GVAD is sharing this information:
Lukas Malkowski, a CODA choreographer and performer based in Canada, is presenting his work “Microphone Controller” at the Dancing on the Edge Festival in Vancouver.
The 55-minute piece reimagines the rock concert for Deaf and hearing audiences through choreography, movement, and language. Rooted in CODA identity, it explores the cost of voice, the responsibility of translation, and the space between communication and expression. ASL lyrics are performed by Dawn Jani Birley and Gaitrie Persaud-Killings.
The show runs at Firehall Arts Centre on two dates:
June 8 at 7:00 PM
June 9 at 9:00 PM
Tickets are available through the Dancing on the Edge website.
ASL Lyrics:
Dawn Jani Birley, recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal (2025) for her pioneering Deaf-led work with 1s1 Theatre, is an award-winning actor, movement artist, and translator. Her acting versatility has earned her international acclaim. Fluent in five sign languages and with an uncanny ability for languages and storytelling, she founded 1s1 Theatre in Toronto to advance Deaf-led narratives and create new theatrical languages at the intersection of Deaf and hearing worlds. Born in Saskatchewan to a third-generation Deaf family, she proudly identifies as culturally and linguistically Deaf.
Gaitrie Persaud-Killings (she/her) is a Queer Tkaronto-Indo Caribbean raised, Gaitrie isa theatre maker who develops performances using an eclectic mix of visual and physicaltheatre styles. Acting is her passion that she lives for. She had been involved in a big play“The Two Natashas: Our life in Guyana” with her co-actor and collaborator NatashaBacchus. She is also an ASL Music performer, ASL coach and Deaf interpreter of theatre.She is the founder and Artistic Director of Phoenix The Fire which is a theatre communityhub for IBPOC Deaf artists.
