A Brief History of the Company
Based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises has celebrated artistic activity since 1979. GLRDE has been honoured with distinction and awards, including a Civic Recognition Award for its outstanding contribution to community life. The Company is proud of the fact that it has been able to establish itself and prosper in a region of Canada that has not had significant previous history of professional dance arts activity. The Company’s tenacity and vision has advocated and has actively encouraged artistic growth in our community by providing employment opportunities to numerous artists locally, provincially, and nationally. The Company has been praised for its unique blend of wit, physical exuberance, and expressionistic style.
In 1989 the Company became the first in Canada’s history to reconstruct and produce nine contemporary dance works by the late Canadian choreographer Judy Jarvis, to form the “Judy Jarvis Dance Collection”. The Company’s pioneering efforts not only honoured a great artist, but also encouraged the process of recognizing and preserving our cultural dance heritage for new generations to appreciate and enjoy. In the 1980’s GLRDE toured throughout parts of Canada and the mid-western United States. In 1992 the Company successfully completed an unprecedented 42-day tour of five communities in the Arctic’s Central Keewatin and Baffin Regions of the Northwest Territories. This tour reflected the Company’s vision and celebrated the advancement of the art form and exchange of cultural traditions in Canada.
Most recently the company’s focus has shifted from producing a regular season of activity and touring to creating new work that challenges and questions the possibilities of form and content in an effort to discover the dramatic vehicle of movement expression.
New, large-scale works have challenged the proximity of performer and audience in the relationship of participants in space, time, and energy elements. The Company’s vision continues to explore new audiences around the globe with film and web based initiatives such as Commedia Fantasia and Vox Animae.
Most recently the company’s focus has shifted from producing a regular season of activity and touring to creating new work that challenges and questions the possibilities of form and content in an effort to discover the dramatic vehicle of movement expression.
New, large-scale works have challenged the proximity of performer and audience in the relationship of participants in space, time, and energy elements. The Company’s vision continues to explore new audiences around the globe with film and web based initiatives such as Commedia Fantasia and Vox Animae.
GLRDE has created over five dozen works involving the talents of cross-disciplined arts professionals. Commissions, special project fundraising, and the support of our governments, individuals, businesses, organizations, and corporations have enabled the Company to continue to provide services and programs of dance and physical theatre by professional artists.
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Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises would like to acknowledge the support of Breakaway Gaming Centre and OLG.
Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises would like to acknowledge the support of Breakaway Gaming Centre and OLG.