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Mardon + Mitsuhashi comprises interdisciplinary artists and performers Alexa Mardon and Erika Mitsuhashi, who have been collaborating since 2015. Their work takes many forms including performance, installation, set design, and publication. It is rooted in transformation of friendship and relationships through their dedication to leading creative processes that foster physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual autonomy with collaborators. Their work has been presented in collaboration with The Dance Centre, Made In BC, Surrey Art Gallery, OFFTA, Summerworks, VIVO Media Arts Centre and Western Front.

Alysha Seriani is an interdisciplinary artist working with production, pedagogy, film, media art, and community projects. Her practice revolves around non-hierarchical collaboration and learning, and is informed by embodying intersectional feminism, intergenerational learning, and queer joy.

Shasha J. Langford makes soundscapes, literary works, and interdisciplinary performance works that investigate intersections between bodies, power, and spiritual life. In her sound scoring for choreographers, media artists, and film makers, Sasha draws from her classical training and her fascination in dance theory to create rhythmically-oriented, spatially-sensitive experimental electronic compositions.

Nien Tzu Weng is a Taiwanese-Canadian interdisciplinary dance artist and lighting designer based in Montreal. They are a bridge-builder between artistic disciplines, taking an experimental approach to contemporary performance and a laboratory-based exploration of lighting design.