Radical System Art: Epilogos | House Program

Shay began his artistic development at the age of 5 with dramatic arts and martial arts in Shito-Ryu Karate. His early artistic growth would lead to dance and a versatile background in Hip Hop, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, and Ballet. He continues to develop and further his artistic practice through travel and intensive study, which has included study in music, theatre, dance, and martial arts in the USA, Brazil, Japan, and China.

As a performer, he has worked in the fields of Tap, Hip Hop, Contemporary Dance, Circus Arts, Film, and Theatre. He has performed for numerous companies across Canada, USA, and The UK, including Kidd Pivot, Holy Body Tattoo, Pachimama Theatre, Line 1, and Company 605.

He has choreographed and directed works for The American Dance Festival, CitieBallet, Les Grands Ballet Canadiens, Moment Factory, and Decidedly Jazz Danceworks. In Vancouver, he was co-founder of The 605 Collective, and as the founder and Artistic Director of Shay Kuebler Radical System Art, he has produced and directed four full-evening dance works that have toured nationally and internationally: Karoshi, Glory, Telemetry and Feasting on Famine. In 2010, he received the Holy Body Tattoo emerging artist award and in 2014 he received The Mayor’s Arts Award for emerging dance artist from the City of Vancouver.

Brent is the manager/agent for Shay Kuebler’s company Radical System Art.  He has worked with Shay overt the past 5 years helping to build the company. In addition to his work with Shay he runs the company Belsher Arts Management - representing 10 companies from across Canada and around the world.  Brent is also the tour manager for Crystal Pite’s company Kidd Pivot and has toured that company all over the world over the past 12 years he also fundraises for the company as well.

Robert has been working as a lighting designer for over two decades in all genres of the entertainment industry.  His design credits span from Dance, Theatre, and Opera to World Class Ceremonies, Film, Television, and Rock & Roll. Robert has designed for numerous dance companies including Kidd Pivot, Company 605, Nederlands Dans Theatre, Royal Swedish Ballet, Luzern Theatre, and Movent.  He has collaborated with some of the worlds top choreographers including Crystal Pite, Aszure Barton, Donald Sales, Dana Gingras, Peter Chu, Lisa Gelley, Josh Martin, and now, Shay Kuebler. His work with Crystal Pite on A Picture of You Falling was nominated for a Knights of Illumination Award. In theatre, Robert has designed for The Arts Club, Royal City Musical Theatre, URP, Align Entertainment, and Burnaby Lyric Opera.  He has won 2 Ovation awards and has numerous other nominations. He also had the opportunity to work with world-renowned visual artist Stan Douglas on the Arts Club/Canadian Stage production of Helen Lawrence, which toured Canada, Scotland, Germany, Belgium, and the USA. Robert is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

Christopher is a Vancouver-based creative who has designed Costumes and/or Sets for The Arts Club; Capilano University; Carousel Theatre; Citadel Theatre; Douglas College; Frank Theatre; Hardline Productions; Honest Fishmongers; Mascall Dance; Pacific Theatre; Realwheels Theatre; Shaw Festival; Slamming Door; Studio 58/Langara College; Touchstone Theatre; TWU; VACT; and Yogurt Theatre Company among others. He is also Resident Designer for Hardline Productions. Christopher also teaches design, scenic painting & prop building. He is a 5-time Jessie nominee, 2-time Ovation Nominee, and a Studio 58 Graduate. www.christopherdavidgauthier.com

Kate is a Sound Artist and Designer based in Vancouver, BC. She graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2015 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in Theatre Design and Production and has a certification in Audio Engineering. Kate was recently an Artist in Residence at The Spatial Sound Institute in Budapest, Hungary, researching and creating using the 4DSound Spatial Sound system. Select design credits include: Telemetry, Feasting on Famine - (Shay Kuebler Radical Systems Art); Salmon Girl - (Raven Sprit Dance); Major Motion Picture - (Out Innerspace). Upcoming work: Sta/g-mos @ MONOM- (Kate De Lorme Design); Bygones - (Out Innerspace Dance Theatre) katedelorme.com

Amelia Scott is a video designer, projection technologist, and new media artist working in theatre, opera, dance, and beyond. Based out of Montreal and working across Canada, she uses scenic design and interactive performance tools to create interactive installations and public transformed spaces. She is also an instructor of Video Technology and Design at The National Theatre School of Canada. Recent credits include: A Love Letter to Emily C (Handsome Alice Theatre); Towards Youth (Crow’s Theatre/Project Humanity); The Assembly/L’Assemblée (Porte Parole); Speculation (Leslie Ting); The Magic Flute (Opera Nuova); Nomadic Tempest (Caravan Stage Company).

Eric Chad is a projection designer and show control/integration specialist based in Vancouver, B.C. Eric’s interests lie in interactive projection design, generative design, and live tracking. Eric’s recent credits include works with Kidd Pivot (Revisor, Betroffenheit), Shay Kubler RSA (Feasting on Famine, Telemetry), Borealis Soul (Blue Hour), Chuthis. Group ( -in3s- , Smile Masking, Face Her), Out Innerspance Dance Theatre (Major Motion Picture), Joe Ink (4our),  Moose and Moa Theatre Company (The Art of Being Alone). Eric received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of British Columbia.

Mark is a graduate of the University of Victoria's BFA theatre program. Always on the move, he is fascinated by the art of production and is continually working on new projects to develop a diverse perspective of the possibilities of live entertainment. Mark encourages the blending of multiple artistic disciplines by finding new and exciting ways to express himself creativity. His work has taken him from large theatres and arena concerts to site-specific performance spaces, unconventional venues, and everything in-between.

Born in North Vancouver B.C. Aiden first channelled his high energy into a Hip Hop class at aged 10 and quickly discovered a strong passion for movement, music, performance, and community. He began his training with North Shore Academy of Dance, eventually joining NSADs Half Day Program. After graduation, Aiden continued to focus on maturing his artistic craft by joining Modus Operandi in 2015. Since his time training with MO, Aiden has worked with the likes of Emmalena Fredriksson, Out Innerspace Dance Company, Radical System Art Dance Company, and Kinesis Dance Sometheatro; as well as many other artists in the Vancouver community.

Isak Doran Enquist is a dance artist living on unceded Coast Salish territories, including the xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh Nations. Raised in the Kootenays (Ktunaxa) of Canada, Isak began formal training in Shotokan Karate. He began dance education at Simon Fraser University before enrolling with the Modus Operandi Contemporary Training Program. As an emerging dance artist, Isak has performed international tours with Out Innerspace Dance Theatre in 2017 as well as with Shay Keubler Radical System Art in 2018/2019. Most recently, premiering new work with Compagnie Vision Impure in 2019.

Tia Kushniruk was born in Edmonton, Alberta and is now based in Toronto. She graduated from The School of Toronto Dance Theatre in 2017, and joined Toronto Dance Theatre for their 2017/2018 season. She has had the pleasure of performing works of Antony Hamilton (Australian Dance Theatre, Chunky Move), Paul Andre-Fortier (Fortier Danse-Creation), Peggy Baker (Peggy Baker Dance Projects), Christopher House (Toronto Dance Theatre), Aria Evans, Marc Boivin, Nikola Steer (Coco Framboise), and Jasmyn Fyffe. From 2012-2017 she worked as a company dancer and rehearsal director for Toy Guns Dance Theatre, premiering 4 full-length shows. Kushniruk collaborated with Christianne Ullmark in the presentation of a solo work for the 2018 Beijing Dance Festival where she subsequently received support and funding from the Canada Arts Council. Her own artistic research plays with varying media, including- stickers, graffiti, short stories, animation, scripts, folklore, manga, video games, and clown.

Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Katie retired as a national level gymnast before moving to Vancouver to pursue a university basketball career. Katie played four years on the Simon Fraser University women’s basketball team and competed in the NCAA Division II. After earning a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance), she joined Modus Operandi under the direction of Tiffany Tregarthen, David Raymond, and Kate Franklin. Within the Vancouver community, Katie has had the pleasure of working with Shay Kuebler (Radical System Art), Serge Bennathan (Les Production Figlio), Justine A. Chambers, and Deanna Peters. In collaboration with two other colleagues, Katie co-founded the alternative performance space Boombox in 2016, where she has created and performed her own choreographic work, Just a Duet and Blue Crush. Over the past year and a half, Boombox has hosted the research and creation of over twenty multi-generational artists, and 10 public showing events of their work. Boombox was commissioned for the 2017 biennial Dance in Vancouver Festival and presented Blue Crush, a duet co-created and performed with Zahra Shahab. In September 2017, Blue Crush was curated by Justine A. Chambers for the 2017/2018 New Work’s Season Opener, where the piece was performed at Vancouver’s Orpheum, Annex.

Odile-Amélie Peters was born in Montreal and grew up in Quebec City. Having started her career in urban dance, she then decided to undertake her studies in contemporary dance. She received her diploma from L’École de danse de Québec in 2012. Throughout her career as a project based dancer, Odile has worked with the Québec companies Le Fils d’Adrien Danse, Danse K par K, Compagnie WXWS, Geneviève Duong - With Company 605 in Vancouver and Anne Plamondon in Montreal. She is now working for Skeels Danse Montréal (Rose of Jericho), Alan Lake Factori(e) (Le Cri des méduses) as well as Radical System Art in Vancouver (Telemetry and Epilogos). She has a strong desire to pursue her learning and her artistic development by participating in numerous workshops/intensives such as ImPulsTanz in Vienna, The Domaine Forget (grant recipient), Springboard Danse Montréal for two consecutive years, Company 605 winter intensive, TransFormation Danse (grant recipient) and Radical System Art summer intensive. She has also received many grants by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and Première Ovation. Odile-Amélie Peters is in the midst of researching and is eager to create new work. She is a passionate, curious and determined dancer who aspires to expand her artistry.
 

Calder White is a freelance dance artist based between Vancouver and Toronto. Calder grew up in the Niagara Region where he studied competitive dance for eight years before joining Toronto’s Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre in 2011 and spending three seasons with the company. He has originated roles in work by Shay Kuebler (Shay Kuebler/Radical System Art), Sylvie Bouchard (BouchardDanse), Colin Connor (José Limón Dance Foundation), Santee Smith (Kaha:wi Dance Theatre), and Alexander Whitley(Alexander Whitley Dance Company). Calder holds a BFA in Dance from the Ohio State University, where he was fortunate to study under Bebe Miller, Crystal Perkins, and Eddie Taketa, while also choreographing and presenting his own work in and around Columbus, Ohio. Calder is currently in his first season with Shay Kuebler/Radical System Art (Vancouver) and an apprentice with Peggy Baker Dance Projects (Toronto).