Collaborator: Alex Barsky. /  by Nathan Webster

Alex Barsky, who is one of our brilliant collaborators for “AND SO WE SOW” is a Seattle-based animator and educator. Her work explores human and natural relationships in contemporary culture, which often culminates in internal and external struggle, disorder, and violence.


Her award-winning short films have screened at festivals around the world, including SXSW, Animation Block Party, and the Toronto Arthouse Film Festival. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Animation at Cornish College of the Arts. Join us on December 22nd at Left of Main in Vancouver and you will get to see her innovative work up close!


#andsowesow #nowidworks #december22 #vancouver #leftofmain

Residency in Richmond, Virginia. /  by Nathan Webster

Charlotte was in Virginia a couple of weeks ago creating a new work on the dynamic dancers in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Richmond. Last time that we were there as a company was in 2019 when we created the evening length production “Cross Currents” at the American Civil War Museum! We so appreciate the relationship that we have developed with the Department, it is exciting to watch it evolve in new and interesting ways.
#tbt #throwbackthursday #universityofrichmond #virginia#richmond

Audition notice! /  by Nathan Webster

NOW-ID is seeking Vancouver based dancers for a 2 week period from December 11 thru December 23, for the creation of a new contemporary dance work and showing to take place in the Left of Main space in Vancouver’s Chinatown.

We will hold an audition on Saturday October 29th, 2022.

It’s free to audition. Please email contact@now-id com, attention Charlotte Boye-Christensen to express interest and confirm details.

NOW-ID is looking for experienced dancers interested in a collaborative contemporary dance environment. Artists will be provided with a salary commensurate with CADA/West recommendations.

NOW-ID respectfully acknowledges that we are working on the ancestral and unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) people.

Thank you for the generous grant from the Canada Council for the Arts! /  by Nathan Webster

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our upcoming project : WOOD NOT THE GRAIN PLANE.

About Canada Council for the Arts

The Canada Council for the Arts contributes to the vibrancy of a creative and diverse arts and literary scene and supports its presence across Canada and around the world. The Council is Canada’s public arts funder, with a mandate to “foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts.” The Council’s grants, services, initiatives, prizes, and payments support Canadian artists, authors, and arts groups and organizations. This support allows them to pursue artistic expression, create works of art, and promote and disseminate the arts and literature. Through its arts funding, communications, research, and promotion activities, the Council fosters ever-growing engagement of Canadians and international audiences in the arts. The Council’s Public Lending Right (PLR) program makes annual payments to creators whose works are held in Canadian public libraries. The Council’s Art Bank operates art rental programs and helps further public engagement with contemporary arts through exhibition and outreach activities. The Council is responsible for the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, which promotes the values and programs of UNESCO to contribute to a future of peace, reconciliation, equity, and sustainable development.

/  by Nathan Webster

Proud and delighted to announce that Charlotte will be sharing her experience and passion as Head of the Dance Department at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle this fall, on top of a number of ongoing and exciting residencies in British Columbia, Kansas, Virginia and more!

Congratulations Charlotte!

Images inspired by the themes explored in ALLY UP! /  by Nathan Webster

These powerful pieces of art by Text-based Artist and collaborator Jamie Clyde took inspiration from the themes that were explored in ALLY UP!
If you would like to know more and/or are interested in purchasing any of these brilliant pieces, please go to our website or visit Jamie Clyde’s website at: www.jaimeclydestudio.com/nowid #nowid #nowidworks#collaborator #textbasedart #jamieclyde #jamieclydeart#brilliantartist #art

Internship. /  by Nathan Webster

We are excited to have dancer Miriam Maach join us as an intern for our upcoming project at Left of Main in Chinatown, Vancouver in August.

Miriam is originally from Barcelona but is currently studying contemporary dance in Copenhagen. #nowidworks #leftofmain #chinatown#barcelona #copenhagen #vancouver

SO MANY THINGS! /  by Nathan Webster

Ever feel like there is so much in you that you are just vibrating with the desire to get it out! Not out of the head like it’s a bad thing, but (both in and) out of all your energy centers that somehow seem simultaneously tuned and bursting, aching to synchronize all that is inside you with all that is around you?!

Well, that’s us right now dear Salt Lake City friends.

We have so much… ideas developed and those developing, somewhere between the just rooting seed and the wise sage.

We cannot wait, literally, to ALLY UP! and play with you.

We have approximately 35 humans involved directly in this performance, from dancers to bikers, from sound engineer to chefs… a painter, several forms of designers, a… ring boy!?… so many people, companies and institutions are giving so much, and we are awed and honored to be the conduit and conductors – do allow us this gift to share with you, GIDDY UP! GIT YOUR TICKETS!

Some Reminders / Some New for ALLY UP! JUNE 25, 2022:

6 - 7:15PM

- Artist Jamie Clyde will be exhibiting original works created for this event that will be for sale, as well as a selection of prints.

- We have a doctor and a botanist - Ty Dickerson and Hope Hornbeck - spearheading the Food and Beverage station. Tickets will include HOT DOGS FOR ALL and all there will be BEVERAGES FOR PURCHASE.


7:15PM
- Get to your seats / stand your ground, as we open to the main event – choreographer Charlotte Boye-Christensen’s new work, inspired by an all-female WRESTLING MATCHwitnessed in Cholula, Mexico, lit by pickup truck headlights – set on dancers Tara McArthur and Sydney Sorenson as GOOGOO GOLDRUSH and THUNDER ROSE, with special appearance by Joshua Pace and others, with hair/makeup by Emiley Golie and Stephanie Ericson, sound by Adam Day… and and and…

8:15ish to 10pm
- Let’s hang out, listen to MUSIC, re-open the BAR and, well, do what the humans DO!

AAAAND, if that’s not enough (we aren’t tired yet!), we have two smaller events prior to the BIG EVENT. See below and maybe you too can have the full meal deal.

THURSDAY JUNE 23 AT 7PM

At MAVEN CREATE – 177 E 900 South, please join the discussion at a free MEET THE ARTISTS talk and Q+A moderated by Brian Kubarycz, associate professor at the University of Utah honors college in Literature and Philosophy and, also, a fiction writer and poet, visual artist and musician.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 22 AT 10AM

At MAVEN STRONG - 155 E 900 South, JOIN A SPECIAL CLASS led by NOW-ID directors - Choreographer Charlotte Boye-Christensen and Architect Nathan Webster – who will co-teach a physical, freeform yoga-based class led by Charlotte, and incorporate some basic contemporary dance warm-up exercises as ALLY UP! dancers Tara and McArthur and Sydney Sorenson will be in class as well. Nathan will provide an intro/outro visualization and integration.

Besides assisting Tessa and Tim as Architect on both the Strong and Create buildings, Nathan completed Centered City's Yoga-Teacher training course in 2006 (Charlotte doesn't believe it) and has been a yogi/meditation practitioner for over 25 years.

12 spots are available to attend this special session which will combine these teachers' unique backgrounds and their unique tie with the MAVEN District design. Book your spot here.