Performance - ELEMENTAL
Wed, Sep 23
|LSPU Hall
A mixed program of dance shaped by fire, water, weather, and change. (Photo credit: Chris Randle)
Time & Location
Sep 23, 2026, 7:00 p.m. – 8:10 p.m.
LSPU Hall, 3 Victoria St, St. John's, NL A1C 3V2, Canada
About the event
Dance shaped by fire, water, weather, and change.
Stick around after the performance for an artist talkback facilitated by Writer in Residence Angela Antle. Then, join us in the Second Space for a reception to celebrate the opening of the 2026 Festival of New Dance.
“ʔa·kinq̓uku” by Samantha Sutherland
Fire ignites, grows, burns, and devours. Once it decays, what destruction does it leave behind? How does the earth regrow out of the ashes?
ʔa·kinq̓uku, the word for fire in the Ktunaxa Language, is a solo that follows the life cycle of a wildfire, and the regrowth that occurs after. This piece was created in reaction to the wildfire that burned through the Samantha’s home community of ʔaq̓am in the summer of 2023.