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Shion Skye Carter embodies a brushstroke in Residuals (住み・墨)

By: C Icart, Staff Writer Residuals (住み・墨) culminates as Shion Skye Carter pulls out a delicate paper dress and puts it on to dance. Presented through The Dance Centre’s Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award, this captivating solo dance performance at the Scotiabank Dance Centre marks Carter’s search “for her own, distinct artistic voice.” Carter won the Emerging Choreographer Award in 2021 after graduating from SFU in 2019 with a major in dance with a minor in kinesiology.  住み・墨 combines the Japanese words “to reside” and “ink,” which are both pronounced “sumi.” In Residuals (住み・墨), Japanese calligraphy becomes a vehicle for…

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