Performances
- Friday, Feb 14, 20257:30 pm
- Saturday, Feb 15, 20257:30 pm
Escape
Feb 14 & 15, 2025
Shay Kuebler
As a child of the 80’s, Shay grew up with a passion for The Ninja Turtles and action movies. Naturally, this would bring him to martial arts, theatre and dance at the age of 5. As he became a professional performer and budding choreographer in dance, his value for versatility grew. This connected to his belief that art and creativity are empowered through collaboration and continual rediscovery. He considers himself a very good generalist and is grateful for his experiences in numerous forms of dance, music, theatre and martial arts. He’s continue to invest in his interdisciplinary background through intensive study periods in Brazil, Japan, China and The USA in everything from Shaolin Kung Fu to tap and funk dancing.
Shay’s versatility as an artist has created opportunities to work as a performer, choreographer, movement director and show director for both the screen and the stage. Some of these credits include Ballet BC, Les Grands Ballet Canadiens, Ballet Edmonton, Pachimama Theatre, Royal Caribbean, NBC and Apple TV.
In 2014, Shay founded his performing arts company Radical System Art (RSA). RSA creates dance-theatre works that look to captivate audiences through impactful themes, visceral physicality and rich visuals. As a producer, director, choreographer, composer and performer with RSA, Shay has created 7 full-evening productions that have toured all over the world. For Shay, RSA is a cradle for unbridled creativity and exploration.
Shay has lived and worked in Vancouver, BC, Canada, for 20 years. His range of experiences and training enable him to be an asset on any production. He feels immense purpose in creating, and is driven to support other artists and organizations in their creative pursuits. He believes that creativity is humanity’s greatest gift, and that creativity and collaboration are what have enabled us to thrive and prosper.
Choreographer: Shay Kuebler
Emilie Leriche
Emilie Leriche is a freelance performer and creator based in Göteborg, Sweden. From 2017-2021 she danced with GöteborgsOperans Danskompani under the artistic direction of Katrín Hall. Before her move to Sweden, Leriche danced four seasons with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, where she was awarded a Princess Grace Foundation (USA) fellowship in dance in 2015. In recent years, she has been a part of Yoann Bourgeois’ creative and performance team for his collaboration with Patrick Watson, as well as a part of Ella Rothschild’s work, Milk Teeth, with Kammerballetten. She is a part of Kor’Sia’s creation, Mont Ventoux, which had its premiere in October of 2023.
As a choreographer, she has created work on Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, and Nederlands Dans Theater II – as a part of Korzo and NDT’s Up & Coming Choreographers. She has been a guest choreographer for Nuova X’s professional dance program. In May of 2023, her latest work, ‘and if not, not,’ a creation for Whim W’Him, premiered in Seattle, Washington. In 2024, she created a new work for the tanzensemble of Theater St. Gallen.
In 2021, her project, On Mending, a collaboration with Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, was selected for Orsolina 28’s “Call for Creation” fellowship where the work was originally developed for film. In 2022, with the support of a “Work-in-Progress” grant from the Princess Grace Foundation, On Mending was further developed and performed as a live production at Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City. In 2023, Leriche and Ahern were commissioned by BAC to direct their next film, One & One Other, which premiered on BAC’s digital platform in April of 2023.