Wave explores canon as a choreographic tool. The possibilities of canon in music composition have been profound and I believe there is more potential for canon's translation in dance.  Canon is dance that references itself. Wave reimagine canon in dance by using the ideas of cognitive scientist and physicist Douglas Hoftstader. In particular, his ideas of “strange loops” and “tangled hierarchies”, where organisms that self-reference take on a life of their own.

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Set material, improvisation and a combination of both set material and improvisation are used to create systems of canon; becoming what Hofstadter calls a “tangled hierarchy”.

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Under the umbrella of Wave Rosslyn is creating a dance work, video installation exhibition, dance film and a series of paintings. These projects include:

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A Reflection on Canon a Dance Film created for the Creative Living For Dancers Award. Sign up to Cinnamon Video to watch online. This award explores the ways artistic work can be hosted on web monetising platforms. To learn more visit Creative Living for Dancers.

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Site-specific dance work Can Can Non Non for Dag van de Dans April 23, 2021 at Van Meyel Plaats, Brussels. Supported by Vlaanderen de Culturele Activiteitenpremie. More information coming.

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Weaving Line is a series of drawings and paintings that document the experience and memory of the movement research I have been undertaking for A Reflection on Canon. Exploring how movement ideas around canon then translate back to the page. This exhibition is in collaboration with Thomas Saulgrain, Investigations Géométriques. Learn more about his work here.

Weaving Line will be exhibiting May 31 - June 10, 2021 at GC Den Dam, Brussels. More info. 

Supported by Vlaanderen de Culturele Activiteitenpremie.

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Video Installation Falling Back Upwards with live performance is currently postponed. Supported by Vlaanderen de Culturele Activiteitenpremie.

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The research phase for this work has been supported by Dance Makers Collective's Making Spaces Program (AU), Pianofabriek (BE), GC Ten Weyngaert (BE), GC De Maalbeek (BE), The Artist Commons, Cunst-link, the Creative Dancers Living Award and Sparkling Solutions. The result of these experiments was shown at Tic Tac's Crude Saturday August 2019.

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For more information download the dossier.