Choreographed by Deviani Andrea Bonilla

Featuring the Victoria School Dance Ensemble: va Ballesteros, Ethan Bogner, Sophie Campbell, Autumn Chugg, Maddie Crebas, Connor Ellingson, Greta Ellingson, Angelina Georgiopolus, Hannah Hetlinger, Lida Higham-Sparrow, Katherine MacKenzie, Nicole MacKenzie, Kenya Mayes, Franka McKague Larson, Keira McLeod, Morgan Mitchell, Presley Pearson, Aliyah Peter, Lissette-Andrea Peter, Athena Reyes, Reilly Rinaldi, Mia Sanders, Sureena Usman, and Teagan Woloschuk

This piece explores rhythm and group dynamics. A mass force of dancers shape the stage through unison and variation. Transitioning from one rhythm to another, it’s about collaboration, listening, and waiting. The idea it’s to keep it simple and powerful.  

Choreographed and performed by Max Hanic
Featuring Max Hanic, Myles Bartel, and Will Scott

Mudweed is an improvised physical and sonic dialogue between Max Hanic and The Pigeon Breeders. This exchange will travel a structured score devised from investigating the violence of springtime and personal genesis. How is the body a site for change in spirit and what does this require of one’s vitality?

Featuring Cayley Wreggitt, Thomas Geddes, and Nicole Logan
Presented by Baker Miller Pink

Peter, a down-on-his-luck painter who has hit a creative slump, takes a backpacking trip to Lillian Lake in Kananaskis to reinvigorate his passion. There, he encounters Lillian. She ebbs and flows with wind skimming on the lake’s surface. Peter becomes obsessed with Lillian, sacrificing his relationships and professional opportunities to get closer to her. But, what lies beneath the surface…

Choreographed by Hemali Boorada

Featuring Vismaya Bhagavathi Parambath and, Avani Pallickal Aji

Ashtapadis are Sanskrit hymns composed by Jayadeva in the 12th Century. They are a collection of beautiful love poems, highly revered by Indian Classical dancers as they portray the Navarasas (9 central emotions). As a second-generation Kuchipudi dancer in Canada, I want to restyle how these emotions are portrayed in the cultural context of the West, which I call home. The presentation follows the heroine who describes the yearning for her lover, as she reminisces about the time spent with him. This scintillating presentation choreographed by Hemali Boorada showcases the uncolonized Kuchipudi style.