“Using social interaction as a type of “mirror,” people use the judgments they receive from others to measure their own worth, values, and behaviour. Self-concept is built not in solitude, but rather within social settings. This yields a conceptual other whose reflected image of us is both affect and cognition: the valanced other.” Wayne E. Hensley, A theory of the valenced other: The intersection of the looking-glass-self and social penetration
Livona Ellis (she/her) was born on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples: Sḵwxw̱ ú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səlí̓lwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. She completed her dance education at Arts Umbrella and began dancing with Ballet BC in 2010. Independently she has collaborated with Jennifer McLeish-Lewis for the EDAM Spring Series, Rachel Meyer and Jennifer Mascall for Dancing on the Edge Festival 2019, and Mary-Louise Albert and Peter Bingham for Solo Dances 2020/21. She has created works for Dances for a Small Stage, Dance Deck Trois, Public Salon 2019, Contemporary Art Gallery Gala 2018, and Arts Umbrella Season Finale. In 2017 she received the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for Emerging Artist. Livona is a Programming Advisor for BC Movement Arts Society. She is currently working towards the December premiere of Fortress, a choreographic collaboration with Rebecca Margolick.
We acknowledge that we live, work and play on the unceded territories of the xwmǝθkwǝy̓ǝm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. We strive to learn from, and be allies with, Indigenous Peoples.