A Sentient Spiral by Amara Barner

The spiral is humanity’s most ancient and prophetic symbol. A turning inward to confront the self, a turn outward to reconnect with the whole. An eternal oscillation between order and chaos directing all living processes. Our mental and emotional patterns as humans, move in circular pathways of memory and aspiration. Our solar system travels in spirals through the galaxy. Time is cyclical. The spiral, in 3-dimensional form, is a shape held together by some measure of magic and law of continuation. The spiral represents the will to move forward, while it also holds the memory of what once was, and the hope of what could be.

Chorus by Andrea Peña

This work weaves together two major AP&A creations: UAQUE, originally conceived for the National Arts Centre and Symphony, and Transmuted Symphony, commissioned by TanzKassel. By merging these two universes, the work explores the intersections of their questions across notions of collectivity, ritual and complexity in dialogue with our evolving relationship to the world in this urgent Anthropocene.

In this hybrid landscape, the performers’ bodies, inspired by my Muisca Indigenous Colombian heritage, become vessels that move fluidly between the natural, the ethereal, and the physical. The choreography unfolds through communal actions and embodied rituals at times inspired by Colombian traditional dances, revealing our capacity to stand with and for one another, a value of my people. Through the dancers’ intensely physical and athletic vocabulary, movement becomes a form of insistence, a series of Poetries of Insistence that give voice to both individual and collective presence.

Across the stage, vivid gestural frescoes materialize, forming layered landscapes that evoke multiple societies and pluriversal imaginaries. These living tableaux make space for many stories to coexist, overlap, and inform one another. Through these shared encounters, the work invites us to witness how shared vulnerability and insistence weave new forms of futurity, where the collective body becomes both a site of sustenance and a terrain of continual transformation.

Projet Pilote by Meggie Cloutier-Hamel

Projet Pilote is a solo choreographic piece that explores the symbolism of paper airplanes. Objects that bring us back to play, they become silent witnesses to a passage, an inner construction, a subtle link between the momentum of childhood and the maturity of the adult body.

Mercure Rétrograde by Clémence Dinard

Listen to your own rhythm, listen to others. Explore relationships, humanity, love. A single gesture, a single posture can be completely transformed when another body joins in, when another gaze, another piece of music changes its resonance.