Secured two grants front the Canada Council for the Arts for Vancouver-based OURO Collective.
Explore + Create: Concept to Realization Grant in Dance $27,500
Arts Across Canada: Circulation + Touring $8,944
Description: Known for imaginative and original works based on hip hop, waacking, breaking, popping and contemporary dance, OURO Collective teams up with experiential design studio Tangible for HAKO, a multidisciplinary dance experience.
Using inventive interactive installations, striking visual effects and exhilarating movement for an ensemble of five virtuosic dancers, the work reframes our relationship to technology, and joyfully re-ignites our capacity for curiosity and play.
Website: www.ourocollective.com