We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Human Measure was further supported by The National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund.
Human Measure
Presented by Canadian Stage
Created by Cassils
Human Measure, Cassils’s first piece of contemporary dance, made in collaboration with renowned US choreographer Jasmine Albuquerque, and a team of five exceptional trans and non binary performers. Rooted in kinesiology, martial arts, sports science while creating a live cyanotype in real time, Cassils reinterprets Yves Klein’s Anthropometries paintings. Against an unprecedented backdrop of US-based anti-trans legislation, Cassils draws inspiration from personal safety movements. Here intersectional representations press back against narratives surrounding trans bodies and athleticism. Differing from the passive, cisgendered female models used in Klein’s work, the marks made by performers in Human Measure reflect a process of empowered labour.
Post-show Talkback - October 29
The closing night performance will be followed by a talkback moderated by Kain Nathaniel and Kaleb Robertson of True Lives Consulting, featuring Cassils and other artists from Human Measure in conversation with Uplift Kitchen, a food security initiative created to serve Black, Indigenous, and other racialized communities in Toronto and surrounding areas.
Trans and non-binary community tickets
Cassils and Canadian Stage are committed to making Human Measure as financially accessible as possible to members of the trans/non binary communities. We have created a special discount code for those who self-identify as trans/non binary and who might benefit from the discount.
