Apprenticeship project

We are excited to announce that during the 23/24 season, Dance//Novella will be working alongside Bryn Bridgen to further develop her career as a freelance artist. Through creative workshops, paid performance opportunities, business insights like scheduling and planning, applicational/grant writing skills and free promotional material such as photos and videos.

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Bryn Bridgen is an Indigenous contemporary dance artist, currently based in Vancouver BC. As an emerging artist, Bryn has most recently worked with Dance//Novella, under the direction of Brandon Lee Alley and Racheal Prince. She was a performer in their newest work “STANCE” presented at The Polygon Art Gallery and at The Annex Theatre, and is also a dancer in “When The Walls Come Down” performed in the Sound Off Festival 2023, The Dance Centres International Dance Day 2023, and VIDF 2022. Bryn’s professional training includes the GibneyPRO Pilot Program 2022 directed by Alexandra Wells, Gilbert T. Small II and Bret Yamanaka,  Modus Operandi Link Program directed by Kate Franklin, David Raymond and Tiffany Tregarthen, and Lamondance under the direction of Davi Rodrigues and mentorship of Racheal Prince. Throughout her training she has performed works by Rena Butler + Maleek Washington, Laja Field, Noam Gagnon, Richard Walters, Kirsten Wicklund and others. She has also worked with a variety of teachers including Beverley Bagg, Francesca Dominguez, Kevin Shannon, Nicolas Ventura and Zina Zinchenko among many others. In addition to her mentorship with Dance//Novella Bryn will also be returning to GibneyPRO in New York City for their 2023/2024 season.