Editing Tiger Princess Dance Projects (section)

== History ==

princess productions was founded in 1995 by Yvonne Ng, became a registered sole proprietorship in 1996, incorporated in 1999 and became a registered charity in 2000. Since 1995, princess productions has commissioned, produced and presented over thrity works, including dancefilms. These works have been shown across Canada, in Australia and Singapore and have received critical and commercial acclaim. Five of the works: Language, Treehouse, My past follows like dragon's tail, Stone Velvet and Fading Shadows/Returning Echoes garnered seven Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations for performance and choreography in 1998,  2000 and 2005.
 
During the first six years of the company's existence, the focus was primarily on the creation of a repertoire commissioned from Canadian choreographers. Now, in the thirteenth year, the focus has migrated to the national and international touring of the repertoire, choreographic creation by the artistic director through tiger princess dance projects and presenting dance: made in canada/fait au canada (d:mic/fac), a bi-annual festival presenting both an established and emerging artists on the same platform. This Toronto based festival is curated by Yvonne Ng and princess productions becomes the technical, administrative and financial vehicle for the artists. Please see the attached list of the company's past and present activities for more detail.


1996	

Ng receives first Chalmers Arts Training Award and travels to China for research at the Beijing Dance Academy and the University of National Minorities.
 
Dancefilm, Into a Dinosaur, choreographed and directed by Ng, is presented at Moving Pictures Festival. princess productions commissions solo for Ng, Earthquake, from Tama Soble.
 
1997	

Performs commissioned works by Peter Chin, Jos￩ Navas, Maxine Heppner and Kim Frank in DanceWorks Mainstage Series.
 
Forms ch'a performance quartet of Susan Lee, Bonnie Kim, Andrea Nann and Yvonne Ng.
 
1998	

Ng performs Blue Jade, a solo at Tangente in Montreal.
 
ch'a performs the commissioned quartet STORK, from choreographer Holly Small at DanceWorks Mainstage Series.
 
1999	

Presents a program of solo works at Dancemakers Studio (Toronto), including the preview of Marie-Jos￩e Chartier's quicksilver. The program tours Australia and Singapore.
 
Produces and manages ch'a performance and teaching workshop tour to Montreal & Vancouver as part of the Asian Heritage Month.
 
Produces Les espaces enchanteurs by Bill James, a work commissioned by princess productions for ch'a and presented at Art in Open Spaces.
 
Brocaded Clouds: a love story, choreography by Yvonne Ng, Dusk Dances, Toronto
 
2000	

Performs Les espaces enchanteurs, Brocaded Clouds: a love story and quicksilver, Canada Dance Festival
 
Brocaded Clouds: a love story, choreography by Yvonne Ng, Dusk Dances, Toronto
 
Brocaded Clouds: a love story, choreography by Yvonne Ng, Dancing on the Edge, Vancouver
 
2001	

Premiere of garam shift, choreography by Yvonne Ng, DanceWorks Mainstage Series, April
 
Commissions one duet each from Tedd Robinson and Kathleen Rea.
 
princess productions produces and presents Stone Velvet - an evening of duets and solos, Artword Theatre, Toronto, July
 
Tours Stone Velvet and garam shift, The Substation's Dancespace Series, Singapore, August
 
princess productions  brings the eleven-year old Toronto based Moving Pictures, Festival of Dance on Film and Video to Singapore in as an exhibition of Canadian dancefilms.
 
Inaugurates a new performance series dance: made in canada/fait au canada - DIG with Katherine Duncanson and Susan Lee, Dancemakers' Studio, Toronto, November 
 
2002	

Acquires formalized studio space, The Ballroom, on the west side of Toronto. Forms the two-member collective, Dovehouse Dance with Kaeja d'Dance and signs a five-year lease. When not required, The Ballroom is rented to the dance community at market rates and any profit defrays the cost for the collective.
 
Receives the 2002 K.M. Hunter Award and a second Chalmers Arts Training Award to study Skinner Releasing in Seattle, Washington and Deep Listening with Pauline Oliveros in Big Indian, New York.
 
Presents second d:mic/fac - I SAW with Marie-Jos￩e Chartier and Kathleen Rea, Dancemakers' Studio, Toronto, October-November. Performance is voted a Top Ten Dance Event in 2002 by the NOW Magazine.
 
The organization is hand picked by the Equity Office of the Canada Council for the Arts fore Capacity Building funds and as a participant in the Stand Firm Initiative.
 
Co-produces/presents with Juliet Palmer Cypress, Flotsam & Jetsam,  Artword Theatre, Toronto, December
 
2003	

The 2003 CanAsian Dance Festival commissions Ng to create new solo work, Xiao Bai Chuan.
 
Ng is invited to the Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival and performs the work of Peter Chin for Red Sky's The Dancing Americas and in his own new dancefilm, Streetcar.
 
Ng receives Chalmers Fellowship Arts Award and New Pioneers Arts Award.
 
Serpentine Garden: another love story presented at and commissioned by Dusk Dances.
 
2004	

Batulang, choreography by Yvonne Ng, commissioned by Toronto Dance Theatre, Four at the Winch, Toronto
 
Produces and presents Fading Shadows/Returning Echoes - an evening of duets for Yvonne Ng & Robert Glumbek, choreography by Tedd Robinson, Dominique Dumais and Glumbek, Winchester Street Theatre, Toronto
 
Presents third d:mic/fac - the Haute Couture season - FLIGHT with Jessica Runge, Winchester Street Theatre, Toronto, May
 
Premiere of Collection: # 2: VovAge, #3: Headdress, & # 4: InVitation, choreography by Yvonne Ng, Dovehouse Dance Ballroom, Toronto, March
 
L3R 8G5, choreography by Yvonne Ng, commissioned by Unionville High School, Dance Department
Begins 2-year residency at The Theatre Centre and guest teaches at Willow Academy

Presents fourth d:mic/fac - INKcrossfade2Air with Andrea Nann and Lydia Wagerer (Quebec City), Winchester Street Theatre, Toronto, December

 
2005	

Paper Women - Showing as part of the residency at The Theatre Centre, Toronto, January
 
Scarlet Moss, choreography by Yvonne Ng, commissioned by York Dance Ensemble, Toronto, March
 
Presentation and premiere of Scarlet's Room - co-production with The Arts Fission Company at Studio Series, Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, Singapore
 
Collection: # 2: VovAge, choreography by Yvonne Ng, Dream Festival, Kingston, New York, October
 
Coyote Builds North Amercia by John Luther Adams, choreography by Yvonne Ng, Open Ears Festival of music and sound, Victoria Park Pavilion, Kitchener, April
 
2006	

Signs: Paper Women & Emerald Lies, choreography by Yvonne Ng, Co-presentation with DanceWorks, Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto, February
 
Collection: # 1: xiao bai chuan, choreography by Yvonne Ng, Live Arts Production, Halifax, February
 
Slipping Glimpses, choreography by Yvonne Ng, commissioned by York Dance Ensemble, Accolade Theatre, Toronto, March
 
Presentation and premiere of Scarlet's Room - co-production with The Arts Fission Company at Winchester Street Theatre, Toronto, July
 
Presents fifth d:mic/fac - IN(side)tiME with Louis Laberge-Côté and Daniel Bélanger (Quebec City), Winchestre Street Theatre, Toronto, September
 
Presents sixth d:mic/fac - élémentale with Anik Bouvrette (Ottawa) and Megan Andrews, Winchestre Street Theatre, Toronto, October
 
Residency in the Theatre Department of Juniata College, Pennsylvania, Fall 2006 - Spring 2007
 
2007	

Awarded the Premiere's Emerging Artist Award, as selected by Peggy Baker upon winning the Premiere's Award for Excellence in the Arts.
 
Dancemakers Choreographic Lab with work-in-progress showings, choreography by Yvonne Ng, Dancemakers Centre for Creation, Toronto, January/February
 
Creative Workshop Tour, various schools & studios, Sudbury & North Bay, March
 
Premiere of Metamorphosis of the solitary female phoenix, choreography by Yvonne Ng, commissioned by Toronto Dance Theatre, Winchester Street Theatre, Toronto, May
 
Collection #2: VoyAge & Collection #3: Headdress, choreography by Yvonne Ng, Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Toronto, May
 
Premiere of Keeping the Jade Rabbit company in the Moon Palace, choreography by Yvonne Ng, Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival, Guelph, June
 
Metamorphosis of the solitary female phoenix, choreography by Yvonne Ng, commissioned by Toronto Dance Theatre, Dim Sum Chinese Festival, Toronto, June
 
Stone Velvet, choreography by Tedd Robinson, Dublin Fringe Festival, Ireland, September
 
Collection (series of 6 dances), choreography by Yvonne Ng, Nuit Blanche, Cecil Community Centre, Toronto, September
 
Workshop instruction at the Creative Arts Festival, Goose Bay, Labrador, November
 
2008	

Performance of a Fading Shadows / Returning Echoes program - an evening of solos and duets by Yvonne Ng, Robert Glumbek, Tedd Robinson and Dominique Dumais, Peterborough New Dance, Market Hall, Peterborough, March

Workshops, classes and rehearsal direction for dance students and performers in Sudbury, March

Stone Velvet, choreography by Tedd Robinson, earthdancers 2008, Sheridan Auditorium, Sudbury, March

Residency in the Theatre Department at Juniata College, Pennsylvania, April

Workshop instruction at the Emergency: Festival of New Dance and Performance, Market Hall, Peterborough, April

Production and performance of Gestures of Necessity - an improvisational program by Yvonne Ng, Marie-Josée Chartier, Anne Bourne, Jennifer Moore and Lee Pui Ming, Winchester Street Theatre, Toronto, April

Metamorphosis of a solitary female phoenix, choreography by Yvonne Ng, CanAsian International Dance Festival, Enwave Theatre, Toronto, April/May

 

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