PerformancesOur Mandalas choreography: Connie Moker-Wernikowski, dancers: Carleigh Macdonald, Natasha Molnar-Fluter
Purgatory of the Heart, Hidden Within and Twin Hearts choreography/dancers: Paula Skotnitsky and Larissa Shasko Silk Dance dancers: Robin Poitras and Krista Solheim, cellist: Cameron Lowe Steppin' choreography/dancer: Jeanette Kotowich [Untitled] Bellydance by Linda Yablonski [Untitled] concept & choreography: Jaime Williams, dancers: Jaime Williams and Ashley Johnson Remington creator & dancer: Kathryn Ricketts Oriental-style belly dancing by Linda Yablonski and her Tribe |
Dancer: Jeanette Kotowich. Photo by Julie Geremia
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Lectures
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Yens Pedersen
Keeping the Bees (why you should worry about bees and what you can do) Evelyn V. Siegfried, PhD Dr. Siegfried will talk about changes that have taken place through time and how people lived and interacted with the prairie landscapes we see today. Geoffrey Katz Join Geoffrey Katz in garden and landscape dialogue. Geoffrey Katz is a landscape architect with over 25 years of experience in landscape design and consulting. |
Yens Pedersen. Photo: Pam Yule
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ScreeningsGrasslands: Where Heaven Meets Earth features dance performances by Margie Gilles, the Coleman-Lemieux Dance Company and Robin Poitras of New Dance Horizons in Grasslands National Park. Directed by Don List.
Run-time 47:50 Silk Cyclone directed by Rob King. Featuring dancers Margie Gillis, Robin Poitras and Daniella Beltrami. Saturday & Sunday, July 15 & 16 at 1:00 p.m. VENUE: Free Site #3 Royal Saskatchewan Museum Dance and the Garden documentation from New Dance Horizons’ archives. Friday – Sunday VENUE: Free Site #1: New Dance Horizons |
Photo of Grasslands courtesy ColemanLemieux
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Music
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Ryan Hill has been producing experimental music / sound compositions for more than 15 years. Hill has participated in solo and group shows in Regina and around Saskatchewan. In 2008, Hill started the DORKBOT Regina media jams at Neutral Ground Art Gallery that have brought together various media artists to exchange ideas and techniques related to art and technology.
Ryan will be creating and remixing sounds inspired by nature for the Secret Gardens Tour. Sunday 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. VENUE: Free Site #2 “The Chapel” |
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Visual ArtsEstelle Bonetto presents a photographic collection composed of 20 glass bottles: Fragments of pollinisation.
Friday – Sunday VENUE: Free Site #2 “The Chapel” Mural Painting Watch a large-scale mural celebrating the ebullience of the inner city take shape over the course of the weekend! VENUE: Garden #5 |
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Somatic Experiences at The Chapel
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Unfurl your petals with somatic experiences – dip your feet into a refreshing foot bath and explore gentle movement and connection to the body. 15 to 20 minute sessions running intermittently throughout the weekend.
Yoga Class (bring your own mat!) with Connie Moker-Wernikowski of Big Fish Yoga Dancing in the Wind and Contact Improvisation workshops with I-Ying Wu Plum Flower Somatics classes with Ray Ambrosi Yoga with Chair (bring your own mat) with Lesley Farley Soft Foot with Ashley Johnson Allowing Healing Change with Kivil Woodward |
Ashley Johnson. Photo: Linda McKenzie.
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