Residency

The Aisha Of Is

Mar 26, 2020 | 8:00PM
Dancemakers Centre for Creation

CURATOR
Amelia Ehrhardt
Incubation Production House

CHOREOGRAPHER
Aisha Sasha John

…reminding us of the many unexpected ways to be seen.

Aisha Sasha John begins her three-year residency with Dancemakers by remounting an entirely revised version of her first full-length solo performance “the aisha of is”—a show whose previous presentations include the Whitney Museum (2017), MAI (2018) and SummerWorks Festival (2018).

In this latest iteration of an essentially mutable work, live musical environments created by collaborators Victoria Cheong and Amy Manusov provide the atmosphere wherein Aisha Sasha John is both Wizard and Dorothy—here the wizardry is one of reception, and the home being sought is perpetually found: “the aisha of is” has and continues to be a laboratory for arrival. Welcome to is. Where arrival has a sensual imperative—rhythm.

Team

Victoria Cheong & Amy Manusov | Music

Adam Kinner & Justine A. Chambers | Outside Eyes

Tina Fushell | Curatorial Support

Yehuda Fisher | Lighting Design

Artists

Amelia Ehrhardt

From 2015-2019 Amelia Ehrhardt was the Curator at Dancemakers fostering international success for many of the artists engaged in the Incubation Production House model.

Aisha Sasha John

Aisha Sasha John is a performer, choreographer and poet.

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