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Vancouver-based dance artist and writer

Rachel Silver Maddock is a performer, writer and teacher living and working on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, Vancouver and Port Moody, BC.

Biography
 

April, 2024

Solastalgia

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Solastagia

In Residency! An interdisciplinary dance-theatre work exploring the physical and emotional impacts of climate change, premiered at 12MM in 2023.

Oct-Nov, 2023

Ripple Effects

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30 in 30 New Works Exhibition

Writer/editor for New Works anniversary project digital and in-person exhibition

May 28, 2023

Clear in the River

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Clear in the River

A dance-music-poetry meditation/celebration of the senses in nature, based on site specific research in Lynn Valley Headwaters.

April - June, 2023

Contact Mentorship

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Contact Improv Project

A mentorship with Olivia Shaffer and EDAM funded by the BCAC and CCA

 
 
Writing
Review: DARKMATTER makes the “(afro)futuristic and enigmatic body” a galaxy of meaning

The Dance Current

Review of DARKMATTER by Cherish Menzo: The edgy, multi-faceted work by Amsterdam/Brussels-based dancer-choreographer explores tempo remixing, rap anthems and Black identity.

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Review: Dog Rising by Montréal-based Clara Furey

The Georgia Straight

Review of Dog Rising by Clara Furey

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Preview: Assembly Hall: Crystal Pite’s newest dance-theatre collaboration

Dance International

Feature/Preview of Assembly Hall by Crystal Pite

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Feature: Power in an Age of Healing: The Queen of Carthage in Vancouver

Dance International

Feature/Preview of The Queen of Carthage (co-produced by Early Music Vancouver and re:Naissance Opera).

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Feature: Save the Last Dance For Me: The polka chinata returns, the same but different

Dance International

Feature/Preview of Save the Last Dance for Me by Alessandro Sciarroni, a contemporary work that revives the Italian folk dance the polka chinata, presented at Vancouver’s VIDF Festival 2023.

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Review: Creative Process: The late, great Paul Taylor’s Three Dubious Memories

Dance International

In Paul Taylor: Creative Domain, director Kate Geis and her team remarkably capture the creative process of late American modern dance master Paul Taylor through an 82-minute documentary.

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