Amy Griffith - Contemporary Artist

Amy Griffith - Contemporary Dance Artist

Creating my own dance choreography can be a strenuous and difficult task, as I am someone who enjoys being the performer as the work is in my own hands. Giving my own ideas to others to make their own can be both stressful and beautiful. 

During my process of choreographing I find myself thinking a lot about spacial patterns, how I want the dance to travel throughout the space. Dance is a story that’s created with the bodies moving in relation to itself, others as well as the space. I find it extremely important to be conscious of where each body is placed, which way they are facing and how they travel in specific patterns during the journey of the dance. I find it not only important but very interesting and useful for creating a cohesive piece of work. 

As a dance artist making my own work I understand the importance of the atmosphere created in the room. I find it fascinating to feel an overwhelming (or underwhelming) amount of emotion while watching dance. It is a great way to either share a statement or take people out of the real world for a couple of minutes. This is where the magic is created in dance. When creating my own choreography I normally start with a short phrase and see how I am able to expand it. Its like planting a seed. Once I get started on something, anything, the rest begins to create itself. Within the choreography growing, thats when I will decide to add details such as relationships, storylines or anything else that started to happening during the process. 

The more I create the more I find room for opportunity within movement for not only my own choreography but for my own practice as well. I believe that dance and art in general is what creates the interesting and wonderful qualities of the universe. Keeping this idea in mind sparks my imagination and helps me create and move in different qualitative ways. 

Photo by: Ty Griffith

Amy Griffith - Contemporary Artist - Biography

Amy began taking a serious interest in her dance training when she moved to Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta at the age of 13 and began training in ballet, contemporary, hip-hop, jazz, lyrical and acrobatics. She fell in love with jazz and contemporary and took part in a number of groups, solos, and duets at local as well as international competitions. 

Amy has traveled to Las Vegas, Barcelona, and Paris to either compete or take class. She has also had the privilege to perform on the Royal Caribbean Cruise in 2015 with her studio, Bianca’s Dance Company. 

After Amy turned eighteen and decided that her competitive dancing days were coming to an end she decided she wanted to continue studying contemporary dance in a new environment. In the same year Amy moved to Vancouver British Columbia to train and study at Simon Fraser University. 

As Amy is still in the program she is busy creating new work, performing in shows within the program and growing her dance career.