Rachel Silver Maddock

Former Intern

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Rachel Silver Maddock is a dance artist, choreographer and arts writer living and working on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, Vancouver and Port Moody, BC. She has a BA in Visual Culture & Performance Studies from SFU and Diploma of Dance Studies from Trinity Laban, UK. Rachel has danced for and collaborated with companies on the West Coast and in the UK since 2013. In her work, she aims to create spaces for different disciplines to co-exist and inform each other, and to make artists and their work visible.

Maddock was an intern with The Dance Current from May to Aug. of 2016.

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DARKMATTER makes the “(afro)futuristic and enigmatic body” a galaxy of meaning

The edgy, multi-faceted work by Amsterdam/Brussels-based Cherish Menzo explores tempo remixing, rap anthems and Black identity

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Kidd Pivot’s Assembly Hall Weaves Worlds With Style

Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s newest creation is a meta-study of temporality, absence and agency

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Sacred Waterways and Woven Baskets

Method Dance Society and Mocean Dance Investigate Water at Vancouver’s Dancing on the Edge Festival

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Le cri des méduses Is a Sensorial Feast

Alan Lake Factorie draws inspiration from Géricault’s famous painting The Raft of the Medusa to create a surreal, shocking theatrical world.

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Circa’s Sacre Enthralls but Falls Short of the Score

The Australian circus-dance company’s take on The Rite of Spring nails spectacle but just misses sensitivity

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One-off Lieutenant Governor Awards Recognize Excellence in Visual Arts, Music and Performance in B.C.

Ballet Kelowna and Dancers of Damelahamid were selected for their provincial reach, social equity and inclusion initiatives

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Lola Award Recognizes Helen Walkley for Outstanding Contributions to Vancouver Dance

The award, in memory of Lola MacLaughlin, is presented to a mid-career/senior level choreographer every two years

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In-Ward Explodes with Raw Force in Vancouver, Touching Deftly on Social Issues

Choreography by Quebec hip hop icon ‘Spicey’ exposes humanity’s need for connection yet desire for independence

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Helen Walkley’s John Gives Shape to Absence

In 1969, Walkley’s brother disappeared, never to be heard from again

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To Victor with Love Is an Energetic and Moving Tribute

The work honours the late Victor Kolstee, co-founder of Flamenco Rosario

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Mama, do we die when we sleep? Explores Wonder in a World of Responsibility

Part of the Dancing on the Edge Festival in Vancouver, Rachel Meyer’s work was inspired by the question posed by her two-year-old daughter

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The Living Performance Environment in MOTHER sound / body Presents a World of Possibilities

The performers wear sensors on their wrists, which control lighting, music and projections in the performance environment

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KNOW the RULES, WIN the GAME Is a Clever Look at the Artist in Politics

Kunji Ikeda uses history and humour to ask what would happen if artists today were trusted advisors to government

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Theatre Reimagined

Ismailova Theatre of Dance embraces the digital in Seeking Everyday Magicians

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Expanding Their Reach

All Bodies Dance Project investigates sightless dance

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Reclaiming Narrative for a Contemporary Audience

Josh Beamish’s @giselle

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That Sweet Spot Between Gallery and Stage

Alexa Mardon and Erika Mitsuhashi’s Tender Engine

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Nurturing Impulse

Q & A with Jennifer Mascall

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Skin, Pain, Plastic and Paper

Kelly McInnes’s SHINY at the Vancouver International Dance Festival

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Alien Rituals

10 Gates Dancing’s TRUST at the Vancouver International Dance Festival

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Curating Time

Plastic orchid factory’s i miss doing nothing

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On Double-Touch and Performing Objects

Deanna Peters’ META

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Making the Leap

Lexi Vajda on getting noticed, motivation and positive self-talk

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The Dance Deck Trois is Rich, Intimate and Authentic

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End of Season Awards

Canadian dance recorgnized

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Coast-to-Coast Construction in Dance

Dance spaces in Canada are developing from east to west

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Edge 2 and 3

Dancing on the Edge 2016

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Canadian Dance Goes Audio

Radio and Podcasts Take the Stage

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Lindsay Zier-Vogel Appointed Director of the Canadian Society for Dance Studies

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Memory, Music and Dance

EDAM presents Induction

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Remembering Geneviève Salbaing

Co-founder of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal

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Into the Tao is Full of Street Dance Soul

Article Feature

Canada’s National Ballet School Honours Alumni in an Inaugural Symposium

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Cirque du Soleil Steps onto Broadway

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The School of Alberta Ballet Outgrows Edmonton Location

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