Photo Credit: Mikela Vuorensivu
Biography
Jullianna Oke (she/they) is an interdisciplinary dance artist of Japanese-Canadian descent, based in Vancouver, Canada on the unceded, ancestral lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Situating her work in relation to deep embodied listening - to others, to the offerings of new technology and media, and to her own lineage and experiences - Jullianna adopts creation from this place of breaking things down and processing them slowly. She loves to let things marinate and finds joy in falling down rabbit holes of research.
Currently, she is interested in exploring ideas of “otherness” through her work-in-progress titled Put Me in Your Place. Through projection and structured textiles to create additional “selves”, this work opens dialogue around the question of who you are in different environments. How do you shift yourself? How do you change how you are perceived, to fit in with those around you?
Her movement and teaching practice spans both contemporary dance and tap, with her early training taking her to Toronto, Seattle and Portland, later completing her BFA (Hons) in Dance from Simon Fraser University. Jullianna is very grateful to Evergreen Cultural Centre, The Dance Centre, the Festival of Recorded Movement (FORM), Future Leisure, and Mile Zero Dance for supporting her research and creations.
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Photo Credit: Kyla Fradette