https://julliannaoke.ca Jullianna Oke Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:43:18 +0000 https://julliannaoke.ca en https://julliannaoke.ca/main Fri, 03 Dec 2021 07:16:32 +0000 Jullianna Oke https://julliannaoke.ca/main https://julliannaoke.ca/about Fri, 03 Dec 2021 07:16:31 +0000 Jullianna Oke https://julliannaoke.ca/about <img width="2730" height="4096" width_o="2730" height_o="4096" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b45a64ff88c31d86f16aba26c7c4ff2923605f1e68acb227078a427399f0e204/jullianna-colour-1.jpeg" data-mid="171983333" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b45a64ff88c31d86f16aba26c7c4ff2923605f1e68acb227078a427399f0e204/jullianna-colour-1.jpeg" /> Photo Credit: Mikela Vuorensivu Biography Jullianna Oke&nbsp;(she/they) is an interdisciplinary dance artist of Japanese-Canadian descent, based in Vancouver, Canada on the unceded, ancestral lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Situating her work in relation to deep embodied listening - to others, to the offerings of new technology and media, and to her own lineage and experiences - Jullianna adopts creation from this place of breaking things down and processing them slowly. She loves to let things marinate and finds joy in falling down rabbit holes of research. Currently, she is interested in exploring ideas of “otherness” through her work-in-progress titled Put Me in Your Place. Through projection and structured textiles to create additional “selves”, this work opens dialogue around the question of who you are in different environments. How do you shift yourself? How do you change how you are perceived, to fit in with those around you? Her movement and teaching practice spans both contemporary dance and tap, with her early training taking her to Toronto, Seattle and Portland, later completing her BFA (Hons) in Dance from Simon Fraser University. Jullianna is very grateful to Evergreen Cultural Centre, The Dance Centre, the Festival of Recorded Movement (FORM), Future Leisure, and Mile Zero Dance for supporting her research and creations.&nbsp;Please contact for full CV and dance reel.&nbsp; <img width="5065" height="3377" width_o="5065" height_o="3377" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97496627b38f37811fd328be17e53c177835f49cbdfa22c529976637018d1b00/_MG_2191-2.JPEG" data-mid="253352943" border="0" data-scale="46" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97496627b38f37811fd328be17e53c177835f49cbdfa22c529976637018d1b00/_MG_2191-2.JPEG" />Photo Credit: Kyla Fradette &nbsp; https://julliannaoke.ca/artistic-works Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:43:18 +0000 Jullianna Oke https://julliannaoke.ca/artistic-works “Put Me in Your Place” – [In Development] Put Me in Your Place is a work-in-progress dialogue of self-identity and otherness through both movement and real time projection - building the idea of a second body, composed of how we are perceived to those around us. In exploration with some programming around delaying and degrading/eroding an image, certain movement patterns and rhythms in the body can be read in this system as a second figure or person. While this movement piece is “one” choreography, can be projected as “two” images in real time; one being how someone sees themselves, and the second being this “otherness” of how we are perceived - slightly different than the original and not quite there, but with fragments of the original. Essentially, a real-time duet between myself and my “otherness”. Currently being developed as part of The Dance Centre’s “Rising Together: Arts Futures” cohort (2026/2027).&nbsp; Previous developmental support from The Dance Centre’s “12 Minutes Max” program&nbsp;(June 2025), a studio residency with Future Leisure (July 2025), WhatLab’s “The July Project” (July 2025), and Mile Zero Dance’s “Connections//Collisions Cabaret” (Nov 2025). <img width="1410" height="1326" width_o="1410" height_o="1326" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c240a7e2a7e2655af64dbf2c7428093d9374545033e582fe720d585fe1822827/JulliannaOke_PutMeInYourPlace_PC_VitantonioSpinelli-copy.png" data-mid="240201008" border="0" data-scale="54" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c240a7e2a7e2655af64dbf2c7428093d9374545033e582fe720d585fe1822827/JulliannaOke_PutMeInYourPlace_PC_VitantonioSpinelli-copy.png" /> “Put Me in Your Place” Photo Credits: Vitantonio Spinelli “The Chamber it Comes From” – Performance … If you stand in it for long enough, you hear your bones make a grinding noise. No longer able to follow an audible trail, the withdrawal of reverberation sabotages your spatial awareness. The chamber it comes from is a working process aimed towards the physical embodiment of deep listening and reverberation. The body exists as a container and chamber for residual sound to occur, while also being placed in an audio environment for play and exploration. Surrounding oneself in the overwhelm and being submerged into this live, reactive, and resonant world, all elements introduced into this chamber space serve a body trying to attune and orient itself. March 2023 - SFU Senior Capstone Show – “Propositions” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Presented in Studio D Theatre, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Vancouver August 2023 - Evergreen Cultural Centre – Emerging Artist Incubator + Residency &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Presented at Evergreen Cultural Centre Theatre, Port Coquitlam July 2024 [excerpt] - Salt Spring Island – Guest Artist with Dance West Network, Studio Showing &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Presented an excerpt at Antler Ridge Studio, invited as a guest artist alongside Re-Centering Margins Residency Program’s artists on tour. July 2024 [excerpt] - Victoria – Guest Artist with Dance West Network, Studio Showing &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Presented an excerpt at Dance Victoria, invited as a guest artist alongside Re-Centering Margins Residency Program’s artists on tour.&nbsp; <img width="1169" height="1448" width_o="1169" height_o="1448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/81cf7b8ec9210393acdee5e7d41897ce0042068b1cc364728306aee4005ed8ac/IMG_2189.jpg" data-mid="219793905" border="0" data-scale="94" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/81cf7b8ec9210393acdee5e7d41897ce0042068b1cc364728306aee4005ed8ac/IMG_2189.jpg" /> “The Chamber it Comes From” Photo Credits: Evergreen Cultural Centre “Call and Response” - InstallationMylar sewn onto canvas, performance, video projection. Call and Response is an immersive installation exploring the interaction of movement, visual art and projection through refraction and reflection. The work begins from a question: How can the act of deep listening be translated into visual mediums? The projected movement of my body serves as a call, while the mylar and the surrounding environment of moving light provide a visual response. The refractive and reflective qualities of the mylar create a textured surface that interacts with light and movement, and the crinkled mylar backdrop acts as a conduit, catching and bouncing the light from the projection of the dance performance. Together, this dance of both light and motion transforms the space into an exchange told through movement, refraction, and reflection. August 2023 - Evergreen Cultural Centre – Emerging Artist Incubator + Residency <img width="1920" height="1172" width_o="1920" height_o="1172" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14c85347554e3e5ba2b2c4c5364eba4e326093dfaaef6375c2280545b56c5703/13.Installation-view-of-Emerging-Creators-Incubator-Echoes-of-a-Circle--exhibition-at-the-Art-Gallery-at-Evergreen--Evergreen-Cultural-Centre--2023.-Photo-Rachel-Topham-Photography.-2.jpg" data-mid="219790791" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14c85347554e3e5ba2b2c4c5364eba4e326093dfaaef6375c2280545b56c5703/13.Installation-view-of-Emerging-Creators-Incubator-Echoes-of-a-Circle--exhibition-at-the-Art-Gallery-at-Evergreen--Evergreen-Cultural-Centre--2023.-Photo-Rachel-Topham-Photography.-2.jpg" />“Call and Response” Photo Credits: Rachel Topham “A Conversation in Rhythm” - Tap Dance Short Film Participated as a co-producer and performer of a movement-based short film alongside Seth Kitamura and Kevin Kim. “A Conversation in Rhythm” is an experimental movement film which transcripts the implicit exchange of dialogue between a tap dancer and a drummer during an improvised jam session. &nbsp; June-November 2022 - Festival of Recorded Movement – Commissioned Artist 2022&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Premiered at the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, VancouverSeptember 2023 - Dance Camera Istanbul Screendance Festival – Official Selection&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Screened in public spaces and cultural centres/venues in Istanbul, Turkey. November 2025 - FORM Festival 10th Anniversary - Collisions of Commisions&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Screened as part of the exhibition at VIVO Media Arts Centre. <img width="2866" height="1954" width_o="2866" height_o="1954" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a70039e4bd7118b534a123049e94a417b92774a5ea4ec969dc33aadf7f3b818f/ConversationInRhythm_1.JPG" data-mid="219791661" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a70039e4bd7118b534a123049e94a417b92774a5ea4ec969dc33aadf7f3b818f/ConversationInRhythm_1.JPG" />“A Conversation in Rhythm” Photo Credits: Kevin Kim https://julliannaoke.ca/projection-design Tue, 17 Jan 2023 01:49:38 +0000 Jullianna Oke https://julliannaoke.ca/projection-design “Dil Ka” by Lee Nisar Projection Design Ruby Slippers Theatre in association with Presentation House Theatre and Blackout Arts Society Show Credits:&nbsp;Written by Lee NisarDirected by Tricia TrinhCultural Consultant: Adolyn Hamed Dar Technical Direction &amp; Production Management by Jessica HanSet design by Kimira ReddyLighting design by John WebberSound design by Mishelle CutlerProjection Design by Jullianna Oke- ChimerikCostume design by Rachel Macadam <img width="5400" height="3619" width_o="5400" height_o="3619" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2cf12959521c474ca1502ecf6afb1c87e621dc07b75da8eb33454cc0ccb95f5f/Dil_Ka_0035.jpg" data-mid="219796679" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2cf12959521c474ca1502ecf6afb1c87e621dc07b75da8eb33454cc0ccb95f5f/Dil_Ka_0035.jpg" /><img width="5400" height="3511" width_o="5400" height_o="3511" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62fa2094b6b14936831e3b374dfe293389d1bc368af3b9a57599b3e2ace3094f/Dil_Ka_0044.jpg" data-mid="219797271" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62fa2094b6b14936831e3b374dfe293389d1bc368af3b9a57599b3e2ace3094f/Dil_Ka_0044.jpg" /> “The Narrow Bridge” by Pomerantz New Media/Projection Designer and Captioning Presented by Chutzpah! Festival and the Sidney &amp; Gertrude Zack Gallery November 2023 Video Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da7T2PfzFlI Show Credits:Ariel Martz-Oberlander; Devorah Vogt; Chloe Ziner; Jessica Gabriel; Jullianna Oke; Cindy Mochizuki; Cindy Kao; Vanka Salim; Dan Loan; Caroline MacCaull; Anna Brew; Benji Eisenberg; Tamar Tabori; Amitai Marmorstein <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d54f2f9885425d197ea419871d44f444b952f46a51ad53a5e818a46203de057/IMG_2551.jpeg" data-mid="219795458" border="0" data-scale="69" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d54f2f9885425d197ea419871d44f444b952f46a51ad53a5e818a46203de057/IMG_2551.jpeg" /> <img width="1170" height="607" width_o="1170" height_o="607" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f12a98d9c994fbe17a86b2013914bba79c9747fe61041046e81d7fb059631a90/IMG_4105.jpg" data-mid="219795463" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f12a98d9c994fbe17a86b2013914bba79c9747fe61041046e81d7fb059631a90/IMG_4105.jpg" /><img width="1170" height="603" width_o="1170" height_o="603" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffffe4f5426449b481c1fd6253d58bf267e6214471e848accc02063367fc1db1/IMG_4106.jpg" data-mid="219795462" border="0" data-scale="87" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ffffe4f5426449b481c1fd6253d58bf267e6214471e848accc02063367fc1db1/IMG_4106.jpg" /> https://julliannaoke.ca/contact Fri, 03 Dec 2021 07:16:31 +0000 Jullianna Oke https://julliannaoke.ca/contact Contact ︎ jekoke44@gmail.com Find More Here:︎&nbsp; &nbsp;︎&nbsp; &nbsp;︎&nbsp; &nbsp;︎