RHINO

Animal, human or element - In Rhino, we meet a Rhino, a Skeleton, a Narrator, a Matador, a Condor, a Cockroach and Oil. They are already past their prime, are on the verge of extinction and are fighting for their place in a world that seems to understand them less and less. What does it really take to survive? What can they take with them from the past to explore a possible future?

In Rhino, Tregarthen and Raymond combine cinematic techniques with physical expression, defying the laws of gravity and stretching the dance idiom. Live video projections bring the performers' emotions closer. Intimate close-ups of faces and hands appear in mist and Hologauze, creating hologram-like images.

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These techniques reveal the inner workings of the characters: haunting images reflect the uncertainty of their future, aimed directly at the audience. It seems as if their struggle is our own, the monster we must face to reflect about what is truly intrinsic and essential for us to stand the test of time - perhaps even to survive. Humour, compassion and an uncanny kind of suspense come together in this visual spectacle, in an ultra-dynamic dance language that is as acrobatic as it is poetic.

Born in Penticton, BC, David Raymond began as a tap dancer, later forming the hip hop collective Over the Influence. His early career has taken him to Brazil, Belgium, Italy, The Czech Republic, and The Netherlands before returning to Vancouver to co-create Out Innerspace. David is the 2010 Isadora performance award winner, creates video design for dance, has toured internationally with numerous Canadian companies including Kidd Pivot since 2013. OIS has most recently premiered creations at Ballet BC, NDT2, Hessisches Staats Ballett and Gibney Dance.

Born in Prince George, BC, Tiffany Tregarthen's early career began in New York and Seoul followed by 2 years training, performing and creating in Antwerp, Belgium. Alongside co-directing Out Innerspace and Modus Operandi, Tiffany has created a work for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens through their National Young Choreographer Competition, toured internationally with numerous companies including Wen Wei Dance, Justine Chambers, Company 605, Beijing Modern Dance Company and with Kidd Pivot for 10 years. OIS has most recently premiered creations at Ballet BC, NDT2, Hessisches Staats Ballett and Gibney Dance.

-|- Tiffany Tregarthen and David Raymond collaborated with leading choreographer Crystal Pite and created work for companies such as Nederlands Dans Theater. Their work, already shown at previous iterations of Julidans, magically explores the boundaries of dance, theatre and film. They explore the themes of survival, identity and connectedness, with a keen sense of humour, but also embracing the fragility of human nature.

artistic Directors Tiffany Tregarthen, David Raymond
performers & Creative Collaborators Adam Khazhmuradov, Aiden Cass, Alesandra, David Harvey, Julian Hunt, Jade Chong, Kylie Miller
apprentices Madeleine Cruz
video Design and Technical Direction Eric Chad
lighting Design James Proudfoot
costume Design & Fabrication Janet Dundas
sound Design Stefan Seslija
national Creation Funds’s Critical Friend Lou Cope (participation made possible by the National Creation Funds’s Critical Friends initiative.)
stage Manager Tiffany Tregarthen
costume Design & Fabrication Assistant Alaia Hamer

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costume Stitchers Desiree Morin, Halley Fulford, Holly Anderson
apprentice Technical Director Jack Chipman (Apprenticeship partner: Canada’s National Arts Centre.)
music James Ginzburg, Yair Elazar Glotman, emptyset (James Ginzburg and Paul Purgas), Eric Holm- courtesy of Subtext Recordings
co-production The CanDance Network Creation Fund (Agora de la danse, Dance Victoria, National Arts Centre, La Rotonde), La Comète (France), Julidans (Netherlands), One Dance Week (Bulgaria), Agora de la danse
developed with support of The National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund
creative residencies Agora de la danse, ArtSpring Theatre, Yukon Arts Centre