Originally from Dallas, Texas, Ausia Jones received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance with a focus on choreography at the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. While at USC Kaufman, Ausia received training at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Orsolina Forsythe/Pite, and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.
In a choreographic career spanning three decades, Crystal Pite has created more than 50 works for dance companies in Canada and around the world. She is the founding artistic director of the Vancouver-based company Kidd Pivot, world-renowned for radical hybrids of dance and theater.
Aszure Barton was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. She is the founder and director of Aszure Barton & Artists, a collective of visual, sound, and performing artists, and her work continues to tour to Europe, Asia, and Africa as well as Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
Founded in 1972 by Geneviève Salbaing, Eva Von Genscy, and Eddy Toussaint, Ballets Jazz Montréal is a contemporary dance repertory company which, under the artistic direction of Alexandra Damiani, creates, produces, and presents on local, national, and international stages. The company collaborates with internationally renowned choreographers who develop their own research to generate a repertoire that reflects BJM's identity and is accessible to all audiences.
We Can't Forget About What's His Name
Choreography Ausia Jones.
Music Jasper Gahunia, Stephen Krecklo & William Lamoureux aka Earth Boring.
Lighting Design Claude Plante.
Costume Design Anne-Marie Veevaete.
World Premiere 6 août 2022, Saint-Sauveur, Canada.
Ten Duets On A Theme Of Rescue
Choreography Crystal Pite.
Stager Cindy Salgado.
Music Solaris par Cliff Martinez.
Lighting Design Jim French.
Costume Design Linda Chow.
World, Premiere 10 janvier 2008, New York, USA.
Les Chambres Des Jacques
Choreography Aszure Barton.
Assistant to the choreographer Andrew Murdock.
Music Gilles Vigneault, Antonio Vivaldi, Les Yeux Noirs, The Cracow Klezmer Band & Alberto Iglesias.
Lighting Daniel Ranger.
Costume Design Rémi Van Bochove.
World Premiere Octobre 27, 2006, Albany, United States.
Dancers : Alyssa Allen, Gustavo Barros, Yosmell Calderon Mejias, John Canfield, Diana Cedeno, Astrid Dangeard, Hannah Kate Galbraith, Shanna Irwin, Ausia Jones, Austin Lichty, Jordan Lang, Marcel Mejia, Andrew Mikhaiel, Eden Solomon.
Ballets Jazz Montréal thanks the Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Foundation for supporting this creation.