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Midi-Coulisses - Margie Gillis - Viriditas
VIRIDITAS
The meaning of the word Viriditas describes Nature’s divine healing power, transferred from plants to humans.
The piece is an exploration of experiential wisdom, of our interconnectedness with nature, and of the need for flourishing feminism consciousness in our world today.
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Margie Gillis
margiegillis.org/margie-gillis-bio-2/#1501084358479-c8287...
BIOGRAPHY
Internationally acclaimed modern dancer/choreographer, Margie Gillis has been creating original works for over forty years.
In 1979, Margie Gillis was invited to teach and give lectures in China, thus becoming the first artist from the West to introduce modern dance in that country after the Cultural Revolution.
Two years later, she founded her own company, the Margie Gillis Dance Foundation with the mission to support and present her artistic work.
Her repertoire now includes more than one hundred pieces, which she performs as solos, duets and group pieces.
Her international tours have taken her to Asia, India, Europe and the Middle East as well as across North and South America.
In parallel to her solo work and on a regular basis, Margie Gillis collaborates on projects initiated by her peers.
She has worked with some of the most important dance artists and companies of her time.
Teaching is also an important aspect of her career.
She offers workshops for dance professionals and students in various cities throughout the world, including New York where she has taught at the prestigious Juilliard School.
She also gives lectures on dance and the role of art in society. With her unique approach of “Dancing from the Inside Out”, she teaches her art form to professionals and aficionados.
She also mentors fellow artists of excellence and new dancers alike.
Margie Gillis is a socially committed artist.
She has been spokesperson for a number of organizations dedicated to the fight against AIDS as well as for OXFAM and the Planned Parenthood Foundation.
She is a fierce defender of environmental causes.
Margie Gillis is an Honorary Cultural Ambassador for both the Quebec and Canadian governments.
In 1988, she was the first modern dance artist to be awarded the Order of Canada. In 2001, she received a Career Grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for her exceptional contribution to Quebec culture.
In the fall of 2008, Margie Gillis was chosen by the Stella Adler Studio of New York to receive their first MAD Spirit Award for her involvement in various social causes, and she was awarded the Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts by a jury of her peers at the Canada Council for the Arts. In June of 2009, Margie Gillis was appointed Knight of the Ordre national du Québec.
In May 2011, she received the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award from the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award Foundation. In July 2013, she was promoted to an Officer of the Order of Canada.
In 2017, Margie received a Distinguished Artist Award (Dancer/ Choreographer) from the Montreal 2017 International Society for the Performing Arts.
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Troy Ogilvie
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Troy Ogilvie dances, teaches, choreographs and directs.
She currently dances solos by Margie Gillis and Itzik Galili, teaches primarily in New York Cirty, creates choreography wherever will have her, and is a Creative Director for The McKittrick Hotel’s (home of Sleep No More) SUPERCINEMA parties.
Troy has danced for and collaborated with choreographers – Andrea Miller, Sidra Bell, Zoe Scofield, Gabriel Forestieri, Idan Sharabi, Itzik Galili, Shannon Gillen, Margie Gillis (as a participant in The Legacy Project/Le Projet Heritage), Austin McCormick, Harumi Terayama, Malcom Low, Patricia Noworol, and Belinda McGuire; violinist – Liv Heym; theater company – Punchdrunk; and director – Peter Sellers.
In 2013, Troy toured internationally with the LA Philharmonic, performing the role of "Mary" in Peter Sellars' "The Gospels According to the Other Mary,"composed by John Adams. She also collaborated with violinist Liv Heym in "Music in Dialogue with Movement", creating a duet inspired by tango and tarantella. In 2014, she performed in The Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Prince Igor” with choreography by Itzik Galili. From 2013-2015, Troy performed as Lady Macbeth alongside Nicholas Bruder’s Macbeth in Punchdrunk’s “Sleep No More.” Troy has continued with Sleep No More’s special events team as rehearsal director, assistant to the choreographer, performer, and choreographer.
In 2015, Troy performed inPatricia Noworol’s “Replacement Place” at New York Live Arts and toured the piece to Germany.
Troy is currently working with zoe I juniper on a new work, “Clear & Sweet.”
As a dancer for Gallim Dance (2007-2012), Troy was an original cast member in I Can See Myself in Your Pupil (2008), BLUSH (2009), Wonderland (2010), For Glenn Gould (2011), Mama Call (2011), and Sit, Kneel, Stand (2012).
As rehearsal director for Gallim Dance, Troy rehearsed Andrea Miller's work with NYU Tisch, Ballet Hispanico, The Juilliard School, The Steps Ensemble, The School at Jacob's Pillow, New Jersey Dance Theater Ensemble and Vancouver's Art's Umbrella.
She taught Gallim Dance master classes at Wesleyan University, Barnard University, and Skidmore College. Working with Sidra Bell Dance NY (2007-2010) resulted in solo work, Overtures (2009), as well as Chimeras (2008), House Unrest (2009), Revue (2010), and Beautiful Beast: The Other Face (2010).
As a teacher, Troy has offered her classes at Gina Gibney 280 Broadway, the Movement Invention Project, The Performing Arts Project (Panorama), Rutgers University, New Jersey Dance Theater Ensemble, and Brooklyn’s Dancewave.
She has choreographed on Contemporary Dance Wyoming, less than greater than (2016), and has choreographed solos in collaboration with Lauren Wingenroth as a fulfillment of Barnard graduation Galatea (2015), for Andrea Murillo as a part of The Current Sessions, Volume IV, Issue II legacy part one (2014).
Troy is a Founding Collaborator, Faculty Member and was Program Manager of the Movement Invention Project (Artistic Director, Alexandra Wells).
Troy is the Assistant to the Artistic Director and Board Member of Springboard Danse Montreal.
A native of New Jersey, Troy began dancing with ballet, tap, jazz, and musical theater and graduated from The Juilliard School in 2007.
Midi-Coulisses - Margie Gillis - Viriditas
VIRIDITAS
The meaning of the word Viriditas describes Nature’s divine healing power, transferred from plants to humans.
The piece is an exploration of experiential wisdom, of our interconnectedness with nature, and of the need for flourishing feminism consciousness in our world today.
===
Margie Gillis
margiegillis.org/margie-gillis-bio-2/#1501084358479-c8287...
BIOGRAPHY
Internationally acclaimed modern dancer/choreographer, Margie Gillis has been creating original works for over forty years.
In 1979, Margie Gillis was invited to teach and give lectures in China, thus becoming the first artist from the West to introduce modern dance in that country after the Cultural Revolution.
Two years later, she founded her own company, the Margie Gillis Dance Foundation with the mission to support and present her artistic work.
Her repertoire now includes more than one hundred pieces, which she performs as solos, duets and group pieces.
Her international tours have taken her to Asia, India, Europe and the Middle East as well as across North and South America.
In parallel to her solo work and on a regular basis, Margie Gillis collaborates on projects initiated by her peers.
She has worked with some of the most important dance artists and companies of her time.
Teaching is also an important aspect of her career.
She offers workshops for dance professionals and students in various cities throughout the world, including New York where she has taught at the prestigious Juilliard School.
She also gives lectures on dance and the role of art in society. With her unique approach of “Dancing from the Inside Out”, she teaches her art form to professionals and aficionados.
She also mentors fellow artists of excellence and new dancers alike.
Margie Gillis is a socially committed artist.
She has been spokesperson for a number of organizations dedicated to the fight against AIDS as well as for OXFAM and the Planned Parenthood Foundation.
She is a fierce defender of environmental causes.
Margie Gillis is an Honorary Cultural Ambassador for both the Quebec and Canadian governments.
In 1988, she was the first modern dance artist to be awarded the Order of Canada. In 2001, she received a Career Grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for her exceptional contribution to Quebec culture.
In the fall of 2008, Margie Gillis was chosen by the Stella Adler Studio of New York to receive their first MAD Spirit Award for her involvement in various social causes, and she was awarded the Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts by a jury of her peers at the Canada Council for the Arts. In June of 2009, Margie Gillis was appointed Knight of the Ordre national du Québec.
In May 2011, she received the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award from the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award Foundation. In July 2013, she was promoted to an Officer of the Order of Canada.
In 2017, Margie received a Distinguished Artist Award (Dancer/ Choreographer) from the Montreal 2017 International Society for the Performing Arts.
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Troy Ogilvie
troyogilvie.squarespace.com/meet
Troy Ogilvie dances, teaches, choreographs and directs.
She currently dances solos by Margie Gillis and Itzik Galili, teaches primarily in New York Cirty, creates choreography wherever will have her, and is a Creative Director for The McKittrick Hotel’s (home of Sleep No More) SUPERCINEMA parties.
Troy has danced for and collaborated with choreographers – Andrea Miller, Sidra Bell, Zoe Scofield, Gabriel Forestieri, Idan Sharabi, Itzik Galili, Shannon Gillen, Margie Gillis (as a participant in The Legacy Project/Le Projet Heritage), Austin McCormick, Harumi Terayama, Malcom Low, Patricia Noworol, and Belinda McGuire; violinist – Liv Heym; theater company – Punchdrunk; and director – Peter Sellers.
In 2013, Troy toured internationally with the LA Philharmonic, performing the role of "Mary" in Peter Sellars' "The Gospels According to the Other Mary,"composed by John Adams. She also collaborated with violinist Liv Heym in "Music in Dialogue with Movement", creating a duet inspired by tango and tarantella. In 2014, she performed in The Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Prince Igor” with choreography by Itzik Galili. From 2013-2015, Troy performed as Lady Macbeth alongside Nicholas Bruder’s Macbeth in Punchdrunk’s “Sleep No More.” Troy has continued with Sleep No More’s special events team as rehearsal director, assistant to the choreographer, performer, and choreographer.
In 2015, Troy performed inPatricia Noworol’s “Replacement Place” at New York Live Arts and toured the piece to Germany.
Troy is currently working with zoe I juniper on a new work, “Clear & Sweet.”
As a dancer for Gallim Dance (2007-2012), Troy was an original cast member in I Can See Myself in Your Pupil (2008), BLUSH (2009), Wonderland (2010), For Glenn Gould (2011), Mama Call (2011), and Sit, Kneel, Stand (2012).
As rehearsal director for Gallim Dance, Troy rehearsed Andrea Miller's work with NYU Tisch, Ballet Hispanico, The Juilliard School, The Steps Ensemble, The School at Jacob's Pillow, New Jersey Dance Theater Ensemble and Vancouver's Art's Umbrella.
She taught Gallim Dance master classes at Wesleyan University, Barnard University, and Skidmore College. Working with Sidra Bell Dance NY (2007-2010) resulted in solo work, Overtures (2009), as well as Chimeras (2008), House Unrest (2009), Revue (2010), and Beautiful Beast: The Other Face (2010).
As a teacher, Troy has offered her classes at Gina Gibney 280 Broadway, the Movement Invention Project, The Performing Arts Project (Panorama), Rutgers University, New Jersey Dance Theater Ensemble, and Brooklyn’s Dancewave.
She has choreographed on Contemporary Dance Wyoming, less than greater than (2016), and has choreographed solos in collaboration with Lauren Wingenroth as a fulfillment of Barnard graduation Galatea (2015), for Andrea Murillo as a part of The Current Sessions, Volume IV, Issue II legacy part one (2014).
Troy is a Founding Collaborator, Faculty Member and was Program Manager of the Movement Invention Project (Artistic Director, Alexandra Wells).
Troy is the Assistant to the Artistic Director and Board Member of Springboard Danse Montreal.
A native of New Jersey, Troy began dancing with ballet, tap, jazz, and musical theater and graduated from The Juilliard School in 2007.