M.Pyress Flame, Monica
'This performance was remarkably successful and I recommend M.Pyress Flame (Monica) to work for you without hesitation' Dean Fogal, TooBa Physical theatre
Monica T. - is a movement specialist and physical performance artist extraordinaire who uses the universal performance languages of Clown, flow arts, dance and music to authentically engage with her audience.
Monica has studied with Clown specialists Francine Cote, Ian Wallace, Gina Bastone, Elaine & Gordon Brewer-White, David Mac-Murray Smith and Eric Davis. She has performed and toured as a member of the performance collective Spiral Kiss learning the flow art form of Central Indian Club spinning as taught by Petra Knight of the former UK circus troupe Sparklight Moon. She Is formally trained in contemporary dance by dance figures, Margie Gillis, Peggy Baker, and Reisa Stienberg, Toronto Dance Theatre’s Kenny Pearl and David Earle during operator Gisa Cole’s reign at Maindance’s professional training program in Vancouver BC. She has studied contact improvisational dance with Peter Bingham and EDAM and Butoh with Hiroko Tamano of Harupin-Ha Butoh Dance Company of San Francisco and has studied yoga & Chi Kung techniques as well as learned the Martial Art of Capoeria with Marcos Barrao, of Axe Brazil. She has studied and worked with Vancouver Moving Theatre’s Pepe Danza and trained with African djembe instructor Quasi and has explored training in various aerial dance forms with specialist Ruby Rowat, Manoin Beudoin of Tooba Physical Theatre, Kira Schaffer of Firebelly and Aeriosa Dance. Monica holds dance certification in RAD Ballet and in the A.D.A.P.T. Tap Dance syllabus and is a prolific tap dancer!
Her roving circus characters and fire performances have been featured all around the city and in major public events and festivals. Monica can also be seen performing as part of The Assembly, Vancouver's only all women clown collective. See: https://assemblytheatre.wordpress.com/ and has toured all around Canada as a dance artist and cultural educator.
'This performance was remarkably successful and I recommend M.Pyress Flame (Monica) to work for you without hesitation' Dean Fogal, TooBa Physical theatre
Monica T. - is a movement specialist and physical performance artist extraordinaire who uses the universal performance languages of Clown, flow arts, dance and music to authentically engage with her audience.
Monica has studied with Clown specialists Francine Cote, Ian Wallace, Gina Bastone, Elaine & Gordon Brewer-White, David Mac-Murray Smith and Eric Davis. She has performed and toured as a member of the performance collective Spiral Kiss learning the flow art form of Central Indian Club spinning as taught by Petra Knight of the former UK circus troupe Sparklight Moon. She Is formally trained in contemporary dance by dance figures, Margie Gillis, Peggy Baker, and Reisa Stienberg, Toronto Dance Theatre’s Kenny Pearl and David Earle during operator Gisa Cole’s reign at Maindance’s professional training program in Vancouver BC. She has studied contact improvisational dance with Peter Bingham and EDAM and Butoh with Hiroko Tamano of Harupin-Ha Butoh Dance Company of San Francisco and has studied yoga & Chi Kung techniques as well as learned the Martial Art of Capoeria with Marcos Barrao, of Axe Brazil. She has studied and worked with Vancouver Moving Theatre’s Pepe Danza and trained with African djembe instructor Quasi and has explored training in various aerial dance forms with specialist Ruby Rowat, Manoin Beudoin of Tooba Physical Theatre, Kira Schaffer of Firebelly and Aeriosa Dance. Monica holds dance certification in RAD Ballet and in the A.D.A.P.T. Tap Dance syllabus and is a prolific tap dancer!
Her roving circus characters and fire performances have been featured all around the city and in major public events and festivals. Monica can also be seen performing as part of The Assembly, Vancouver's only all women clown collective. See: https://assemblytheatre.wordpress.com/ and has toured all around Canada as a dance artist and cultural educator.