If I Should Stumble (2022)

Choreography: Jenn Goodwin

Costume Design & Rehearsal Direction: Sarah Doucet

Song Credit: “Uja” Performed by Tanya Tagaq. Courtesy of Six Shooter Records Inc.

Creative Production: Briana Brown

Dancers: Anastasia DeLyon, Sarah Doucet, Aria Evans, Kristi (Kiki) Kennedy, Kate Nankervis, Anita Nittoly, Nicola Pantin, Danah Rosales, Irma Villafuerte, Jenn Goodwin

Stunt performer/dancer Anita Nittoly uses stairs as both her stage and her nemesis in this movement installation. Nittoly shines and stumbles as she personifies the concept of falling from grace, while actually falling (gracefully and otherwise) down stairs, while a group of dance artists take alternative approaches up the stairs to counterbalance the inherent stumbles in life and arrive at the top as a resilient collective. This performance explores ideas around female comradery, collective agency, personal power, the cracks in ones’ confidence, the spectacle of a persona, the faux pas’, missteps, mistakes, and the challenges and resilience particularly of women in day-to-day life.

Photos: Courtesy of Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

Video: Edited by Aria Evans