08/07/2019
Don't miss out on Friday's workshop from 17h30-18h30 @ 201 St Catherine St East ✌️
This year, the incredibly talented Emmanuelle "Cleopatra" Lê Phan will be teaching a Te****le Tribe movement workshop!!🔥
"The workshop will be a mix of several influences converging into a strong and precise dance. Using concepts from breaking and popping we will refine and play with the mechanic and the organic in movements, to give it a sense of illusion and complexity."
Québeco-vietnamese and raised in Ottawa, B-girl known as Cleopatra and co-founder of dance company Te****le Tribe, Emmanuelle Lê Phan has forged a singular career path intermingling breaking, contemporary dance and circus performances. Although not a classical circus artist, her dance's virtuosity brought her to Cirque du Soleil stages (The Beatles LOVE Show in Las Vegas), Cirque Éloize stages (ID) and other international special events.
But in essence, what draws her in is movement invention and choreographic finesse. In her body, a varied array of forms: breaking, popping, capoeira, parkour, house, modern and a desire to bond them into her own freestyle language. This versatility is a result of a varied training spectrum: from completing a BFA in contemporary dance at Concordia University in 2003, to battling in breaking and all-style categories since 1999. Her past collaborations include co-founding Solid State Breakdance Collective and dancing for MMHOP, Rubberbandance, Bboyizm and Out Innerspace Dance Theatre.
In 2012, the decision to create with Swedish choreographer Elon Höglund steers them into their new Te****le Tribe universe. Since then, the company has created many works, notably Nobody Likes a Pixelated Squid, Fractals of You, and Threesixnine. The last five years, their work has been shown in over 45 cities worldwide along with workshop outreach and the dissemination of their three short films: Elon & Emmanuelle, Vanishing Points and Crack the Cypher. Emmanuelle has also choreographed a female trio Origami Mami that has toured in many hiphop festivals and has recently been commissioned to create a sextet for Dansenshus Oslo's Urban Moves Festival.
