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Dance as archive. Style as philosophy. The Brutal Joy slides between ritual and rebellion—part groove, part revelation, all liberation.
An improvisational act of devotion to Black-living, The Brutal Joy merges Black vernacular line dance and sartorial gesture, transforming social dance and self-styling into an embodied living library of self-determination. Within its scored improvisation for dance, light, and sound, performers riff, vamp, and break—tracing the syncopations between individuality and collectivity, ritual and rebellion.
As light carves the body and shadows echo back, The Brutal Joy unfolds as both performance and inquiry: a living counter-archive where gesture becomes knowledge and attire holds history. At once reverent and radical, it embodies the bodily sovereignty of the Black dandy and the communal vitality of the Electric Slide. What emerges is a choreography of becoming—radiant, self-determined, and alive to the possibilities of another future.
Artistes de l'évènement
Justine A. ChambersPuSh Festival: The Brutal Joy
Date/Heure
jeudi, 5 février 2026
20:00 - 20:45
Lieu
Scotiabank Dance Centre
677 Davie Street
Vancouver, BC
Canada, V6B 2G6
Prix
$29-38
Numéro de téléphone
604-605-8284
Site Web
https://pushfestival.ca/shows/the-brutal-joy/#venue
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