Slammensolos and ARRAY Ensemble
Saxon Fraser
Since receiving a B.A. in Dance Kinesiology from the University of Calgary Saxon has taken her training into almost every genre imaginable collaborating with singers, musicians, actors, photographers, film makers, designers and dancers of every kind. In 2005 she formed the female group Malfunktion performing throughout Alberta and B.C. before dancing for companies such as Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, W&M Physical Theater(Poland) and Encorps Dance Collective. A grant from the AFA landed her in Montreal Quebec where she joined the cast of “Retrospek” and Unkut Productions with choreographer Spicey. In 2008 Saxon formed Soul Projexions presenting Fluorescent:Lit From Within at the Slammenberry Jam Urban Arts Festival, and in 2009 the Montreal/Calgary collaboration Whodunnit? Her work has been featured in the award winning show Athletes in Motion for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Bazaar: Heroes Edition(T.O.) and ReVERB for Dancer's Studio West. In 2010 she worked with SYTYCDC winner Nico Archambault in the musical Le Blues d’la Metropole and the film Sur le Rythme. She recently worked with film maker Phil Fortin on the dance film ONE, presented at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. She continues to travel internationally as head choreographer for Saco (London, Paris, NYC). This fall she will present her work at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia.
Caroline Fraser
Caroline Fraser, also known as ‘Lady C’ was born and raised in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada. Her parents were both musicians and her mother was a dancer, so inevitably she grew up with a passion for both. Now, living in Calgary, Caroline has developed a successful career in dance and has recently combined it with a successful singing /songwriting career.Her skills as a Popper, Locker, House Dancer, and B-Girl are a contrast to her soulful, sultry music, but compliment each other on stage during performance.Caroline can be seen performing both dance and music in some of Calgary’s most prominent shows, festivals, and competitions such as Alberta Dance Explosions, Slammenberry Jam and ‘LiveStyle’-Calgary’s Urban Arts Festival.
Jason Owen F. Galeos
Jason Owin F. Galeos is completing his 4th year as a post-secondary student in the Department of Dance. His background is in street dance and with the education he's receiving, he continues to explore other art forms, composition, history, culture and technique outside of his element. He also has performed and choreographed a number of work in the UofC's Dance Montage; including his latest work titled 0310 co-choreographed with mentor Vanessa Padillo. On the sideline, he directs a dance group known as BattLeZone since 2007 and will be creating new work in upcoming 2012. He has also performed for amazing artists such as Gessuri Gaitan, Michele Moss, Saxon Fraser, Wojchiech Mochniej & Melissa Monteros.
ARRAY Ensemble
ARRAY is a live audio/visual ensemble comprised of Rick Silva (Visuals), Adam Tindale (Electronics), and Katherine Fraser (Violin). Between the individual members there is over 50 years of live performance experience. ARRAY completed a self-directed creative residency at the Banff New Media Institute at the Banff Centre for the Arts in the summer of 2011 where they evolved their initial collaboration into a more formal partnership.
The connection between the members of the ensemble is created through interaction of content. Each player brings their own medium and style to the ensemble to stimulate the creativity of the other members. Compositions are generated through the reaction, re-interpretation, and manipulation of one’s ideas with that of another. As such, the compositions are seeded with material brought by individuals, but become a member of the group, an image of the collaboration. http://a-r-r-a-y.com