Fiercely athletic, tightly executed, and deeply moving, Trace is an otherworldly experience that brings audiences to their feet.
Trace is a highly kinetic contemporary dance work influenced by Anishinaabe sky and star stories, offering a glimpse into our origins as well as our future evolution.
We are traceable to the beginnings of the universe, our ancestral origins stretching across the Milky Way to the atoms burning inside of us in the here and now. We explore the “traces” of what has come before us, mapping the past, tracing our lineage, demystifying the secrets of our DNA, and uncovering the visible marks of what we leave behind, such as a footprint, a fossil, or a scar.
For tens of thousands of years, the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island (Canada & USA) have mapped the night sky, studied the stars, and established an expansive multiverse view of the world. Our sky and star stories hold our worldview and cultural psyche. illuminating our profound belief that we are related to all of creation. We are a part of the universe, and it is a part of us.
Director & Concept: Sandra Laronde
Choreography: Jera Wolfe
Music & Sound Design: Eliot Britton
Lighting Design: Alexis Bowles
Video + Screen Design: Marcella Grimaux
Costume Design: Kinoo Arcentales
Thank you to our community movie partner Annapolis Home Hardware.
In the Quiet and Dark is a cinematic, visceral and lyrical exploration of our last remaining Hemlock Forest told through one woman’s journey to try and save them. This tree, a stalwart foundation species, is under attack by a tiny insect – the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. This is a classic and tragic ecological David and Goliath story. If the Hemlock die off, as scientists are predicting they will within the next three years, it will be cataclysmic for our forests.
Join us for the OPEN AUDITIONS for the Annapolis District Drama Group’s musical theatre production of A 1940s RADIO CHRISTMAS CAROL