pull

away / towards / through / together

The result of spending 15+ hours a week on the bus and watching people's heads bobbing around in the seats in front of me. I love that the bus makes everyone move at the exact same time, in the same ways, and that's an image that I attempted to recreate in pull.

In this piece -- which I choreographed for Ellipsis, an undergraduate production at SFU -- I explored the ways in which we are all being influenced by larger forces. We're being pulled by gravity, by group dynamics, by power structures. Do we allow ourselves to get pulled along? This piece was about the choice between being swayed or being consciously and actively resistant. ​

Choreography: Sophie Brassard

Composer: Alex Mah

Lighting design: Jaylene Pratt

Dancers: Cody Cox, Menelaine Valencia, Kateryna Holoviznina, Gina Alpen, Sofija Polovina & Megan Hunter

April 2014

Beginning of this video was a transition from previous piece in the show. The work starts at around 0:45.