Hip hopping and hoop dancing, no stage required
Guelph’s 19th annual dance festival held a performance in Hanlon Creek Park on June 2.
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Young Company of Halifax Dance and Guelph Youth Dance Company performed Together We Rise: Adaptation of 15 for 15 (2016) by Mocean Dance. 40 dancers from both Guelph and Halifax performed a variety of synchronized group routines alongside Brian Riley’s original music production.
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Lisa Odjig McHayle from Toronto performed a Hoop Dance. McHayle’s worldwide award-winning North American Native Hoop Dance was composed of twirling and dancing through 17 hoops.
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KasheDance of Toronto performed excerpts from FACING Home: Love & Redemption (2015). KasheDance’s performance had influences of reggae music and Jamaican culture. The majority of the dance revolved around social issues such as sexism, homophobia, and racism.
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OURO Collective from Vancouver performed PACE (2015-16). OURO Collective used their bodies in a creative way to tell a story of human connections and emotions. The dance styles jumped between breaking, hip hop, popping, and contemporary dance.
Photo by Mariah Bridgeman/The Ontarion.