Vivian Sorensen

e-mail: slattery@pro.net

 

·        Objective: choreographer working in a collaborative setting

    with other artists

·        Performed Provincially and Nationally in Canada

·        Bachelor of Arts degree. Dance Major

·        Versed in all aspects of Theatre: Stage Manager, technician

       and actor

 

 

 

Professional Performance & Choreography

Experience

 

April 16, 1994                      Firehall Theatre, Vancouver, B.C.                 

Shoeless Saturday

Piece: Dans La Nuit, Je Reve

Choreographer:  Anna Maureen Rhode

 

August, 1993                         Chinook Theatre

Edmonton, Alta

Coat Racks, Flowers and Other Misc. Items

Choreographer: Lesia Zorniak, V. Sorensen

 

December 1992                   Cinderella Ballroom            Vancouver, B.C.

Being Undone

Piece: About the Colour White

Choreographer:  Lesia Zorniak

September 1992           Firehall Theatre. Vancouver, B.C.                  

Dancing on the Edge Festival

Piece: Palindrome

Choreographer:  Lance Lim (and V. Sorensen)

1991-1993                   work-study, Simon Fraser University              Vancouver, B.C.

Off-Centre Dance Company

Artistic Director:  Judith Garay

January 1992                   Basic Inquiry Studio                 Vancouver, B.C.

Human Crossings

Piece: Journey of the Shaman

Choreographer:  Elaine Hooper (and V. Sorensen)

Summer, 1986                  (actor)                     

Hong Kong Fringe Festival

Play:  Fools Rush In

Director:  Joe Johnson

 

 

Teaching Experience

 

Sept. 2000 – July 2001    Forufera Dance and Wellness Studios,

                                                   Vancouver, B.C.

Contemporary Dance Teacher – weekly classes

§                   Teach warm-up, sequences and movement work across the floor

§         Choreograph sequences for classes

§         Creative use of percussive dance accompaniment

§         Designed advertising for class

1992                                                         Vancouver, B.C

Contemporary Dance Teacher

§         Taught Limon based class to non-professional dancers

§         Organized creative sessions to attain performance material

 

 

1985                      Barn Rai Dan Jee School Rayong, Thailand

Jazz Dance Teacher

§         Taught teen boys my own choreographed dance sequence for performance

 

Education

1986, 1989-1994      Simon Fraser University      Burnaby, B.C.

§         BA, Dance Major

§         Received award for contribution to the Contemporary Arts

§         Honors Theatre Course

§         Danced in all Student and Teacher Productions

§         Show Co-Coordinator for Student Informal 1991

 

Workshops & Classes

Jennifer Mascall Dance Workshop, Vancouver, Summer 1994

Dance Intensive, Simon Fraser University, Summer 1993

Albert Reid Workshop, Main Dance Place, Winter 1992

Graham Technique, London Contemporary Dance, Fall 1987

Theatre Workshop, Carousel Theatre, Summer 1986

Interests

 

 

Stage Manager for numerous Fringe and Community Theatre productions in Vancouver; Cartoon Drawing; Volunteer and Staff at Presentation House Gallery nationally renowned photographic gallery, North Vancouver. Travel. I am fluent in Danish and French

 

 

 

 

 

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