June 26-29 | Alembic Artists in Performance

Sophia Tweed Ahmad | Inseparables (duet)

In an evolving body of work, this duet lives within the world of Inseparables (a solo performance that premiered in Spain, 2023). Tuning fragmented identities, bloodlines & roots, Sophia & Ashi offer this prayer of recall through sound rituals & dreamscapes. Choreographed by Sophia Tweed Ahmad and danced by Sophia and Ashi Dancler.

Sophia Tweed Ahmad a mover, experimental choreographer & performer exploring the intersections of identity, ancestry and the voice. find her at capoeira rodas, contact jams, filming site-specific dances and working with multicultural youth. Her movement training stems from lineages of release technique, contact improvisation, capoeira, presence & flying-low. She received her postgrad in Contemporary Dance & Creation at Area Dansa in Spain (22-23) & holds a B.A. in International Studies + Environmental Studies from UNCA. Her choreography has been presented by Ten Tiny Dances, Performance Works NW, Stripart Festival & Choreoscope Dance Film Festival. Sophia is so thankful for her friendship with Ashi, his presence throughout this residency has made this piece come to life.

Jared “ashi” Maurice Dancler is a multi-disciplinary artist from a small valley in upstate New York, now a resident of this Multnomah valley for 12 years.  Ashi explores creativity through movement, story telling, music, theater, cooking, gardening & all!  His work has been presented at Water in the Desert’s Headwaters Theater, Black Artist Spring Showcase (BASS), New Expressive Works, and Shaking the Tree Theater.  Ashi is proud to be dancing alongside his dear friend and mentor in this work wherein heritage & lineage are inseparable.   

Kye Grant | TIMES SQUARE LAS VEGAS las vegas times square

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Kye Grant is a performance artist and commercial voice actor who works in experiential, collaborative, and participatory social art forms. They toured widely as a member of experimental NYC indie band Ava Luna (2010-19) before hatching from a dew drop as Jennifer Vanilla (2015-25), an entrepreneurial fantasy L.A.R.P. through which they released motivational dance music, hosted a public access TV show, crowd surfed at MoMA PS1, and appointed themself A.I.R. of Times Square. Now, Kye hosts the interactive queer performance party, CLUB ALIVE, in Portland, OR and produces Planet Lloyd, a free newspaper about our city’s very own times square las vegas, Lloyd Center Mall. kyealive.club @kyealive

Kai Hynes | wormgrunt

Thump. Thump. What is this sound? Like a tongue in a mouth, it searches for the word: an answer, a secret, a song. A blind worm stirs in the deep dark earth. Created and performed by Kai Hynes with sound design by Casey Durand.

Kai Hynes is a butoh dancer and experimental theatre maker. He recently completed residencies at Shaking the Tree (horseplay) and the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, and performed at Club Alive (creep) and Happenings (mollusca). He is inspired by nature, magic, and play.