{"id":13736,"date":"2017-03-15T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=13736"},"modified":"2017-03-13T15:19:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T22:19:31","slug":"new-dance-performance-echoes-classic-horror-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2017\/03\/15\/new-dance-performance-echoes-classic-horror-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"New dance performance echoes classic horror movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Broken Rhythms Dance Company\u2019s upcoming dance performance Universal Horrors<\/i> takes influence from horror movies, incorporating elements from old-school classics like Dracula<\/i>, Wolfman<\/i>, and Creature from the Black Lagoon<\/i>. Executive\/artistic director Dyana Sonik-Henderson explains that the performance is inspired by old horror films; most of them focused on the music, and what few sounds were used created a chilling and spooky environment that terrified watchers well after the movie had finished.<\/p>\n

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Universal Horrors<\/em> combines the unlikely duo of dance performances and old-time horror flicks (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe chose the old-timey horror films from around the \u201930s and \u201940s because of how theatrical they were and how much the music was a big part of the film,\u201d she says, \u201cespecially when there were no sounds and it was all music to silent pictures. You can also look at the other element of the monsters, and I thought it was a really good time to explore that through dance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The style of dance used in the show isn\u2019t one most audience members will know of unless they\u2019ve seen one of Broken Rhythms\u2019 other performances. Sonik-Henderson says that the company works with a very unique style, \u201crhythmical contemporary,\u201d which she developed herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a combination of contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, and animal influences,\u201d she says. \u201cThe music is integral as well, so this gives us our own sort of identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sonik-Henderson says that Universal Horrors<\/i> is a good introduction for anyone who isn\u2019t familiar with the style that is used in the performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we tried to do with this performance is make it really accessible, so if someone\u2019s not necessarily into contemporary dance, they can still come in and experience the movement and have a lot of things they can connect to. I think when people leave I want them to leave energized by the performance, but I also want them to leave feeling like they\u2019ve had a great local Victoria dance experience and that these types of productions are out there in Victoria.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sonik-Henderson says that although she usually loves to use a lot of props to help support the performance, this particular show doesn\u2019t contain many.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love using props; I think it just changes the atmosphere,\u201d she says. \u201cFor this show, we have limited props, but we\u2018ve got a video projector, so that\u2019s been our biggest prop. We don\u2019t want the video to take over, but it definitely helps with the black-light imagery that we want to go with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Universal Horrors
\n<\/i>Tuesday, March 14
\nto Sunday, March 19
\n$13 to $30, The Roxy Theatre
\nbrokenrhythmsvictoria.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Broken Rhythms Dance Company\u2019s upcoming dance performance Universal Horrors takes influence from horror movies, incorporating elements from old-school classics like Dracula, Wolfman, and Creature from the Black Lagoon. Executive\/artistic director Dyana Sonik-Henderson explains that the performance is inspired by old horror films; most of them focused on the music, and what few sounds were used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-issuemarch-1-2017"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13736"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13794,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13736\/revisions\/13794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}