May 2, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
$30.50
Grass Is Green
Presented by BC Movement Arts in partnership with Chutzpah! PLUS
Canadian Premiere
Grass is Green is an evening-length work from San Francisco and New York City based UNA Productions. Performed with exquisite artistry by seven dancers and drag queen/live cellist/live pianist, Rose Nylons, Grass is Green considers cycles of destruction and rebirth both within humanity and the land we are a part of. This highly physical and exuberant work embodies a cycle of rebirth, representations of queer intimacy, and moments of communal joy, grief and connectivity.
Choreography: Chuck Wilt in collaboration with the performers
Performers: Kira Fargas, Dominica Greene, Dasol Kim, Rebecca Margolick, Hadassah Perry, Â Chuck Wilt and Rose Nylons
Music: Donna Summer, Sylvester, DJ Koze/Nils Frahm, Julia Wolfe/Matthew Welch, Michael Nyman and Rose Nylons.
Based in San Francisco and New York City, UNA Productions is a dance production company, founded in 2013 by Artistic Director and Choreographer Chuck Wilt, creating, teaching and performing internationally. UNA creates original productions that incorporate contemporary dance, live-music and drag performance. UNA’s mission is to discover and communicate deeply rooted embodiments of human existence through physically powerful dancing, unapologetically Queer imagery and storytelling, celebrating individuality that is dedicated to bringing vibrancy and joy to the world.​
Grass is Green has been performed in New York City, San Francisco was co-commissioned by The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center for its 2021 world premiere in Baltimore. Grass is Green was created with support as an Artist in Residence at the 92nd St. Y’s Harkness Dance Center; as an Artist in Residence at Brooklyn College through the CUNY Dance Initiative and as an Artist in Residence at Berkeley Ballet Theatre.
For More Information and shows in Sointula and Port Hardy and Vancouver visit: https://www.bcmovementarts.com/projects/grass-is-green-una-productions
Tickets: Adult $30.50, Senior $28.50, Student $25.50, Group 10+ $20* (+applicable tax & fees)
*Available through the Box Office only