Louise Moyes
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Louise Moyes | |
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| Born | April 3, 1965 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Memorial University (French Literature and Medicine), Studio 303, Montreal (Dance) |
| Occupation(s) | Dance artist, choreographer |
| Website | docudance |
Louise Moyes is a Canadian dancer and choreographer based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1] Moyes is known for what she calls docu-dances, multi-disciplinary theatrical shows she creates by working with the rhythms of voices and accents as if they were a musical score.[2] Moyes has performed across Canada and in Germany, Italy, Iceland, New York, Australia and Brazil.
Performance work
[edit]Docu-dance works include ‘Moore-Gallant: a docudance’, staged short stories by Lisa Moore and Mavis Gallant; ‘St. John’s Women’;[3] ‘Florence’;[4] ‘Taking in Strangers’; and ‘unravelling the borders.’
Film work
[edit]Moyes often directs film footage to use in her live performances. In 2019, she produced and appeared in the short film, On Hold. The film was shown at the Dance: Made in Canada Festival in Toronto and at the St. John's International Women's Film Festival.[5]
Awards
[edit]In 2014, Moyes received a Manning Heritage Award for her dramatic presentation of francophone history in Newfoundland.[6]
In 2016, Moyes received the Canada Council for the Arts' Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award (for Innovation in Dance by a mid-career artist).
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Andrews, Megan. "Louise Moyes: St. John's Women & other docudances". The Dance Current. Dance Media Group. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ Moore, Mike (October 2, 2018). "Performance artist Louise Moyes dances people down memory lane on Long's Hill". CBC. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ Citron, Paula (September 26, 2010). "From a buffet of cross-country talent, a sampling the local flavours". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Tribute play features life, music and spirit of Black Duck Brook woman". The Western Star. Jul 2, 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "On Hold". St. John's International Women's Film Festival. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "2014 Manning Winners". Historic Sites Association of NL and Labrador.