Meredith Thompson and Mairéad Filgate

Words from the artists:
Vantage Point is a collaboration between co-creators and interpreters Mairéad Filgate and Meredith Thompson. Using the Kensington parking garage as a point of view, it is a physically demanding duet that moves about the Market and explores ideas of perspective and environment, as well as the words of J. Nehru: “The wheel of change moves on, and those who were down go up and those who were up go down.”

Bios:
A native of Huntsville, Ontario, Meredith Thompson is now a Toronto-based dance artist. A graduate of York University’s Department of Fine Arts in 2000, Meredith is currently enjoying her sixth season appearing as a dancer with the Danny Grossman Dance Company, performing in a number of Mr. Grossman’s signature works, as well as that of Anna Sokolow, Paul Taylor and the Clichettes. Over the years, she has also had the great pleasure of frequently working with Dancetheatre David Earle, dancing in both new works and the revival of some of Mr. Earle’s classics. Independent dance endeavours have brought her together with a number of other notable choreographers and artists. This spring she is excited to be working two different co-creations, one with Kate Franklin for Dusk Dances and one with Mairéad Filgate for Up Darling 4.

Mairéad Filgate is a professional modern dancer, choreographer and teacher based in Toronto, Canada. After studying at York University and the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Mairéad joined the Danny Grossman Dance Company. For the past five years she has performed in many of Grossman’s greatest hits including ‘Higher’, ‘Bella,’ and ‘Endangered Species’; as well as work by American dance pioneers Anna Sokolow and Paul Taylor. Mairéad also dances independently with many noted choreographers. Exciting upcoming projects include work with Sylvie Bouchard for Dusk Dances 2008, an Up Darling 4 co-creation with Meredith Thompson and Danny Grossman’s ‘Vanishing Acts’.