Vancouver-based Artist in Residence
The Falling Company is a nonprofit dance company under the direction of Marissa Wong. The company’s mandate is to produce and present the contemporary dance works of Marissa Wong in Vancouver, BC; serve underrepresented and intersecting artists; empower the lives of artists through art generating, sharing, and opportunities; encourage accessible storytelling and interdisciplinary collaborations; foster movement education to youth, emerging artists and community at large through community-level classes, and mentorship.
The Falling Company leads with sustainability and broadening art making in the community. Our works and artistic process expand inquiry where collaboration intersects varied ideas, specialization, communities, and interdisciplinary practices. The Falling Company decolonizes arts making by providing equity, equality, and balance of power to all participants. Enriched practices are shared through accessible education where the dance art form is varied.
Collaborators
Marissa Wong is a Chinese-Canadian dance artist who has the privilege to create, play and share on the unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh, Səlílwətaɬ, and xwməθkwəyəm Nations, also named Vancouver, BC. She is the Artistic Director for The Falling Company and her engagement in the Vancouver dance community demonstrates her capability to educate, produce, perform, and host works. Marissa strives to change the systemic structure in dance through facilitating inclusive and sustainable arts spaces. She is invested in continuous learning and her work reflects her observations of the human experience. For more information visit: thefallingcompany.com
Jared Davis is a digital generalist living and creating on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. With a background rooted in parkour, Jared intuitively explores and pushes the boundaries of what is possible for the human body. He has performed for film and television and utilizes his knowledge of human movement in his creative works as a photographer and motion designer.
Jared’s self-taught education of movement and visual arts has afforded him the freedom to explore openly without the influence of traditional institutions. Instead, he relies on collaboration with other artists to challenge his vulnerability, process and intentions. It is Jared’s hope to not only explore his creativity but to help other artists bring their self expression into the world for others to witness.