"A surreal playground of wonder, imagination and possibility....Meyer doesn’t just choreograph a dance—she conjures an entire world. "
Janet Smith
Stir
Inspired by her then two-year-old daughter’s question, “Do we die when we sleep?”, Rachel Meyer explores how wonder interrupts the limits we place on ourselves. As imagination and dream-space seep into everyday life, the work opens a poetic meditation on possibility and childlike wonder.
Former Ballet BC member Rachel Meyer creates a self referential universe with its own fantastical logic. Objects and setting take centre stage as the work unfolds through a constellation of encounters and parallel experiences, inviting audiences to witness the subtle moments that exist between people, between actions, and between what is and what can be.
Through virtuosic physicality, sculptural objects, and immersive theatrical design, Meyer creates a world where memory, play, and possibility continually reshape one another.
Get Tickets Today!Credits:
- Choreography in collaboration with the artists: Rachel Meyer
- Performance: Eowynn Enquist, Josh Martin, Rachel Meyer, Calder White
- Swings: Ariana Barr and Christoph von Riedemann
- Composition: James Maxwell, after Frédéric Chopin, Berceuse Op. 57 in D-flat Major
- Creative Support: Heather Myers
- Set Design: Rachel Meyer
- Costume Design: Kate Burrows
- Lighting Design: James Proudfoot
- Rehearsal Direction: Ariana Barr
- Set Fabrication: Sylvain Senez
- Lighting Technician: Gabe Raminhos
- Sound Technician: Olivia Niese
- Production: Jeremy Mendes
Special thanks to Steph Cyr for their collaboration as dance artist and performer during the initial creation and premiere of this work, and to Stella Arbel for inspiring the work.
This project acknowledges the support of the Scotiabank Dance Centre, the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, the Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre, Left of Main, the Dance Deck, the Dancing on the Edge Festival, and the Canada Council for the Arts.
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