The 605 Collective

Audible – Back On Tour

Josh — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:58:07 +0000

After the premiere performances of New Animal, a commissioned work by Dana Gingras (co-produced by Animals Of Distinction), The 605 Collective now heads back out on tour with their first major work, Audible, for some quick performances in Alberta and Ontario. Current 2012 tour dates are as follows:

Feb 29th – Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta

March 3rd – Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario

March 7th – The Oakville Centre, Oakville, Ontario

March 10th – Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (Public Energy), Peterborough, Ontario

The final performance in Peterborough will mark the company’s 50th formal public presentation of Audible. The artists are looking forward to bringing out their next work in creation, Inheritor Album, premiering at Canada Dance Festival at The National Arts Centre in Ottawa – June 2012.

Inheritor EP Performances – CDF, Dancing On The Edge, and Powell St. Festival

Josh — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:28:40 +0000

After a performance at Canada Dance Festival 2011, held at that National Arts Centre in Ottawa, The 605 Collective brings work-in-progress excerpts from their highly anticipated work Inheritor Album back to Vancouver and their home audience. Inheritor EP will be presented through Dancing On The Edge Festival performed at The Firehall Arts Centre:

Thursday, July 14th @ 7pm and Saturday, July 16th @ 9pm

The 605 Collective is being presented in a shared program, titled “EDGE 6″ with choreographies by Jason Stroh and Kevin A. Ormsby. Tickets available through Firehall Box Office – 604-689-0926 or at the door.

Inheritor EP will be shown once more before the artists head back into creation – presented through Powell Street Festival, also performed at The Firehall Arts Centre:

Saturday, July 30th, 2011 @ 1:30pm

The Powell Street Festival is an annual celebration of Japanese Canadian arts, culture and heritage that features something for everyone: dance, music, film and video, visual arts, martial arts demos, amateur sumo tournament, craft vendors, traditional displays, etc. For more info visit – www.powellstreetfestival.com/festival/

Audible Tour April/May 2011

Josh — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:56:38 +0000

The 605 Collective is touring the company’s first full-length work – AUDIBLE – Dates as follows:

April 12 – Centennial Theatre, Sherbrooke, Quebec

April 14, 15, 16 – La Rotonde, Quebec City, Quebec

April 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 – Usine-C, Montreal, Quebec

April 27 – The Playhouse Theatre, Fredericton, New Brunswick

April 29, 30 – NDW, St. Johns, Newfoundland

May 5, 6, 7 – LiveArt Dance, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Please contact the collective for more details, future dates and scheduling…

2010-11 Performance Dates

Josh — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:21:22 +0000

An excerpted version of The 605 Collective’s Audible will be on tour in a shared program with Amber Funk Barton’s Hero & Heroine:

Sep 5 – Bagley Wright Theatre, Bumbershoot Fest, Seattle, WA

Sep 15 – Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, YK

Sep 23 – Lester Centre of the Arts, Prince Rupert, BC

Sep 25 – REM Lee Theatre, Terrace, BC

Sep 29 – Mt Elizabeth Theatre, Kitimat, BC

Oct 2 – Della Herman Theatre, Smithers, BC

Oct 13 – Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre, Vernon, BC

Oct 16 – Rotary Arts Centre, Kelowna, BC

Nov 3 – ArtSpring, Salt Spring Island, BC

Nov 5 – Sid Williams Theatre, Courtenay, BC

Nov 9 to 13 – The Cultch (VECC), Vancouver, BC

Nov 18 – Malaspina University Theatre, Nanaimo, BC (Crimson Coast Dance)

Dec 2 to 4th – Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (Left Coast Leaning Fest)

The full-length version of 605C’s Audible will tour again nationally in the Spring:

April 12 – Centennial Theatre, Sherbrooke, Quebec

April 14, 15, 16 – La Rotonde, Quebec City, Quebec

April 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 – Usine-C, Montreal, Quebec

April 27 – The Playhouse Theatre, Fredericton, New Brunswick

April 29, 30 – NDW, St. Johns, Newfoundland

May 5, 6, 7 – LiveArt Dance, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Please contact the collective for more details regarding future dates and scheduling…

Made In BC Tour

Josh — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:15:13 +0000

The 605 Collective’s AUDIBLE will be touring across the Made In BC network during the Fall of 2010. This 11-city tour, a shared bill with Amber Funk Barton, will also include presentations in Whitehorse, Yukon and at The Vancouver East Cultural Centre (The Cultch).

A tour of the Quebec and Atlantic regions is now in works for Spring 2011. All details for dates and cities will be released soon. Please contact 605 for more info…

605 @ CDF’s Hip-Hop 360

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:21:45 +0000

After premiering 605′s new work, Audible, at Vancouver’s Dancing on the Edge Festival, The Collective will be traveling to Ottawa to take part in the Canada Dance Festival’s off-year event “Hip-Hop 360″. The 605 Collective has been chosen to present Audible alongside performances from two b-boy crews (Bboyizm, F.A.M.) to illustrate how street-based forms are increasingly influencing the contemporary milieu. More info here:

http://www.canadadance.ca/English/cdfHops/index.cfm

One more show…

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:13:20 +0000

For those of you who missed Thursday… There is one more performance of the Collective’s new full length work, Audible, at Dancing on the Edge Festival. (Firehall Arts Centre) Saturday, July 18th @ 9pm. More info here:

http://www.dancingontheedge.org/audible.php

NAC’s “BC Scene” in Ottawa

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:26:57 +0000

605 Artists Shay Kuebler and Josh Martin will be traveling to Ottawa to represent and handful of British Columbian artists at The National Arts Centre’s showcase event “BC Scene”. Shay will be performing a solo with MovEnt’s “Dances For A Small Stage”, and Josh will be dancing in Wen Wei Wang’s Rio Tinto Alcan Award winning “Cock-Pit”. More info available here.

Dancing On The Edge 2009

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:19:24 +0000

In January 2009, The Collective received a two-week creation residency at Usine-C in Montréal. Now, after a long break, 605 will be returning to this initial material in May/June to complete their first full-length creation as Artists-In-Residence at The Dance Centre, Vancouver. The new work will be performed at this years Dancing On The Edge Festival @ The Firehall Arts Centre, July 2009 (Dates TBA).

605 Collective with Dana Gingras

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:11:14 +0000

Through the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, The 605 Collective has just begun work on a new piece created by Dana Gingras (Holy Body Tattoo, Animals of Distinction). The commission project for five dancers, including guest Amber Funk Barton, will be created over three separate processes both in Vancouver and Montreal. The results of this exciting project will be shown in Fall 2009 in Vancouver. Check back for updates!