Asian Premiere: Sloth Canon

This bold new creation—envisioned and choreographed by Anthea Seah (T.H.E Dance Company, Singapore) and Josh Martin (Company 605, Vancouver)—brings together a creative team of performers and collaborators from both cities in a meeting of voices, seeking out what it means to build and to break.

A fragmented team is determined to “keep it together” as their bodies are launched into an alternate realm, propelled by unnatural momentum and shared delusion. As their bubble of fantasy drifts towards the spike of reality, we are thrown into an unstable world of compulsive magical thinking.

What happens when collective imagination exceeds capacity? When our wildest ambitions threaten to burst under the weight of their own making? When the sin of slowness collides with the pressure to produce? Sloth Canon unfolds as an absurdly fragile scenario, hellbent on building forward while simultaneously falling apart.

Co-produced by The Human Expression (Singapore) / Company 605 (Vancouver, Canada) 

Co-created and Co-directed by Anthea Seah / Josh Martin

In collaboration with performers Brandon Lee Alley, Haruka Leilani Chan, Chang En, Billy Keohavong, Rebecca Margolick

Apprentice Artists / Understudies: Emily Lee, Ashley Sankaran-Wee

Rehearsal Direction (Vancouver): Lisa Mariko Gelley

Composer: Matthew Tomkinson

Lighting Design: Adrian Tan

Costume Design: Loo An Ni

Additional Costume Design and Finishing: elika mojtabaei

Technical Director / Production Manager (Vancouver): Jack Chipman

Production / Stage Management (Singapore): Cindy Yeong

Set Design / Build: Jack Chipman, Josh Martin, Anthea Seah

Promotional Photography: Crispian Chan / Dan Loan

Created with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, Province of British Columbia, City of Vancouver, and The Dance Centre.

Special Thanks: 

Progress Lab 1422 / Vancouver Creative Space Society, Left Of Main / Plastic Orchid Factory, Raquel Alvaro, Mirna Zagar and The Dance Centre Staff.

TICKETS