A co-presentation between Springboard Performance and Inside Out Theatre. In collaboration with Inside Out Theatre, and the invaluable support of their Good Host Program, we are thrilled to extend our heartfelt commitment to accessibility by offering select performances with ASL interpretation.
Curiosity. Connection. Communication. Control.
Can we genuinely coexist in an environment without disturbing it? Where do the commonalities and connections lie between our inner and outer landscapes, and why do we feel the need to control them both?
Carbon Movements is a groundbreaking new dance performance that includes a unique tactile and visual score. Starring Deaf artist Connor Yuzwenko-Martin, with vibrotactile elements created by David Bobier and Jim Ruxton of VibraFusionLab and direction by professional choreographer Ainsley Hillyard.
As part of The Invisible Practice’s mission to push boundaries in Deaf-centric theatre, Carbon Movements tries to answer the question of how we can create a performance where both hearing and Deaf audiences share the same experience.
Ainsley Hillyard - Choreographer and Creative Collaborator
Connor Yuzwenko-Martin - Performer and Creative Collaborator
Judah Truong - Technical Director
Jessy Ardern - Stage Manager
VibraFusionLab - Technical Show Development
Gail Benin - ASL Interpreter
Pil Hansen and Aimee Rushton - Dramaturgical support
Chris Dodd - Deaf Consultant
https://invisiblepractice.ca
Featured Artists
Connor Yuzwenko-Martin (Edmonton) · Performer and Creative Collaborator
Connor is a producer, performer, and playwright. He is slowly and gently launching The Invisible Practice, a Deaf arts collective based in amiskwaciy’waskahikan. The Invisible Practice has premiered two original Deaf-centric works: Carbon Movements, and After Faust, a fully Deaf-cast, directed, written, and produced play as part of the RISER Edmonton 2023 season. Connor relentlessly pursues the intersections of accessibility and art, with more projects planned in the future.
Connor’s Headshot DescriptionConnor’s headshot from mid-chest up. He is white, male, with short-buzzed head, neatly trimmed beard, and thick black-rimmed glasses. He looks directly at the camera, head slightly tilted, with an expression somewhere between asking a question and listening to an unexpected answer. His left arm lays across his lower chest (covered with a t-shirt) while his right hand is held up aloft in a “who knows?” pose. Right wrist has two beaded bracelets.
Photo credit: Alexandra Hickox Photography (@alexandrahickox)
Ainsley Hillyard (Edmonton) · Choreographer and Creative Collaborator
Ainsley Hillyard is an Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton)-based artist of settler descent. She is a choreographer, administrator, educator and performer who works in contemporary dance and theatre. Her work is immersed in the curiosities and connections between these two forms. Ainsley was a co-founder, a co-artistic director and the general manager at the Good Women Dance Collective for the past fourteen years and is currently being mentored into the role of Artistic Director of the Brian Webb Dance Company. She has worked as a choreographer and performer for various theatre and dance companies in Amiskwacîwâskahikan and received numerous Sterling nominations and awards for her performances and choreographies. In her free time she enjoys going for very long walks with her French bulldog Jezebel and reading feminist sci fi.
Ainsley’s Headshot DescriptionA white woman with long brown hair with grey strands looks slightly aside at the camera. They are topless with just the upper part of their chest visible, and one hand covering one breast. Light green paint is smeared across their chest, shoulder, neck, and face with some in their hair. Human handprints are discernible in the dried paint.
Photo credit: AR Bladon (@armandbladon)
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