April 29, 2019
Mesch takes the stage at the notorious Chez Pierre – Mile Zero offers this site-specific dance salon for International Dance Day. Mesch revives a work with music by Chris Pitsiokos and Philip White
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November 30, 2018
Mesch addresses one of her favourite topics in Mile Zero Dance‘s themed salon. Dust On Dust – for Chris Mann is a spoken word piece developed for this specially-themed show.
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June 29 and July 5, 2018
Mesch joins Mile Zero Dance for their performance of The Nelken Line by Pina Bausch
The great Cindy Baker exhibits Crash Pad at dc3 Art Projects May 4 – June 16
Mesch joins her for a durational performance on June 2, 2018 from 12-5 pm
Photo credit: Tangled Art + Disability
Hard White Spring screening at FAVA Fest during The Best of FAVA.
Winner – Outstanding Experimental Film or Video
You can also view Soft Red Winter.
Both films were made during an artist residency at Harcourt House in 2016-17.
April 21, 2018
Jen Mesch and Roger Admiral (piano) join Mile Zero Dance‘s Gerry Morita and Mile Zero neighbour Tony the Venetian Barber for a third version of Night Cuts – a hair inspired collaboration, this time to the Goldberg Variations (Admiral playing them by heart as a personal challenge)
Feb 2-3, 2018
Mesch joins Mile Zero Dance (Gerry Morita, Kat Smy, and Jeannie Vandekerkhove) dancing in silhouette at La Cité Francophone
October 5 – November 25, 2017
Soft Red / Hard White is a two month exhibition, a culmination of work during a one year artist residency at Harcourt House
Installation, Films, Graphic Scores, Performances
All gallery performances are free and durational – the audience can come and go as desired
Performance Schedule:
October 5 – opening 7 pm
Nico Arnáez (electronics), Allison Balcetis (bass saxophone), Sable Chan (voice), Bridget Jessome (dance), Alison Kause (dance), Gerry Morita (dance), Scott Smallwood (electronics), Katrina Smy (dance), Raena Waddell (dance)
October 14 11-12:30 pm
Allison Balcetis (bass saxophone), Alison Kause (dance), Jen Mesch (dance), Sonja Myllymki (dance, Scott Smallwood (electronics), Nate Wooley (trumpet)
October 21 11-12:30 pm
Jen Mesch and cast
November 4 11-12:30 pm
Jen Mesch and cast
November 17 7 pm – performances during Harcourt event
Jen Mesch and cast
November 24 7 pm – exhibition closing party
Sable Chan (voice), Bridget Jessome (dance), Alison Kause (dance), Jen Mesch (dance)
October 17, 2017
LitFest Old Royal Alberta Museum – 7pm
Britt Wray is the author of a new book called Rise of the Necrofauna – A Provocative Look at the Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction, with a foreword by George Church, the guy who is trying to bring back mammoths. Mesch will be contributing to this topic by dancing the dance of mass extinction.
***Buy tickets for this special event HERE!
April 20, 2017
Mile Zero Dance / Spazio Performativo
SubArctic is a monthly series dedicated to the practice of multidisciplinary improvisation and experimentation. Mesch performed with Nate Wooley (trumpet), Dylan Rhys Howard (film/video), Kate Stashko (dance), Ben Gorodetsky (text), and X Quartet (music, visuals).
