CLC Premieres UPLICA, Now thru 10/25

Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (CLC) presents the world premiere of UPLICA - A silhouette of a doubt, a full-evening work for dancers Laurence Lemieux and Erin Poole that opens tonight, October 16 and runs to October 25 at The Citadel.

Set to an original score by award-winning composer and sound-designer John Gzowski, this tailor-made choreography by Gadly's Ofilio Portillo and Apolonia Velasquez reveals movement that is fast-paced, athletic and mesmerizing - exploring reverse projections of two personalities. Canadian Rep Theatre's Ken Gass serves as production consultant, with costume design by HOAX Couture and lighting by Simon Rossiter. Apolonia Velasquez and Ofilio Sinbadinho are co-Artistic Directors of Dora Award-winning street dance repertory company Gadfly (gadfly.ca), co-founders of TUDS Festival of Urban Dance Culture, two-time finalists for the K.M. Hunter Award in Dance (2013 & 2014), and Manifesto Award recipients for Innovation & Originality. This creative duo is committed to increasing the visibility of street dance.

Laurence Lemieux performed with Toronto Dance Theatre from 1986 to 1994, and has danced for such choreographers as David Earle, Patricia Beatty, James Kudelka, ¬Margie Gillis and Jean-Pierre Perreault. A Dora Mavor Moore Award winner for Outstanding Performance in a solo created by Christopher House (Cryptoversa), Lemieux was a 2013 nominee for her performance in Kudelka's From the House of Mirth and a 2014 nominee for her performance in the remount of her own solo Les cheminements de l'influence (both presented by CLC), which launched The Citadel in 2012.

Erin Poole trained at L'Académie Méditerranéenne de danse in Marseille (France) and has worked with such esteemed artists as Allen Kaeja, Hanna Kiel, Courtnae Bowman, Guillaume Côté, Robert Glumbek and Roberto Campanella, and danced in works by Montreal's José Navas/Compagnie Flak and Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, for whom she performed in Elvis and the Man in Black.

Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, founded in 2000 by Bill Coleman and Laurence Lemieux, creates both intimate, small-scale performances and spectacular stage shows featuring some of Canada's greatest dancers, as well as now-legendary site-specific events in both urban and rural settings.

Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie presents the world premiere of UPLICA - A silhouette of a doubt Choreography by Apolonia Velasquez and Ofilio Sinbadinho of Gadfly Performed by Laurence Lemieux and Erin Poole Consultant: Ken Gass Lighting Design by Simon Rossiter Sound Design/Composition by John Gzowski Costume Design by HOAX Couture

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