WESTERN FRONT – New Dance Works

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New Dance Works

Description:

New Dance Works featured performances by Santa Aloi and Cheryl Prophet with Marc Smith-Slosky, and Jim Thomson and Jane Ellison.

Two women dance in a studio. They have short hair, wear leotards, and leg warmers. The dancer on the left has her knee bent in the air, and the dancer on the right has her leg stretched out in front in air. Both dancers create gestural movements with their arms in the air.

Two women perform a dance in a studio. They both have short hair, wear leotards, and leg warmers. One dancer lays on her side with one arm stretched out as the other bends to touch the floor and her legs fan out in the air. The other dancer stretches her arms and leaps in the air.

Two women do a pirouette in a studio. They both have short hair, wear leotards, and leg warmers.

Two women synchronously dance in a studio. Each dancer points their toe out and extends their arms out in front of themselves. They both have short hair, wear leotards, and leg warmers.

A blurred image of two dancers performing in a studio. They stand two-to-two as they bend and tip backwards.

An image of two dancers performing in a studio. One of the dancers lifts the other horizontally against his torso as her leg extends above his own head.

Captions:

Santa Aloi and Cheryl Prophet performing at Western Front, photo documentation, Mar 7, 1980.
Santa Aloi and Cheryl Prophet performing at Western Front, photo documentation, Mar 7, 1980.
Santa Aloi and Cheryl Prophet performing at Western Front, photo documentation, Mar 7, 1980.
Santa Aloi and Cheryl Prophet performing at Western Front, photo documentation, Mar 7, 1980.
Mark Smith-Slosky and Cheryl Prophet performing at Western Front, photo documentation, Mar 7, 1980.
Mark Smith-Slosky and Cheryl Prophet performing at Western Front, photo documentation, Mar 7, 1980.

Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.