Shion Skye Carter
Shion Skye Carter embodies a brushstroke in Residuals (住み・墨)
Peak Web November 16, 2022By: 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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Shion Skye Carter wins Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award
Arts July 10, 2021By: Carter Hemion, Staff Writer Shion Skye Carter, SFU alum, is the winner of this year’s Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award. This summer, the queer, Japanese-Canadian choreographer and performer worked with Kisyuu, a Vancouver-based Japanese calligrapher, to create Flow Tide,…
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