Fall 2026 Events - Classes & Performance Evenings in Ottawa, ON & Lanark County, ON
“After all that has been and might be - what else is possible? ”
III. Duets - Performance Evenings
7:45 to 8:45 p.m. @ a location disclosed to guests on the invite list, downtown Ottawa.
7 evenings of radical encounter - experienced performers across disciplines are invited to collaborate on surprising duets.
An enticing social evening where audiences can enjoy some outside-edge performance, while meeting new friends. Snacks will be served.
By invitation only - but you can ask to be invited: email gullcrydance@gmail.com
Sept 12 -Contact v Contact, 19h45 @ ArtsCourt, ODD
Nov 14 - Duo a Double Face: Thomas Biete (musician) with Kristen Lewis (dancer) & Ian! + Frithjof: Duet
December 12 - Lalaine Dafunke, Montreal with Kristen Lewis
d 0 t (Story of Star Dust)
Standing still but moving more and more, let the sound of the deep sea take care of your weary soul. We are coming back together, once again. It’s time to rejoice, we are arriving, rising back to life, happy to be seen again.
Performance: 7:45 to 8:45 pm
Workshop, “Authentic Co-Existence” 2:30 to 4:40pm
pre-register: gullcrydance@gmail.com
II. Contact Improvisation - Ottawa Edition
Friday Nights - 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at either:
1) the Atelier, ArtsCourt, 2 Daly OR
2)in the Parlour at Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar St., Ottawa, ON
$15 - $20 Sliding Scale Drop in
Sept 4th, 11th, 18th - The Atelier, ArtsCourt
Sept 25, Oct 2, Oct 9 - The Parlour, Knox Church
Oct 16th, 23rd, 30th - The Atelier, Arts Court
Nov. 6, 27 - The Parlour, Knox Church
Nov 13th, 20th - The Atelier, Arts Court
Dec. 4 - The Parlour, Knox Church
Dec 11th - The Atelier, ArtsCourt
All welcome - experienced students of Contact Improvisation as well as newcomers.
Class, followed by a structured jam.
To register, write to: gullcrydance@gmail.com
About the performers and performance
Nov 14 , 2026-
I. Duo a Double Face: Thomas Biete (musician) with Kristen Lewis (dancer)
Thomas Baeté
www.thomasbaete.be
When people in 17th and 18th century Europe discussed music, they often used words like ‘gesture’, ‘figure’ and ‘movement’ to indicate certain instances in the music. And indeed, music at the time was closely linked to body language, not only through dance, but also through a vocabulary of gestures and postures that where used while singing on stage. While today, we still listen to the music of composers like Bach or Mozart, these gestures that go with it have been mostly forgotten. Which gives us the opportunity to reinvent a new vocabulary of movements to go with that music.
For this performance, ‘à double face’, viola da gamba player Thomas Baeté and performer/dancer Kristen Lewis will do just that. They will start out by sitting back to back. Both the music and the physicality of the playing will be a starting point for an improvisation that will express the performer’s personal experiencing of the music.
music: Mr de Sainte-Colombe le fils, prélude en mi mineur.
II. Ian! + Frithjof: Duet
Ian! and Frithjof met twenty years ago at an Ottawa CI dance jam and immediately became friends. Rooted in CI, their movement improvisation
practice is heavily influenced by years of work with the late Lola Ryan. They approach movement improvisation with sensitivity, playfulness, and a dedication to creating connection in the dance. When
not dancing, they enjoy(ed) careers in STEM fields.