GILLIAN SEAWARD-BOONE
Languages: English, French gillianseawardbone@gmail.com
EDUCATION
École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec - Diplôme d'études collégiales - 2006
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia - Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology/Sociology) - 2004
SELECTED WORKS AS DANCER
SAGA (Work in Progress): Choreography by Sharon Moore, Solo. 2020-Present – Halifax, Nova Scotia
Intersect: Choreography by Liliona Quarmyne, Octet. 2022 – Mayworks Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Version 1.0: Choreography by Jacinte Armstrong, in collaboration with James Forren and Gillian Seaward-Boone, Trio. 2022 – Kinetic Studio, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Found in Translation: Choreography by Jacinte Armstrong, Sextet. 2022 – Eastern Front Theatre Macro-Digitals, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Home Ex/Bodies in Movement: Choreography by Alexis Cormier, Home Ex Collective in partnership with IOTA Art Institute, Trio. 2022 - Halifax, Nova Scotia
Everywhere the Edges - (Work in Progress): Choreography by Rebecca Lazier, Mocean Dance, Quintet. 2021 – Halifax, Nova Scotia
Standing Alone, Facing You: Choreography by Sara Coffin, Mocean Dance, Duet. 2016 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2018 – St. John’s, Newfoundland. 2020 – Moncton, New Brunswick. 2021 - ODD Series Danse #10, Ottawa, Ontario.
petites danses: Choreography by Marie-Josee Chartier, Mocean Dance, Solo and Quintet. 2021 – Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2020 – Moncton, New Brunswick.
Strike Tone: Choreography by Vanessa Goodman, Votive Dance, Septet. 2019/2020 – Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal (FODAR), Nova Scotia.
Entangled: Choreography by Lisa Phinney-Langley, Phin Dance, Duet. 2017 - Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax Movement Synthesis: Choreography guided by Larry Lavender, Mocean Dance, Quartet. 2017 – Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Front Porch Dances: in Collaboration with Kaeja d’Dance and Mocean Dance. 2016 – Canada Dance Festival, Ottawa, Ontario.
Bonne Nuit: Choreography by Lydia Zimmer, Lydia Zimmer + Dancers, Quintet. 2016 - Halifax, Nova Scotia
Our Unfortunate Deaths: Choreography by Sharon Moore, Mocean Dance, Trio. 2016 – Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Stealing Fire: Choreography by Parts + Labour Danse, Mocean Dance, Trio. 2016 – Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Sable Island: Choreography by Serge Bennethan, Mocean Dance, Quintet. 2015 – Halifax, Nova Scotia. 2016 – Canada Dance Festival, Ottawa, Ontario. 2016 – Dancing on the Edge Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia. 2017 – Summerside, Prince Edward Island. 2017 – Halifax, Nova Scotia. 2018 – Derry, New Hampshire. 2017 – Happy Valley Goose Bay, Labrador.
2007 – 2013 O Vertigo Danse (Montreal)
Khaos, Choreography by Ginette Laurin, O Vertigo Danse, Octet, 2012-2013 – Festival Internacional Madrid En Danza, Madrid, Spain. Paris, France. Festival Transameriques, Montreal, Quebec.
Onde de Choc, Choreography by Ginette Laurin, O Vertigo Danse, Octet, 2010-2013 Montreal, Quebec. Vienna, Austria. Glasgow, Scotland. Dresden, Ludwigshafen, Potsdam, Germany. Festival de Danse et des Arts Multiples de Marseille F/D/AM/M, Marseilles, France.
Les Petites Formes, Choreography by Ginette Laurin, O Vertigo Danse, Octet, 2012-2013 Montreal, Quebec et al.
La Vie Qui Bat, Choreography by Ginette Laurin, O Vertigo Danse, Octet, 2012-2013 Montreal, Quebec. Tokyo, Japan. Festival de Danse et des Arts Multiples de Marseille F/D/AM/M, Marseilles, France.
La Chambre Blanche, Choreography by Ginette Laurin, O Vertigo Danse, Octet, 2008 – 2013 Festival International de Nouvelle Danse, Montreal, Quebec. Canada Dance Festival, Ottawa, Canada. Festival Danse a Lille, Lille, France. Festival Cervantino, Guanajuato, Mexico. Palermo, Italy. Nancy, Bordeaux, France. London, England. Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Germany. Budapest, Hungary.
Etude #3 pour Cordes et Poulies, Choreography by Ginette Laurin, O Vertigo Danse, Octet, 2004-2005, Montreal, Quebec.
Resonance of the Double, Choreography by Ginette Laurin, O Vertigo Danse, Octet, 2008. Installation - Centre de Création O Vertigo
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
Princeton University: Engineering Research Study under the direction of Rebecca Lazier. June 2022 Princeton, New Jersey.
YMCA of Greater Halifax: Home Economics in partnership with IOTA Institute, premiere Artist-in-Residence and studio sharing. May 2022 Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Ross Creek Centre for the Arts: Home Economics Creation Residency. September 2021 Canning, Nova Scotia.
Halifax Dance Artist-in-Residence. 2020-2022 Halifax, Nova Scotia.
SELECTED WORKS AS REHEARSAL DIRECTOR
Mercurials, Choreography by Lydia Zimmer, Mocean Dance, Trio, 2020/2021 – Halifax, Nova Scotia
Wild Within, Choreography by Sara Coffin, Mocean Dance, Quartet, 2019 – Halifax, Nova Scotia.
These Versions of Us, Choreography by Heidi Strauss, Mocean Dance, Quintet, 2018 – Halifax, Nova Scotia.
For a Quartet, Choreography by Daniele Desnoyers, Mocean Dance, Quartet, 2017 – Halifax, Nova Scotia.
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Project Manager (2021-Present) for Everywhere the Edges by Rebecca Lazier
Co-Artistic Director (2017 – 2021) of The Young Company of Halifax Dance, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Assistant Production Manager (2017 – 2021) of The Nutcracker, Co-Produced by Symphony Nova Scotia, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia and Halifax Dance, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Director of Development and Productions (2014 – 2021) Halifax Dance, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
EDUCATOR
Professional Contemporary Technique (2004-Present) Emphasis on pre-professional and professional training
Senior Instructor (2014 – Present) Modern Faculty, Halifax Dance Intensive Training Program, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
AWARDS
2022 Diane Moore Creation Award, presented by Live Art Dance. Halifax, Nova Scotia.