Opening Ceremony | Receiving Direction

6:10-6:40 PM : Opening with Cease Wyss and Mary Point

6:40-7:20 PM : TBC

7:35 PM - 7:50 PM: Los Migrantes - Shapes of Reunion, Shapes of Flux
‍Shapes of Reunion, Shapes of Flux” pays homage to survivors of state and imperial violence from our ancestral and people’s current experiences in El Salvador, India, and the Philippines as well as contemporary struggles in Palestine to the ongoing historical violence on these lands against Indigenous, Black, People of Colour, queer and trans, disabled and other marginalized kin. Conscious political music and how it connects us to struggle is more needed now than ever.CREATORS: Raul Espinoza - he/him & Hari Alluri - he/him/siya

7:55 PM - 8:05 PM (10 min) : Raven Grenier - wolverine
wolverine is part of the upcoming wolverine production choreographed to Raven's in the works EP. Through contemporary dance expressions, Indigpop music, and formline based upcycled attire, the work seeks to queer the notion of the wolverine of wee Tsim nosik, a supernatural being that lives in the land beneath the waters.
Performers: Sierra Tasi-Baker they/he/she, Aysha Alfred - she/he

8:10PM - 8:20PM:  Ysadora Dias - Panapanã
Panapanã investigates movement as migration, as lineage, as collective becoming. It invites us to reimagine connection between our bodies and histories through the tenderness, resistance, and flight of our ancestors; a quiet honoring of what persists through our dances and rhythms, and what continues to transform across time, space, and memory. 

8:25PM - 8:40PM: stelliumPoint
stelliumPoint  is an Indigenous/Irish singer-songwriter born and raised in their home territory of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm. stelliumPoint has always been drawn to music with the power to make the listener feel listened-to. stelliumPoint writes music from an angle of self discovery and exploration, often finding answers to feelings they were unaware of before picking up the pen. stelli's goal, through their music, is to offer a loose thread to others who might be struggling with the knots of inner turmoil and existentialism.

8:45PM - 9:05PM: Alexa Solveig Mardon - wide iris empty heaven
wide iris empty heaven is a duet performed by Shahir Krishnaswamy and Rhyan McCorkindale with costumes by Jaewoo Kang and music by Sasha J. Langford. wide iris empty heaven swims alongside archetypes of angel, apparition and pyschopomp – two figures  as a morphing, singular messenger and tender of the threshold.
CREATORS:     
Alexa Solveig Mardon (they/them) choreographer
Sasha J. Langford (she/her) music
Jaewoo Kang (he/him) costumes 
PERFORMAERS:
Shahir Krishnaswamy (he/him)
Rhyan McCorkindale (they/them)

9:10PM - 9:30PM 15 min: Rhythm  - Rhythms of Earth
Earths Rhythm is a Filipina BIPOC neo-soul artist whose music is a prayer—for healing, for remembering, for reconnection. Rhythm creates soul-stirring music that blends neo-soul, R&B, ambient textures, and sounds from nature. Her voice carries warmth and wisdom, layered with meditative instrumentation and organic soundscapes that invite listeners into presence, softness, and reflection.