Winter Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie Update

Grasslands

Birdsong Communications' documentary Grasslands: Where Heaven Meets Earth aired Monday,December 11, 2006 on Bravo! in Canada.

This one-hour documentary celebrates the 2004 collaboration between Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie’s visiting artists -- including Bill and Laurence, Margie Gillis, David Earle, Robin Poitras, Gordon Monahan and many more -- and the ranching community of Val Marie, Saskatchewan. Produced in High Definition television format, Grasslands: Where Heaven Meets Earth follows the creative process and culminates in an extraordinary performance in the rolling hills of Grasslands National Park.

The premiere was held on November 23 at the University of Regina, and was attended by Bill Coleman, the Honourable John Nilson, Q.C., Minister of Environment, and a busload from Val Marie including community organizers Karen Fargey Smith and Twila Hayes, students from Val Marie School and Grasslands park staff, who drove four hours through a Saskatchewan snowstorm to be there.

The Gros Morne Project

The Gros Morne Project: Feel the Earth Move by Anne Troake, produced by Morag Loves Company will air Thursday, March 29, 2007 on Opening Night on CBC Television in Canada.

In July, 2006 an extraordinary occurrence happened in the tiny town of Trout River (pop. 688). At the peak of the summer season, CLC descended upon the quiet village with an artistic team of Canada's finest dance artists to create a site specific work together with the people of Trout River.

Other Company News

David Earle was presented with the Walter Carsen Prize, and during the ceremony Bill and son Jimmy performed an excerpt of Earle’s Emotional Geography.

CLC welcomes John Oswald, new guest artist, who joins James Kudelka (currently creating a solo for Laurence in Vitorria, Ontario) and Edward Poitras.

Bill has started tap dancing again,and is absorbing the hoofer tradition of Bunny Briggs and Arthur Duncan.

Juliette received a 96% for her participation at Club Gymnix. Her piano teacher says she wriggles too much.

Jimmy made the school basketball team.