Silvering: In Community | Featuring Claudia Moore, Kyrsten Blair, Paul Chambers, Brian Webb & Dana Luebke

Silvering: In Community - FREE EVENT

An installation of aging as physical artistry

Taking place throughout Contemporary Calgary during Free First Thursday in November, Silvering: In Community invites audiences into an evening of performance, movement and conversation that reframes aging as a source of creativity, connection and possibility.

Throughout the building, professional elder dancers and dance-curious community participants appear in unexpected encounters including performances, conversations and shared experiences that respond to the architecture and artworks, and invite audiences to experience the gallery as a place where age is embodied, celebrated and experienced.

As part of Fluid Fest, Silvering: In Community brings artists and community together to explore how the body continues to create, communicate and connect throughout life. Audiences are invited to move, encounter and participate.

Featured artists in the community show include:

Claudia Jane Moore | For the Trees is an immersive, site-responsive dance work that brings dancers, music and the natural environment into conversation. The work grew from Moore’s ongoing engagement with community dancers, particularly dancers aged 55+, and explores the forest through movement, sound and embodied attention.

Kyrsten Blair | Dance Through the Decades brings Kyrsten Blair together with members of the Free House Dance Plus Active Adults community in a celebration of movement, memory, music, and connection. Drawing on a range of dance forms and music from across generations, the work invites audiences to consider dance not as something we grow out of, but as a lifelong practice of curiosity, expression, play, and belonging.

Alongside Dana Luebke, Brian Webb, Paul Chambers, Bridge to Oasis community participants, The Edward independent-living retirement community participants…

What's happening:

MOVE - Silvering: In Community

Throughout the evening, experience performances, movement and unexpected encounters throughout the building, featuring professional elder dancers and dance-curious community participants.

• Tai Chi with Dana Luebke - Atrium
• Seated Ballet Class - Hallway to the Flanagan Gallery
• Walking Backwards with Dana Luebke - Heather Edwards Theatre
• Performance with Brian Webb - Heather Edwards Theatre
• For the Trees by Claudia Jane Moore - moving from the Atrium into the Grotto
• Meeting Yourself Now with Kyrsten Blair - Grotto & Atrium

MAKE - Silvering Art Activation

Get creative with an art activation inspired by Silvering: In Community, exploring ideas of movement, memory, aging and connection.