tender magnifies the intimate beauty of moving bodies breathing together, sharing impulses, trajectories, and mechanisms of give and support that underscore the importance of softness in times when the world is on fire. It asks: what is already there, unadorned?

tender

Saturday, July 12 at 1:00 PM & 4:00 PM
Sunday, July 13 at 1:00 PM & 4:00 PM
Meeting at the South-West corner of the Reflecting Pool

Presented by adelheid dance projects

tender is a meeting of bodies in motion in an experiment of togetherness. It invites tenderness as a salve to uncertainty as five dancers grapple with circumstance and connection. Their sensitive, lush, unhurried movement becomes a tonic to climate (and other) grief in a responsive game of collective decision-making. They listen through the moving body, resisting the western perception of spectacle, caring for action over appearance, and drawing audiences into their evolving interrelations as they voyage through the fairgrounds.

Credits:

Choreography: Heidi Strauss with the dancers
Music: Jeremy Mimnagh Dancers: Katie Adams-Gossage, Aerin Cho, Kéïta Founier-Pelletier, Rakeem Hardy, Lukas Malkowski
Outside Eye: Ginelle Chagnon Metcalf Intern: Tavia Christina Producer: Jasmine Au

With the support of the Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Metcalf Foundation, Edward A. Krucker Foundation, Bulmash-Siegel Foundation, and Lindy Green Family Foundation.