Shows
Upcoming: Imago at Assembly Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe July 30-Aug 24, 2025
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Imago
Directed by former Cirque du Soleil artists, Imago is contemporary aerial-dance that explores the space between holding onto and letting go of another. It’s a gripping duet brought to life through cinematic original music, visceral floor-to-air choreography, and dreamlike visual design. Winner of the Isadora Award for Excellence in Choreography, Corporeal Imago’s work has been nominated for a Total Theatre Award in Physical and Visual Theatre and described as a “dark, quietly riveting gem of aerial drama” (The List).
Direction, Choreography + Original Cast:
Gabrielle Martin + Jeremiah Hughes
Aerial and Dance Artists:
Eowynn Enquist + Isak Enquist
Lighting Design: Sophie Tang
All music composed by Nicolas Bernier
Except ○ I composed by Nicolas Bernier + Simon Trottier
Costumes: Amy McDougall
Cinematography for digital performance: Jessica Han
Imago was created with the support of Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, Cirkör LAB, Centre de création, Résidences Ponctuelles of Espace catastrophe // Centre International de Création des Arts du Cirque, The Dance Centre, Dancing on the Edge Festival, and KW Studios.
Throe
Throe explores our interdependence in the aftermath of our future disaster with a stunning intersection of aerial acrobatics, contemporary dance, and visual theatre. This new work features six powerful performers in a world of aerial ropes, as they cling to what remains in the throes of survival. While Throe depicts us at the mercy of our circumstances, it also highlights the resilience and hope in collectivity. It pushes the boundaries of aerial dance, blurring the space between floor and air to create a compellingly kinetic and visually arresting experience.
Throe was created in a 2021-22 residency at The Dance Centre (Vancouver, BC) and had its world premiere November 17-19, 2022 as part of the Global dance Connections series at The Dance Centre. It has since been presented at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in 2023, and Chilliwack Cultural Centre, dance Immersion (Toronto), and Arts Revelstoke in 2024.
The project is made possible thanks to the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council, with additional support from CircusWest Performing Arts Society.
Concept: Gabrielle Martin
Co-choreographers: Gabrielle Martin & Jeremiah Hughes
Aerialist-Dancers: Marissa Wong, Brenna Metzmeier,
Juan Duarte, Jeremiah Hughes, Alex Tam, Brianne Chan
Former cast includes: Eowynn Enquist, Isak Enquist, Darian Mark
Composer: Jo Hirabayashi
Lighting Designer: Sophie Tang
Costume Designer: Amy McDougall
Red
Red is an immersive performance experience inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s Mask of the Red Death. It addresses our encroaching fate and complicity in the face of the climate crises. In act one, circus and urban dance vignettes reflect humanity’s homo deus narrative. Progressively, the apotheosis narrative of the performances becomes injected with the shadow of inevitable consequence. In the second act, the climate crisis, or “death”, has arrived at the party. Lifeless bodies are suspended, suffocated in the material of their own making, and the final dance is one of mourning and loss. Red evokes a cathartic experience through examining our collective guilt and repressed fears for the future.
Choreographer-Directors: Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes
Dance and Circus Artists: Juan Duarte, Alex Tam, Marissa Wong,
Daria Mikhaylyuk, Brenna Metzmeier, Jeremiah Hughes, Dom Taylor,
Jared Khalifa
Composer: Jo Hirabayashi
Video designer: Jessica Han
Lighting designer: Sophie Tang
Costume Designer: Amy McDougall
Red is currently in development through the Artist in Residence program of The Dance Centre, with a premiere planned for spring 2026.
