everything i wanted to tell you
(but couldn’t, so here it is now)
everything i wanted to tell you (but couldn’t, so here it is now) is a virtuosic and empathic work of dance theatre that lifts a glass (and then smashes it) to love, loyalty and the difficult things we hope never to escape.
The work is an adventurous, unflinching look at the ties that bind. Two dancers are locked in a liminal space of shared memories, imagined incidents, and the difficult things left unsaid. Together they traverse the tangible and illogical, learning to navigate change without letting go – because family is forever, right? With this piece Garon questions the pliability of our closest relationships and the cultural push toward setting rigid boundaries.
Presentations:
– Premiered February 2025 Toronto ON, co-produced with Citadel + Compagnie as part of the Citadel LIVE 24/25 Season to a sold out run
– July 2025 at the Ground Up Dance Festival, Kingston ON (22 minute excerpt performed outdoors)
Duration: 60 minutes no intermission
Number of performers: 2
Size of team on tour: 3 – 4 including cast
Winner of three Dora Mavor Moore Awards:
Outstanding Choreography
Outstanding Production
Outstanding Performance by an Individual
Also nominated for Outstanding Original Sound Composition and Outstanding Achievement in Design
Concept and Direction Jessie Garon
Choreography by Jessie Garon in collaboration with Sully Malaeb Proulx, Jarrett Siddall, Guillaume Biron and Pulga Muchochoma
Performed by Sully Malaeb Proulx and Jarrett Siddall
Sound Design by Stephen Joffe
Lighting Design by Simon Rossiter
Costumes by Jessica Mak and Brayden Cairns
Outside Eye Tia Kushniruk
