Party Tricks

In this multidisciplinary performance, I treat the body as a biological and social case study. The work is a formal inquiry into the mechanics of belonging, using personal narrative as the central material to explore the deep-seated tensions of alienation and consent. I am interested in the moment an individual is "let in" or "cast out," and the visceral physical response that accompanies those transitions.

The performance operates at the intersection of dance, text, and video to deconstruct our precarious position within the animal kingdom. By layering somatic movement with technological media, I investigate primate social hierarchies and their modern human echoes. I am looking for the "animal" in the "social"—examining how our primitive drives for group inclusion dictate our modern understanding of boundaries and permission.

Featuring: AJ Musters, Randi-Lee Ross & Kevin Jesuino

--APPEARANCE--

To The Awe #1, The New Gallery (Calgary,AB) February 2017