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PROJECTS
17 seconds of light ...
what is it like to be allergic to the sun? working in collaboration with bio-artist Elaine Whittaker, Sara explores invisible disability in her new work about polymorphous light eruption and her life in the shade ... (work in development)
L-E-A-K
May 18 - May 21 , 2023
The Franco Boni Theatre,
Toronto
an absurdist and poetic lesbian love letter to the ocean, inspired by the ecosexual notions of falling in love with the earth. The work draws on images, poetry, and surreal stories created from the shores of Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy - home to the highest tides in the world.
dancer Jessie Garon
photo Kendra Epik
"A stunning multi-media performance, a poetry in motion, graceful, humorous, crazy-wild, informative, mythic, surreal, oceanic in its breadth. It’s impossible to describe the richness of L-E-A-K.”
getting to know your fruit
on film
collaboration with director William Yong
premiered / October 2021 at Fall for Dance North
co-presented by FFDN & DanceWorks
Getting to Know your Fruit
on stage
premiered at Artscape Youngplace / IGAC studio, 2019
presented at Fall for Dance North International Presenters Showcase, 2020
created and performed by Sara Porter
creative collaborator Katherine Duncanson
sound design Phil Strong
producer Laura Phillips
video design Julia Howman
photo Marie Caloz
This is (a film of)
my Math Dance
created in collaboration with Vicky Fagan
music / sound by Phil Strong & Laurel MacDonald
presented at Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers
THRESHOLD
(film)
directed by Francesca Chudnoff
featuring performers
Katherine Duncanson
Christine Moynihan
Catherine Marrion
commissioned for
Porch View Dances August 2021
Photography by Vickie Fagan
Blue (film)
created in collaboration with Vicki Fagan
produced by Fagan Media Group,
celebrating Older & Reckless:
20 years of Age on Stage
premiered November 2021
Chalmers Arts Fellowship
Sara was awarded a prestigious Chalmers Fellowship to deepen her research into Memoir & Movement.
Her research takes her to London, New York, and Ottawa.
