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“the worth of” (2014) and “Rocks On” (2005) by Sarah Stoker and Lori Clarke
October 1, 2015 @ 8:00 pm - October 3, 2015 @ 8:00 pm
Oct 1, 2,3 at 8pm at the LSPU Hall Sarah Joy Stoker in collaboration with Lori Clarke will be showing the worth of (2014) and Rocks On (2005) celebrating it’s tenth anniversary.
“Stoker’s installation Rocks On is both an eloquent hymn to nature and a lament for human destruction. The piece radiates a poetic series of shifting and provocative images.” Paula Citron, The Globe and Mail
” Like the albatross, we first-world humans find ourselves lacking the ability to discern anymore what is nourishing from what is toxic to our lives and our spirits. Choked to death on our waste, the mythical albatross calls upon us to recognize that our greatest challenge lies not out there, but in here.”
Chris Jordan, Seattle, February 2011
The creation of the worth of was funded by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, the City of St. John’s and Neighbourhood Dance Works, Technical Residence program. The remount of Rocks On and production the worth of in 2015 have been funded by the City of St. John’s and the Canada Council for the Arts.
ALSO!
Sarah and Lori will be performing the worth of Friday, Sept. 11 at 8:30 at the Grenfell Campus Fine Arts Theatre in Corner Brook as part of the inaugural Future of Nature conference. Other performers and artists are Candace Pike, Lisa Moore, Gerry Squires, Pamela Morgan and Rex Brown.
A St. John’s native, Sarah Joy Stoker is an accomplished professional contemporary dance artist with over 15 years of professional experience, performing nationally and internationally, since graduating from the School of Toronto Dance Theatre in 1996. She worked as an independent dance artist in Toronto and Montreal for David Pressault Danse, Pigeons International and Lynda Gaudreau’s compagnie de Brune, among others, performing throughout Canada, Europe, and in Brazil. Her own work has been presented throughout Canada, in New York and Italy. In 2001 Sarah returned home to St. John’s, founding Gutsink Productions Inc. and Collective Gutsink to help generate opportunities for creation, improvisation and experimentation within the community.
Lori Clarke has been creating work for stage, screen and installation for more than 30 years. Her award winning music and sound design refers to multiple aesthetics from musique concrete to jazz to electronica. Lori’s studies and practice in somatics and contemplative spiritual care contribute to the collaborative work she does with movement-based artists. Lori holds an MA Somatics from the California Institute of Integral Studies (1995) and is currently working towards an Interdisciplinary PhD at Memorial University – arts-based research exploring grief, ecology and emergence.