Marla Eist This is Me

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1. 1. Straight.com Vancouver | Dance | Dance Critics’ picks

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   Published on: 3/2/2006   Last Visited: 4/5/2006

   Kindertransport Stories (March 2 and 5 at the Norman Rothstein Theatre) Marla Eist, an associate professor of dance at SFU, mined the memories and histories of child Holocaust survivors to create her multidisciplinary work, which has its world premiere at Chutzpah!. In 1938, the British Kindertransport took about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany, Austria, Poland, and Czechoslovakia to Great Britain, while most of their families perished in Nazi death camps. Amber Funk Barton, Karissa Barry, Shannon Moreno, and Vanessa Goodman interpret Eist,s fluid choreography.

2. 2. Chutzpah Festival

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   Published on: 1/1/2006   Last Visited: 10/4/2006

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   Marla Eist Chutzpah! is proud to present the premiere of an original multi-disciplinary work by award-winning dancer and choreographer Marla Eist.
   
   Inspired by the British Kindertransport of 1938 , when an estimated 10,000 Jewish children were taken out of Germany, Austria, Poland and Czechoslovakia to Great Britain, as most of their families perished in the Holocaust , Eist integrates the personal histories and survival stories of the kinder (children) and their families in a meaningful and powerful fusion of memory, cultural history and movement. For Kinderstransport Stories, Eist has collaborated with three of Vancouver,s top professional dancers, Amber Funk Barton, Karissa Barry and Shannon Moreno and music and video artist, Dave Smith, while working closely with Kindertransport survivors through the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
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   Eist is an New York-trained independent choreographer, performing artist and dance educator who has performed throughout the US and Canada with more than 50 independent contemporary dance artists over the years. She is currently an Associate Professor of Dance in the School for Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University.
   
   If you've never seen Marla Eist's work, you probably should. She is an exciting performer ... , The Peak
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   Vanessa is pleased to have this opportunity to work with Marla Eist and her dancers.

3. 3. Straight.com Vancouver | Dance | Dance Critics’ picks

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   Published on: 3/2/2006   Last Visited: 8/26/2006

   Kindertransport Stories (March 2 and 5 at the Norman Rothstein Theatre) Marla Eist, an associate professor of dance at SFU, mined the memories and histories of child Holocaust survivors to create her multidisciplinary work, which has its world premiere at Chutzpah!. In 1938, the British Kindertransport took about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany, Austria, Poland, and Czechoslovakia to Great Britain, while most of their families perished in Nazi death camps. Amber Funk Barton, Karissa Barry, Shannon Moreno, and Vanessa Goodman interpret Eist,s fluid choreography.