“Christina’s choreography is modern and timeless, the body giving eloquent expression to the intangible feelings of tortured hearts. The choreography is intense, intricate, complex and unexpected. And it is interpreted with a sophisticated acumen and effortless fluidity by the ensemble of highly-skilled dancers. ”
Phantasmagoria (2022)
What is it like when you lose yourself to love? Two partners. They struggle to remember who they were before the first flush of love took hold. When an amorphous collective, deemed “The Void”, encounters the pair in liminal spaces, each partner faces their individual identity. This contemporary dance experience is for viewers who question the bridge between spirituality and emotional connection.
Choreography: Tavia Christina
Producer: NEAR&FAR Projects, Bri Clarke
Music: Brayden Krueger
Stage Management: Olivia Seward
Cast: Barbara Simms, Frédérique Perron, Eilish Shin-Culhane, Eleanor van Veen, Elvina Raharja, Evan Webb
Supporters: The Heliconian Club, Community One Foundation
Trailer videography and editing: Krista Newey
Additional photography: Audrianna Martin Del Campo
Cycles (2022)
Nautanki Creations Festival Comission "Cycles". A work in progress collaboration between two artists, one living in Canada, the other in India.
Movement artist Tavia Christina
Animation artist Era S "Enoki Crafts"
Filmed by Audrianna Martin del Campo
SeaFoam (2021)
SeaFoam - an improvisational based dance piece about the residual affects that lay ashore. SeaFoam is a work apart of a larger concert score curated by the members and 2021 residency artists and members at The Heliconian Club in Toronto, ON.
Choreographed and performed by Tavia Christina.
Original music score by Victoria Yeh.
Videography and editing by Alaina Viau.
Photo by Francesca Chudnoff
Leak (2019)
A solo created by Tavia Christina will be premiered April 10th 2019 at THEMUSEUM in Kitchener, Ontario at the Flow exhibition curated by @virginiaeichhorn. Christina will explore the topography of people who bleed’s menstruation cycles. They will be cycling through a physical score that will showcase the integral balance between normality and abnormality, ultimately transforming the perception of how we conceptualize a period. Photography by Francesca Chudnoff. Original music by Paul Ciuriea. Outside Mentorship by Lauren Runions
CANADIAN ART MAGAZINE ARTICLE HERE
Deimos x Phobos (2019)
Based on Greek mythology, the sons of Aphrodite Deimos (fear) and Phobos (terror).This workshop presentation explores the physical, psychological and emotional effects of fear in abstract movement. The piece asks the audience to draw parallels from their own personal histories, allowing space for thought and reflection of these states.
Dancers: Marrin Jessome, Jamie Fascinato, Hannah Robertson, Bri Clarke, Nathan Dey, Greg Eadie, Dana Macdonald
Produced by Alex Flack
Lighting Design: Emilie Trimbie
Original Score: Oshan Starreveld and Diego Varela
Costume Design: Andrew Nasturzio
Power Moves (2019)
A solo about full bodied expression in a timely manner. How much can we exude in 3 minutes or less?
This is Where it Starts (2018)
This is Where it Starts represents the aftermath of betrayal. A silent piece, the driving momentum comes from the dancers using their bodies as instruments through repetitive movement and French language text. Presented at the Winchester Theatre, Toronto. A part of the New Blue Emerging Artist Festival.
Original Choreography by Tavia Christina
Adapted Choreography by Tavia Christina and Rachel Facchini
Dancers: Bri Clarke, Jess Mak, Hannah Robertson, Jocelyn Ma, Ilia Dergousoff, Hannah Stein, Jamie Fascinato
Photo by Julius Brabdeis
Noise Floor (2017)
How does noise constrict or free you in certain situations, Where are the different ranges on your body that can initiate sound, How does pace affect sound, Where was sound first developed in the body and lastly, can we create new sound or frequencies. These leading questions will aid the dancer’s vocal and textual based research and will become a blend of the soundtrack and movement within the piece. Throughout the piece, there will be obstacles ie. tape, microphones, water and tubes that the dancer will use. These objects can either hinder or enhance the vocal/text based movement.
Dancer: Eden Gordon
Dancers: Evan Webb, Rachel Facchini
Auto (2017)
Premiered Summer of 2017 in Kibbutz Ga'aton, Israel, this intimate solo was created in order to research the absence of love. Auto; is primarily based on the themes of intimacy and consent. My research in the beginning phase of the work included physical task work revolving around questions such as: What does it means to actively give to or restrain from someone? Are we being vocal? What happens when one gives in? Through physical movement, I explored these concepts/questions and constructed a body map. This work was adapted and shown at Naked State Residency apart of Teresa Ascenato’s Arts Unfold
It Shouldn't Happen (2016)
Testing physical boundaries, It Shouldn't Happen is a duet based on curiosity of the unknown. Through trial and error, physical restrictions hinder the capability to move outside a constructed and confined space.
Dancers: Rachel Facchini, Evan Webb
Contact: taviajchristina@gmail.com