Haven

Michalsky was commissioned by Jobel Art for Earth as one of the four choreographers in Canada to make a dance film for their project Transformations. Michalsky created Haven, a film that researches and discusses renewable resources and climate change.

Haven was jury selected as one of the few Canadian films to be featured on Regards Hybrides, a permanent Collection of Canadian screendance works. Haven will be featured on this subscription platform for three years.

View full film here:

https://www.regardshybrides.com/en/

The film plays between past, present, and future memories and experiences. 

It questions: Why are we still here? Both now in the present time, but also in the future of mankind. In the film, the characters repeat this statement as they are trapped in a compound with the inability to go outside.

This is not our last word, but our last world

There’s still hope

To keep living 

To have a future

To have a real future

Artists Involved

Performers

Kunji Ikeda

Heather Ware

Birkley Michalsky 

Videographers 

Wojtek Mochniej

Alyssa Maturino

Jared Tobias Herring

Melissa Monteros

Editor

Wojtek Mochniej

Assistant Editor

Melissa Monteros

Text by

Meghann Michalsky
Costumes

Anglea Dale

Meghann Michalsky

Dramaturge / Outside eye

Mike Czuba

Music 

Johannsson Glotman, Gruen, Drew McDowall, Metrics, Hans Zimmer, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Flag with a Cross, Each Surface of Night

Presentation

Jobel Art for Earth, May 2022 | online platform

Wilddogs International Screendance festival, September 2022 | online platform

Dancing in The Park Screendance festival, September 2022 | online platform

Thank you to Kaili Che, Reese Wilson, Cassandra Bowerman, Sylvie Moquin and Christianne Ullmark for their offers in the initial research of this work through the Dance Artist in Residence program at Banff Centre in December 2021.

 Supported By

To Monique Barrie and to Granary Road for using their locations

Canada Council for the Arts

Dance Artist in Residence program at Banff Centre

Thanks to

To Paula Bernardino: Climate change specialist, sustainability consultant, a contributor to the inspiring conversation.

Thank you Jobel for the opportunity to create this work for the TRANSFORMATIONS PROJECT

Artistic Direction and production supervision: Marinella Montanari

General concept: Marinella Montanari - Gabriela Jovian-Mazon

Communication and promotion campaign: Sarah Grenier LaForce

Haven was completed in association with W&M Dance Projects