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Magpie Festival: Croquis, Ralph Escamillan/ FakeKnot (Vancouver)

Saturday, July 18, 2026
9:00pm to 10:00pm

Part of: The Magpie Collection: A Dance Festival

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Croquis: a new durational performance, staged and costume designed by Ralph Escamillan. The solo explores the idea of a “croquis”—a quick, expressive sketch of a garment or ensemble that brings an artist’s design to life. In this case the pencil is the body and the paper becomes a modular canvas. The solo tussles with one’s desire to imprint and archive themself into space.

Ralph Escamillan is an acclaimed queer, Canadian-Filipinx performance artist, teacher and community leader based on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh, Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh Nations. His solo Croquis emerges from the idea of a quick, expressive sketch of a garment or ensemble that brings an artist’s design to life, as Ralph imprints and archives himself in space.

Mile Zero Dance

9931 78 Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB, T6E 1N6

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