ABOUT
Blue Ceiling dance investigates the connections between art and science, ecosystem and individual, macrocosm and microcosm. We make works about the natural systems of our planet and the universe, collaborating with researchers and scientists in many fields in our quest to bring abstract concepts into human form. We work with intergenerational casts of performers from a range of backgrounds to create contemporary dance, where contemporary isn't a technique, but an approach that is expansive and interdisciplinary.
Led by founder Lucy Rupert, Blue Ceiling dance is a metaphor for the blue sky of our minds: our unlimited imaginations. The company presents Lucy’s choreography as well as co-creations and commissioned works from noted Canadian artists. In all situations, the company is known for quicksilver and moving performances.
NEWS
Spring classes series: see CLASSES page
Premiere performance of 'Q' choreographed by Yvonne Ng for Lucy Rupert as part of HOLOBIONT April 26 in Saskatoon with Free Flow Dance Theatre Company details here
ABOUT LUCY RUPERT
Lucy is a dancer, choreographer, art-science researcher, and writer. She has performed with Fujiwara Dance Inventions, Theatre Rusticle, Nova Dance, Anandam Dance, Sashar Zarif Dance, Puppetmongers Theatre, Circus Orange, and Chartier Danse, among others.
In 2004 Lucy founded Blue Ceiling dance, an umbrella for her choreography and commissions, performing throughout Ontario, in New York, Montreal and Stuttgart, Germany. Her creations are inspired by cosmology, biology and philosophy – anything from monsters to photons to the end of the universe.
Lucy has a Joint Honours BA in Dance and Music (the singular degree of this kind ever awarded by the University of Waterloo), and an MA in History (University of Toronto). She lives with her husband and son, and two feral cats, in a magical neighbourhood full of coyotes and old trees.
photo by Zahra Saleki