YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
BY LIZ KINOSHITA

Liz Kinoshita is inspired by her relationship to necessity vs. waste and the weight it bears upon us, physically, mentally and emotionally. In You Can’t Take It With You she investigates within dance and musicality, what we need to survive, and what we need to discard in order to sustain ourselves and our environments. The weight and momentum of the piece are driven by dancing, singing performers: by pushing the tempos, tensions and expectations in the room, they provoke possible new angles and energy to explore problems.

Liz Kinoshita has been working on her own choreographic proposals with Justin F. Kennedy, Clinton Stringer and Salka Ardal Rosengren since 2013, and with Vincent Jonsson and Bryana Fritz since 2016.  They work very collaboratively and Liz is honoured to spend time with these performers in both the creation process as well as on stage.   As such, they are excited to share the creative ideas this cast brings with them as well as the performance You Can’t Take It With You on this transnational tour of Canada in 2022, presented by a special network of partners including Springboard Performance’s Fluid Festival in Calgary (AB), Art Holm and Young Lungs Dance Exchange in Winnipeg (MA), The Toronto Dance Community Love – In in Toronto (ON), and Live Art Dance and SiNS in Halifax (NS), and we acknowledge the generous support of the Canada Council of the Arts.

5 STANDARDS
A NEW WORK CO-PRESENTED BY LIVE ART DANCE & SiNS

Created by Liz Kinoshita for Kjipuktuk/Halifax-based artist Jacinte Armstrong, this dance is a mature conversation between dancer and music, drawing on the structure of jazz standards while using contemporary movement vocabulary. Set to recorded music played by the iconic Canadian jazz pianist, Oscar Peterson, Kinoshita has crafted a rich work that moves Armstrong through both conflict and convergence. The piece’s approach to rhythm and improvisation is demanding and rigorous, with an intricate and musical physicality that is exhilarating for both performer and audience. The work beautifully showcases Armstrong’s maturity as a dancer and this project provides the opportunity for Halifax audiences to see it fully staged in the context of another international-calibre dance.