In Carbon Movements, everything shakes: the stage, the air, your preconceptions. This groundbreaking performance blurs the distinctions between theatre, dance, poetry, and vibrotactile technology. But with its unique tactile and visual score, it is as much an interactive experience as a multidisciplinary work. The audience is immersed in a visceral wash of feeling, which questions whether it is possible to exist in an environment without disturbing it. Wrapped in a cascade of sensations, perhaps we will find ourselves in a world that is just a little more tender and harmonious than before. One that challenges us to reflect on control, connection, and the quiet knowledge that waits just beneath the surface.
Talkback with the artists following the May 15th, 2026 performance
Produced by: The Invisible Practice
ABOUT+
Connor Yuzwenko-Martin is the founder and artistic director of The Invisible Practice, a Deaf arts collective based in amiskwacîwâskahikan. He is a producer, performer, and playwright. His first two major original productions, After Faust and CARBON MOVEMENTS, both premiered in Edmonton in 2023 after several years of development, and a third show is in development.
Connor has nurtured a lifelong passion for theatre and accessibility, beginning in grade school with simple skits and continuing into his young adulthood with his first professional engagement as a rookie improvisor at Rapidfire Theatre. To date, he has worked with organizations including Edmonton Fringe, Intrepid Theatre/Victoria Fringe, Theatre SKAM, SOUND OFF Deaf Theatre Festival, Nextfest, RISER Edmonton, Tiny Bear Jaws, Good Women Dance, Outside the March, Quickdraw Animation Society, and Sync Canada.
Connor is a certified Access Activator through Tangled Art+Disability’s training program. While he also happens to hold degrees and diplomas from both University of Alberta and MacEwan University, these institutions have demonstrated complicity and aggression in colonial and genocidal projects. He no longer claims identity with these institutions until there is sufficient systemic change toward collective liberation.
Credits+
Choreographer, Lighting Designer, Creative Collaborator: Ainsley Hillyard
Performer & Producer, Creative Collaborator: Connor Yuzwenko-Martin
Indigenous Deaf Dramaturg: ᐋᐧᐸᓇᒐᐦᑯᐢ (Crystal Wolfe)
Technical Director: Devon Carter-Wells
Updated Material Design: Ian Walker
Past Contributors: Jessy Ardern, Judah Truong, Dr. Pil Hansen & Aimee Rushton, Vibrafusion Lab, Chris Dodd, Gail Benin