BUNKER & FORTRESS

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$25 (adults) $15 (students).

For information and discountedGroup rates for 8 or more please call Mary-Louise Albert at 604-970-3206 oremail: movementartsbc@gmail.com

Tickets are also available at the door for all shows

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‘BUNKER’ an exquisite solo performed and choreographed by Rebecca Margolick.

‘Bunker’ explores the relentless pressures placed on the female body over generations. It is about repression, resistance, and resilience. The solo has been performed internationally inItaly, Germany, France, Bulgaria, Poland, Mexico, Singapore, and United States.Bunker has been awarded solo choreography awards from Festival Quartiers Danses (Montreal) and SOLOCOREOGRAFICO (Germany), as well as Best Choreography at Teatri Riflessi 2025 (Sicily).

‘FORTRESS’ – a physically powerful and emotionally layered duet performed and choreographed by Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick.

In their debut collaborative piece ‘Fortress’, Ellis and Margolick explore their connection to their ever-evolving relationship to femininity, and the balance between their strength and vulnerability. Seeking both discomfort and safety, they draw inspiration from the matriarchs in their lives, building toward a deeper understanding of themselves. The work builds from stillness and simplicity to a rigorous grind of repetition. What begins as contained erupts into a raw, physical testament to endurance and the resilience of the female body.

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LIVONA ELLIS was born in Vancouver on the unceded Coast Salish Territories. She completed her training at Arts Umbrella under the direction of Artemis Gordon.In 2010 she received her Dance Diploma and began dancing with Ballet BC. She performed with Ballet BC for 11 seasons and throughout her time with the company, she has been fortunate to perform works by world renowned artists such as Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Medhi Walerski, Johan Inger, William Forsythe and many others.

Livona has performed in international venues such as Sadler’s Wells, Movimentos Festival Wolfsburg, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Fall for Dance NYC and North, and International Dance Festival Birmingham UK and was a guest artist with Konzert Theater Bern in Switzerland for their 2019/2020 season. She has created works for Dances for a Small Stage, Dance Deck Trois, Public Salon 2019, Contemporary Art Gallery Gala 2018, and Arts Umbrella Season Finale. In 2017 she received the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for Emerging Artist and in 2023 she received the inaugural Louise Bentall Award for Emerging Choreographer for her work “Fortress” created with Rebecca Margolick.

Livona joined world renowned choreographer Crystal Pite’s company Kidd Pivot in June 2023 and has been touring the company’s newest work Assembly Hall to Europe and Asia.

REBECCA MARGOLICK -  https://www.rebeccamargolick.com/

Rebecca Margolick is a Canadian-American dancer and choreographer whose work has been presented in thirteen countries: Turkey, Germany, France, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Bulgaria, Israel, Costa Rica, Mexico, Dominican Republic, and across the U.S.A.and Canada. Named one of Dance Magazine’s “Top 25 to Watch” in 2021, Rebecca has been awarded numerous fellowships and residencies, including from the BanffCentre, Ailey’s New Directions Choreography Lab, The Dance Centre, La Galerie Chorégraphique, Centro de las Artes San Luis Potosí, Dance Deck, LABA NYC, BCMovement Arts Society, and Derida Stage in Sofia, Bulgaria, as part of MovementResearch’s GPS Fund.

Her choreography has been commissioned by Oregon Ballet Theatre, La Universidad Nacional deCosta Rica, Arts Umbrella, LITVAK Dance, Ballet BC Annex, The Ailey School, Michiyaya, and DancePORT Derida. She was also selected as one of the choreographers for NW Dance Project’s 2025 MOVE program.

In the Fall of 2026, Rebecca will tour toMontreal, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary. She will premiere a new solo work inNovember 2026 for the EDAM Choreographic Series in Vancouver B.C.

As a performer, Rebecca recently performed in 'Sloth Canon', a co-production by Vancouver based Company 605 and Singapore based T.H.E Dance Company. She is currently dancing with Jason Martin/Entitey in Montreal. In 2024, she joined Andrea Peña & Artists for the creation of UAQUE and recently assisted her new creation on Balé da Cidade de São Paulo in Brazil. From 2012 to 2016, Rebecca was a dancer with Sidra Bell Dance New York. She has also worked with UNA Productions (2014 to 2023), Annie Rigney, Belinda McGuire, Kayla Farrish, Allen Kaeja, Patricia Norowol, Jérôme Bel (The Show Must Go On), Derrick Belcham, Emily Terndrup, Maya Orchin, Shay Kuebler, and Barak Marshall, among others.

Rebecca is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Dance and trained at Arts Umbrella in Vancouver.

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BC Movement Arts Society is grateful for the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, BCArts Council, Canadian Heritage, Regional District of Mt. Waddington, BC Live Performance Network, and Province of British Columbia.

BC Movement Arts Society is based in Sointula, BC, on the unceded and traditional lands of the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw territories, specifically the homelands of the ’Namgis, Kwakiutl, and Mamalilikala Nations.

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