Kaia Selene

Imbolc 23 was a ritual performance which opened Alva Northwest's Imbolc Ritual Rave in February of 2023 and my return to movement after more than ten years of a prohibitive injury. It was a Butoh based moment of ceremony exploring the energy root that proceeds our learned delineation of “light and dark” qualities— a wink in time in which to ponder the seeds of sustenance that are entwined with unwanted aspects — tending to the deep connection between our hardest parts and our biggest gifts — in celebration of Imbolc.

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It featured immersive sound rendering costuming (lights, bells, corn husks) and music by Sqwyrm aka Elm Outcault and Zhalih as well as singing bowls played live by Avery and Clementine. I baked 99 tiny faerie cakes for the audience to eat.