DOROTEA SAYKALY

Relic

Stage work for Ballet BC

Inaugural Recipient of the Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award

In a time of constant change, expansion and development, what do we keep with us from our past, and what do we leave behind?

RELIC looks at creation through an imaginary lens and employs a sci-fi renaissance approach to storytelling and image-making. Driven by the duality between artificial and organic, isolation and intimacy, human and animal, the work is laced with an omnipresent voice-over where a creator reflects on the significance of bringing life into existence — contemplating the essence of humanity itself.

Heightened by Riku Mätinen’s haunting score, the electro-industrial roar is infused with strings, chorales, and other natural sounds surrounding the space.

“Saykaly’s eerie sci-fi exploration RELIC is nothing less than a thrilling revelation…A larger metaphor for change, advancement, and the human condition building to a chilling finale”

—Create a Stir Vancouver

“The dancers moved with electricity and precise form.”

—Review Vancouver

Created for BALLET BC
Choreography DOROTEA SAYKALY
Dramaturge MATHIEU LEROUX & EMIL DAM SEIDEL
Composer RIKU MÄTINEN
Lighting design BONNIE BEECHER
Costume designer KATE BURROWS
Costume concept CARLA ROMAGNOLI
Dancers ANNA BEKIROVA, EMILY CHESSA, SIDNEY CHUCKAS, LIVONA ELLIS, MIRIAM GITTENS, KIANA JUNG, DEX VAN TER MEIJ, SARAH PIPPIN, EVAN RAPAPORT, JUSTIN RAPAPORT, RAE SRIVASTAVA, JACOB WILLIAMS & ZENON ZUBYK
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Artists who participated in the initial research and creation: PARKER FINLEY, JORDAN LANG, BRANDON LEE ALLEY, RENA NARUMI, WALDEAN NELSON, RILEY O’FLYNN, KIRSTEN WICKLUND & ARIKA YAMADA
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Created with support from → Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award underwritten by Suzanne Bolton and Jefferson Mooney + Conseil Des arts et Lettres du Québec +BIRCA Centre, Forsøgsstationen + Region Uppsalas/Eric Sahlström Institutet
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Premier: Queen Elizabeth Theatre (CA) - May 12, 2023