two dancers reaching arms towards each other on a stage

Ashes on the Water

Ashes on the Water is an invitation into a sensory landscape of words, movement, breath and song. A podplay/site-specific dance piece unearths the story of two women divided by culture and the waters of the Burrard Inlet. The work charts their fateful meeting ignited by the Great Vancouver Fire in 1886 and spurred on by a song’s desire to be born.

PRODUCTION

By Quelemia Sparrow and Noah Drew

CHOREOGRAPHY: Michelle Olson and Kimberly Tuson
CO-PRODUCED BY: Raven Spirit Dance and Neworld Theatre
COMMISSIONED BY: Neworld Theatre

Gallery