The Experience

Choreographer: Marlea van Grinsven
Dancers: Ara Akinsanmbi, Ankitha Bade, Sophie Bagley, Audrey Birchall, Serena Chakrabarti, Charlie Clark, Rebecca Evans, Izzy Gallant, Claire Goegan, Milla Kalmbach, Sophia Lalani, Kayley Low, Olivia Luk, Tiana Nguyen, Samantha Regehr, Sofija Trkulja, Otilia Wood, Kalia Xie, Liora Xu

Music: Experience by Ludovico Einaudi, Spoken Word - Marlea van Grinsven

The Experience tells the story of the choreographer’s life. Dancing to her spoken word poetry the dancers show the hardships, challenges but also beauty and passion of a life in the arts. Dancing in shirts painted with their meaning of dance on it, these dancers became vulnerable and open to the storytelling aspect of movement. 

ARTIST BIO

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Marlea has a diversified background within the arts. She is a member of the Professional Adjudicators Alliance and is a certified adjudicator through The Dance Leadership Institute. She is certified through the Progressing Ballet Technique program, holds a teaching certification in Tap and Modern through the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance, has completed her level 1 training through the Acro Dance Teachers Association and is working towards her level 2. She is also a certified Zumba instructor and has completed her level 1 Nutrition Certification. She has trained in multiple genres such as ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary and lyrical. Marlea has been featured as a choreographer and film director in festivals showcased worldwide. She helps share her love and passion for the arts by working as a teacher and choreographer around the Calgary area with the school systems, community centres and dance studios to ensure that dance is being brought to as many individuals as possible.