Act Twenty Five premiered in Vancouver, B.C. at Dancing On The Edge Festival in June 2024 at the Fire Hall Arts Centre.

The finished work toured around B.C. at:

• Dancing On The Edge (Vancouver)

• Luna Arts Festival (Revelstoke)

• Dance Victoria's Season Opening (Victoria)

Work in progress iterations of this piece were shared at:

• OFFTA (Montreal, 2024)

• OFF-Parcours Danse (Montreal, 2023)

• Artfullness Festival (Montreal, 2023)

Act Twenty Five is a live choreographic work channeled through the dance forms of W*acking and Contemporary, accompanied by live music. This solo takes place during the final act of love: Grief. This work was inspired from the complexity of the duality of relief and grief in an intergenerational household.

Duration: 20 minutes
Collaborators:
Choreographer: Simran Sachar

Composer: Sophia Sosa

Performed by: Simran Sachar accompanied by Sophia Sosa

Lighting Designer: Carlie Cheukyiu Ye

Video Trailer/Photos captured by: Boris Khramtsov

Dancing On The Edge Photos by: Diane Smithers

Luna Arts Fest Photos by: Alexi Mostert

Outside Eyes: Su-feh Lee, Heather Laura Gray, Rina Pellerin, Emmalena Fredriksson

“I watched transformations happen in real time, as she trusted her instincts and began reshaping the work. She has a beautiful balance of confidence in her choreographic process and acknowledges that outside feedback can bring to light new possibilities to expand upon”

- Heather Laura Gray