After a remarkable three-hour durational presentation of VINES at Contemporary Calgary in November 2024 as part of the Fluid Movement Arts Festival, New Works Calgary, TRAction and Dancers’ Studio West co-present VINES, a site-adaptive dance performance created by Melanie Kloetzel/kloetzel&co. on February 1st, 2025 at St. Stephens Anglican Church.
As part of the New Works presentation, VINES will be performed alongside the haunting ‘field studies’ album by Canadian composer Emilie LeBel. With a cast of 20 performers and live music performed by the UltraViolet Ensemble, VINES offers audiences an introspective and meditative journey into the persistent and powerful world of plants. As the mass of dancers takes over the performance environment, VINES helps us consider what it might mean to corporeally empathize with our more-than-human kin. For more information and tickets, see https://www.newworkscalgary.com/field-studies-vines