographers, administrators, dance historians and critics, as well as six of the original Coming Out of Chaos collaborators. The final project takes the form of a website that hosts a story of four chapters, 17 interview transcriptions, a historical timeline of contemporary dance, and four digital exhibitions of personal and organizational archival materials.
Project Website: kjdchaos.ca
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