THANK YOU FOR BUYING A TICKET TO THE LOVERS PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
DIRECTED BY BRONWYNN JOY + FIONA MATTHEWS
WELCOME TO THE
digital program
IN HERE YOU WILL FIND
Link to digitally tip the dancers (100% of funds go directly to the performers)
Little love letter from the Directors
Introductions to our delightful cast, in their own words
Playlist of the songs in the show and credits for our awesome team
BUT BEFORE WE START
WE WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE
…that we gratefully create on stolen land of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We also wish to acknowledge that dance is a part of culture, including but not limited to, cultures from the African Diaspora, Latin America, and First Nations, as well as the sex work profession.
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We worked hard to ensure ticket prices were accessible so everyone had a fair chance at affording to come see the show, by making the default price significantly less than current market value. While we are paying the performers, these dancers put weeks of heart, body, and mind into this show and would love to be rewarded and compensated by you for all their efforts! The arts is struggling and it has never been more expensive to put on a show and be an artist. So please tip generously if you can!
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the directors
BRONWYNN JOY + FIONA MATTHEWS
“No matter if we hold love at arms length or travel the world to find it, we are perpetually subject to loves gravity. How deeply love reaches into us; how vastly love can reach out of us. It softens us, it leads us, it strains and sustains us. Loves scars and scares us. Love is home. Love is what we are here to do.
Journey with us through the stories of KARDIA & KHÔRA and feel the many facets of love. We hope you see yourself reflected here and we hope you carry a rekindled reverence for love back into the world when you leave us.”
meet the cast
the leads
JUAN DUARTE
I am the sparkle of joy you need in your life.
What’s love for me?
It’s security
It’s respect
It’s sync
It’s indescribable
NIKKI SHERWOOD
Nikki Sherwood is a passionate creator, a committed storyteller, and an embodied mover. Through performance and art, she shares a raw, exciting, and unexpected human experience with her audience. She also loves to explore the depths of fantasy and the magic of other worlds, and will eagerly take you along with her.
Nikki would like to thank all of her mentors at Luminesque Dance, including Vanessa, Bronwynn, and Fiona, who have inspired, challenged, and encouraged her to be where she is today. She would also like to thank her family for their unshakable support and love.
MACKENZIE CARLSON
Mackenzie is a dedicated creator, compelled to understand more about human experiences and how we relate and differ as people. She finds exuberance in the many dichotomies of life and how telling stories of such opposition can connect many people.
Mackenzie believes that, as humans, our true power comes in our ability to connect and relate to one another, especially when on the surface we often seem to have nothing in common.
SYDNEY CARLSON
Sydney Carlson is a powerful genuine creator who is inspired by the universal language that is our bodies. With a background in many styles of movement she uses it to mentor her students through vulnerability and passion. With every individual she meets, Sydney learns and grows as a dancer, creator and human and hopes to do that for the rest of her life.
the ensemble
MAIA CERVELLIN
Maia Cervellin loves sharing the art of dance with dancers and non-dancers alike. Through her movement she brings people into her world, shares her lived experiences, and provides a release from day-to-day stresses into a place of fantasy and passion. Maia is enamored by the conversation between dancer and witness at the intersection of a dancer's intention and an audience's personal point of view.
JENNA HOMAN
Jenna Homan uses dance as a way of self expression, as do many other dancers. Being able to portray a character/essence that She would never be in day to day life is the best part. She has the freedom to tell any story that she wants through movement. Jenna continues to explore how far she can take her storytelling. She is beyond grateful for all of the artists in the community that continue to inspire her as she builds her knowledge in the arts.
CHELSEA HENDERSON
Chelsea Henderson is an expressive performer, using movement as a tool to make sense of the world around her. She loves bringing audiences along on her journey as she explores what it means to be human.
She is a dedicated mentor, and has found great joy in supporting young dancers throughout their journeys within and outside of the classroom.
KELSEY MOSS
Kelsey Moss is a conversationalist with the body. She finds joy in expression of the soul through dance and movement. Being able to say something…., without speaking a word. Listening with your eyes rather than your ears. Connecting, whether spectating or physically moving in your own body. Her passion for connection comes from a love of authenticity and vulnerability. Because, “Vulnerability is not a weakness ; it’s our most accurate measure of courage.” - Brene Brown
TERRAN MILNE
Terran is an artist, mover and shaker with a passion for storytelling. Dance is the outlet she uses to better understand the world and the human experience using musicality and emotion. She shares her visions with joy through live performance that continues to be cultivated through her work with Luminesque Dance, under the guidance of Vanessa Lalonde.
MAIA REDENBACH
Maia Redenbach is an artistic enigma. Passion and vulnerability are keystones of her performances. She believes that dance lives at the intersection of physical, visual, and emotional storytelling. Her art is inspired by raw human connection and never shies away from its primitive sensual desires. Maia’s inspirational muses are her relationships, the movement of the sky, and women of every form.
TAYLOR ROWE
Taylor is a creative to her core, called by the many ways art shows up in and elevates our daily lives. She is inspired to use movement pathways to explore and process human experiences. Dance has brought her some of the most impactful and important moments & people in her life. She hopes to continue to share her passion for movement and the fundamental fact, dance is for everyone. She is continually working to evolve her own practice as mover, choreographer and educator. Love is feeling acceptance & support so you can show up as your most authentic self.
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credits
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
THE LOVERS PRODUCTIONS
PRODUCED BY
VANESSA LALONDE
EMILY SANDBECK
DIRECTED BY
BRONWYNN JOY
FIONA MATTHEWS
CHOREOGRAPHY BY
BRONWYNN JOY
FIONA MATTHEWS
LIGHTING DESIGN BY
BRENDAN SEAMAN
GRAPHIC DESIGN BY
KYRA WITTKOPF
VIDEOGRAPHY BY
KYRA WITTKOPF
ANIMATIONS BY
MEGHAN NORAH
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
LAUREN ANDREWS
AMANDA STRAIN
STUDIO SPONSOR
GLOW STUDIOS INC
VENUE SPONSOR
CELEBRITIES NIGHTCLUB
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