Sep 11 2019
Fluid Fest invites you to embrace experience and reflect on the now with a vibrant and audacious lineup of dance and live performance from around the world and around the block.
2019 features artists that capture our contemporary times, including queer ideas and expressions, women’s voices and creative propositions that re-imagine and reframe the body in space.
To realize this beautiful October storm of performance, we are thrilled to collaborate with our partners: Calgary Queer Arts Society, Fake Mustache Drag King Troupe, Esker Foundation, Inside Out Theatre, Neighbourhood Dance Works, CanDance Network, Studio 303, Alberta Dance Alliance, Calgary Public Library and Contemporary Calgary.
This year find the Fluid Fest at the DJD Dance Centre, cSpace King Edward, Dickens Pub, the new CPL Central Library, and Arts Avenue Arts Block.
CHECK OUT FLUIDFEST.COM for the full festival schedule and details on all the shows, Deep Dive Activities and more. Secure your tickets soon because this flow will fill your heart and soul, titillate your inner oceans, and awaken your senses to the vitality of now.
WEEK 1
Gender Splendor:
A Cabaret of Gender Exploration
Curated by Oliver Twirl
Featuring Calgary Artists & National Guests
Co-presented with Calgary Queer Arts Society
The Other Half | The Beauty of Falling Apart
Action at a Distance (Vancouver)
Hilde Elbers (Netherlands) & Heather Ware (Banff/Netherlands)
HINKYPUNK
Ralph Escamillan (Vancouver)
Fluid Kiki Ball
VogueYYC & Ralph Escamillan (Vancouver)
Co-presented with Calgary Queer Arts Society & Fake Mustache Troupe
Red Rover: Road Trip | I AM A GENIUS
Susie Burpee (Toronto) & Linnea Swan (Calgary)
Lois Brown (St.John’s)
Co-presented with Neighbourhood Dance Works
To Name An Other
Jeffrey Gibson (New York)
Co-presented with Esker Foundation
Split
Lucy Guerin Inc. (Australia)
WEEK 2
The Space Where You Dream & I Live | oblivion
Su Lin Tseng (Calgary)
Mari Osanai (Japan)
Pour
Daina Ashbee (Montreal)
Running Piece
Jacques Poulin-Denis / Grand Poney (Montreal)
thaw | Extended Body | No More Fantasies
Zahra Shahab (Vancouver)
Erin Ball (Kingston)
Future Leisure (Vancouver)
Co-presented with Inside Out Theatre
Physical Therapy Cabaret
Curated by Samantha Ketsa
Featuring Calgary Artists & National Guests
Talking Truths: Performance
Jessica McMann (Calgary)
Olivia C. Davies (Vancouver)
Ayla Modeste (Edmonton)
Talking Truths: Community Connections through Indigenous Contemporary Creation
With Olivia C.Davies (Vancouver)
Suitaakii Black (Mohkinstsis),
Cherith Marks (Canmore)
Jessica McMann (Calgary)
Ayla Modeste (Edmonton)
Co-presented with Alberta Dance Alliance
Fluid Fest at the Libary
Barbara England (Calgary)
Julie Funk (Calgary)
Anastassiia Moussatova (Calgary)
Produced in partnership with Calgary Public Library
CREATIVE EXCHANGES
This is Actively Built
CanDance Creative Exchange / CanDanse Échange en Création
Nathan Yaffe (Montreal), Winnie Ho (Montreal), Kevin Jesuino (Calgary),
Melina Stinson (Montreal), niuboi (Edmonton)
Co-presented with CanDance Network and Studio 303
Cycling with Animals: New Bylaws for City Spaces
Eric & Mia (Calgary) and Action Hero (UK)
Residency made possible with the partnership of Contemporary Calgary