Savage & Samuelle

U Go, I Go

…explores the characteristics of proximity between bodies and place.

Hustle dancers Savage & Samuelle transpose their partner dance and street dance experience onto the stage. Under the guidance of mentor Deanna Peters/Mutable Subject, in the early phases of research, S&S discovers that proximity develops a current connecting bodies through resistance, creating a union with a mind of its own.

With the support of BC Arts Council, plastic orchid factory, Dumb Instrument Dance, Mutable Subject

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Avery Smith

Here We Are

Mold yourself from a soft substance · Consolidate your conflicts · Learn to simplify and dilute · Misinformation and hope

Here We Are (working title) explores the artifice of identity. Together, Avery and Kate have created states of being that attempt to consolidate multiple versions of self. The attempt of presenting oneself in a neat package fails and dissolves in different ways. Cracks in formality and persona soften the performer and make space for multiple identities to exist.