Tokyo

(Premiered in 2008) Choreographed by Lauren Pero and Meghan Corcoran

Six goofy pilots board a plane to Tokyo, and everything goes horribly and hilariously wrong.

Rise

(Premiered in 2008) Choreographed by Meghan Corcoran

Four dancers find themselves and their secrets exposed. Together they must rise up, and come to terms with what life has presented to them.

 

Through the Night Air

(Premiered in 2008) Choreographed and performed by Lauren Pero.

Originally performed with a pianist and opera singer, this solo embodies the eerie darkness and solitary beauty of the night.

 

Backstage with the Modern Dancers

(Premiered in 2008) Choreographed by Lauren Pero and Meghan Corcoran

Specifically created for the Northern Lights Festival Boréal, this duet was performed on stage with Toronto band, Great Lake Swimmers.

 

Picnic

(Premiered in 2008) Choreographed by Lauren Pero and Meghan Corcoran

A funny trio designed for the outdoors! It’s fruity, messy and deliciously quirky.

 

No Assembly Required

(Premiered in 2008) Choreographed by Lauren Pero and Meghan Corcoran

Watch carefully as the characters are manufactured and come to life right before your eyes. Batteries not included.

 

High Rise

(Premiered in 2009) Choreographed by Lauren Pero and Meghan Corcoran

Five dancers take you through a day at the office. The corporate lifestyle is too much to handle for one lonely cubicle worker. Over worked and under appreciated, he is left alone at the top of the high rise building.

 

Two Unusual

(Premiered in 2009) Choreographed by Lauren Pero, Meghan Corcoran and Meaghan Giusti

Inspired by the magic and mystery of a travelling Carnival, this duet is the story of Siamese twins who long for a life of independence, but who are too scared to leave the circus. Original music composed and performed by Matt Foy.

 

Northern Ale 

Northern Ale was originally created by Sunny Horvath and Stephanie Thompson in 1997. Both being Sudbury gals, they thought it would be interesting to paint a vivid picture of life in the north to a Toronto audience.  That version was very much about two anxious young women bursting with desire to leave their small town and set sail in the big, big world. This new version with Lauren and Meghan was premiered in 2009, is much more about wanting to discover a new world, a big, big world right here at home….where the heart is.

 

Paulina

(Premiered in 2009) Choreographed by Lauren Pero

A young, frustrated ghost is trying to become accustomed to her new condition.

 

Resurrection Fern

(Premiered in 2009) Choreographed by Lauren Pero and Meghan Corcoran

A tragic incident haunts a group of women.

 

29

(Premiered in 2009) Choreographed and performed by Lauren Pero

A solo about the past, present and future.

The Butterfly Speech

(Premiered in 2010) Choreographed and performed by Lauren Pero

Inspired by a peculiar dream, The Butterfly Speech is articulate and steady, elegant and organic.  Set to the entrancing and haunting music of Miss Emily Brown, this solo flutters, flows and releases simple grace.

The Imagination Project

(Premiered in 2011) Choreographed by Lauren Pero

A curious, whimsical journey that meld fantasy and reality together through propelling original movement.

The Tower

(Premiered in 2012) Choreographed by Lauren Pero

In the tower above the earth, there is a view that reaches far

Where we see the universe, I see the fire, I see the end.

-Sufjan Stevens