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Choreographed by Jasmyn Fyffe and Vivine Scarlett
A collaborative dance work that examines and explores the different ways we view ourselves and the things that influence us to change.
Part of the TD Band Financial Groups’
Then and Now: Black History Month Arts and Cultural Festival
Friday February 18 to Sunday February 20, 2011
Friday and Saturday at 8PM; Sunday matinee at 3PM
Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester St., Toronto
Tickets: $25 ($20 CADA/seniors, $15 children 12 yrs & under).
For tickets, call 416-203-0666 OR visit online at www.dindance.com
Into the roots... beyond the leaves... is a collaborative dance work that encompasses the blending of styles and forms of up-and-coming choreographer Jasmyn Fyffe and senior choreographer Vivine Scarlett. Five dancers (Jasmyn Fyffe, Trudy Lee Gayle, Esie Mensah, Natasha Phanor, Shaleeka Scarlett,) execute this full evening work that examines and explores the different ways we view ourselves and the things that influence us to change.
About the Choreographers
Jasmyn Fyffe is a dancer, choreographer and teacher. Fyffe’s formal training began at the Ontario School of Ballet, Interplay School of Ballet and continued at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Ballet Creole and York University where she graduated with an Honours Double Major in Dance and Kinesiology in 2007. While studying at York, Fyffe discovered a love and passion for choreography and performance and decided to pursue this as her career. Upon graduation, Fyffe founded her company Jasmyn Fyffe Dance, formerly known as (ASM Dance). As an independent choreographer, Fyffe has been commissioned by Agincourt Penecostal Church, Cathedral Productions, Obsidian Theatre, and Dramatic Change Youth Theatre. Jasmyn performed in the touring musical UMOJA and has performed for Dance Migration, KasheDance, Calu Entertainments, Linda Garneau and InDuo Danceworks. She has also been invited to perform and teach in the Project Dance Festival in New York City and Atlanta.
Vivine Scarlett is a choreographer, instructor, and administrator whose artistic goals and aspirations are rooted in the love of dance. She was Artistic Director and a performing member of the Usafiri Dance & Drum Ensemble, creating works in both traditional-influenced and contemporary African dance styles. Vivine is Founder and Program Director for dance Immersion, an organization that produces and presents dancers and dances of the African Diaspora providing a number of diverse programs for children and adults. In 2008, she received a Chalmers Fellowship to work with youth in Ghana, West Africa. Her choreographic endeavours in theatre include The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God for Obsidian Theatre which won her a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 2002 and The Freedom of Dreams: The Story of Nelson Mandela at Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People for which she received a Dora nomination in 2003. Ms. Scarlett is the 2005 K.M. Hunter Dance Artist Award winner and has taught for numerous institutions and organizations throughout Canada.
A collaborative dance work that examines and explores the different ways we view ourselves and the things that influence us to change.
Part of the TD Band Financial Groups’
Then and Now: Black History Month Arts and Cultural Festival
Friday February 18 to Sunday February 20, 2011
Friday and Saturday at 8PM; Sunday matinee at 3PM
Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester St., Toronto
Tickets: $25 ($20 CADA/seniors, $15 children 12 yrs & under).
For tickets, call 416-203-0666 OR visit online at www.dindance.com
Into the roots... beyond the leaves... is a collaborative dance work that encompasses the blending of styles and forms of up-and-coming choreographer Jasmyn Fyffe and senior choreographer Vivine Scarlett. Five dancers (Jasmyn Fyffe, Trudy Lee Gayle, Esie Mensah, Natasha Phanor, Shaleeka Scarlett,) execute this full evening work that examines and explores the different ways we view ourselves and the things that influence us to change.
About the Choreographers
Jasmyn Fyffe is a dancer, choreographer and teacher. Fyffe’s formal training began at the Ontario School of Ballet, Interplay School of Ballet and continued at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Ballet Creole and York University where she graduated with an Honours Double Major in Dance and Kinesiology in 2007. While studying at York, Fyffe discovered a love and passion for choreography and performance and decided to pursue this as her career. Upon graduation, Fyffe founded her company Jasmyn Fyffe Dance, formerly known as (ASM Dance). As an independent choreographer, Fyffe has been commissioned by Agincourt Penecostal Church, Cathedral Productions, Obsidian Theatre, and Dramatic Change Youth Theatre. Jasmyn performed in the touring musical UMOJA and has performed for Dance Migration, KasheDance, Calu Entertainments, Linda Garneau and InDuo Danceworks. She has also been invited to perform and teach in the Project Dance Festival in New York City and Atlanta.
Vivine Scarlett is a choreographer, instructor, and administrator whose artistic goals and aspirations are rooted in the love of dance. She was Artistic Director and a performing member of the Usafiri Dance & Drum Ensemble, creating works in both traditional-influenced and contemporary African dance styles. Vivine is Founder and Program Director for dance Immersion, an organization that produces and presents dancers and dances of the African Diaspora providing a number of diverse programs for children and adults. In 2008, she received a Chalmers Fellowship to work with youth in Ghana, West Africa. Her choreographic endeavours in theatre include The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God for Obsidian Theatre which won her a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 2002 and The Freedom of Dreams: The Story of Nelson Mandela at Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People for which she received a Dora nomination in 2003. Ms. Scarlett is the 2005 K.M. Hunter Dance Artist Award winner and has taught for numerous institutions and organizations throughout Canada.