Ascension 2025

The 2025 production of Ascension features nine works exploring the opposing forces of the natural & unnatural, simple & complex, and harmony & disharmony. The intricacies of human emotion and perception, from the depths of grief and melancholy to the dreamlike spaces between memory, illusion, and awakening are considered through the careful balance of movement, sound, and lighting.

Directors

Artistic Directors and Dance Area Representatives: Ashley Sankaran-Wee & Jeya Thiessen

Technical Director and Production & Design Area Representative: Edison Cheung

Music & Sound Area Representative: Caitlin Terrell

Choreographers

Teddy Brubacher, Vivien Dang, Gabrielle Johnson, Aleni Koorjee, Sonja Kwantes, Daisy de Kroon, Soleil Mousseau, Penelope Patterson, Kaliyah States

Sound Designers

Lauren Butterfield, Manoah Epp, Noah Devji, Atticus Gilchrist, Raine Hermosa, Daniela Frances James, Adelya Mullasheva, Anthony Nguyen, Sascha O'Neill

Lighting Designers

Czarina Agustines, Jessica Kwon, Maddy Woodley, Mars de Menezes, Patrick Maka, Sky Logan, Theo Seto

Production Team

Stage Managers: Kady Brandel and Vania Ngok

Lighting Operator: Sarah van Wouw

Sound Operator: Oliver Medrano

Performers

Sienna Allen, Reanna Ayranto, Angelina Bertin, Safiyah Brito, Teddy Brubacher, Lauren Butterfield, Vivien Dang, Neve Fioravanti, Riordan Fisher, Ellen Harris, Hannah Jajic, Maralee Joyner, Liz Kiss, Aleni Koorjee, Ayla Kipkie, Daisy de Kroon, Sonja Kwantes, Claire Martin, Reese Magnayon, Soleil Mousseau, Mia O'Neill, Naz Ozlu, Emillie Peer, Penelope Patterson, Lucy Price, Madeleine Quennec, Sophie Riedl, Larkin Schering, Amaru Seki, Theo Seto, Kaliyah States, Kenzie States, Jeya Thiessen, Yarra Tsiakos, Sarah Wilson, Claire Whitelaw, Jennifer Yang, Xinxin Zhou

Special Thanks To

Justine A. Chambers, Lisa Gelley, Mauricio Pauly, Rob Kitsos, Wladimiro A. Woyno R. & Brady Cranfield