ahmm | Bowl of Jasmine | May 26-28 | 7pm

Asian Heritage Month at Morrow

Dances by Juolin Lee & Sujit Vaidya 

Duration of Performance: 1 hr

Gathering in community on the unceded, ancestral, occupied  territories of the  xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and  Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.

Bowl of Jasmine is a program of 2 works choreographed byJuolin Lee andSujit Vaidya. The artists come from distinctly different backgrounds, yet they are unified by a mutual fascination with exploring the tension between imagination and reality. This program inquires into the physicality of their fantasy worlds, exploring how cultural influences in the form of scent and taste permeate through their moving bodies. 

Luna

Sometimes when life gets intense and overwhelming, I find my mind wandering while I try to accomplish the mundane, everyday tasks…

Luna is a dance about, for, and with my matcha green Tatung Rice Cooker - a piece of traditional Taiwanese kitchenware. It is one of the first things my mom received from a distant relative after arriving in Canada ten years ago. Tatung Rice Cooker sits in every Taiwanese household. It is a very practical and important helper in the kitchen, and a symbol of home, familiarity and comforting warm dishes.

Śṛṅgāra  {All things Erotic; Creative state of making something out of nothing}

Śṛṅgāra begins with a ritual; of ornamentation, of song, of scent, of taste and of movement. It will invite responses (in storytelling/ poetry) from “Nhylar” and (on the flute) from Mark. Śṛṅgāra accesses embedded memories and sensations awakened by mogra, Indian jasmine to make space for the in-betweenness of things to exist. 

*Content warning: Śṛṅgāra contains partial nudity

For more information about this show and the artists please visit the ahmm webpage

Here is some general accessibility info, please contact us with questions or requests.

• Scent: Indian Jasmine will be present in the space during the performances. 
• There are 2 common area entrances to the building. The front entrance has one flight of stairs. The back entrance provides access to the elevator. If you require elevator access, please contact us once you've purchased your ticket and we will meet you at the door to let you in and support. The back entrance is in the parking lot behind 910 Richards, cornering Smithe. 
• There is one wheelchair accessible and one gender neutral washroom.
• We request that people do not wear scents and we provide scent free soap in washrooms.