KYLA GARDINER
I am a designer and performance creator based in Vancouver, BC. My artistic research investigates non-human agency, design-based approaches to devised creation, and the ways deep collaboration might challenge ideas of artistic authorship. I teach at the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University.
WHAT I DO:
Design and production of visual and tactile environments for live performance; my media includes light, scenery, and costume. Creation, collaboration, and new work development. Technical direction & production management.
SELECTED ARTISTIC WORK
Performance Co-Creation, Process Design, Collaborative Scenography
2022 Mermaid Spring, created, designed and directed by The Public Swoon (Kyla Gardiner & Barbara Adler). Music Direction Production by James Meger. Music composition by Leah Abramson, Alicia Hansen and Peggy Lee.
Unscripted Workshop Performance, Progress Lab, presented by Playwrights Theatre Centre and the Public Swoon (2022 – Vancouver)
In Tune Workshop Performance, Magnetic North Theatre Festival (2019 – Vancouver)
Sawdust Collector Workshop Performance, The Gold Saucer (2018 – Vancouver)
2019 The Space Bar, co-created by The Party (Kyla Gardiner and Layla Marcelle).
Fonderie Darling (2019 - Montreal)
Vancouver Arts and Leisure (2017 - Vancouver)
2019 River Clyde Pageant, created and directed by Ker Wells, Megan Stewart and Ian McFarlane.
Wake the River Clyde (2017 - New Glasgow, PEI)
Catch a River by the Tale (2018 - New Glasgow, PEI)
In the Wake of the Tale (2019 - New Glasgow, PEI)
2016 Signals from the Mountain, The Public Swoon, City of Vancouver Field House Residency, Pandora Park Field House (Vancouver)
2016 Short History of a Small Town, Barbara Adler and Paul Paroczai, Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival (Denman Island, BC)
Lighting design, site specific lighting and environment design
2023 The Tempest, directed by Diana Donnelly, produced by Studio 58, Langara College (Vancouver)
2023 Ecdysis & Soft Palate, choreographed by Emmalena Fredriksson co-presented by Dancing on the Edge and SFU Cultural Programs upcoming (Vancouver)
2022 Ecdysis, choreographed by Emmalena Fredriksson
Progress Lab Parking Lot, presented by Tara Cheyanne Performance and New Works (2022 - Vancouver)
Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary Centre for the Arts (2022 - Kelowna)
Dance film online presentation at ‘Going Solo Together Festival’ (2020 - Örebro Sweden)
2022 Songs for a Lost Pod, created by Leah Abramson co-presented by Music on Main and SFU School for the Contemporary Arts (Vancouver)
2022 STIRCRAZER I, composed by Sabrina Schroeder, Performed by Architek Percussion, Heritage Hall, presented by Music on Main (Vancouver)
2022 The Welcoming, directed by Ryan Tacata, Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre (Vancouver)
2021 AGNI, dance film produced and choreographed by Ahalya Satkunaratnam at KW Studios (Vancouver)
2020 Harbinger, choreographed by Ame Henderson, workshop presentation at Harbourfront Centre (Toronto)
2019 The Inbetween, choreographed by Meredith Kalaman, presented by Dancing on the Edge (Vancouver)
2019 Pathways, choregraphed by Noam Gagnon (Vision Impure), presented by Dance in Vancouver (Vancouver)
Dancing on the Edge (2018 – Vancouver)
2019 King Arthur’s Night, created by Marcus Youssef, James Long and Niall McNeil, produced by Neworld Theatre.
No Limits, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong (2019 Hong Kong)
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (2018 Vancouver)
Canada Scene, National Arts Centre (2017 Ottawa)
Luminato (2017 Toronto)
2019 Unauthorized, created by Kathryn Ricketts and Arne Eigenfeld, presented by SFUW Cultural Programs (Vancouver)
2018 The Enemy, Directed by Donna Spencer, Firehall Arts Centre (Vancouver)
2018 Piano Teacher, Directed by Rachel Ditor and Scott Bellis Arts Club Theatre Company (British Columbia Tour)
2018 For as Long as I Can Remember, choregraphed by Meredith Kalaman, presented by Dancing on the Edge (Vancouver)
2018 Real Time Composition Study, created by Rob Kitsos, Yves Candau & Martin Gotfrit, presented by Dancing on the Edge (Vancouver)
2018 Spooky Action, Choreographed by Lesley Telford/ Inverso Productions (Vancouver)
2018 Shit, Directed by Donna Spencer, Firehall Arts Centre (Vancouver)
2017 Radios choreographed by Ame Henderson and Lone Wolf choreographed by Noam Gagnon for Josh Beamish.
La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins/ National Arts Centre (2017 – Ottawa)
Dancemakers – (2017 – Toronto)
Martha Graham – (2016 – New York)
Dancing on the Edge (2016 – Vancouver)
2017 Elbow Room Cafe, directed by Cameron Mackenzie, Zee Zee Theatre, Cultch Theatre (Vancouver)
2017 Femmes Fatales, choreographed by Meredith Kalaman
Uferstudios, lighting adaptation by Emese Csornai (Berlin, Germany)
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (Vancouver)
Dancing on the Edge (2015 – Vancouver)
2017 The Piano Teacher, Directed by Yvette Nolan, produced by Arts Club Theatre Company (Vancouver)