Solid State
Helen Simard & JoDee Allen
Montreal, Quebec
Western Canadian Premiere

Take It Back
With "Take it Back" Solid State asks the question, "Why don't we dance in couples anymore?"

Is it because someone must lead and someone must follow? The popularization among urban youth of dancing in mass groups or the soloing format of street dance has created an environment where we dance how we want. Transplanting the social dance vocabulary of today into the partnering structures of the Lindy Hop, Solid State maintains the high physicality of B-boying while creating a humourous yet profound look at trust and the shift in perception of gender roles.

" energy shifts between high energy, acrobatic moves and a more poetic, reflective quality."

Philip Szporer, The Dance Current

Thursday, July 3, 8pm
Friday, July 4, 10pm
Firehall Arts Centre