We’re proud to present vActory on September 19-20 at What Lab (202-1814 Pandora Street)!
The vActory Series is a short-form, cabaret-style presentation series. In the program’s third season, 3 Asian Canadian artists are invited to create a 15- to 20-minute long performance. MC Hilary Wheeler will also be sharing excerpts from her own piece, The List.
Content note: The List contains sexual content, mentions of homophobia, implied sexual coercion.
Featuring:
by Jaewoo Kang
Content note: contains sexual content.
Hearts and Boots is a queer puppet performance retelling the myth of Korean goddess Mago using Bratz dolls, miniature sets, and irreverent humor. Blending pop culture with ritual, it explores themes of creation, bodily sovereignty, and ancestral memory, transforming mythology through playful subversion and richly detailed, absurd theatricality.
Content note: There will be live instrumentation and it may be loud for a small venue.
These Wings Are Not To Fly Away is a piece that explores sound, movement, and group improvisation. In this process we cultivate listening and responding to conductivity and interconnection both in our bodies and in the spaces between our bodies.
by Punit SinghYe Dil Sun Raha Hai is a dance theatre work shaped by memories of songs, the quiet rhythms of daily life, and the fading edges of niche subcultures. It blends contemporary and street dance with voice, circling around an identity that often feels foreign even in the familiar, while trying to stay close to whatever’s slipping away.
vActory is a mini-performance series designed to catalyze innovative creation and foster artistic exchange. Encouraging participants to celebrate the spirit of artistic wanderlust within the format, the vActory series is a new-works incubator for Asian artists to explore performance modalities and experiment with techniques, culminating in a public presentation of three short new works.
