The cast of Cabaret Noir aims to use movement, dialogue and music to reconstruct emblematic scenes from popular culture in a work that hopes to be both a celebration and resistance of concepts of "Blackness". The purpose is for the artists to play with clichés, folklore and prejudices, summoning the words of Frantz Fanon, Nina Simone, Dany Laferrière and Spike Lee to...
Miigis: Underwater Panther draws its inspiration from a prophecy in which the Anishinaabe must move westward or perish. It is about the great migration of the Anishinaabe from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, moving from salt to freshwater. Miigis aims to explore this journey, the mystery beings, the rise of matriarchy and the ancestral pull towards the next seven generations....
Human Measure is Cassils’ first piece of contemporary dance, made in collaboration with US choreographer Jasmine Albuquerque and a team of five trans and non-binary performers. Rooted in kinesiology, martial arts and sports science, the piece aims to create a live cyanotype in real time. Cassils wants to reinterpret Yves Klein’s Anthropometries paintings. Against a backdrop of US-based anti-trans legislation,...