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 (Sharon Moore) 2025. Halifax, NS

Noli Timere (Rebecca Lazier in collaboration with Janet Echelman) 2021-Present. Montreal, QC. Chatham, NY

The Three Questions (Lisa Phinney Langley) 2022 - Present. Halifax, NS

The Devil’s Intervals (Lydia Zimmer) 2023. Halifax, NS

PLAY (Jacinte Armstrong for Mocean Dance) 2023. Halifax, NS

Intersect (Liliona Quarmyne) 2022 . Mayworks Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Version 1.0/2.0 (Jacinte Armstrong in collaboration with James Forren and Gillian Seaward-Boone) 2022 - 2024. Halifax, NS. Dublin, Ireland

Found in Translation (Jacinte Armstrong) 2022-2023. Eastern Front Theatre Macro-Digitals, Halifax, NS. Antigonish, NS. St. John’s, NL.

Home Ex/Bodies in Movement (Alexis Cormier, Home Ex Collective) 2022. Halifax, NS

Standing Alone, Facing You (Sara Coffin for Mocean Dance) 2016 - 2021. Halifax, NS. St. John’s, NL. Moncton, NB. Ottawa, ON

petites danses (Marie-Josee Chartier for Mocean Dance) 2021. Halifax, NS. Moncton, NB

Strike Tone (Vanessa Goodman for Votive Dance) 2019/2020 – Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal (FODAR), Nova Scotia

Entangled (Lisa Phinney-Langley) Duet. 2017. Halifax, NS

Halifax Movement Synthesis (Guided by Larry Lavender for Mocean Dance) Quartet. 2017. Halifax, NS

Front Porch Dances (in Collaboration with Kaeja d’Dance and Mocean Dance) 2016. Canada Dance Festival, Ottawa, ON

Bonne Nuit (Lydia Zimmer) Quintet. 2016. Halifax, NS

Our Unfortunate Deaths (Sharon Moore for Mocean Dance) Trio. 2016. Halifax, NS

Stealing Fire (Parts + Labour Danse for Mocean Dance) Trio. 2016. Halifax, NS

Sable Island (Serge Bennethan for Mocean Dance) Quintet. 2015 - 2017. Halifax, NS. Canada Dance Festival, Ottawa, ON. Dancing on the Edge Festival, Vancouver, BC. Summerside, PEI. Derry, NH. Happy Valley Goose Bay, NL

2007 – 2013 O Vertigo Danse (Montreal)

Khaos (Ginette Laurin) 2012-2013 – Festival Internacional Madrid En Danza, Madrid, Spain. Paris, France. Festival Transameriques, Montreal, Quebec.

Onde de Choc (Ginette Laurin) 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 (Ginette Laurin) 2012-2013 Montreal, Quebec et al.

La Vie Qui Bat (Ginette Laurin) 2012-2013 Montreal, Quebec. Tokyo, Japan. Festival de Danse et des Arts Multiples de Marseille F/D/AM/M, Marseilles, France.

La Chambre Blanche (Ginette Laurin) 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 (Ginette Laurin) 2004-2005, Montreal, Quebec.

Resonance of the Double (Ginette Laurin) 2004. Installation - Centre de Création O Vertigo, Montreal, Quebec.

SELECTED RESIDENCIES

PS21 Center for Contemporary Performance: Artist Residency for Noli Timere with Rebecca Lazier. May-June 2024 Chatham, New York.

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. 2020-2025 Halifax, Nova Scotia.