UPCOMING JUNE 2026  LUMINATO FESTIVAL TORONTO 

layers of kin 

Choreographed by Angela Vitovec

Co-created with Camil Bellefleur, Brayden Jamil Cairns, Millina Aaliyah Fletcher, Megumi Kokuba, Ry Kostyniuk, Kate Nankervis, Roberto Soria, Ann Trépanier, Elizabeth Yip.
And togeter with moss, yarrow, oak, clover, and others.

Co-presented and co-produced by Toronto Dance Theatre and Luminato Festival Toronto

You are invited into an imperial space overtaken by plant life, where movement, sound, and space emerge beyond human logic. In layers of kin, performers move in kinship with moss, yarrow, clover, and oak to explore the connection between humans and the more-than-human world.
Unfolding in close proximity to the audience, the choreography emphasizes shared presence, allowing movement, sound, and space to shape the performance in real time. The work favours quiet accumulation over spectacle, revealing patterns of connection, resilience, and coexistence as the dancers move together across the space, creating a post-imperial ballroom utopia.

Layers of kin continues Vitovec’s exploration of plant consciousness and interdependence, following earlier works Sammal/Moss, Mossbelly and YA.