Holly M. Brinkman - Thank You - a feminist rage poem
CONTENT WARNING: Nudity. Discussion of sex, beauty standards, diet culture, misogyny
Holly stands on stage while a pre-recorded voice over plays, "Thank-You: A feminist rage poem." Holly cuts her clothes off of herself with bandage scissors. Holly stands on stage mostly naked as the poem finishes. ARTIST PROFILE: Holly Brinkman is a storyteller, producer, physical comedian and burlesque performer living and creating on Lekwungen territory. Her work is deeply personal and influenced by societal pressures to look, talk, move and be a specific way as a woman in the world. She is a queer woman with hetero-passing white cis privilege. ARTIST: Holly M. Brinkman (she/her) performer/creator LINKS IG @hollymaryan FB Holly Brinkman |
Allison Brooks - Unsticking
Through movement I experiment with containment and rapture. This piece was made possible thanks to Carol Mendes/Amok Project. ARTIST PROFILE: Contemporary dance artist Allison Audrey Brooks is a white settler that has spent her life in Western Canada in various unceded First Nations territories and Treaty 1 territory. Since 2017 Allison has been working professionally throughout Canada and abroad. Since moving too Vancouver she has had the pleasure of working with local dance companies. Previously based in Winnipeg Allison is excited to be back to the BC dance community. ARTISTS: Allison Brooks (she/her) choreographer/dancer Carol Mendes (she/her) outside eye LINKS: IG @brooksalli |
Lee Ingram - frozen cradlE
frozen cradle is an experimental and multi-disciplinary performance piece that incorporates poetry, dance, and layered sounds. It pays homage to a matriarchal presence in the absence of fatherhood, and deviates from an assumed narrative to give strength to the weight of that responsibility. ARTIST PROFILE: Lee Ingram (she/they) is a dancer, musician, and poet living and creating on the ancestral lands of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. As a primarily self-taught and improvised dancer, Lee is engaged in collaborative and experimental work that grants the body maximum freedom to translate mental and emotional landscapes into physical expressions. Lee is curious about the ways in which the improvised body can contradict expectations of identity(/ies), dance, and performance. ARTISTS: Lee Ingram (she/they) choreographer, performer, writer, and voice Owen fairbairn (he/they) recording and sound design |
Kiera Shaw - Shedding (working title)
CONTENT WARNING: TBD
Shedding is a contemporary dance movement score that currently exists as a solo. Inspired by the feeling of letting go, Shedding is a dynamic observation of what can be experienced when one let’s go. What becomes available for the body? What movement can be created? ARTIST PROFILE: Kiera Shaw is a moving, thinking dance artist. She holds a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from York University, and often wears many different hats as a dancer, choreographer, lighting designer, stage manager, and educator. A lifelong learner and traveller, she has sought to expand her training through programs including: Batsheva’s Gaga Intensives (Tel Aviv), and ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival (Vienna). Currently Kiera is based in Victoria while virtually connecting to the dance communities in Toronto and Tel Aviv. ARTIST: Kiera Shaw (she/her) Choreographer & Dancer LINKS: IG @kieravshaw |
Grace-Ann Wynter - Confront, or ConforM
This contemporary dance piece is based on personal confrontations with the many ways society places expectations & preconceived notations on my being- specifically as a person of color & as a woman. It explores both the moments of confrontation with these labels & expectations as well as the moments of surrender to the path of least resistance. ARTIST PROFILE: I have been doing contemporary dance for ~11 years and have participated in about 10 year-end productions in that time. I have had the pleasure of performing in a piece at a Broken-Rhythms Dance company, Lash Bash Fundraiser in August 2017. Also in 2017, I performed multiple dance pieces in a 3 show production called ‘The Gathering’ along side fellow dancers, actors, and musicians. More recently, I have been exploring improv dance which is where this piece was borne. ARTIST: Grace-Ann Wynter performer Links IG @g_wynter |
In-person on JUNE 11TH at 7:30pm
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