Victoria Mohr-Blakeney is a dance artist and choreographer with a keen interest in performance-based short film and movement installation.
New Works
Sorry
Artsweek Peterborough 2018
Peterborough Square
Choreography | Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Dance Artists | Kate Story & Ryan Kerr
Music Artist | Evangeline Gentle 'Winter'
Sorry is a site-specific performance work which explores themes of isolation, disconnection, and sadness on the escalators of a downtown mall. It features original song 'Winter' performed live by Evangeline Gentle.
Artsweek Peterborough 2018
Peterborough Square
Choreography | Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Dance Artists | Kate Story & Ryan Kerr
Music Artist | Evangeline Gentle 'Winter'
Sorry is a site-specific performance work which explores themes of isolation, disconnection, and sadness on the escalators of a downtown mall. It features original song 'Winter' performed live by Evangeline Gentle.
Locked in a Way
Art Gallery of Peterborough/Peterborough, Canada (Jan-Mar 2020)
Dance: Made in Canada Festival/Toronto, Canada (Aug 2019)
Minikino Film Week/Bali, Indonesia (Oct 2018)
Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival/Uxbridge, MA, United States (Oct 2018)
Diversions International Short Film Festival/Croatia - European Premiere (Jun 2018)
Cinema Spectacular Film Festival/Vancouver (Mar 2018
ReFrame Film Festival/Peterborough (Jan 2018)
Snowdance Film Festival/Peterborough - Best Short Film (Mar 2017)
Small Dance for a Small Space Festival/Peterborough (Dec 2016)
Concept & Performance: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Cinematography & Editing: Matthew Hayes
Locked in a Way is a short film which explores the confining and isolating landscape of grief. It is a collaboration between dance artist Victoria Mohr-Blakeney and filmmaker Matthew Hayes, and features the last recorded conversation between Victoria and her mother Renate Mohr, as they speak about a creative collaboration they are not able to finish before Renate’s death. Locked in a Way offers a brief intimate space wherein a mother’s voice and a daughter’s body connect across time, space, and even death.
Art Gallery of Peterborough/Peterborough, Canada (Jan-Mar 2020)
Dance: Made in Canada Festival/Toronto, Canada (Aug 2019)
Minikino Film Week/Bali, Indonesia (Oct 2018)
Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival/Uxbridge, MA, United States (Oct 2018)
Diversions International Short Film Festival/Croatia - European Premiere (Jun 2018)
Cinema Spectacular Film Festival/Vancouver (Mar 2018
ReFrame Film Festival/Peterborough (Jan 2018)
Snowdance Film Festival/Peterborough - Best Short Film (Mar 2017)
Small Dance for a Small Space Festival/Peterborough (Dec 2016)
Concept & Performance: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Cinematography & Editing: Matthew Hayes
Locked in a Way is a short film which explores the confining and isolating landscape of grief. It is a collaboration between dance artist Victoria Mohr-Blakeney and filmmaker Matthew Hayes, and features the last recorded conversation between Victoria and her mother Renate Mohr, as they speak about a creative collaboration they are not able to finish before Renate’s death. Locked in a Way offers a brief intimate space wherein a mother’s voice and a daughter’s body connect across time, space, and even death.
When I Think of Her
ReFrame Film Festival/Peterborough (2018)
Small Dance for a Small Space Festival/Peterborough (2018)
Simple, Solo, Grand/Toronto (2017)
Precarious ArtWORK Festival/Peterborough (2017)
Concept/Choreography: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Performers: Sylvie Dasne, Rachael Cardiello
Music: Rachael Cardiello/TIDAL MOUTH
Video: Rob Viscardis
Precarious ArtWORK Festival, Peterborough, 2017
When I think of Her, is a movement installation piece dance, movement, and gesture performed by Sylvie Dasne and Rachael Cardiello and choreographed by Victoria Mohr-Blakeney, with music by Rachael Cardiello/TIDAL MOUTH. The score is a compilation of embodied memories of the choreographer and performers’ parents, who have passed away. When I Think of Her looks at what we remember of our parents in terms of their physical and embodied selves but also what parts of them we carry in our own bodies.
Past Works (Selected)
I'MBODY
CB Gallery, Toronto (2012)
Choreographer: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Performers: Angela Blumberg, Katya Kuznetsova
Smiling At Strangers
Scotiabank Studio Theatre, Toronto (2011)
Choreography: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Performer: Miriam Westland
Mixed Media $3,400
Edward Day Gallery, Toronto (2010)
Choreography: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Performers: Julie McLachlan, Lia Mannella,
Music: Benjamin Davis
Taped
Eco Arts Festival, York University & The Tranzac Club, Toronto (2010)
Choreography/Performance: Angela Blumberg, Katya Kuznetsova,
Anastasia Maywood, Victoria Mohr-Blakeney, Priscilla Guy, Heather
Steam
The Rivoli, Toronto (2010)
Choreography/Perormance: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Honey I'm Home
Scotiabank Studio Theatre, Toronto (2009)
Choreography: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Performers: Katya Kuznetsova, Angela Blumberg
Caged
Nuit Blanche, The Rivoli, Toronto (2009)
Choreography/Performance: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Music: John Cage
CB Gallery, Toronto (2012)
Choreographer: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Performers: Angela Blumberg, Katya Kuznetsova
Smiling At Strangers
Scotiabank Studio Theatre, Toronto (2011)
Choreography: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Performer: Miriam Westland
Mixed Media $3,400
Edward Day Gallery, Toronto (2010)
Choreography: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Performers: Julie McLachlan, Lia Mannella,
Music: Benjamin Davis
Taped
Eco Arts Festival, York University & The Tranzac Club, Toronto (2010)
Choreography/Performance: Angela Blumberg, Katya Kuznetsova,
Anastasia Maywood, Victoria Mohr-Blakeney, Priscilla Guy, Heather
Steam
The Rivoli, Toronto (2010)
Choreography/Perormance: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Honey I'm Home
Scotiabank Studio Theatre, Toronto (2009)
Choreography: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Performers: Katya Kuznetsova, Angela Blumberg
Caged
Nuit Blanche, The Rivoli, Toronto (2009)
Choreography/Performance: Victoria Mohr-Blakeney
Music: John Cage