Fish Spit Feast is a corporeal song of imagined creatures, where hybrid identities give rise to fiction. Undulating in and out of kaleidoscopic symmetry, impulses ripple from one body to the next, birthing a morphing creature both tender and electric. The performers inhabit the shadows of a diasporic playground, moving through veils of darkness, light, and sound. They dance a guttural trance, unveiling an urge for transformation through mixed media and the visceral body. More than a weary search for belonging, the work conjures chimeric figures to explore anonymity, (in)visibility, and kinship.
Talkback with the artist following the April 24th performance
Hosted by Hanako Hoshimi-Caines
ABOUT+
Camille Huang is a performer making physical and visual works. They are an asian diasporic settler making works unfolding between the realms of dance, scenography and performance based in Tiohtiá:ke / Mooniyang / Montréal. Guided by attention and awe, Camille explores plural making sense of identity, relations and possible futures.
Camille was awarded the Prix du CALQ Work of an Emerging Artist 2024 for her solo “Slug Meal”. Their choreographic works have been presented at SummerWorks Festival, OFFTA, Festival Entractes and Tangente. Camille received her training in contemporary dance (L’École de Danse Contemporaine de Montreal) and now works as a freelance dancer, all the while engaged in making dance related works. She has worked on the teams of Dana Gringas (Animals of Distinction), Yang Zhen, Lucy M. May, and Sarah Rossy. She has received mentorship from Angélique Willkie and Mélanie Demers as part of the ATLAS choreographic programme of Impulstanz 2023. Camille also has a BA in anthropology from Concordia University.
Credits+
Choreography, Creation/Direction, Dance: Camille HuangDancers: Evelynn Yan, Jo Laïny Trozzo-MounetSound Design: Rodolfo RuedaLighting Design: Nien Tzu WengDramaturgy: Hanako Hoshimi-CainesTechnical Direction: Darah MiahProduction: Camille HuangFunding: Canada Council of the ArtsCreation Residencies and previous support: CCOV, Tangente, Aeris Korper, Festival Entractes