Repetition and Resilience

Featuring choreographers Suzanne Miller, David Rancourt, and Rebecca Margolick x Livona Ellis: through choreographic vocabularies and bodily intuition, resilience comes to life from Montreal to Vancouver.

What Belongs to Us by Suzanne Miller & Allan Paivio Productions

Suzanne Miller develops a choreographic approach in which language becomes movement. Drawing on a gestural alphabet created in 2018—26 signs associated with the letters A through Z—rehearsal gradually transforms the gestures into a true form of dance-writing. The letters thus become signs that convey emotions, human states, and memory, in an exploration where rhythm, song, and movement are in constant dialogue.

Just by David Rancourt/PPS Danse

David Rancourt draws loose inspiration from David Lang’s song “Just,” in which words, rhythms, and repetitions form the basis of a sensitive and refined choreographic vocabulary. Movement engages in a dialogue with language, gradually revealing simple, human gestures rich in meaning.

Fortress by Rebecca Margolick & Livona Ellis

Rebecca Margolick & Livona Ellis explore femininity, strength, and vulnerability through a work inspired by their maternal figures. The piece evolves from a contained calm toward a repetitive intensity from which endurance and resilience emerge. Both artists have developed a choreographic practice that is recognized on Canadian and international stages.