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inlayers – the final show

The final show of the inlayers project, culminates the 6 weeks of production and rehearsals and a years worth of work to bring you this performance.

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Inlayers Episode 14

With only a few days left before opening night, the team meets in The Anthill Building in Calgary, Alberta where they will perform two shows. Taryn and the dancers spend three days reformatting the piece to fit the large, unconventional space. They all share a variety of insight, from dancing on concrete floors to their thoughts on the entire process.

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Inlayers Episode 13

The dancers spend their last rehearsal in the studio before entering the performance space. Jenn shares her insight on the project as a whole.

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inlayers episode 12

With only two rehearsals left before entering the space, the dancers are starting to feel the piece on a deeper level. Taryn has them create one last section of material for an ending, and the group shares where they are at personally before leaving the studio for good.

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inlayers episode 11

The dancers have a ‘breakthrough’ run of the piece after a week of struggling to find a flow in rehearsals. Now that Taryn is “out of the quicksand” she can move forward to finish the piece.

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inlayers episode 10

As the project is just passed half way, Taryn struggles to place each section in the right order. Simon, Jenn and Melina work on a challenging lift and Ralph feels the shift of moving from improv-based work to a more structured rehearsal.

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inlayers performance photos

inlayers official performance photos courtesy of Glen Co

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inlayers episode 9

With Ralph away, Taryn has the other four dancers take part in more improv where they have to work in the opposite way they are used to. A lot of dialogue is used, and some breakthroughs are made, providing Taryn with some material to link the group sections in the piece.

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Inlayers: contemporary dance for dummies – The Gauntlet

A performance that’s labelled an “interactive online reality dance show” may sound like a combination Jersey Shore/Dancing with the Stars-themed video game or something equally nauseating, but Inlayers is, thankfully, not.
Taryn Javier and Jenn Doan are two Canadian artists who thrive off dancing, collaborating and exploring, and their project and performance Inlayers touches on all three through a collision of social media and contemporary dance.

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New work unveils process behind the piece – Calgary Herald

Interactive online reality dance creation, rr Inlayers, for short: a novel, multi-week project aimed at letting us experience, and even take part in, the making of a contemporary dance piece, all from the comfort and safety of our living rooms or workplace or wherever social media has accompanied us — with no geographical limit.

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