Edmonton, AB — This March, Ballet Edmonton transforms the Art Gallery of Alberta into a living choreography with Soft Currents, an immersive contemporary performance that moves through the gallery’s architectural spaces.
Inspired by the shifting formations of starlings moving together in shared rhythm and direction, Soft Currents explores how a group listens, adapts, and moves with collective awareness, in real time.
Created as a task-based work with original sound, the performance is built on a structured, collaboratively developed score for an ensemble of dancers. Each artist tunes into their own physical sensations while remaining deeply responsive to the group. The result is a living, evolving choreography that moves between unison and individual expression.
Throughout the evening, audiences will follow the dancers across multiple gallery spaces, experiencing the work in close proximity. Wearing headphones, the performers receive spoken text developed by the choreographer in
conversation with the artists, cues heard only by them in real time. What unfolds is an unfolding system of movement: responsive, precise, and constantly shifting.
At its core, Soft Currents reflects Ballet Edmonton’s ongoing commitment to collaboration, care, and shared
responsibility. It asks how individual choices shape the whole, and how a group can move forward together.
Performance Information
March 26, 27, and 28, 2026
Art Gallery of Alberta
Doors open: 6:30 PM
Performance begins: 7:30 PM
Tickets are available through the Art Gallery of Alberta:
