In-person Arts & Culture

Magpie Festival: Performances

Friday, July 24, 2026
7:30pm to 8:30pm

Part of: The Magpie Collection: A Dance Festival

Mile Zero Dance
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Tia Ashley Kushniruk (亚 女弟), Tha'er Askar, Amber Borotsik, and Jocelyn Mah perform.

Amber Borotsik presents Bad Liar
People experiencing pregnancy loss are expert liars. Or this one is anyway. Or maybe none of this is true and she's a terrible liar. A fleshy missive for the post-truth era, Bad Liar explores truth, fiction and spaces of speechlessness. It will evolve into a larger, full-length work premiering in May 2027.

Tha'er Askar presents The Story We Dance, a series of short dance pieces, each carrying a different chapter of the Palestinian story. Through Palestinian dabke and contemporary movement, every piece reflects a moment, feeling, or memory.

Tia Ashley Kushniruk (亚 女弟)

Jocelyn Mah (Calgary) presents Right Hand Woman. "Deftly traversing the boundaries between dance, theatre, and puppetry", Right Hand Woman follows Tony Tamponi, Nurse Speculum and Aida IUD as they take a wild ride up the vaginal canal on a journey of everyday struggle and empowerment in the menstruating body.

Creator and Performer – Jocelyn Mah
Dramaturg – Linnea Swan
Voiceover -Tia Ashley Kushniruk (亚 女弟), Jocelyn Mah, Juanita Dawn and Mary Lou Ditta
Puppet design and construction; costume design and construction – Hannah Fisher
Puppet design and construction – Juanita Dawn of Long Grass Studio
Outside Eye and Project Support – Ezgi Türker
Stage Manager – Darya Ivanova
With generous support from Calgary Arts Development, The Festival of Animated Objects' Incubator Program, Springboard Performance and Decidedly Jazz Danceworks.


Mile Zero Dance

9931 78 Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB, T6E 1N6


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