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Telling a story through dance
Israeli-Canadian choreographer brings her creation to Vancouver stage.
KATHARINE HAMER EDITOR
Dancing is one of the first things that Maya Lewandowsky remembers. The Israeli-bom artistic director of Calgary-based La Caravan Dance Theatre began her craft at an early age.
Lewandowsl^ - who performs at the Dancing on the Edge festival in Vancouver July 15 and 16 - spent most of her youth at the Bat-Dor dance school in Tel-Aviv. She continued her dance studies during her army service and later joined Bat-Dor Dance Company, where she eventually became a soloist Trained in classical ballet, Lewandowsky expanded her skills to incorporate modem and jazz dance.
After working with the Inbal Pinto Dance Company in Israel, she moved to Canada three years ago and established her own company.
"Israel is a vety chained place," said Lewandowsky. T wanted to move to a place that will be more neutral and will enable me to explore and understand my style
and interests in these dance creations. Canada, for me, was and is the best choice for this. There is space - so much space, virgin lands, interesting people to work with and above all, fertile grounds for this dream to become true."
Among the dance creators who've influenced her: Germany's Pina Bausch and William Forsythe; Martha Graham and Edouard Lock of La La La Human Steps. "For me, they are landmarks in dance, since their originality changed the face of dance," said Lewandowsky. "They made a difference and thus inspired me much."
Now, Lewandowsky choreographs works both for her company and for yotmg dancers at the Alberta Ballet School and the University ofCalgaiy.
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La Caravan Dance Theatre will perform an excerpt from "The Corridor" at the Dancing on the Edge Festival.
"As a soloist in [Bat-Dor]," she recalled, "I had the privilege to work with various choreographers. Choreography was always very attractive to me. Being a dancer, I was an instrument and as such, explored the art of bringing forth an abstract idea or a thought into the language of movements and dance. This abil-ify was a great mystery for me. I knew, bade then, that one day I would explore this domain ... telling a story through dance."
At Dancing on the Edge (a forum for experimental dance that's now in its 17th year). La Caravan will perform in a program alongside Vancouver's Barbara Boiu-get, Christopher Duban and Jennifer McLeish-Lewis. La Caravan's entry is titled "The Corridor." The piece was described by one Calgary reviewer as "ballet met rave met faux fashion show grit"
"The corridor is the stage of in between," Lewandowsky explained. "In the silence between the tones is where music is cre-. ated. In the freeze between the movements is where dance happens and between the entries and the exits of the performers is where The Corridor' show happens."
This is the company's first fiill-length piece, of which only an excerpt will be performed at Dancing on the Edge. Lewandowslqr has been workuig on it for more than a year, with four other dancers. She hopes to also bring the entire show to the Chutzpah! festival.
For more information about Dancing on the Edge, go to www.dancingontheedge.org. □