creation / performance
[Image description: Five brightly clothed and masked dancers are configured in a circle with one hand reaching in and one reaching out. They dance on a black floor with a black background. Photo of W(WE) featuring Liz Winkelaar, Jacqueline Ethier, Maggie Shew, Leah Archambault and Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson by Melody Maloney]
W(WE)
W(WE) is a physical, funny, theatrical pop up dance experience for 5 performers. Inspired in part by WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) and a desire to subvert and play with female and wrestling stereotypes, the performers battle against elements tangible (each other, the space) and intangible (pay equity, hierarchical power structures, the male gaze), eventually uniting their powers together to conquer injustices as a superteam. W(WE) is part flash mob, part dance theatre sprinkled with humour, absurdity and a dose of truth. The performers interact with each other and the audience as they move through space. W(WE) is created and performed through an intersectional feminist lens- from how the choreographer worked with the performers in the studio, to the material that is created, to the performance itself and how the performers interact with the audience. W(WE) deals with power, patriarchy and intersectionality in a fresh, zany, physical, inclusive, surprising and somewhat disruptive, way.
W(WE) was presented at Fresh Meat festival in 2021. The creation process was funded by the City of Ottawa.
Choreography/Direction: Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson
Performance/Collaboration: Leah Archambault, Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson, Jacqueline Ethier, Alix Latour, Maggie Shew, Liz Winkelaar
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Inspirée par WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) et le désir de renverser et jouer avec les stéréotypes des femmes et de la lutte, W(WE) est une expérience de danse-théâtre pop-up pour 5 interprètes. Les interprètes battent contre des éléments tangibles (les autres, l’espace) et intangibles l’équité salariale, les structures hiérarchiques, le regard masculin) afin de s’unir ensemble pour conquérir les injustices. De sa création à sa performance, W(WE) est développé d’un prisme féministe intersectionnel. Farfelu, physique, inclusif, surprenant et parfois perturbateur, W(WE) examine le pouvoir, le patriarcat et l’intersectionnalité.
W(WE) a été présenté au festival Fresh Meat en 2021. La création de W(WE) était subventionnée par la Ville d’Ottawa.
Chorégraphie/Direction: Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson
Interprétation/Collaboration: Leah Archambault, Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson, Jacqueline Ethier, Alix Latour, Maggie Shew, Liz Winkelaar